A new international treaty, “the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety”, was adopted at one of the largest intergovernmental meetings ever held on the safe use of modern biotechnology.
The adoption of the new treaty came at the end of the five-day meeting of the governing body of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (known as the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol or COP-MOP 5) and concluded six years of negotiations.
The new supplementary Protocol provides international rules and procedure on liability and redress for damage to biodiversity resulting from living modified organisms (LMO). (...)

The press release:
http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2010/pr-2010-10-16-nkl-protocol-en.pdf

The fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-MOP 5):
http://www.cbd.int/mop5/

The Daily Web Coverage of the Meeting:

http://www.iisd.ca/biodiv/bs-copmop5/

The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (basic information):

http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartagena_Protocol_on_Biosafety

More about:

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/10/23/new-draft-biodiversity-treaty-text-shows-much-work-remains-co-chairs-hopeful/

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/10/24/negotiators-persist-on-biodiversity-benefit-sharing-treaty-despite-slipping-deadlines/

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Experts Work On WIPO Traditional Knowledge Draft Treaty Text:

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2011/02/21/experts-work-on-wipo-traditional-knowledge-draft-treaty-text-this-week/