Taking note of the report of the Ad
Hoc Technical Expert Group on the Second Assessment and Review of
the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety contained in document
UNEP/BS/COP-MOP/6/17 and the recommendations set out in annex I
thereto,
Stressing the need to undertake
activities to enable the Conference of the Parties serving as the
meeting of the Parties to the Protocol to initiate the processes
for the third assessment and review of the effectiveness of the
Protocol and for the mid-term evaluation of the Strategic Plan for
the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety for the period 2011-2020,
1.Notes the information
provided in the second national reports and the analysis undertaken
on the status of implementation of core elements of the Protocol
(
UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/6/17/Add.1);
2.Decides that the data and
information contained in the analysis shall form the baseline for
measuring progress in implementing the Protocol, in particular the
subsequent evaluation of the effectiveness of the Protocol and the
mid-term evaluation of the implementation of the Strategic
Plan;
3.Requests the Executive
Secretary to:
(a)Undertake a dedicated survey to
gather information corresponding to indicators in the Strategic
Plan that could not be obtained from the second national reports or
through other existing mechanisms;
(b)Review the information gathered
through the survey referred to in subparagraph (a) above and make
the results available to the Parties before their seventh
meeting;
4.Further requests the
Executive Secretary to:
(a)Commission a consultant,
subject to the availability of funds, to develop a sound
methodological approach for the third assessment and review of the
effectiveness of the Protocol, focusing primarily on the
effectiveness of its institutional processes, annexes, procedures
and mechanisms;
(b) Provide Parties with the
opportunity to submit views on the methodological approach
developed under subparagraph (a) above;
(c)Review the methodological
approach referred to in subparagraph 4(a) above, in the light of
views received under subparagraph (b) above, and submit a proposal
for consideration by the seventh meeting of the Parties to the
Protocol;
5.Decides that, in the
process of preparing for the third assessment and review of the
Protocol, the experiences of the Parties in complying with the
Protocol, including submission of national reports, shall be taken
into account, along with the input of, inter alia, the
Compliance Committee;
6.Requests the Compliance
Committee, in the light of the conclusions and recommendations of
the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on the Second Assessment and
Review of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, to evaluate the
status of implementation of the Protocol as a contribution to the
third evaluation of effectiveness in meeting the objectives of the
Protocol, in accordance with Article 35 of the Protocol.
