The Conference of the Parties serving as the
meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
1.Welcomes those Parties to the Cartagena
Protocol on Biosafety that have deposited their instrument of
ratification, acceptance, approval or accession to the Nagoya -
Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress;
2.Calls
upon other Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to
expedite their internal processes and to deposit their instrument
of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession to the
Supplementary Protocol as soon as possible with a view to ensuring
the entry into force of the Supplementary Protocol in time for the
eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the
meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety;
3.Calls
upon States that are Parties to the Convention but not Parties
to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety 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;
4.Invites
Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations and
institutions to undertake or support further awareness-raising and
capacity-building activities to promote understanding and
implementation of the Supplementary Protocol, including, where
appropriate, the development of policy and legislative instruments
that provide for response measures for damage to the conservation
and sustainable use of biological diversity resulting from living
modified organisms which find their origin in a transboundary
movement, taking also into account risks to human health;
5.Requests the Executive Secretary to
organize, subject to the availability of funds, workshops and other
awareness-raising and capacity-building activities to improve
understanding of the Supplementary Protocol;
6.Also
requests the Executive Secretary to collaborate with relevant
organizations to prepare, subject to the availability of funds, an
explanatory guide in order to expedite the entry into force and
implementation of the Supplementary Protocol.