Welcoming the information provided by
the Executive Secretary on activities taken to improve cooperation
with other organizations, conventions and initiatives (
UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/5/6),
Welcoming also the cooperation by the
Executive Secretary with the Green Customs Initiative, the World
Trade Organization, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development, the International Plant Protection Convention and the
Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in
Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
among others,
Underlining that effective
implementation of the Protocol, including in the area of public
awareness and participation, can be fostered through greater
cooperation and coordination among relevant organizations,
multilateral agreements and initiatives,
Recognizing the importance of
coherence among relevant instruments within the larger context of
international environmental governance and in relation, in
particular, to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety,
1.Commends the Executive Secretary on his sustained efforts
to strengthen cooperation with other organizations, in particular
with the World Trade Organization, and requests the
Executive Secretary to further intensify efforts to gain observer
status in the World Trade Organization committees on Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade;
2.Requests the Executive Secretary, subject to
the availability of funds, to:
(a)Pursue memoranda of
understanding with the International Organization for
Standardization and the International Seed Testing Association to
further cooperation with these organizations in the context of
Article 18;
(b) Continue participating in the
relevant meetings of the international standard-setting
organizations referred to in
decision
BS-II/6;
(c)Cooperate with other
organizations, conventions and initiatives that are developing work
on information-sharing mechanisms with the aim of: (i) identifying
possible linkages; and (ii) avoiding, as appropriate, the
development of incompatible or duplicate data-sets and guaranteeing
the reliability of the information provided;
(d) Maintain cooperation with
organizations involved in packaging and transport rules and
standards.
