Recalling its
decision
BS-V/11, which, among other things, called upon Parties to the
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to sign the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur
Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress and subsequently
deposit instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or
accession,
Welcoming the 51 Parties to the
Protocol that had signed the Supplementary Protocol by the closing
date of 6 March 2012 and the three Parties that have deposited
their instruments of ratification to date,
Noting with appreciation the generous
financial contribution made by the Government of Japan, which has
enabled the Secretariat to undertake the work it has accomplished
in the past two years to introduce and promote the Supplementary
Protocol with a view to expediting its early entry into force and
its implementation,
1.Calls upon Parties to the
Protocol that have not yet done so to initiate and expedite their
internal processes leading to ratification, approval or acceptance
of or accession to the Supplementary Protocol;
2.Calls upon States that are
Parties to the Convention but that are not Parties to the Protocol
to ratify, accept, approve or accede to the Protocol, as
appropriate, without further delay, so that they can also become
Parties to the Supplementary Protocol;
3.Notes the outcome of the
interregional workshop on capacity needs for the implementation of
the Supplementary Protocol and invites Parties to identify
their capacity-building needs and establish national priorities in
order to be able to effectively implement and apply the provisions
of the Supplementary Protocol;
4.Invites Parties and
relevant organizations to make financial resources available with a
view to supporting awareness-raising, experience-sharing and
capacity-building activities in order to expedite the early entry
into force and implementation of the Supplementary Protocol;
5.Requests the Executive
Secretary to continue encouraging organizations such as the United
Nations Environment Programme and the International Union for
Conservation of Nature to work towards the development of an
explanatory guide on the Supplementary Protocol.
