Which of the statements is correct?
- AThe first meeting of the Parties (MOP1) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was held in Philippines in the year 2004.
- BIndia is not a signatory to the Biosafety Protocol/Convention on Biological Diversity.
- CThe Biosafety Protocol deals with genetically modified organisms.Correct
- DThe United States of America is member of the Biosafety Protocol/Convention on Biological Diversity.
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