Noting the report of the Ad Hoc
Technical Expert Group on Socio-economic Considerations,
9 Recalling paragraph 1 of Article 26
of the Protocol,
Recognizing that socio-economic
considerations referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 26 are those
arising from the impact of living modified organisms on the
conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity,
especially with regard to the value of biological diversity to
indigenous and local communities, and are specific to local,
national and regional circumstances,
Recognizing also the role and
contribution that indigenous and local communities may provide in
the development of conceptual clarity on socio-economic
considerations,
1.Decides
to extend the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socio-economic
Considerations, subject to the availability of funds;
2.Also
decides that the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on
Socio-economic Considerations should work, in a stepwise approach,
on: (i) the further development of conceptual clarity on
socio-economic considerations arising from the impact of living
modified organisms on the conservation and sustainable use of
biological diversity, taking into account and improving upon the
"Elements of a Framework for Conceptual Clarity on Socio-Economic
Considerations" contained in the annex to the report of the first
meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socio-economic
Considerations, and any information that may be provided through
the activities indicated in paragraph (5) below; and (ii)
developing an outline for guidance with a view to making progress
towards achieving operational objective 1.7 of the Strategic Plan
and its outcomes;
3.Requests the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group
on Socio-economic Considerations to submit its report for
consideration by the eighth meeting of the Conference of the
Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena
Protocol on Biosafety;
4.Requests Parties and invites other
Governments, relevant organizations and indigenous and local
communities to submit views and comments on the "Elements of a
Framework for Conceptual Clarity on Socio-Economic Considerations"
contained in the annex to the report of the first meeting of the Ad
Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socio-economic Considerations;
5.Requests the Executive Secretary:
(a)To compile
and disseminate information on: (i) policies, laws, regulations and
guidelines providing for definitions of socio-economic
considerations; and (ii) practical applications of socio-economic
considerations in decision-making on living modified organisms,
including cases where positive and negative socio-economic impacts
have been considered;
(b)To convene
online discussion groups to facilitate the exchange of views,
information and experiences on socio-economic considerations in the
context of paragraph 1 of Article 26 of the Protocol, including
concerning: international obligations that may be relevant to
socio-economic considerations; socio-economic considerations and
the value of biological diversity to indigenous and local
communities; environment-related aspects of socio-economic
considerations, as well as the relationship, if any, with risk
assessment and human health-related issues;
(c)To compile
and prepare a synthesis of the views and comments referred to in
paragraph 4 above for consideration by the Ad Hoc Technical Expert
Group on Socio-economic Considerations;
(d)To
commission, subject to the availability of funds, a study on
international agreements that may have relevance to socio-economic
considerations as provided for in Article 26 of the Cartagena
Protocol on Biosafety and to make the report available on the
Biosafety Clearing-House;
6.Invites
development partners to support capacity-building activities on
socio-economic considerations as specified in paragraphs 2 (n) and
(o) of
decision
BS-VI/5 (appendix II of
decision
XI/5 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on
Biological Diversity).
