Decision COP XII/26
UNEP/CBD/COP/DEC/XII/26
Improving the efficiency of structures and processes of the Convention: Subsidiary Body on Implementation
Further recalling Article 30 of the Cartagena Protocol, which provides that any subsidiary body established by or under the Convention may, upon a decision by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, serve the Protocol, and taking note of decision BS VII/9 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol,
Recalling Article 27 of the Nagoya Protocol, which provides that any subsidiary body established by or under the Convention may serve the Protocol, including upon a decision by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol, and taking note of decision NP-I/11 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol,
Also recognizing the importance of the full and effective participation of all Parties, especially developing country Parties, in particular least developed countries and small island developing States, as well as countries with economies in transition, in the meetings of a subsidiary body on implementation,
(b)In line with paragraph 5 of rule 26 of the rules of procedure for meetings of the Conference of the Parties, the rules of procedure for meetings of the Conference of the Parties apply, mutatis mutandis, to the meetings of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation with the exception of rule 18, which will not apply;
4.Requests the Subsidiary Body on Implementation to undertake any tasks that fall within the scope of its terms of reference as referred to it by the Conference of the Parties or the Conference of the Parties serving as the meetings of the Parties to the respective Protocols, and to report on its work to these bodies;
5.For the period up to 2020, recalling paragraph 14 of decision X/2, requests the Subsidiary Body on Implementation to support the Conference of the Parties in reviewing progress in the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, taking into account also the multi-year programme of work of the Conference of the Parties to 2020;
(c)To prepare a draft modus operandi on the organization and operation of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation for consideration by the Subsidiary Body on Implementation at its first meeting, in line with the terms of reference contained in the annex to this decision, and taking into account the consolidated modus operandi of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, and any views expressed, in this regard, as reflected in the reports of twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the seventh meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol and the first meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol.
- Body
- Conference of the Parties (COP)
- Meeting
- COP-126 - 17 October, 2014Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea
- Decision document
- Improving the efficiency of structures and processes of the Convention: Subsidiary Body on Implementation
- Documents
- UNEP/CBD/COP/12/25/ADD1UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/10UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/10
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