Decision-making procedures
1. Invites Parties to the Convention and Governments, through
the Executive Secretary, to communicate their views by 30 April 2001 regarding
the appropriate procedures and mechanisms to facilitate decision-making by Parties
of import, in accordance with article 10, paragraph 7, of the Cartagena Protocol
on Biosafety;
2. Requests the Executive Secretary to compile the views of
Parties to the Convention and governments and to submit a synthesis report thereon
for the consideration of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol
at its second meeting with a view to developing a recommendation for the first
meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention serving as the meeting
of the Parties to the Protocol.
