87 member States of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which entered into force in September 2003, have adopted documentation requirements and other procedures for promoting the safety of international trade in living (or genetically) modified organisms (known as LMOs, or GMOs), at the end of their one-week meeting in Malaysia. According the UN the system is now operational. The US expressed its frustration about the strict rules on documentation and labelling adopted. Environmentalists claimed victory.</p><p><a href="http://www.iisd.ca/biodiv/bs-copmop1/">daily reports on the offical UN homepage and final summary</a></p><p><a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=9909&Cr=Health&Cr1=GMOs">UN final press Release</a></p><p><a href="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=31&art_id=qw1077875102550B236&set_id=1">Reuters: Countries strike deal on stricter GM rules</a></p><p><a href="http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1490546,00.html">US snubbed by GM rules - environmentalists claim victor</a></p><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3796058,00.html">Guardian: Europe OKs New Rules for Biotech Labels</a></p><p><a href="http://www.terradaily.com/2004/040226111905.ae0or32k.html">Mexico bans import of some GM maize crops</a></p><p><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/press/release?item_id=421953&campaign_id=">Greenpeace press release</a></p><p><a href="http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/global_rules_on_gm_agreed_27022004.html">Friends of the Earth press release</a>