The Conference of the Parties serving as the
meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety,
Recallingdecision
BS-I/9, in which it requested Parties to submit their reports
on a general frequency of every four years from the date of entry
into force of the Protocol, and also
recalling decisions
BS-V/14,
BS-VI/14
and
BS-VI/15,
Welcoming the comments on the
improvement of the reporting format received from Parties during
the second national reporting process,
Also welcoming the draft third
national reporting format proposed by the Secretariat and
recognizing the intended role of the information therein
contained in facilitating the conduct of both the mid-term review
of the implementation of the Strategic Plan for the Cartagena
Protocol as well as the third assessment and review of the
Protocol,
Also welcoming the recommendations of
the Compliance Committee on the draft third national reporting
format,
Taking into consideration the results
of the "Survey to gather information corresponding to indicators in
the Strategic Plan",
1.Requests the Executive Secretary to make
the following changes to the draft third national reporting format,
annexed to document
UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/7/12 and to make the revised format
available online through the Biosafety Clearing-House:
(a)Introduce,
where possible, the option to reconfirm the same text submitted in
previous national reports to the same question;
(b)Introduce,
where possible, the possibility to add explanatory text to
closed-text question (e.g. Yes/No);
(c)Include
the UNEP-GEF BCH III project in the list of options provided in
question 147;
(d)Delete
question 97;
2.Requests Parties to use the revised format
for the preparation of their third national report or, in the case
of Parties submitting their national report for the first time, to
use it for their first national report on the implementation of
their obligations under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety;
3.Invites
Parties to prepare their reports through a consultative process
involving all relevant stakeholders, as appropriate;
4.Encourages Parties to respond to all
questions in the reporting format in order to facilitate the
monitoring of progress towards the implementation of the objectives
identified in the Strategic Plan and also contribute to the third
assessment and review of the Cartagena Protocol;
5.Requests Parties to submit to the
Secretariat their third national report on the implementation of
the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety:
(a)In an
official language of the United Nations;
(b)Twelve
months prior to the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties
serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol, which will
consider the report;
(c)Through
the Biosafety Clearing-House, or in the format that will be made
available by the Secretariat for this purpose, duly signed by the
national focal point;
