COP 11 will include a high-level ministerial segment organized by the host country in consultation with the Secretariat and the COP Bureau. The high-level segment will be held at the Hyderabad International Convention Center, from 16 to 19 October 2012.

The Minister of Environment and Forests of India, Her Excellency Ms. Jayanthi Natarajan, has sent a letter of invitation to all her counterparts in charge of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

More information about the High Level Segment is available at: http://cbdcop11india.in/hls.html.