The Arabic version was launched on the occasion of the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS), as a contribution to achieving the objectives of the UN Decade on Biodiversity and the new Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.
6 June 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has unveiled a new version of the CBD website, which it also launched in Arabic, French and Spanish. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, said the Secretariat hopes to provide the website in all UN languages and urged additional financial support for this goal.
The Arabic version was launched on the occasion of the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS), as a contribution to achieving the objectives of the UN Decade on Biodiversity and the new Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. The CBD Communique recognized a financial contribution from Saudi Arabia for enabling the launch of the Arabic version, and support from the Governments of France and Spain for the availability of the website in the other two languages. [CBD Website] [CBD Press Release]