Seventh meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-7) - AM session
Agencies, Funds & Programmes
Date: 9 August 2026
Language: English
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SBI · Co-Chair [46:25]:

Good morning, colleagues. I'd like to start now. Could you please take your seats so that we can begin? Greetings to you all. I hope you all enjoyed your rest day and took advantage of the very nice day we had yesterday to get around. I would like first to call your attention that today is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. It is my great pleasure to invite the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity to take the floor. The IIFB has long been an essential voice in this convention, representing indigenous peoples and local communities and bringing their knowledge, perspectives, and lived experience directly into our work. And of course, they are always contributing on the ground. On a day dedicated to honouring that contribution, it is only right that we listen to them. I now have the great pleasure to give the floor to the representative of the IIFB. IIFB, you have the floor.


IIFB [47:48]:

Thank you, Chair, for giving us the floor on this special day. Dear delegates, the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity takes the floor to greet everyone a happy International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. On 23 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly decided that the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples shall be observed on 9 August every year. This date marks the first meeting in 1982 of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations. In the context of our work in the CBD, we take this opportunity to celebrate the Convention's foundations through Article 8 and beyond, in recognizing the critical roles of indigenous peoples and local communities and our distinct contributions in stewarding biodiversity through our traditional knowledge, innovations and practices. We also celebrate the years of our constructive engagement with Parties, leading to important advances in recognition of our rights, roles and contributions in the work of the Convention. However, these years of progress and constructive engagement may be reversed if the term actors other than national governments is used to replace indigenous peoples, local communities, women and youth in a non-contextual way. This is likely to have serious consequences for rights holders who are too often disadvantaged and made invisible by current implementation policies, mechanisms and data landscapes. We look forward to continued dialogue and constructive problem solving on this and other issues. Once again, a happy International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples to all. Asante sana.


SBI · Co-Chair [49:56]:

Thank you very much, IIFB. Thank you for intervention, and I wish everyone to join the celebration for the International Days of Indigenous Peoples. I see that there is another Indigenous Peoples organization asking for the floor. I will give the floor. Thank you.


Sami Council [50:22]:

Thank you. I'm speaking on behalf of the Sami Council and participant of the IIFP. Today on August 9, on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, We celebrate the strength, resilience and contribution of indigenous peoples across the world. We celebrate extraordinary achievements made through the global cooperation by indigenous peoples. From the establishment of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982 to the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, indigenous peoples and UN member states have together established the minimum standards for the survival dignity and well-being of indigenous peoples the declaration reflects and builds upon binding International human rights obligations including the principles of non-discrimination self-determination and cultural Integrity as former UN special rapporteur James Anaya has emphasized the core principles of the declaration are grounded in international law and customary International international law. On this day, let us remind ourselves that these standards are not a ceiling. They are the minimum we have already agreed upon. We all share the responsibility not to weaken them through ambitious language, inaccurate terminology, or by conflating indigenous peoples with other groups. Clear recognition of indigenous people is essential to the protection of our rights. Happy International Day of the World's Indigenous People. Let us honour the progress achieved and recommit ourselves to upholding the standards we have collectively established. I thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [52:07]:

Thank you very much. Thank you. Colleagues, I would now like to begin the consideration of our agenda today. So I note that you have worked very hard so far and with a spirit of compromise. I invite you to continue this way as we begin our consideration of conference room papers. But before we begin our consideration of CRPs, I would like to invite the co-chairs of the contact group on item 12, mainstreaming, to report on their work. I invite Mr. Ezequiel Benitez Diaz of Mexico to give us the report. Mr. Ezequiel Diaz, Benitez Diaz, you have the floor.


Mexico · Co-Chair · Ezequiel Benitez Diaz [52:53]:

Thank you, Madam Chair, and good morning to everyone. I have the honor to report back on the work of the contact group on agenda item 12, mainstreaming of biodiversity within and across sectors. The contact group met twice on 6 August from 7 to 10 p.m. and on 7 August from 7:30 to 11:15 p.m. Over the course of these two sessions, the contact group considered all operative paragraphs of the draft decision. Parties engaged constructively on a wide range of issues and were able to make good progress reached an agreement on several paragraphs and another one differences in a number of others. Despite this progress, a number of issues remain unsolved. These are some of the issues remain reflecting brackets in the text and will require for the consideration by the conference of the parties. Outstanding issues are the request to the executive secretary on assisting parties and those associated capacity implications and the organization of original business on biodiversity forums, references to IPBES assessments, the use of ten actors and not only governments, and the inclusion of elements related to Target 18. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to my fellow co-chair, Mr. Scott Wilson of Canada, for his excellent collaboration throughout our group, our work. I will also thank the Secretariat for its support to the contact group and for facilitating our working through The two sessions finally I would like to thank all parties for their dedication, flexibility and constructive engagement. Despite the complexity of issues before us and the long hours of discussions, the contact group worked in a very positive and collaborative atmosphere. This spirit of cooperation enabled us to make meaningful progress and narrow differences on a number of issues. So no further contact group sessions are planned and the outcome of negotiations will be reflected in a conference room paper today hopefully with some important issues remain outstanding the contact group has complete its consideration of the operative paragraphs I believe that the progress achieved provides a solid basis for for the consideration on the remaining issues by the conference of the parties thank you Madam chair.


SBI · Co-Chair [55:13]:

Thank you very much Miss Ben Benitez Diaz and also to your co-chair Mr. Scott Wilson Thank you for a work very well done. And I would like now to begin our consideration of conference room papers. I propose that we begin with CRP 1 on the fifth assessment and review of the effectiveness of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the mid-term evaluation of the implementation plan and the capacity building action plan for the protocol. CRP 1 was prepared taking into consideration the nearly 40 interventions made on this agenda item. There was broad support for the draft recommendation, so several paragraphs have not changed at all. Changes were made to other paragraphs and there are several new paragraphs. We have prepared language that seeks to balance different points of view in developing the CRP. I would like to keep up the tradition on sending clean recommendations on assessment and review to the COP/MOP. I would like to go through this document paragraph by paragraph. As this is an item pertaining to the Cartagena Protocol, please note that I will only be giving the floor to parties to the Cartagena Protocol. So let us start with the first preamble paragraph, recalling decisions. Are there any comments on this preamble paragraph? I see none, so the paragraph is approved with the agreed changes. I would like now to go to preamble paragraph starting with acknowledging with appreciation. Is there any comment to this paragraph? I see none, thank you very much. So I would like now to go to the operative paragraphs. The first operative paragraph, starting with welcomes the progress made. Is there any comments? No, thank you very much. Paragraph two, starting with notes with concern the important gaps. Is there any comments? No, thank you. Paragraph three recognizes that capacity building and development. Are there any comments? No, thank you. So the paragraph is approved. We have now moved to the second page. Paragraph four calls upon parties to accelerate their efforts to implement the Cartagena Protocol. Are there any comments? No, so the paragraph is approved. Thank you. Paragraph five recognizes the importance of target 17. Are there any comments? No. I'm almost moving to approve the whole CRP. So paragraph number six takes note of the global report. Are there any comments? No, thank you very much. Paragraph number seven. Oh, yes, Ireland, I'm sorry. Ireland, you have the floor. Floor to Ireland, please. Microphone 85. Could you press the button so that?


Ireland [59:27]:

Thank you. Good morning. Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Yeah, I will break the ice. I'm really sorry, but just with a very small comment that here we are referring to the global report as a whole and from the sub document it was agreed that welcome with appreciation, the appreciation it was in brackets, so we would like to align this text. with the agreed substa document so that's our suggestion thank you very much Madam chair.


SBI · Co-Chair [59:58]:

Thank you very much Island okay so I see that you've used the microphone from your colleague so we now have the proposal to be uh aligned with the substa language so it would be Welcome with welcomes with appreciation and with appreciation between brackets. Can we get along with the proposal made and be coherent with all we all have agreed to do regarding to reference to the global report during substar? I see no opposition, so the change will be made to our CRP. And with that, we approved with the brackets. Thank you very much, Ireland. I will now would like to take paragraph seven, beginning with recognize the need for complementary and non-duplicative efforts. Are there any comments? I see none, so the paragraph is approved. Thank you. Paragraph eight urges parties to the convention. Yes, the European Union, you have the floor. Microphone to the European Union, please.


EU · EU [1:01:22]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. So I'm speaking on behalf of the European Union and its 27 member states. regarding this paragraph as not all parties have finalized their national strategies, we would like to add at the very end of this paragraph, where relevant. So at the very end of paragraph, we would like to make an addition just where relevant. Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:01:48]:

Thank you very much, Ireland. I will give the floor to Brazil and then we can propose the changes. Yes, Brazil, you have the floor.


Brazil [1:01:58]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. We would also like to make an insertion at the end of the paragraph to reflect the objective of coordination while ensuring that implementation remains country driven. So it would read as follows, after action plans, comma, as appropriate and in accordance with their national circumstances, priorities and existing institutional arrangements. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:02:29]:

Could you please repeat, Brazil?


Brazil [1:02:31]:

Of course.

As appropriate and in accordance with their national circumstances, priorities and existing institutional arrangements.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:02:51]:

Thank you very much, Brazil. I would like to see If there is any objection to the insertion suggested by the European Union, can we all agree to add where relevant at the end of the paragraph? Yes, thank you very much. And I would like now to see if there is any comments or disagreement to the suggestion made by Brazil. I see none. So thank you very much, colleagues. The -- yes, just an editorial change. We will put "where relevant" before so that does not apply to the phrase inserted by Brazil. And with that, the paragraph is approved. Thank you very much, colleagues. There were no suggestions to paragraph nine, so I would like to approve it as it is. Are there any comments? No, thank you. Thank you very much, colleagues. Paragraph ten, beginning with request the compliance committee. Are there any comments to paragraph ten? I see none. Thank you very much. The paragraph is approved. Paragraph 11, request of liaison group. Are there any comments? Yes, Brazil, you have the floor.


Brazil [1:04:36]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. It seems to us that this paragraph is new in relation to the previous text that we had. And to us, we would benefit from further discussions on what exactly the liaison group is tasked with doing here because to consider ways and methodology seems to be a mandate that's a bit too broad. So we don't necessarily have a text proposal exactly at this moment, but we would like to have it in brackets so that we can discuss it more at length at the COP, please. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:05:17]:

Thank you very much. Brazil, Fiji. Fiji, you have the floor.


Fiji [1:05:21]:

Thank you, Madam Co-Chair. Fiji would like to support the proposal of Brazil to have this paragraph in brackets until we have further discussions.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:05:32]:

Thank you very much. So we'll bracket this paragraph and I would invite Brazil, Fiji and the EU to please talk about this paragraph before the end of the session. I would like you to meet outside for a while so that we can you could come with some suggestions, solutions. Thank you very much. So we will now begin consideration of the next session. European Union, yes, you have the floor. I'm sorry.


EU [1:06:06]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. As it was the UN and its member states who proposed this suggestion to include it in this in this draft text. I would like to give you more information and background rationale why we suggested it, if it helps the other parties to maybe agree on this. So our idea was that in the national reports there were some areas for free text that the parties could provide more information, more detailed data where they were responding to the questions. However, these these data from the free text were just touched by the analysis and the assessment of the fifth national reports. Therefore, we would like to have a more complete data set for the next assessment and review process and we think that it would be the liaison group which made the assessment in its meeting as well in June who would be the most appropriate group to consider how it could be extracted. So these important elements, these important data which were provided in the free text in the national reports, how these data could be really well captured and really good results could be extracted from them. So the liaison group could consider ways and methodologies to extract these data. That's why we propose here. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:07:47]:

Thank you very much, European Union. With the explanation from the EU, would Brazil and Fiji agree with this paragraph as it is? I see nodding. Brazil, you have the floor.


Brazil [1:08:02]:

Madam Chair, thank you for the explanation. Thanks to the EU for the explanation. We would just like to talk a little bit like you suggested outside and then come back before the end of the session.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:08:13]:

Okay, thank you very much, Brazil. So I will invite the three of you to convene outside for a moment. Thank you very much. So this paragraph stands with brackets for the time being thank you so I'd like now to go to the uh next session go A1 uh paragraph 12 notes with appreciation there was no uh comments on this paragraph so I would like to approve it as it is are there any objection I see none so it's approved Express concerns, paragraph 13. Are there any comments? Because there were no comments on the first reading. I see none, thank you. So it's approved as well. Paragraph 14, request parties that have not yet fully done. Yes, India, I see, yes, I give the floor to India, thank you. Microphone to India, please.


India [1:09:23]:

Thank you, Madam Co-Chair. We would like to add in paragraph 14 line 2 after obligations in accordance with their national circumstances, priorities and capacities. Thank you, Madam Chair. Should I read again? In second line implementation their obligation after obligations please add in accordance with their national circumstances, priorities and capacities.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:10:06]:

Yes, India, we are talking about obligations under the protocol. I don't think it's appropriate to say that we only fulfill our obligations under the protocol in accordance with national priorities and circumstances. Could you please think about retreating perhaps the suggestion because if there are obligations they should be fulfilled but I will give the floor to the European Union while you take this on board the suggestion on board European Union you have the floor.


EU [1:10:45]:

Thank you very much Madam chair it's on another point but the same paragraph at the very end of the first line from the original text now it is deleted that as a matter of priority and we would like to reintroduce this wording. So it would read that request parties that have not yet fully done so to put in place legal to put in place as a matter of priority legal, administrative and then the text continues. So we would like to reintroduce this text here. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:11:21]:

Thank you very much, European Union. Could you please just repeat your text suggestion so that all the plenary can be on board? Thank you.


EU [1:11:35]:

Yes, of course, Madam Chair. So it would read, "Requests parties that have not yet fully done so to put in place, as a matter of priority, legal, and the text continues. So it was the original text from the Secretariat's note.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:11:54]:

Thank you very much, European Union. I will give the floor to Brazil. Brazil.


Brazil [1:11:59]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. This intervention is in response to the addition proposed by the EU. We would wish to keep as a matter of priority off the text because we understand that it brings a level of prescriptiveness that is not the best one to take. So we would like to retain the text that was originally published by the Secretariat. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:12:35]:

Thank you very much, Brazil. I would like now to consult India. India, you have the floor.


India [1:12:48]:

Thank you, Madam Co-Chair. India would also like to retain the original text of the paragraph 14. So thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:12:59]:

India, could you please be more clear, the original text?


India [1:13:03]:

Yes, I understand the obligations. This paragraph is regarding the obligations to the parties, so we would like to retain the original paragraph.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:13:12]:

Okay, thank you very much, India. I see Morocco. Morocco, you have the floor.


Morocco [1:13:19]:

Thank you so much, Madam Chair. Regarding paragraph 14, as indicated, that the parties have the obligation to as a priority set up the legal measures and so forth. On the other hand, we have to be very firm when it comes to the resources to help them in doing so. So what I mean is, these should be two parallel tracks. If we are firm about the implementation, we also have to be firm regarding the resources. In other words, The last sentence should be as firm and we have to be certain that the countries will receive the resources to do so. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:14:06]:

Morocco, could you please make a text suggestion? It's not clear. Thank you.


Morocco [1:14:20]:

Well, at the end, and that institutional, technical, technological and financial support, as appropriate, will be provided. I'll have to think about it, because it has to be in the last sentence, and it has to be firmer. to ensure that we're able to implement these measures. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:14:54]:

Thank you very much, Morocco. I think it's needed, it's very firm. But at any rate, I will ask the Secretariat to read the paragraph as it is right now. Secretariat, could you please read it? Thank you.


CBD · Secretariat [1:15:13]:

So I hope I captured this right, Madam Chair, requests parties that have not yet fully done so to put in place, and in brackets, as a matter of priority, legal, administrative and other measures to implement their obligations under the Cartagena Protocol while acknowledging that parties face various challenges, et cetera.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:15:39]:

Yes, thank you very much. Can we agree to keep the paragraph as it is and pending Morocco's suggestion to strengthen the final part? I would ask Morocco to please suggest to us some language. And thank you very much, India, for your flexibility. And I understand that we For the time being, we have brackets of the text suggested by the European Union. So paragraph, I would like now to go to paragraph 15. Paragraph 15, there was no suggestions for that, so I'd like to approve it as it is. Is there any, yes, Bahrain, you have the floor.


Bahrain [1:16:30]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have just a slight suggestion for this paragraph. Before that, I would like to raise the rationale behind my suggestions. You know that many countries have shortage in staffs, so one person or two work in many convention sites, CBD, Ramsar, et cetera. So for that reason, we cannot ensure 100%. So I would like just to add this slight amendments. So starting from arch parties to endeavors to ensure adequate by safety, et cetera. So I would like just to add this paragraph, endeavour to ensure adequate.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:17:32]:

Thank you very much, Biren. I understand this proposal was not made before. I will ask if anybody has any opposition to that. Fiji, Fiji, you have the floor.


Fiji [1:17:46]:

Thank you, Madam Kochhar. Madam Kochhar, I believe as you had mentioned that there was no previous proposals on this and Our understanding as well is twofold, that this is not agreed language in any previous decisions. I understand the distinguished delegate of Bahrain has mentioned that it is from other multilateral environmental agreements, but in the context of Cartagena, it does not apply. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:18:11]:

Thank you very much, Bahrain. Bahrain, I would ask for your flexibility because normally we do not take on board suggestions that have not been submitted on the first reading or the submission of statements. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much for your flexibility. So paragraph 15 stands as it is and is approved. Thank you very much, colleagues, and thank you very much for your flexibility, Bahrain. And paragraph 16 encourages parties and other stakeholders. Are there any comments? Malawi, Malawi, you have the floor.


Malawi [1:18:55]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just to include on between focus and capacity building to make it lead properly.

Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:19:07]:

Yes, this is editorial. Thank you very much, Malawi, for helping us. So with the editorial correction made by Malawi, I see no other interventions. Oh, Nigeria. Nigeria, you have the floor.


Nigeria [1:19:25]:

Thank you, Madam Co-Chair. On line three, we think it should be strengthening the capacity of national staff and not ability. because we think that's the most stronger word instead of ability, strengthening the capacity of national staff to carry out their functions. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:19:46]:

Thank you very much. Nigeria, I think this is also editorial. Could we agree with changing ability for capacity? Yes, I think it's more Proper. Okay, I see no objections. So with the two editorial changes on and the capacity of national staff, we approve this paragraph. Do you want me to ask the secretary to read it? No. Okay, thank you very much, colleagues. And now we have paragraph 17. As you can, as you notice, this is the first paragraph in this decision that makes a reference to the Global Environmental Facility. And as you know, this paragraph will, during COP/MOP, will be retrieved from this decision, from the COP/MOP decision and go to the GEF. So with that, I open the floor. Are there any objections to paragraph 17 as it is? I see none. Thank you very much. So paragraph 17 is also approved. Okay, I will be bold. I will ask you to, I will check if there are any comments to section two on goal 8.2. Could we approve it as a whole? Are there any objections to approving the next session, so paragraphs 18 to 25? Yes, European Union, you have the floor.


EU [1:21:49]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Regarding paragraph 21, The second part of this paragraph is new, it's an addition now. And we only miss the capacity building and development activities, the development wording to be inconsistent with the CBD wording. Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:22:17]:

Thank you. So we would bracket from in particular by continue to provide, is that? No. It's where.


CBD · Secretariat [1:22:28]:

Capacity building and development.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:22:32]:

Capacity building and development. Ah, okay, ah, okay, okay. So, yes, I'm sorry. So we would just say continue to provide capacity building and development activities, okay. Okay, so with the change suggested by the EU, can we approve paragraphs 18 to 25? I'm sorry, 23. Oh, no, yes, I'm sorry, to 23. Yes, Japan, you have the floor.


Japan [1:23:07]:

Thank you very much, Madam Co-Chair. While Japan supports the continued efforts to enhance the effective use of the Biosafety Clearing House, paragraph 21, with the addition to the paragraph contains a number of additional activities. We would like to suggest inserting subject to the availability of resources after request the executive secretary in line with the similar provisions elsewhere in the draft decision. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:23:46]:

Japan, thank you very much, but this is a core mandate for the executive secretary. It's not really subject to the availability of resources. With that explanation, could you please be flexible on your suggestion? Japan, you have the floor.


Japan [1:24:09]:

Thank you very much. With the language, we would be, yeah, it would be better for us to have that language, but in the spirit of compromise, we can live with that. Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:24:22]:

Thank you very much, Japan. So with the amendment made by the EU, can we approve paragraphs 18 to 23? Yes, I see no objection. Thank you very much, colleagues. We are making progress. So I would like to take the same approach to the next session, goal A.3, paragraphs 24 to 25. Norway, you have the floor.


Norway [1:24:51]:

Yes, good morning everybody. I'm sorry for having to jump back to paragraphs 17 and also 23 because as we need to have this language, the new paragraphs considered by our JEF experts, we need to have it in brackets for the time being. I'm sorry for that, for getting back to you on that.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:25:23]:

Thank you, Norway. I think it is usual procedure, so I will allow to get back. And paragraph 23 as well. Okay, thank you very much. Yes, Norway, as I have explained in the beginning, this paragraph will be moved to the JEF decision. I don't know, we can't bracket them, but of course it will be subject to further discussion under the JEF decision. If you could be flexible, we would rather not have it bracketed. Norway, you have the floor.


Norway [1:26:40]:

Okay, yes, thank you for giving us the floor again. We can accept that with this insurance that this will be the process at COP. Okay, thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:26:57]:

Thank you very much, Norway. So with that, I would like now to invite comments on paragraph 24 or 25. Do I see any comments or suggestions? And of course paragraph 24 will follow the same procedure regarding the other JEF paragraphs. So I see no comments, so paragraphs 24 and 25 are approved. Thank you very much colleagues. Yes, I will follow the same line for goal A4. Can we approve paragraphs 26 to 34 as a whole? I'm sorry. Oh, yes, I'm sorry. I should have marked things before. So 26 to 30, I see Egypt. Egypt, you have the floor.


Egypt [1:28:01]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, it's just to add a few words by the end of para 32 to read as follow.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:28:11]:

After-- Egypt, just a moment. We are not-- it was my mistake. We are paragraph 26 to 30 right now. So I will take your suggestions in a while. Yeah. So colleagues, can we approve 26 to 30? Okay, thank you very much. Thank you. So paragraph 26 to 30 are approved. Thank you. And now go A.5. So it's 31 until 34. Yes. And I give the floor to Egypt. Egypt, thank you very much.


Egypt [1:28:53]:

So to add at the end of para 32, after institutional capacity, including as appropriate, through forward-looking and precautionary approach, horizon scanning and technology monitoring to support national preparedness and informed decision making. I will say again, including as appropriate through forward-looking and precautionary approaches, horizon scanning and technology monitoring to support national preparedness and informed decision-making. Thank you, madam.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:29:33]:

Thank you very much, Egypt. I ask parties if they agree, but before I ask the Secretariat to please read the paragraph out loud, Secretariat, if you could please read with the changes suggested by Egypt.


CBD · Secretariat [1:29:52]:

Yes, Madam Chair, thank you. I hope I captured that. So also recognizes that rapid developments in modern biotechnology require the continuous updating of relevant scientific, technical, and institutional capacities, including, as appropriate, through forward-looking and precautionary approaches, horizon scanning and technology monitoring to support national prepared and informed decision making.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:30:25]:

Thank you very much, Secretariat. I think that we did capture the suggestion made by Egypt. Can we agree with paragraph 32 as amended? Brazil, you have the floor.


Brazil [1:30:42]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. We see that as the discussion on horizons Kenny has to some brackets in the decision coming from Substa. We would prefer to keep it bracketed so that we have the opportunity to further discuss it at cop. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:31:01]:

Thank you very much, Brazil. I understand your reasoning. So can we have this paragraph as amended, but between brackets, that would be my suggestion, because I understand that there is a thin line between our work and SUBSTA, so perhaps it would be better to bracket. Egypt, you have the floor.


Egypt [1:31:33]:

Madam, if I may propose just to bracket the wording, Horizon Scanning, and keep the para as clean. This would be my proposal.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:31:45]:

Brazil.


Brazil [1:31:49]:

Thank you for the proposal to the delegation of Egypt. We would still prefer to have it all bracketed so that we can discuss the whole concept. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:31:58]:

Okay, thank you very much. So I would like then to propose that we approve this section with paragraph 32 as amended by Egypt and Brazil. Are there any objections? I see none. So paragraphs 31 to 34 are approved as they are with the amendments. I would like now to invite you to approve goal A.6, so it's 35 and 36. And 35 did not receive any comments. European Union, you have the floor.


EU [1:32:49]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I would like to just go back to the paragraph 34, but with a minor editorial amendment, if I may. In paragraph 34, it was the first appearance of the regional and sub-regional technical and scientific cooperation support centers. And as it was agreed in agenda item 10 on capacity building and development, we would like to use the abbreviation of the support centers after the first appearance here because in this CRP it is sometimes quite confusing, sometimes regional, sometimes subregionals are missing, so we would like to be very conscious here is the first appearance, we can write the whole name of the supporting centers and then we can use the abbreviation. Thank you, Madam Chair.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:33:49]:

Thank you very much, the European Union. So we would just, this is really editorial, so we would put between parentheses the abbreviation and from that paragraph on we would substitute. Is that your proposal? Okay. Do you agree with the suggestion made? It's editorial. Okay. Thank you. So we would make those editorial amendments. Thank you very much. So going back to paragraphs 35 and 36, do I see any comments? Can we approve those as they are? Thank you very much. So the paragraphs 35 and 36 are also approved. And then related to GO A7, paragraphs 37 and 38, 37 did not receive any comments, 38 reflects the comments received from parties. Can we approve them as they are? Yes, thank you very much. So 37, 38 are also approved. And now GO A8, 39 and 40. Can we approve them as they are? Yes, I see no comments. Thank you very much, colleagues. Go A9, so paragraphs 41 to 42, just two paragraphs. Can we agree, approve these paragraphs as they are? I see no objections. Thank you very much. Paragraphs 41 and 42 are approved. And now go A10, paragraphs 43 and 44. 43 did not receive any comments or suggestions, so can we approve those two as well? Thank you very much colleagues. I see no comments. So 43 and 44 also approved. Goal B1, paragraphs 45 to 49. Can we approve the sections? Yes, the European Union, you have the floor.


EU [1:36:22]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. In paragraph 47, at the very end, it's only includes the South-South cooperation, so we would like to include the North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation as well.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:36:38]:

Thank you very much, European Union. India, you have the floor. Is that on the same paragraph?


India [1:36:46]:

46. Thank you, Madam Co-Chair. We have some comments on paragraph 46.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:36:54]:

Okay, well we did not receive any comments on paragraph 46 on our first reading but I will allow you to read out your suggestions. Thank you.


India [1:37:04]:

Thank you Madam Chair. After stakeholders we would like to add with particular emphasis on the needs of developing country parties, especially least developed countries and small islands developing states. because adding this language ensures consistency with paragraph 3 of the same document which explicitly recognizes the capacity building remains a priority for developing country parties. So I would request to add this language in paragraph 46. Thank you, Madam Co-Chair.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:37:41]:

Thank you very much, India. I would like now to ask if there is any opposition to adding North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation as suggested by the European Union. I see no request for the floor, so 4.7 is approved as amended. And regarding 4.6, I will ask if there is any opposition to adding the language suggested by India? I see none. Okay, so we will amend both paragraphs and with that we have paragraphs 45 to 49 approved as they are. Thank you very much colleagues. I would like now to ask for comments on Goal B, point two, so paragraphs 50 to 53. Do we see? Yes, European Union, you have the floor.


EU [1:38:54]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. In paragraph 52, there are some elements in particular at the very end of the paragraph which could be problematic for us and we would like to indicate now. with the understanding that this paragraph will be retrieved and be discussed by the GEF experts. It was just an indication for you. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:39:21]:

Yes, thank you very much. European Union, would you like to bracket some part of it? Okay, could you please be very explicit about the part that you are bracketing?


EU [1:39:34]:

Yes, we would like to see brackets from the last part from the starting and to establish direct adequate and so on to the end. And also we would like to see an additional wording before the GBF, sorry, it's Sunday morning, through the global biodiversity framework fund. So the addition of the wording through, but with the understanding that it will be discussed by the JEF experts.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:40:13]:

Okay, thank you very much, European Union. I see India followed by Brazil. India, you have the floor.


India [1:40:20]:

Thank you, Madam Co-Chair. We have comments on paragraph 50 and we would like to propose and replace urges with encourages in first line. and after biosafety we would like to add in accordance with their national circumstances, priorities and capacities.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:40:44]:

India, we did not receive any comments to paragraph 50. I will now give the floor to Brazil and then I will come back to you. Brazil, you have the floor.


Brazil [1:40:58]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. We were going to make the exact same suggestion that came from India.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:41:07]:

Brazil, we did not receive any comments and this is something that could really drag us on. I would ask for your flexibility as well as India on the suggestion, but of course we are all on the hands of you parties. I will ask Norway, please, could you, you have the floor?


Norway [1:41:31]:

Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. Actually, my intervention was on the paragraph 52. So if you would like me to come back, if we are concluding paragraph 50 now, I will come back.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:41:46]:

Okay, Brazil, you have the floor.


Brazil [1:41:51]:

Thank you, Madam Co-Chair. I just wanted to mention that in my records, in the previous version, This paragraph, I think, was paragraph 33, and according to my records, we did make a suggestion to it. I don't know if something happened along the way, but we were under the impression that we had made a comment in that respect. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:42:15]:

Okay, we are checking, and while the Secretariat is checking, I would like to see if, of course, I will give the floor to Norway to make suggestion on 52.


Norway [1:42:33]:

Yes, thank you so much. Yes, so we would just like to make the same indication as the EU with understanding that it will be discussed later at the COP, but we, as you asked for specific needs for brackets, we would also indicate that the last sentence as the, we understand also the EU indicated, and to establish direct, adequate, predictable and dedicated funding would have to be in brackets. And we also have some additional wording, but I don't know if you want to have that now or according to the process that you sketched earlier at the items.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:43:21]:

No, we see it's bracketed, I think it's, we, could take on board your suggestions, your text suggestions. Thank you. Nori, Nori again, please.


Norway [1:43:34]:

Yes, so then we would like to add after in the fourth line after and development on biosafety, we would like to add as part of country driven projects. And then in the second last line after the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, we would like to include according to their mandates. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:44:11]:

Thank you very much, Norway. I will ask Uruguay and Indonesia if their suggestions is for paragraph 52. If not, please. Okay, Uruguay, you have the floor.


Uruguay [1:44:27]:

Madam Chair, sorry, some clarification. I would like to make a comment on India's and Brazil intervention is on paragraph 50.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:44:40]:

May I? No, because we are still on paragraph 52 and I asked the Secretariat to check on the previous interventions. Are there any more comments on paragraph 52? Indonesia, is it for paragraph 52? Yes, Indonesia, you have the floor.


Indonesia [1:45:04]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to support for paragraph 50, support India for paragraph 50. Can I, can we propose for paragraph 50?


SBI · Co-Chair [1:45:19]:

Okay, so the Secretariat had checked and indeed Brazil made this proposal. So I will ask Brazil to please dictate your proposal to paragraph 50.


Indonesia [1:45:32]:

We would like to support India to change the word of urge to encourage. Due to allocate adequate funding for biosafety cannot directly supported by national budgets, So we would like to propose that, to change ours to encourage or put it in bracket. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:45:57]:

Thank you very much, Indonesia. I will now get back to Brazil to please repeat your text suggestion that had been submitted on the first reading. Brazil, you have the floor.


Brazil [1:46:11]:

Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you for the Secretariat for checking. Our suggestion would be to include after budgets in paragraph 50, comma, in accordance with their national circumstances, priorities and capabilities.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:46:45]:

Thank you very much, Brazil. And apologies, I think it's a little bit chaotic. It was not my intention. I wanted to deal with each paragraph. But at any rate, I will now invite comments only to paragraph 52. If you are not asking the floor for paragraph 52, I will ask you to not press the button, the microphone button right now. So Japan, I understand this is for 52. Japan, you have the floor.


Japan [1:47:22]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair, for giving me the floor, giving us the floor. With regards to the, we support the proposal from the EU to put the the last phrase starting from to establish direct into practice and just to make sure that uh make clar uh make it clear that uh Japan find it a bit uh difficult to have that uh uh part and then we believe that support for biod safety should make effective use of existing Financial mechanism and should avoid unnecessary duplication so uh just to make clear our standpoint thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:48:03]:

Thank you very much uh Japan I see Zimbabwe and Malawi and I ask if this is for paragraph 52. If it's for other paragraphs in this section, please wait just a minute because I would like to clean 52 and then we could move forward. Is it for paragraph 52? Okay, so I'll give the floor to Zimbabwe.


Zimbabwe [1:48:34]:

Okay, thank you, Chair. Can we have the whole of para 52 in brackets because we want to reflect upon the additions given by other parties. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:48:47]:

Okay, thank you very much, Zimbabwe. If you are making new text suggestions on 52, then I will give you the floor. If you are only supporting, because I will ask for support or bracket text right now so Malawi followed by Fiji Malawi you have the floor


Malawi [1:49:12]:

thank you Madam chair uh this par is very critical for us as Africa uh because.

Of the challenges that we are.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:49:20]:

Facing especially for uh financial support under the catana protocol so may because it's already in paragraph.


Malawi [1:49:27]:

We support in it's already in in brackets we support that it maintains to be in brackets so that can deliberate on it further. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:49:36]:

Thank you very much, Malawi. That would be my suggestion. So if you do not have more text suggestion on paragraph 52, I would ask you to not ask for the floor right now because I would like to propose the Secretariat to read as it is and with the suggested brackets. Okay, so I see Fiji followed by Morocco. Fiji, you have the floor.


Fiji [1:50:05]:

My apologies, Madam Kocher. I did not intend to come and seek this clarification, but it is my understanding that Goal B2 reads as parties mobilize adequate resources for all sources. And it was also our understanding that this paragraph with the inclusion of GBFF was agreed upon. So I find it difficult to understand why we are bracketing the entire from to establish. It was our understanding that the only part that was contentious was direct. So the adequate, predictable and dedicated funding channels is also referenced within this text. I do not understand why we are at this stage of negotiations where we are still bracketing the entire of the later part. We are happy for direct to be bracketed, but we are We do not think that this is negotiating in good faith that we are bracketing the entirety of the end. This entire goal is for adequate, predictable and dedicated funding and it is referenced several times in this entirety of this decision. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:51:14]:

Thank you very much, Fiji. I will give the floor to Morocco, followed by Nigeria. Morocco, you have the floor.


Morocco [1:51:23]:

Thank you, Chair. I support the proposal made by Fiji. This paragraph is important for developing countries who need to comply with the obligations under the Cartagena Protocol. Indeed, in relation to paragraph 14 discussed earlier, when we need to provide adequate available means of implementation so that developing countries can keep to their commitments. So I don't see why we would come backwards. So therefore I support keeping this paragraph, perhaps just direct as said by Fiji. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:52:07]:

Thank you very much, Morocco. I will now give the floor to Nigeria followed by Cote d'Ivoire. And I'm closing the floor on interventions for the interventions on this item. Nigeria, you have the floor.


Nigeria [1:52:24]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just to support lifting the bracket on this para, and we can be flexible on putting direct in bracket for now, because we understand that this para is trying to ensure support for parties, developing parties especially, to have the JEFs prioritize funding under JEF 9 for biosafety. And so just to support the proposal from Fiji, because we can have discussions around direct at COP, but I don't think we would support putting the bracket on this entire paragraph because we think is seeking to support parties in implementing biosafety priorities. And so we just like to seek flexibility on colleagues' part to ensure that we leave this bracket while we can put the bracket on direct for now. Thank you, Chair.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:53:26]:

Thank you very much. Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, you have the floor.


Côte d’Ivoire [1:53:30]:

Merci, Madame.

Thank you, Chair, for giving me the floor. Cote d'Ivoire supports everything that's been said, in particular by Fiji, Nigeria, and other colleagues. should say that the protocol is weakly implemented. Everything that we're suggesting or recommendations needs to be supported by this paragraph here. So if there are elements which we don't agree with, we can reflect upon those and we can try to achieve consensus, but we shouldn't place the entire paragraph in brackets. Therefore, cote de voix suggests that we strive to find consensus on the elements which are problematic so that we can adopt this paragraph together. Thank you, Chair.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:54:26]:

Thank you very much, Cote d'Ivoire. Well, given the last interventions, I would ask for the flexibility from Zimbabwe. I understand that Zimbabwe did recommend to bracket the whole paragraph instead of just the last part. Zimbabwe, could you please be flexible and not to bracket the whole text? Zimbabwe? Yes, microphone to Zimbabwe, please.


Zimbabwe [1:55:09]:

Okay, thank you, Madam Chair. Can we instead put the brackets on the text which reads as part of country driven projects?


SBI · Co-Chair [1:55:21]:

Thank you very much for flexibility, Zimbabwe. And I would like now to ask the European Union if we could just keep the brackets on direct instead of the whole last part. European Union, you have the floor, as suggested by Fiji, because Fiji and others are saying that this is usual language except for direct. European Union, you have the floor.


EU [1:55:56]:

Yes, thank you very much, Madam Chair. the whole part of this paragraph is problematic for us and we would like to discuss it further. So we would like to have everything in brackets here. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:56:11]:

Okay, thank you. So I will ask the secretariat to read the paragraph with the brackets as they are. Secretariat, please read it. And I would rather, as I said before, this will be for the discussion in COPs, so I will allow the paragraph to go with the brackets if your agreement. Secretariat, could you please read the paragraph?


CBD · Secretariat [1:56:59]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. I will read the paragraph. 52 recommends that in adopting its guidance to the global environment facility with respect to support for the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol, Conference of the Parties to the Convention request the facility to continue to support capacity building and development on biosafety bracket comma, as part of country driven projects, comma, bracket close, including during the ninth replenishment period of its trust fund, July 26, June 2013, and through the global biodiversity framework fund, comma, according to their mandates, comma, bracket open, and to establish, bracket open, direct, bracket close, adequate, predictable and dedicated funding channels for biosafety to ensure that implementation needs are fully met, close bracket.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:58:00]:

Thank you very much, Secretariat. Could we approve the paragraph as it stands with the different brackets? Okay, thank you very much, colleagues. And I would like now to go back to paragraph 50 and I will ask the Secretariat to read it as it is right now. Secretariat, you have the floor. Yes, and I would like to make a suggestion because we heard from some parties that they would like to see encourages instead of urges. And as I mentioned before, there was only one intervention for this paragraph and it was made by Brazil. And I understand that with the flexibility introduced by the text proposed by Brazil, we could leave with urges. But I asked the Secretariat to read it out loud with this disclaimer. Secretariat, please read it as proposed by Brazil. Thank you.


CBD · Secretariat [1:59:15]:

The paragraph would read urges parties to allocate adequate resources to biosafety in their national budgets in accordance with their national circumstances, priorities and capabilities.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:59:29]:

Thank you very much, Secretariat. Could we approve paragraph 50 as read out by the Secretariat? Uruguay, you have the floor.


Uruguay [1:59:43]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. We would like to support the proposal presented by Brazil.


SBI · Co-Chair [1:59:49]:

Thank you very much. So with that, I think that we have approved paragraphs 50 to 53. Thank you very much, colleagues. This was a very good discussion, and I'm looking forward for the discussions during COP. Go B. Point three, so I would like now to approve paragraphs 54 and 55 related to goal B3. Are there any comments? I see none. Thank you very much, colleagues. So paragraphs 54 and 55 are approved. And the last bit, goal B.4. paragraphs 56 to 59 and the last two paragraphs didn't receive any comments or suggestions. So I see Egypt. Egypt, you have the floor, followed by DRC. Egypt.


Egypt [2:00:51]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Actually, we made a submission with regard to that has concrete text proposals that affirming that risk assessment and risk management are national determination. and it's not reflected anywhere so our proposal is to add some concrete text to bring that idea again that we made in our initial submission. In 58 after international level so to say while reaffirming that risk assessment and risk management are national determinations undertaken by parties in accordance with the Cartagena Protocols, national legislation, priorities and circumstances, and encouraging transparency and scientific integrity, including through the identification, disclosure and appropriate management of conflict of interest in relevant processes. May I read again in dictating speed. While reaffirming that risk assessment and risk management are national determination undertaken by parties in accordance with the Cartagena Protocol, national legislation, priorities and circumstances and encouraging transparency and scientific integrity including through the identification, disclosure and appropriate management of conflict of interest in relevant process. Thank you, Madam Chair.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:02:38]:

Could you please read it once more? It's very long. Thank you, Bridget.


Egypt [2:02:45]:

While affirming that risk assessment and risk management are national determination undertaken by parties in accordance with the Cartagena Protocol, national legislation, priorities and circumstances, and encouraging transparency and scientific integrity, including through the identification, disclosure and appropriate management of conflict of interest in relevant processes.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:03:32]:

Thank you very much. Egypt, I would like to see, I see the DRC also asking for the floor. Is it on the same paragraph, DRC?


Democratic Republic of the Congo [2:03:50]:

Thank you so much, Madam Chair. Yes, it's concerning the same paragraphs. I would like us to After the laws, there are regulations between laws and we would add regulations. So laws, regulations and so forth. And we would back the proposal made by Egypt that the regulation should also appear here.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:04:25]:

Okay, so you're saying after national legislation and regulations, is that your proposal?


Democratic Republic of the Congo [2:04:38]:

Yes, yes, of course, after the laws, between laws and directives, we could include regulations.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:04:48]:

Okay, I see, your proposal is for 56, not 58. Okay.


Democratic Republic of the Congo [2:04:56]:

Yes, absolutely.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:04:57]:

Thank you, thank you very much. I will give the floor to the European Union. European Union, you have the floor.


EU [2:05:06]:

Thank you, Madam Chair, and I would like to thank Egypt for their suggestion. However, there are many elements that should be considered a little bit in details and deeper, so we would like to put them in brackets for the time being. And for this paragraph, we would have another suggestion, if I may now, but I can come back later.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:05:30]:

You may now so that we can have the full picture. Thank you, European Union.


EU [2:05:35]:

Yes, thank you very much, Madam Chair. So it's about the technical and scientific cooperation support centers. So now they appear in the paragraph 57 and we would like to remove them from there because their participation, their role is more relevant in the paragraph 58 because its parties who are trying to cooperate with these centres and then the support coming from the donor countries and relevant organisations. So our suggestion would be the following, to delete the reference to the technical and scientific cooperation support centres from paragraph 57 and to include them in the paragraph 58, it would read encourages parties to cooperate with the technical and scientific cooperation support centers and relevant organizations and the text follows continues. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:06:41]:

Thank you very much, European Union. So I ask first the Secretariat to read the suggestions made to paragraph 56. Could you please read it? Thank you.


CBD · Secretariat [2:07:01]:

Yes, Madam Chair. 56 would read encourages parties as appropriate and in accordance with their national circumstances, priorities and existing institutional arrangements to facilitate the integration of biosafety into cross-sectoral and sectoral legislation, regulations, policies, strategies, action plans, programmes and institutions.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:07:26]:

Thank you very much, Secretariat. Can we agree with paragraph 56 as amended by the DRC? Yes, I see no objection. Thank you very much. So paragraph 56 is okay, it's approved. And I understand that we also made an amendment to 57 because we are withdrawing, we're deleting the part and the technical and scientific cooperation. Can we agree with the substitution of this, with the replacement of this part to paragraph 58 and so paragraph 57 would read and I will ask the Secretariat to read it out loud for us.


CBD · Secretariat [2:08:14]:

57 would be invites donor countries and relevant organizations to support parties with the integration referred to in paragraph 56 above.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:08:26]:

Thank you very much, Secretariat. So can we approve the paragraph as amended? As I see no objection, thank you very much, colleagues. And now I will ask the Secretariat to read paragraph 58 with all the amendments and the brackets suggested. So Secretariat, could you please read paragraph 58?


CBD · Secretariat [2:08:50]:

Yes, Madam Chair. 58 would read, encourages parties to cooperate with the technical and scientific cooperation support centers and relevant organizations in the exchange of scientific technical and institutional knowledge on biosafety including at the regional and international levels open bracket while reaffirming that risk assessment and risk management are national determinations undertaken by parties in accordance with the Cartagena Protocol, national legislation, priorities and circumstances and encouraging transparency and scientific integrity, including through the identification, disclosure and appropriate management of conflict of interest in relevant processes.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:09:37]:

Thank you very much, Secretariat. Can we approve the paragraph as amended? I see no objections, so with that, I will ask parties if you can approve the remaining paragraphs, so 54 to 59. Are there any objections? No, so thank you very much. We have gone, and I would like to go back to the Morocco suggestion for paragraph 14, if I'm not mistaken. Oh, okay. Yes, Morocco, you have the floor.


Morocco [2:10:21]:

Thank you so much, Madam Chair. Yes, indeed, it's paragraph 14 we're talking about. So we would propose to add at the end that institutional, technical, technological and financial support, which is adequate, predictable and sufficient, is available to ensure that they can fully discharge their commitments pursuant to the protocol.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:10:46]:

Could you please repeat, Morocco?


Morocco [2:10:51]:

So, and that institutional technical, technological and financial support which is adequate, predictable, sustainable and available to enable them to fully discharge their commitments pursuant to the protocol.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:11:15]:

Thank you. Thank you very much, Morocco. Brazil, is this on the same paragraph? Okay, so just a moment. Are there any objections for the suggestion made by Morocco on paragraph 14? Would you like me to ask the Secretary to reread it? Oh, no, I'm sorry. I will have to ask Morocco to please repeat it on a dictation speed, please.


Morocco [2:11:53]:

Yes, very well. So again, that institutional technical, technological and financial support and instead of as appropriate, we would add adequate, predictable, sustainable and available to enable them to fully and effectively discharge their commitments pursuant to the protocol.

Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:12:46]:

So I'm only taking interventions on paragraph 14 right now. Panama, is it on paragraph 14? Yes. So I will give the floor to Panama, followed by the European Union. Panama, you have the floor.


Panama [2:13:05]:

Yes, we want to talk about other paragraphs, but we can wait. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:13:11]:

Thank you very much, Panama. European Union, you have the floor.


EU [2:13:16]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. We would like to ask for brackets to the suggestion of Morocco. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:13:23]:

Thank you very much, European Union. So Secretariat, could you please read just the last part of the bracket text for paragraph 14, the suggestion made by Morocco?


CBD · Secretariat [2:13:41]:

Yes, Madam Chair. So the Morocco suggestion was to add after financial support to continue there with which is adequate, predictable and sustainable is made available to enable them to fully discharge their commitments to the protocol and then to bracket as appropriate is needed to support them in this regard with closed bracket.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:14:08]:

Thank you very much. I think this reflects the suggestions made by Morocco. Okay. And can we approve the paragraph as it is with the brackets and the suggested text? Okay. Thank you very much. So paragraph 14 is approved as amended. and with the brackets. And I would like now to open the floor to suggestions by Brazil and Panama, who has the floor on other subjects. Brazil, you have the floor.


Brazil [2:14:44]:

Thank you so much, Madam Chair. I wanted to take us back to OP.11, where we discussed with Fiji and the European Union on this paragraph, and we would be okay with keeping it as is. So we're fine with it.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:15:01]:

Oh, perfect. So we got rid of some brackets. That's very good news. Thank you, Brazil, for your flexibility, and Fiji as well. And, uh, Panama, would you like to intervene now? Panama, you have the floor. Thank you, Kuchart.


Panama [2:15:20]:

Uh, as a.

Panama, first we will want to say apologize because we come back to the paragraph 31, we understand this, discussing in the retreat and the contact route, but we want to ask is possible to make open because we want to add bracket in the last part of the paragraph. Um, it's not, we want to put an, and I will record that is after in the bracket, including the application until the end of the paragraph.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:16:11]:

Panama apologies, but we have ruled on this paragraph and of course you can always bring your concerns to COP, but I would rather not to be reopening paragraphs through our reading of CRPs right now. I ask for your flexibility on that because otherwise it would be a little bit chaotic for me to have this readings of CRPs.


Panama [2:16:40]:

Thank you, Chair.

But is it possible to send some e-mail just to be in the record our concern about this paragraph?


SBI · Co-Chair [2:16:51]:

Thank you. Yes, we can do that. Thank you. Thank you very much, Panama, for flexibility. And with that, I think that we do not have any other outstanding issues and our first CRP is approved. I cannot gavel according to UN rules, but I will.


Speaker 170 [2:17:08]:

Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:17:14]:

Thank you very much. Colleagues, as you know, we are now reviewing CRP3, synthetic biology, so that we can change teams if necessary. I don't think so. CP and SynBio. So thank you very much, colleagues. Okay, so of course I will produce a NAL document on CRP1. And now I would like to begin our consideration of CRP3 synthetic biology, colleagues. Based on the early statements and interventions on item eight, I recall that there was a lot of convergence on the elements that would be important to incorporate into the draft recommendation. As such, I have made the following changes. The text further emphasizes a complementary, coordinated, and non-duplicative approach while taking into account national priorities and circumstances. The regional and sub-regional support centers of the technical and scientific cooperation mechanism have been highlighted. Different funding sources and actions related to resource mobilization for implementation of the thematic action plan have been added. Further, there were repeated calls from many parties for a voluntary monitoring mechanism. Given that indicative actions are yet to be adopted by the Conference of the Parties and the need to ensure there is sufficient time to properly develop such a mechanism, I am suggesting that this could be a request to the Executive Secretary. In addition, for consistency with the outcomes of the meeting of SubSTA, The potential voluntary nature of the thematic action plan has already been bracketed for consistency and will need to be solved at COP in Yerevan. Finally, as a kind reminder, the outcomes of this meeting will be merged with the outcomes from sub staff from presentation to COP. I trust that the Secretariat will take care to ensure consistency of the outcomes between the two meetings. With this in mind, I would like to suggest that we start going paragraph by paragraph, beginning with the recommendation from SBI. So, regarding the recommendation from SBI, Paragraph one, starting with notes, the review of the draft thematic plan. And I recall that there was no suggested changes during our first reading. So I ask, can we approve the first paragraph? I see no objections. Paragraph one is approved. Thank you very much, colleagues. And now paragraph two of the SBI recommendation recommends that. Are there any objections? I see none. So paragraph two is approved. Thank you very much, colleagues. We have now the draft recommendation for SBI. I would like now to go to the draft text for COP. I would first ask if we can approve preamble paragraph recalling articles 8a, 12, 16. Australia, you have the floor.


Australia [2:22:15]:

Thank you, Madam Co-Chair.

We would just like a small change to this, please.

Either the removal of.

The second part, the first part of the second sentence.

And their relevance to the use and application of synthetic biology. So we'd like to see that deleted please, or we could insert possible and their possible relevance.

Those two options.

Thank you, Madam Chair.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:22:41]:

Thank you very much, Australia. So can we agree with this paragraph, with the suggestion made by Australia and the possible relevance to the use and application of synthetic Egypt? You have the floor.


Egypt [2:23:02]:

Madam, we prefer to have possible bracketed. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:23:07]:

Thank you very much, Egypt. So colleagues, can we agree to have this first paragraph approved with the bracketed suggestion made by Australia? Thank you very much, colleagues. So paragraph, the first preamble paragraph is approved. Thank you very much. And then paragraph two, recalling also its decisions, 15/8 and 16/21. Is there any objection? I see none. Thank you very much. So paragraph, Mexico, Mexico, you have the floor.


Mexico [2:23:49]:

Thank you very much. We want to say that maybe it's important to add the article 11 about precautionary principle. Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:24:08]:

Mexico, could you please clarify, are you referring to the first paragraph?


Mexico [2:24:18]:

There's articles, we think that it's important to add the 11th article, please.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:24:24]:

Thank you very much, Mexico. Can we then, I apologize since I have just ruled for this paragraph. Can we add paragraph 11, is there any objection? I see none, so we will make the amendment and the paragraph is approved. Thank you very much. I think... Thank you very much, colleagues. So paragraph recalling also, I understand it's approved. Thank you. And then I would like to invite comments on paragraph one, invites parties, other governments, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth organizations. Are there any comments? Japan, you have the floor.


Japan [2:25:25]:

Thank you, Madam Co-Chair. Japan considers it essential to maintain the voluntary nature of the Thematic Action Plan. Parties have different national circumstances, capabilities and needs and practices. Thus, Japan would like to retain the words on a voluntary basis and request, yeah, to, so that it goes after other relevant stakeholders to, on a voluntary basis, make use of the Thematic Action Plan. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:26:12]:

Japan, I'm sorry, we do have on a voluntary basis at the end of the paragraph. Do you want another on a voluntary basis?


Japan [2:26:26]:

Thank you, Madam Co-Chair. Sorry, it was a mistake. So I'd like to keep the on a voluntary basis at the end of the sentences. So I want to retain that. So that's our intention.

Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:26:40]:

Thank you very much, Japan. I see Brazil, Brazil followed by European Union and Switzerland. Brazil, you have the floor.


Brazil [2:26:49]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. In addition to our support for keeping on a voluntary basis that was just voiced by Japan, we would also like to remove the inclusion. I think this is new text based in comparison to the previous ones. So the part that starts with including target 17 of the framework on mutually agreed terms where applicable. We don't see the need to refer specifically to target 17, even though, of course, it is relevant to synthetic biology. Other targets such as 20 and 21 are equally important. And it's not clear to us what exactly is intended with on mutually agreed terms where applicable here. So we would like to keep in brackets where it starts from including until where applicable, please. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:27:44]:

Thank you very much. Brazil, I see the European Union followed by Switzerland. European Union, you have the floor.


EU · EU [2:27:52]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. I speak on behalf of the EU and its 27 member states. We would like to reintroduce a part that was deleted from a previous version and it is at the end of the paragraph. We would like to see the following text. in line with the precautionary approach for the environmental release of the applications of synthetic biology. We feel that a reference to the precautionary approach is absolutely essential in the present context. Thank you very much. Do you wish me to repeat it in? Yes. So that would read, in accordance with national priorities and circumstances and in line with the precautionary approach, for the environmental release of the applications of synthetic biology. You got that?


SBI · Co-Chair [2:28:45]:

Yes, thank you very much. Switzerland, you have the floor.


Switzerland [2:28:52]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. And Switzerland would agree to this paragraph as long as we lift the brackets on a voluntary basis. and we support the added text by the EU. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:29:09]:

Thank you very much. Switzerland, Australia, you have the floor.


Australia [2:29:14]:

Thank you, Madam Co-Chair.

We would support the removal of the brackets around voluntary basis, and we would like to bracket.

The insertion by the European Union just now.

As this is about capacity building and development and not release of organisms. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:29:30]:

Thank you very much, Australia. So can we lift the brackets on a voluntary basis? I hear support for getting rid of the brackets on a voluntary basis. I see no objections, so I think that we can-- yes, I'm sorry. Oh, I'm sorry. No. Our colleagues from the secretariat reminded me that on a voluntary basis is bracketed because of the need to maintain consistency with the substat. That's why it came already with the brackets. So I asked the secretariat to please just read the changes made to this first paragraph. It would be basically the amendment by the EU. and the brackets from Brazil?


CBD · Secretariat [2:30:37]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Paragraph one would read invites parties, other governments, indigenous peoples and local communities women and youth organizations and other relevant stakeholders to make use of the thematic action plan to support capacity building and development, access to and transfer of technology and knowledge sharing in the context of synthetic biology for the implementation of the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. including target 17 of the framework, on mutually agreed terms where applicable, on a voluntary basis, and in accordance with national priorities and circumstances, and in line with the precautionary approach for the environmental release of the applications of synthetic biology. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:31:36]:

Thank you very much, Secretariat. Can we approve paragraph 1 with the amendments and the brackets as read out loud by the Secretariat? As I see no objection, thank you very much, colleagues. So paragraph 1 is approved. Paragraph 2 invites Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Any suggestions? Any objections? Yes, India, you have the floor.


India [2:32:09]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. We would like to add in line three after utilization, please add including digital sequence information on genetic resources. We consider this important, the action plan recognizing the role of DSI on the context of synthetic biology and promote the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of this. Thank you, Madam Chair. In line three.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:32:40]:

Thank you very much, India.


India [2:32:42]:

Thank you, Madam Chair.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:32:44]:

I will ask the Secretariat to please read the insertion asked by India.


CBD · Secretariat [2:32:53]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Paragraph two would read invites parties to the Cartagena Protocol on biosafety and parties to the Nagoya Protocol on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilization, including digital sequence information on genetic resources, to use the thematic action plan without duplicating and in a manner that is complementary to and coordinated with the capacity building action plan for the Cartagena Protocol and the capacity building and development action plan for the Nagoya Protocol. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:33:29]:

Thank you very much. Secretariat Switzerland, you have the floor.


Switzerland [2:33:35]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. We refer here to the Nagoya Protocol and this in our view is not directly related to DSI, so we would like to bracket the inclusion by India. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:33:52]:

Thank you very much, Switzerland. I see several requests for the floor, so I will give the floor to the European Union followed by Colombia. European Union, you have the floor.


EU [2:34:04]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. We fully agree with the previous speaker that we are just mentioning the full name of the protocol here and in that context, a mention of DSI is not appropriate. Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:34:21]:

Thank you very much, European Union. I see that there are several parties asking for the floor. Can I propose that we approve the paragraph with the bracketed insertions and we move on? Or do you really need to ask for the floor right now? Thank you very much, colleagues. Thank you very much for our cooperation. So we approve the paragraph as amended with the brackets. Thank you. So I would like now to see paragraph three. Are there any invites parties to consider as appropriate? Can we, are there any objections? I see none, so paragraph three is approved. Thank you. Paragraph 4 encourages parties or the governments and relevant organizations. Yes, I see Argentina followed by the European Union. Argentina, you have the floor.


Argentina [2:35:32]:

Thank you very much, Chair. We'd like to ask for the addition of in accordance with domestic legislation at the end of the paragraph. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:35:44]:

Thank you very much, Argentina. The European Union, you have the floor.


EU [2:35:50]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. On the end of the first line, we would like to replace the word ensure by facilitate. Now, if you look at the actors that are being invited to do something or encouraged to do something, these are parties, other governments and relevant organizations, and in that context, the word ensure is not appropriate, but we are very happy to see those actors facilitate the full and effective participation of IPLC representatives. Thank you. And support.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:36:20]:

Yes, thank you very much, European Union. And now I will give the floor to Indonesia. Indonesia, you have the floor.


Indonesia [2:36:28]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Indonesia would like to propose paragraph four to encourage parties, other governments and relevant organizations to ensure as appropriate the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth, with their free, prior and informed consent in the implementation of the thematic action plan in accordance with national priorities and circumstances.

Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:36:57]:

Thank you very much, Indonesia. I will ask Indonesia if you can leave with the suggestion made by the European Union regarding to substituting ensure by facilitate, and then we can not have this appropriate, or would you like to have as appropriate even with facilitate? It is fine, thank you, Madam Chair. Okay, thank you very much. So I will ask the Secretariat to read the paragraph so that we are all on the same page. Secretariat, please, you have the floor.


CBD · Secretariat [2:37:37]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Paragraph four would read encourages parties, other governments and relevant organizations to facilitate the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth with their free prior and informed consent in the implementation of the thematic action plan in accordance with domestic legislation. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:38:06]:

Thank you very much, Secretariat. Can we approve the paragraph as it is, with the amendments made by the European Union, Brazil and Indonesia? Yes, I see no objections, so thank you very much, colleagues. Paragraph 4 is approved. Paragraph 5 invites Parties, other governments, indigenous peoples and local communities. Are there any comments? I see no -- oh, yes, Malawi, you have the floor, paragraph five. Thank you, Madam Chair. Just to include research institution after the academia.


Malawi [2:38:50]:

Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:38:52]:

So it would be other relevant organizations and institutions. Is that your suggestion? Malawi? Okay, thank you. Where there is academia, then you should have COMA, the state institutions and other relevant organizations. Just an inclusion of research institution knowing that they also have.


Malawi [2:39:18]:

A lot to play in knowledge generation and also they can also build capacity in the same. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:39:26]:

Perfect, thank you very much. I will ask the Secretariat to read. Secretariat, please.


CBD · Secretariat [2:39:34]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Paragraph five will read, invites parties, other governments, indigenous peoples and local communities, women, youth, academia, research institutions and other relevant organizations to consider as appropriate other complementary frameworks and guidelines when planning activities to implement the Thematic Action Plan. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:39:57]:

Thank you very much. Can we approve paragraph five as amended? By Malawi? As I see no objections, thank you very much, colleagues. Paragraph six invites parties and regional organizations. Egypt, you have the floor.


Egypt [2:40:18]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just to include after priorities in the second line, comma, including for strengthening national capacities for horizon scanning, monitoring and assessment. So after and priorities, comma, including for strengthening national capacities for horizon scanning, monitoring and assessment, comma.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:40:49]:

Thank you very much, Egypt. Do we see any objections to the insertion to the amendment made by Egypt? Okay, I see none. So Paragraph six is amended with the suggestions. Paragraph seven invites parties to share as appropriate. Yes, European Union, you have the floor.


EU [2:41:19]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. We have a little bit of an issue with the words in coordination with in the third line. These reporting processes are quite separate and we think that it would be better to replace in coordination with by complementary to. So we think that the coordination that is being asked goes really far here, but they should of course be in complement to each other. So replace in coordination with by complementary to. Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:41:58]:

Thank you very much, the European Union. So we are substituting in coordination with by. I ask the Secretariat to read. I think it's better if you read so that everybody understands. Thank you.


CBD · Secretariat [2:42:20]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. So paragraph seven will read invites parties to share as appropriate their needs and priorities with regard to the implementation of the thematic action plan with the regional and sub-regional support centers of the technical and scientific cooperation mechanism, complementary to the implementation of the capacity building action plans for the respective protocols. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:42:49]:

Thank you very much, Secretariat. Can we approve paragraph seven as amended by the EU? Okay, I see no objections, so paragraph seven is approved. Thank you very much, colleagues. Paragraph eight invites the regional support centers. Yes, European Union, you have the floor.


EU [2:43:14]:

Thank you again, Madam Chair. On this paragraph, we have a number of issues. We see that it is very close to what is mentioned under paragraph 15D further on, and we think these two paragraphs are better integrated. And the reason for that is also that inviting these TSCCs to develop their own capacities for facilitating the implementation of the thematic plan and incorporate that development in their biennial work plans really goes very far These TFCCs, these centers, some of many of which are not active at all in synthetic biology, but they may have a network of supporting friends who can do that. So asking those TFCCs to develop these capacities is simply not appropriate and not realistic. So we would hope that the meeting agrees to replace to integrate 15d and 8 in one line, which would read, invites the regional and sub-regional technical support center of the mechanism to facilitate implementation of the thematic action plan as appropriate. And this wording is basically from 15d. And that 15d can then of course be deleted. I hope this is clear, thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:44:41]:

Thank you very much. European Union? I will take more interventions from the floor and then we can read out loud the paragraph suggestions. Switzerland, you have the floor, followed by Guatemala, Switzerland.


Switzerland [2:44:55]:

Thank you, Madam Chair, and we had a similar concern as the EU and could support the proposal that they just made. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:45:06]:

Thank you very much Switzerland. I see Guatemala followed by Costa Rica. Guatemala, you have the floor.


Guatemala [2:45:13]:

Thank you very much Chair. We support the proposal made by the European Union. We believe that giving this topic to sub-regional in the inclusion of the biannual plans is too much work and could minimize other relevant functions which the sub-regional centers need to have. when they're supporting developing countries. Therefore, we completely support the statement made for this topic to be included in 15B. Thank you.


Costa Rica [2:45:45]:

Thank you, Chair. Costa Rica would like.

To support the European Union, Guatemala, Switzerland and others. who have asked for a change to the agenda here, which we believe is the most appropriate change to make. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:46:11]:

Perfect, thank you very much. So I will ask the Secretariat to read out loud. Yes, thank you.


CBD · Secretariat [2:46:18]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Paragraph eight would read, invites the regional and sub-regional support centers of the technical and scientific cooperation mechanism to facilitate the implementation of the thematic action plan as appropriate. And then there would be a corresponding deletion of paragraph 15D. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:46:42]:

Thank you very much, Secretariat. I see Colombia also asking for the floor. Colombia, you have the floor.


Colombia [2:46:50]:

Thank you, Chair. Very briefly, just say that we support the proposal made by the European Union and the changes read out. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:47:00]:

Thank you very much, colleagues. I would ask you to refrain for asking for the floor to support since there is broad support. Can we approve Paragraph eight as amended. Yes, thank you very much. I see no objections. So we are approving paragraph eight as read out loud by the Secretariat combined with the deletion of 15D. Thank you very much. Paragraph nine. Are there any objections to paragraph nine? No comments. Yes, European Union, you have the floor.


EU [2:47:44]:

Thank you, Madam Chair, for giving me the floor. On this, we have two issues. First and foremost, we understand this paragraph to encourage whoever can do that to make financial, but also technical and in-kind resources available to support the implementation of the thematic action plan. And we think that North-South, South-South, and triangular cooperation is very important in this aspect. So for those reasons, the fact that we want these not only support from developed to developing countries, but also South-South and triangular cooperation, and also as it is about also technical and in-kind resources, we are a little bit we have difficulty with singling out developed country parties in the first line. What we would like most is to delete the reference to developed countries in this line. So in order to make sure that there is more than just North-South cooperation on this. And then in the last but one line, as well as the most environmentally vulnerable countries, we are a bit hesitant to include this relevance here, this reference here, as we're not quite sure how appropriate this is in this particular context. Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:49:19]:

Thank you very much, European Union. I will now give the floor to Fiji, Fiji you have the floor.


Fiji [2:49:27]:

Thank you, Madam Co-Chair. Madam Co-Chair, just two things. I don't believe that we, the 14 Pacific States, would be in a position to accept any other formulation of not encouraging developed country parties. We believe that this is a well-balanced text. In the third, fourth line, Madam Chair, there is a editorial issue in terms of in particular least developed countries and small island states and then it includes end parties with economies in transition. So the way we understood it is that the particularity is particular to least developed countries and seats and then there should be a comma and it should be end countries with economies in transition and so forth. So we are happy with -- we are okay with the formulation. It's just that there should be a separation on the particularity between SEEDS and LDCs and parties or countries in economies with transition. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:50:36]:

Thank you very much, Fiji. So I understand that you would like to bracket the deletion of developed country parties from the European Union. And I will now ask the Secretariat to read the paragraph as it stands. Secretariat, you have the floor.


CBD · Secretariat [2:51:40]:

Thank you, Madam Chair, and apologies for the delay. Paragraph nine would read encourages bracket developed country bracket parties and invites other governments and relevant organizations to make financial, technical, and in-kind resources available to support the implementation of the thematic action plan, especially for developing country parties, in particular, the least developed and small island developing states, comma, and parties with economies in transition, bracket, as well as the most environmentally vulnerable countries, bracket, in line with Articles 16, 18 and 20 of the Convention. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:52:26]:

Thank you very much. It's just the last part, and countries with economies in transition and not parties, that was the suggestion made by Fiji. And I would rather not to dwell on longer, so can we approve the paragraph with the bracketed text? Fiji, you have the floor, followed by European Union. Fiji, you have the floor.


Fiji [2:52:51]:

Madam Chair, perhaps just to hear from EU based on our clarification, because we understood this as an encouragement. We don't believe it is mandatory for them, and it is in kind resources, which they are already doing. So we believe that this is also a good reflection of us to understand how other paragraphs would be taken on, particularly when we are urging or we are inviting developed country parties to really meet their obligations under the convention. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:53:22]:

Thank you very much, Fiji. The European Union, you have the floor.


EU [2:53:27]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and we fully understand the concerns just raised by Fiji, but we do think there is benefit in trying to broaden a bit the donor base in this particular paragraph, and allow me a little bit of creativity here, what we would What we could also suggest is to write or to introduce encourages developed countries and parties which voluntarily assume the obligations of the developed country parties. That is wording that has occurred in other decisions of CBD, but it does open up the donor potential to a number of non of parties that are not recognized as developed but are in a position to support the implementation of the plan. I hope that for Fiji this clarifies our intentions. Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:54:30]:

Erpin Yun, could you please reread your suggestion?


EU [2:54:35]:

My pleasure, dear chair. So that would read encourages developed country parties and parties which voluntarily assume the obligations of the developed country parties. And for good understanding, this is text from paragraph 16 of COP decision 16/34. Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:55:06]:

Thank you very much. European Union, Switzerland, you have the floor.


Switzerland [2:55:13]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. And in principle, we agree that we should encourage not only developed country parties, but also parties, all parties that are in position to do so. So maybe a more straightforward formulation would be just to say encourages parties in a position to do so and invites other governments, et cetera, just to be a bit simpler, but in essence, we support the idea of the EU, thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:55:46]:

Switzerland, if you support the idea of the EU, could you just table their suggestion? Switzerland, you have the floor.


Switzerland [2:55:57]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. No, our preference would be to be more simpler and we would like to see our proposal on the table as well, as I just mentioned. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:56:07]:

Thank you very much, Switzerland. Brazil, you have the floor.


Brazil [2:56:12]:

Madam Chair, thank you to the colleagues from the EU and from Switzerland for proposing alternatives. Like Fiji, we still would prefer to maintain the first formulation that we think strikes the perfect balance here. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:56:29]:

Fiji, you have the floor.


Fiji [2:56:32]:

Madam Chair, Fiji would suggest their flexibility in the language that is suggested by EU, however, we would like to have it formulated in the way that we are using it in other decisions, so we would suggest that we say encourages developed country parties, comma, and parties that have the capacity to do so, and then you continue the sentence, so usually if we can have the specific place or countries that have the specific to the capacity to do so on a voluntary basis or however you want to put it but usually this framing is more appropriate for.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:57:12]:

Us thank you thank you very much Fiji now we have four different proposals for the beginning of this paragraph and then I would invite all the interest parties to please come to me with preferable one proposal, but if not two proposals until we finish this CRP exam. Thank you very much, colleagues. So European Union, Switzerland, Brazil and Fiji and others that would like to also participate. Thank you very much. I will park this paragraph right now and I will ask you to please come to me with some more coordinated language. Thank you. So I would like now to go to paragraph 10 and this is also about the JAF. So please remind that this will be also discussed during COP. Egypt, you have the floor.


Egypt [2:58:18]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just to add by the end of this phrase, in accordance with national needs and priorities. including for strengthening national capacity for horizon scanning, monitoring and assessment, environmental risk assessment, risk management and regulatory oversight. So again, to add in accordance with national needs and priorities, including for strengthening national capacities for horizon scanning, monitoring and assessment, environmental risk assessment, risk management and regulatory oversight. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [2:59:09]:

Thank you very much. Egypt? Thank you. I'll now give the floor to Argentina, followed by the European Union. Argentina, you have the floor.


Argentina [2:59:24]:

Thank you, Chair. We would suggest the following changes. At the start, instead of invites, requests, requests the Global Environment Facility and invites other donors to make available new. And then after parties, especially developing country parties.

So that part will request the global environment facility and invites.

Other donors to make available new adequate, predictable and sustainable financial resources to parties, especially developing country parties.

Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:00:11]:

Thank you very much Argentina. I will give the floor to European followed by Switzerland and Fiji. European Union you have the floor.


EU [3:00:20]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. We agree to replace invites by requests, the global environmental facility and invites other donors. That is in our understanding the common wording for this type of requests. But second, we have a problem with the word sustainable financial resources. We don't quite understand what this would imply and we would request you to put those, that word between brackets. Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:00:48]:

Thank you very much. European Union, Switzerland, you have the floor.


Switzerland [3:00:53]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. And our preference in this particular paragraph would be to keep invite the JEF. In our view, we can request the JEF, of course, on matters on reporting or NBIS update, but in this particular regard, we would like to keep invite. And then we have a similar question as the EU with regard to sustainable, but also with regard to adequate. In our view, that is a challenging task to do to, you know, to have adequate as a qualifier, because who decides if the support is adequate and for what? So at this point, we would like to also bracket adequate and sustainable. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:01:42]:

Thank you very much, Switzerland. I would like to call your attention to Article 20 that says in paragraph two, at the end of the paragraph two, says implementation of these commitments shall take into account the need for adequacy, predictability, and timely flow of funds. and so that please, if you could not bracket adequate, it seems more appropriate. For the time being, I will give the floor to Fiji, followed by Uruguay and Norway. Fiji, you have the floor.


Fiji [3:02:27]:

Thank you, Madam Co-Chair. You have actually addressed the point that I was going to make in terms of adequacy, but also just to add our support to Argentina. and state that its usual decision text says to make new and additional, so to include after new and additional. And we are, we also understand the point on sustainable use, sustainable, the language around sustainable, we believe that it should be timely. So it is as other decisions to make new and additional adequate, predictable and timely financial resources. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:03:15]:

Thank you very much, Fiji. I now give the floor to Uruguay, followed by Norway and Cote d'Ivoire. Uruguay, you have the floor.


Uruguay [3:03:22]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair.

We would like to support the proposal that was raised by Argentina on the text in putting requests instead of invites.

Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:03:35]:

Thank you very much. Uruguay, Norway, you have the floor.


Norway [3:03:40]:

Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. We would like to support Switzerland's changes proposed to keep invites and also to bracket sustainable. We also have, we see the need to actually have the whole paragraph in brackets until we can look further with it. on it towards the COP because it was a bit unclear how this would fare there. So that's our question right now, to put it in brackets. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:04:19]:

Thank you very much, Norway. I will give the floor to Cote d'Ivoire, followed by Australia, and then I will make a suggestion on this paragraph. Cote d'Ivoire, you have the floor.


Côte d’Ivoire [3:04:33]:

Thank you so much, Madam Chair, for giving me the floor. Cote d'Ivoire would like to have financial resources. We would like that it not be between square brackets because resources are provided as a result of needs. So they're fully justified. And after predictable, we would like to add the words easily accessible. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:05:00]:

Thank you very much. Cote d'Ivoire, Australia, you have the floor.


Australia [3:05:05]:

Thank you, Madam Chair.

I'm going to try and help you here.

These are ongoing discussions in both the financial mechanism and the resource mobilization negotiations. So I suggest that we take on board Norway's proposal and keep it in brackets until that's resolved. Thank you, Madam Chair.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:05:21]:

Yes, thank you very much, Australia. That would be my suggestion, but I will ask the Secretariat to read the several suggestions so that we all know what is being tabled. Secretariat, please read the new paragraph as stand.


CBD · Secretariat [3:05:41]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Paragraph 10, which is now bracketed, bracket invites bracket bracket requests bracket the global environment facility and invites other donors to make available new additional bracket adequate brackets predictable easily accessible and bracket sustainable timely financial resources to parties especially developing country parties to support the implementation of the thematic action plan in accordance with national needs and priorities, including for strengthening national capacities for horizon scanning, monitoring and assessment, environmental risk assessment, risk management and regulatory oversight. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:06:33]:

Thank you very much, Secretary. Brazil and Uruguay. And of course, the whole text is bracketed, Brazil.


Brazil [3:06:42]:

Then perfect.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:06:43]:

Okay.

Okay, you have the floor.


Uruguay [3:06:52]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just a brief complimentary comment.

We would like to highlight that we have actually.

Precedents on making a request to the Global Environmental Facility to provide adequate, timely, and predictable financial support on COP10. It was decided on COP10 on decision 10/2. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:07:15]:

Thank you very much, Uruguay. Well noted. But I would like to approve this paragraph right now as amended with the several brackets. As I stated before, all the paragraphs related to the JAF will be also submitted to the relevant decision, draft decision during COP. And so is there an objection that we table this and approve this paragraph as it is amended with all the brackets? Okay, I see none. Thank you very much for cooperation, colleagues. I would like now to go to paragraph 11, encourages parties to submit to the global environmental facility, and this follows the same rationale as the previous one. Are there any objections? I see. Oh yes, Norway. Norway, you have the floor.


Norway [3:08:19]:

Okay, thank you very much, Madam Chair. We support the whole, the concept of having national project proposals, but at this moment we would need to have brackets on this paragraph as well until we get this checked with our GEF experts on how this will go and also in the sense that we have not landed the thematic action plan yet. So thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:08:52]:

Thank you very much, Norway. Colleagues, can we approve paragraph 11 with the brackets on the whole paragraph as suggested by Norway? Okay, I see no objections. Thank you very much. Paragraph 11 is approved. Paragraph 12 invites parties and other stakeholders. European Union, you have the floor.


EU [3:09:24]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. On paragraph 12, we have two issues. The first is on the very beginning, invite parties and other stakeholders. Last time I checked, parties are not stakeholders. So probably better to write invites parties, other governments and relevant organizations, the wording we know since ages. And then in the third line we have again asking for coordination with the implementation. Again, as we said before, the coordination goes a little bit too far here as these are different processes. So we would ask in the previous paragraph where we suggested this and that was in paragraph seven, We would like to replace coordination, complementarity, complementary to, with the implementation of, etc. Thank you very much, Madam Chair.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:10:17]:

Thank you very much, European Union. So I will ask the Secretariat to read out the paragraph as amended by the European Union, paragraph 12, please.


CBD · Secretariat [3:10:31]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Paragraph 12 will read, invites parties, other governments, indigenous peoples and local communities, women, youth, academia, research institutions and other stakeholders to share voluntarily through the clearinghouse mechanisms information related to the implementation of the thematic action plan and in complementarity to the implementation of the capacity building action plan for the Cartagena Protocol and the capacity building and development action plan for the Nagoya Protocol. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:11:11]:

Thank you very much, Secretary of the European Union. Does this reflect? Okay, perfect. Colleagues, can we approve the paragraph as amended by the European Union? I see no objection. Thank you very much. So paragraph 12 is also approved. Paragraph 13 encourages parties, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities, women, youth, academia and other relevant stakeholders. Can we approve the paragraph as it is? Any objections? I see none. Thank you very much. So paragraph 13 is approved. Paragraph 14 invites parties, other governments and relevant organizations. Are there any objections? I see none, so the paragraph is approved. Thank you very much, colleagues. Paragraph 15, request executive secretary subject to the availability of resources. And then I will go letter by letter. So letter A, is there any comment? I see none. Letter B, is there any comment? I see none. Thank you. Letter C, is there any comment? I see none. Of course, yes, Argentina, you have the floor.


Argentina [3:12:45]:

Thank you, Chair. We prefer to focus, taking into account the few resources available, on capacity building activities within parties. in particular. Therefore, we propose deleting the section of indigenous peoples, local communities, women and youth. Therefore, we suggest putting this section in brackets. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:13:13]:

Okay, Argentina. European Union, you have so we are bracketing the IPOCs and the other stakeholders. So, European Union, you have the floor.


EU [3:13:26]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. For us, we indeed had more or less of a similar concern, but we think it can be addressed by replacing the word support by facilitate. So to facilitate capacity building, which is more the sort of activity that the Executive Secretary can do rather than fully support the capacity building. Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:13:54]:

Thank you very much, the European Union. So Brazil, you have the floor.


Brazil [3:14:02]:

Thank you, Madam Co-Chair. So very briefly, we would like to ask that just to make sure that the part on indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth remain or at least remains bracketed. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:14:16]:

Thank you very much, Brazil. I would like to ask if there is any opposition to... Oh, I see Guatemala. Guatemala, you have the floor.


Guatemala [3:14:28]:

Thank you, Chair. We align ourselves with Brazil. We believe that it's relevant to include indigenous peoples, local communities, women, youth within this section of paragraph 15c. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:14:44]:

Perfect, thank you very much. Guatemala, I would only ask if there is any problem from parties to substitute support by facilitate as suggested by the European Union. If you have any concern about this proposal, I see Panama followed by Zimbabwe. Panama, you have the floor.


Panama [3:15:17]:

Thank you very much, Chair. Well, what I was going to say was not on this topic, but rather to say that we support Brazil and Guatemala in terms of maintaining IPLCs with the youth. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:15:30]:

Yes, of course. What I would rule about the IPLCs women and youth is, of course, that it's bracketed because one party requested it to be bracketed. So, I can not do anything unless the party that suggested to bracket it is flexible about this. No, so it's bracket. So regarding support and facilitate, can we substitute support by facilitate and not add another bracket or not? That's my question right now. Zimbabwe, you have the floor.


Zimbabwe [3:16:07]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. We prefer retaining the word support.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:16:14]:

Thank you very much, Zimbabwe. Bahrain, you have the floor.


Bahrain [3:16:18]:

Thank you, Chair. So if it is subjected to availability of the resources, so it doesn't matter to use or to retain the support. So if there is resources, it will be support. If there is no resources, there is no support. So I prefer to keep support.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:16:36]:

Perfect, thank you very much, Marine. European Union, could you be flexible and stay with support or you would rather have the two alternatives bracketed? European Union, you have the floor.


EU [3:16:53]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Our proposal was actually intended to weaken down the request to the Executive Secretary just a tad so that the facilitation of capacity building for indigenous peoples and local communities could be accepted. So this is balancing a little bit the interests of the different groups in there. So we are quite flexible. We were just trying to be constructive and helpful. And I leave it to the parties, to the other parties to decide. Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:17:31]:

Thank you very much, European Union. Taking into account the explanation by the European Union, could we leave with facilitate and have all the relevant actors here? Yes. Oh, thank you very much, Argentina. Thank you very much for your flexibility. So we, my proposal then is that the secretariat read out loud and we approve this letter.


CBD · Secretariat [3:18:00]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Paragraph 15C would read, to facilitate capacity building and development and knowledge sharing activities, in particular for developing countries, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth, in order to facilitate the implementation of the thematic action plan. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:18:22]:

Thank you very much for the secretariat. So can we approve the letter as it is? Yes, thank you. Thank you very much, Argentina and European Union, for constructive suggestions. And then the last letter is E, to develop a voluntary monitoring mechanism. Egypt, you have the floor.


Egypt [3:18:45]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just to include by the end of this phrase, comma, including where appropriate, comma, its consideration of biosafety, biosecurity, environmental risk assessment, regulatory consideration and broader environmental and socioeconomic implication. Again, so it reads including where appropriate its consideration of biosafety, biosecurity, environmental risk assessment, regulatory consideration and broader environmental socioeconomic implication. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:19:30]:

Thank you very much, Egypt. The European Union.


EU [3:19:38]:

Sorry. So sorry for being distracted here. We have a little bit of a problem with the wording of this line, especially the word tracking. Oops. It is quite problematic for us. So we would suggest to replace the line by to develop a mechanism to voluntarily monitor the implementation of the thematic action plan. And then whatever comes after. Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:20:09]:

Thank you very much, European Union. Switzerland, followed by Australia. Switzerland, you have the floor.


Switzerland [3:20:16]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, the idea indeed is here to develop something to monitor implementation of the action plan, but not more. So in that sense, we would like to bracket the last part that has been introduced by Egypt, but we could accept the change by the EU. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:20:41]:

Thank you very much. Switzerland, Australia, you have the floor.


Australia [3:20:45]:

Yes, thank you, Madam Co-Chair, just to agree with what Switzerland just said.

Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:20:50]:

Thank you very much, Australia. So I will ask the Secretariat to read the paragraph. Secretariat, you have the floor.


CBD · Secretariat [3:20:58]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Paragraph 15 would read, to develop a mechanism to voluntarily monitor the implementation of the thematic action plan bracket, comma, including where appropriate, comma, its consideration of biosafety, biosecurity, environmental risk assessment, regulatory considerations, and broader environmental and socioeconomic implications, end bracket. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:21:28]:

Thank you very much, Secretariat. I see Brazil is asking for the floor. Brazil, you have the floor.


Brazil [3:21:33]:

Thank you, Madam Chair, for giving me the floor. We appreciate the suggestions coming from, I think it was Switzerland, to rearrange the beginning of the paragraph, but still because this is a new addition and we would still like to consider some of the consequences and exact scope and costs of this mechanism, we would really like to maintain this in brackets because we don't think that we'll be able to come to a final language that is agreeable to all here today, so keeping the whole paragraph under brackets would be the preferred approach from our side. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:22:14]:

Thank you very much, Brazil. So I would like to propose that we keep both formulas, the original formula and the formula suggested by the European Union, in two separate brackets. And with that, can we approve the paragraph as it is amended by parties? I see no objections, so paragraph 15 is also approved. And I do remember that I asked four countries to come with very consensual language for paragraph nine. Did you come to a consensus? Brazil, Fiji, European Union, Switzerland, or Norway. Yes, on paragraph nine, Brazil, you have the floor.


Brazil [3:23:16]:

Madam Chair, not yet, we're almost there. So sorry for that.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:23:22]:

Thank you, Brazil. So I would park this CRP right now and I'll go back as soon as possible. And I would like now to take on CRP number two on agenda item seven. And thank you very much, Secretariat, for your support. Thank you. Agenda item number seven. So on the second assessment and review of the effectiveness of the Nagoya Protocol. So in the plenary held on Wednesday afternoon, we heard broad support for the draft recommendation. In that regard, I hope that we would be able to move smoothly on this agenda item in the CRP. I will open soon the floor for interventions. I would like to go through this document. paragraph by paragraph. And please be reminded that as this is an item pertaining to the Nagoya Protocol, I will only be giving the floor to parties to the Nagoya Protocol. And please bear with me, the secretariat has to make one correction to the CRP. Secretariat, you have the floor.


CBD · Secretariat [3:24:50]:

Thank you very much, Chair, and good afternoon, everyone. So in CRP2 on the second assessment and review of the effectiveness of the Nagoya Protocol, in paragraph seven, at the moment it reads, underlines that all parties need to fulfill their obligations under the Nagoya Protocol and that its articles 15 and 17 apply to all parties. the and between 15 and 17 should read to. So that final phrase should read that its articles 15 to 17 apply to all parties. Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:25:40]:

Thank you very much, Secretariat. Is it clear to all parties? Yes. Thank you, thank you very much, Secretariat. So Let's, let us start with the first paragraph. I'm sorry, this is tiny printing. Just a moment. So recommends that at its sixth meeting, the Conference of the Parties, do we see any objection to this first I see none, so it's approved. Thank you very much. So the SBI recommendation is approved. I would like now to go to the draft decision for the Conference of the Parties. Paragraph one welcomes the input to the second assessment in view. Are there any comments? There were no changes. Okay, no comments, thank you very much. Paragraph one is approved. Paragraph two also welcomes the scoping study on the possible reasons. Are there any comments? I see none, thank you very much colleagues, paragraph two is approved. Paragraph three further welcomes. Are there any comments? I see none, thank you. Paragraph four takes note of the outcomes of the second assessment review. Are there any comments? I see none, thank you very much colleagues. Paragraph five welcomes the progress. Are there any comments, any objections? No, thank you very much colleagues, paragraph five is approved. Paragraph six invites parties, other governments. Are there any comments? I see none, so paragraph six is also approved, thank you. Paragraph seven underlines that all parties, yes, the UK, you have the floor, United Kingdom.


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [3:28:02]:

Thank you very much, Madam Co-Chair. I appreciate the explanation from the Secretariat to change and to two and that's helpful but we also still believe that there are other articles that apply to all parties so our preference would be actually to finish that paragraph after the Nagoya Protocol so it read underlines that all parties need to fulfill their obligations under the Nagoya Protocol rather than specifying specific articles thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:28:38]:

Thank you very much. United Kingdom. I will give the floor to Cote d'Ivoire, followed by South Africa and Japan. Cote d'Ivoire, you have the floor.


Côte d’Ivoire [3:28:50]:

Thank you so much, Madam Chair, for giving me the floor. I'm just reacting here to say that I don't understand why we're referring to Articles 15 and 17 when we said that the parties have to implement their commitments. So I think we should simply stop with the Nagoya Protocol.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:29:08]:

Thank you very much, Cote d'Ivoire. Is there any disagreement to delete the part and that it's Articles 15 and 17 apply to all parties? We would delete this part as suggested by the interventions so far. I see that I still have some countries on my screen. So I'll give the floor to South Africa. South Africa, you have the floor. Thank you, Chair.


South Africa [3:29:39]:

I wasn't really clear, but my suggestion was going to be.

All articles of the protocol at the end instead of referring to specific articles.

If not, we would have wanted to add in article 10 as well.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:29:55]:

Yes, no, I think that your, thank you very much South Africa, I think that your concern is covered if we just say on paragraph seven underlines that all parties need to fulfill their obligations under the Nagoya Protocol. It's implicit that we are referring to our articles. So can we approve paragraph seven as amended? I see no objections, thank you very much colleagues. And then I move forward to paragraph eight, urges parties. Are there any comments? I see none. Thank you very much. Paragraph eight is approved. Oh yes, Argentina, you have the floor.


Argentina [3:30:42]:

Thank you, Chair. In subparagraph A, we would like to add after in accordance with national legislation.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:30:53]:

I'm not yet on paragraph 10. I just approved paragraph 8 and now paragraph 9 invites parties. Do I have any comment to paragraph 9, any suggestions? I seen, oh yes, Egypt, you have the floor.


Egypt [3:31:13]:

So in 9b to add and that to assess in future review not only the designation of checkpoints, but also their functionality, coverage.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:31:29]:

Egypt, I'm sorry to apologies for interrupting you. We are still on paragraph 9. Is there any problem with this number on the CRPs? Because the enumeration is only on paragraph 10. So paragraph nine is invites parties to take into account indicative actions. Can we approve this paragraph as it stands? I see no objections. Thank you very much, colleagues. So paragraph nine is approved as it is. And now I open the floor to paragraph ten and all the letters, all the subletters. So I'll give the floor to Kenya, you have the floor.


Kenya [3:32:20]:

Thank you, Madam Chair.

I see we see paragraph 10 more of access measures, stating more for access measures not on user measures. So we feel like better to add in the user measures if it is a place to you.

We can say parties to develop user measures.

Including guidelines as appropriate in accordance with the national legislation and to publish such measures through the access and benefit.

Sharing clearing house.

This will balance both the user and access measures.

Thank you, Madam Chair.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:33:04]:

Thank you very much, Kenya. Could you please read out loud your suggestions? Thank you.


Kenya [3:33:13]:

Thank you Madam Chair, I repeat, that is to develop user measures including guidelines as appropriate and in accordance with the national legislations and to publish such measures through the access.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:33:26]:

And benefit sharing clearing house. Kenya, is this a new sub paragraph? Is this a new sub paragraph? for 10, it's not clear to us because you are making some radical changes to 10.


Kenya [3:33:47]:

This is on 10, we can decide to combine, it's just the idea that we have 10 small access measures.

But not on the user measures so we can improve on that to include the user measures. So that is why we are suggesting either to introduce a new paragraph B or we improve, yes, thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:34:13]:

Okay, then I will ask you to read it again. I'm sorry because we didn't capture it because we were trying to insert it on the A. So if you could read again and I understand this is a new sent along sub-paragraph. Kenya, you have the floor.


Kenya [3:34:32]:

Parties to develop user measures including guidelines.

As appropriate and in accordance with the national legislations and to publish such measures.

Through the access and benefit sharing clearing house.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:34:51]:

Thank you very much, Kenya. I would like now to give the floor to Argentina. Argentina, you have the floor.


Argentina [3:35:00]:

Thank you, Chair. So yes, now on subpara 10a, We would like to add after in accordance with national legislation.

And subject to availability of means of implementation.

Gracias.

Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:35:38]:

Thank you very much Argentina. I will now give the floor to India and I'm closing the floor for new text addition. So India, you have the floor.


India [3:35:50]:

Thank you Madam Chair. We also would like to align the insertion made by the Argentina. Thank you Madam Chair.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:35:57]:

Thank you very much India. Brazil, you have the floor. Thank you Madam Chair.


Brazil [3:36:03]:

Brazil would like to replace in small C fully operationalize to progressively operationalize in accordance with national circumstances and capacities. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:36:27]:

Thank you very much, Brazil. I will now give the floor to the United Kingdom. United Kingdom, you have the floor.


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [3:36:36]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I'm still struggling a little bit to understand where the proposal around user measures fits into this paragraph. I think that there are references to measures that would be taken in some countries where in fact all countries use, all countries have users, would be referenced including operationalised checkpoints, in little c. So I think for now we would prefer to see that addition in brackets. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:37:12]:

Thank you very much. United Kingdom, European Union, you have the floor.


EU [3:37:18]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. And I think it's very similar to the point raised by the distinguished delegate from the UK. We are also a little bit puzzled with these distinctions on the user measures. I think there are clear compliance obligations under the Nagoya Protocol that are actually to address sources users compliance. We have little C who is precisely addressing the checkpoints who are there to support implementations of compliance obligations. So we would also like to put in square brackets this additional text on the user measures. Thank you very much.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:37:54]:

Thank you very much, Herpin Yoon. I was the secretariat. Oh, I'm sorry. See, Korea is also asking for the floor. The Republic of Korea, you have the floor.


Republic of Korea [3:38:03]:

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Building on the existing text, the Republic of Korea would like to propose a slight addition to paragraph 10A to enhance legal predictability for ABS users. After clear definitions, we propose inserting clear information on their scope of application, relevant exemptions, responsible authorities, required documentation, and procedural steps, as well as This will ensure that potential users receive practical and comprehensive guidance through the ABS clearing house. Thank you very much, Madam Chair.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:38:54]:

Republic of Korea, could you please repeat, I understand it comes after clear definitions, but could you please repeat at dictation speed your suggestions? Thank you.


Republic of Korea [3:39:08]:

Clear information on their scope of application relevant exemptions, responsible authorities, required documentation and procedural steps as well as -- thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:39:26]:

Thank you very much. Republic of Korea, Cote d'Ivoire followed by India. Cote d'Ivoire, you have the floor.


Côte d’Ivoire [3:39:34]:

Thank you, Chair, for giving me the floor. Cote d'Ivoire would like to react to 10C. We propose designate and make progressively operational, as appropriate, according to the capacities and circumstances, national capacities and circumstances. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:40:00]:

Thank you very much, Cote d'Ivoire. India, you have the floor.


India [3:40:08]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. We would also like to support the Brazil's interventions and also wish to add in the paragraph small c after Nagoya Protocol in last line, after Nagoya Protocol please add as well as to take actions in accordance with Article 15 of the Protocol. Should I read again? After Nagoya Protocol, as well as to take actions in accordance with Article 15 of the Protocol.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:40:50]:

Thank you very much, India.


India [3:40:52]:

Thank you, Madam Chair.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:40:53]:

Thank you. So it's Bahrain, followed by the European Union. Bahrain, you have the floor.


Bahrain [3:40:59]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. Actually, I noticed that we are jumping from paragraph A to B to C, and there is some mixing, and I actually lost in this. So for paragraph 10 we already would like to support the proposed amendments by Argentina to add after the legislations in the sentence already added by Argentina. So we support that. And I think we have to go para by para so we can follow it easily.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:41:37]:

Yes, thank you very much, Borang. I'm taking on board all the suggestions, then I will try to approve paragraph by paragraph. Thank you very much for your orientation. So the European Union, you have the floor.


EU [3:41:52]:

Thank you very much. This is now on paragraph 10C. We're a bit afraid that with all these additions, we are somehow a little bit weakening the overall message here which is like to aim for full operationalizations we understand the need to go maybe gradually or progressively but we we we would still like to keep fully there so maybe there might be some margin of maneuver for adjusting the language but I think this should be the ultimate goal so I don't know the language could be to establish and progressively implement with a view to fully operationalize something like this but we would like to keep that also as a general remark all these additional language on in accordance to initial circumstances subject to availability of means of implementations I mean it's not like an objection to this but we wondered if it's really needed in every single paragraph or could be done maybe something we could find some common language that we could have in the chapeau to see if if that could probably you know streamline a little bit the the text And finally, I think it was India who suggested that reference to paragraph 15 in this C and we would like to support that and also maybe paragraph, sorry, Article 15 and Article 16 of the convention.

Of the convention.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:43:16]:

Okay.

Okay, thank you very much, European Union. So what I would like to do now is first to ask parties, we could get along with the suggestion just made by the European Union and put all the caveats about national legislations and circumstances and with the adequate means of implementation or something like that and if you could please help me with a language, the secretariat can come with a language or you can propose a language, but could we get along of instead of putting it on separate sub paragraphs to have it on the chapeau. So that's my first suggestion. Are there any objections? I see none. So if the European Union who made the proposal could please suggest us some text. And meanwhile, I would then ask the secretariat to read subparagraph A, but without the mention to the things that we will put in the chapeau. Secretariat, you have the floor.


CBD · Secretariat [3:44:50]:

Thank you very much. So yes, 10 would read to develop clear and streamlined step by step access and benefit sharing procedures as appropriate and in accordance with national legislation, including clear definitions, clear information on their scope of application, relevant exemptions, responsible authorities, required documentation and procedural steps, as well as standardized templates, forms and checklists for commercial and non-commercial users, and publish them through the Access and Benefit Sharing Clearinghouse. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:45:35]:

Thank you very much, Secretary. I understood that the suggestion of the European Union would also encompass text that was already in the CRP, so I understand that we would also put as appropriate in accordance with national legislation, which now stands on the second line to the chapeau. But other than that, can we approve subparagraph a as amended by North Korea. No. Oh, yes, I'm sorry. By the Republic of Korea. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.


Speaker 363 [3:46:17]:

Yes.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:46:21]:

I see no objections, so subpara A is approved as amended. And now I would like to ask the Secretariat to read subpara C. I think it's-- Yes. I asked the Secretariat to read paragraph a bis.


CBD · Secretariat [3:46:53]:

Thank you. Yes, so a bis, the insertion of a new subparagraph in paragraph 10. It's been placed within brackets and the text within brackets would read to develop user measures, including guidelines, and to publish such measures through the access and benefit sharing clearinghouse. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:47:17]:

Thank you very much, Secretariat. Could we approve the insertion between brackets? And I understand that we had already some suggestion that it should be in brackets between brackets. Okay. So I see no objection. So A, B stands in brackets. And now I will ask the secretary to read the full paragraph. Yes, I'm sorry. There is no changes to B. So can we approve B as it is? Okay. See no objections. is approved also. Paragraph 10 I will ask the Secretary to read 10 Thank you.


CBD · Secretariat [3:48:13]:

There were a couple of proposals around the beginning. I can read both of them as alternatives and then also the additional text that has been proposed for insertion at the end of 10 So 10 would read to establish and progressively operationalize in accordance, well establish and progressively operationalize or progressively operationalize with a view to fully operationalize their checkpoints and to publish information collected or received by the checkpoints through the access and benefit sharing clearinghouse without prejudice to the protection of confidential information. and in accordance with Article 17 of the Nagoya Protocol, as well as to take actions in accordance with Articles 15 and 16 of the Protocol. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:49:18]:

Thank you very much. Secretary. Yes, I see that the European Union is asking for the floor, European Union.


EU [3:49:29]:

Thank you very much. Is on this new paragraph C now, I think the end could simply be as well as Article 15 and 16 of the protocol.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:49:41]:

Thank you very much, European Union. So taking this on board, I understand that we have two different formulas for the beginning of this paragraph. And I would like to ask if I'm not mistaken towards Brazil, if we could leave with the adaptation to progressively operationalize with a full, with a view with the full implementation. Yes, thank you very much. So we'll keep it as suggested by the European Union and With that, and the further amendment made just now by the European Union to streamline the ends, saying just as well as Article 15 and 16, can we approve this sub paragraph? Zimbabwe, you have the floor.


Zimbabwe [3:50:41]:

We are thinking just to extend to say Articles 15, 16, 17 and 18, so that also.

Even issues to do with mutual agreed terms is also accounted for. Thank you.

So.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:51:15]:

We have a suggestion to also add articles 15, 16, 17, 18. Can we accept this suggestion? I see no objections. Thank you very much, colleagues. So I understand that we still have some suggestions for the chapeau of Article 10 from the EU. EU, could you please help us? Thank you.


EU [3:51:56]:

I think I got myself in trouble here. Our point here was simply to say if we could, if we necessarily need all these additions rather to have them somewhere in a chapeau, not sure if we necessarily need them in the chapeau of this paragraph of 10, but in case maybe we could simply make a reference to national circumstances after, parties that have not yet done so and in accordance with national circumstances without repeating all the other elements. Would that be maybe something workable?


SBI · Co-Chair [3:52:37]:

Thank you very much, European Union. I will give the floor to Brazil. Brazil will have the floor.


Brazil [3:52:43]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. If I could try to put all the caveats we heard on the floor, maybe after that have not yet done so, we include as appropriate and in accordance with national legislation, circumstances and the provision of adequate means of implementation. I think this would grasp the concerns from Argentina and other parties that have spoken. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:53:13]:

Thank you very much, Brazil. I'll ask the Secretariat to read it out loud. Secretariat.


CBD · Secretariat [3:53:26]:

Thank you. So as proposed by the distinguished delegate from Brazil, the chapeau to paragraph 10.


UN · Interpreter [3:53:34]:

The interpreters regret to announce that interpretation time has come to an end. Thank you.


CBD · Secretariat [3:53:38]:

Not yet done so as appropriate and in accordance with national legislation, circumstances and the provision of adequate means of implementation. Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:53:54]:

Thank you very much, Secretary. We have now lost interpretation and I would like to ask the parties if we could continue just to finalize this paragraph or not. Are there any objections? because I would like to ask if we can agree on paragraph 10 as a whole as amended by parties. European Union, you have the floor.


EU [3:54:25]:

Thank you very much. I think, I mean, we do understand, Dr. Shiner, maybe for some further specifications as suggested by Brazil, but after all, here we are talking about obligations, in particular that one under C, which is a mandatory obligation on all parties to the Nagoya Protocol. So I don't know, but having all these elements as now suggested, they seem to weaken a little bit this. I mean, we all have the obligation to implement, to adopt necessary measures to implement compliance, to implement also these operationalize the checkpoints. So I'm not sure now if by having all these farther nuances if we are clear that we all have to fulfill these obligations. So maybe we could prefer to see this in square brackets for now, and then we will see later.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:55:21]:

Thank you very much, European Union. I understand that we can continue for a while, so just in English without interpretation. So Egypt, you have the floor.


Egypt [3:55:35]:

Thank you, Madam Chair. We think that tremendous amount of text has been introduced, some of them are giving even moving very far. I will give the example of the exemption. Exemption was never mentioned under the Nagoya Protocol and now we are being asked to report on that. It is something that is totally new and now we want to make it like a burden on parties to even say what are the exemption, what are the scope of application and we are putting a lot of mandate that was never discussed, so perhaps this new idea needs to be bracketed or removed.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:56:15]:

Thank you very much, Egypt. So we'll bracket also these insertions. And the United Kingdom, you have the floor.


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [3:56:25]:

Thank you Madam Chair. Similar reflections to the delegate from the EU. In the text that's in the chapeau, that sits over across many elements within the sub paragraphs that as parties we are all obliged to do and therefore I don't think it's appropriate to reference in accordance with national circumstances or provision of adequate means of implementation because these are obligations as parties Thank you.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:56:58]:

Thank you very much, United Kingdom. Okay, so I would like to suggest that interested parties talk about paragraph 10 as a whole because I perhaps optimistically I discussed all the sub paragraphs on the understanding that we could put in accordance with national legislation and et cetera on the chapeau. Since this is not the case, I would invite all European Union, Brazil, Switzerland, I think UK, and all interested parties to try to come up with suggestion text for this. I think that we have lost interpretation. And I know that we already have some suggestions for CRP one and three, but I think I have to close right now. And we'll get back to this on the next plenary. And I will invite the secretariat for some announcements. Russian Federation before. Russian Federation, you have the floor.


Russian Federation [3:58:11]:

Thank you very much, Madam Co-Chair.

Unfortunately we have to express our own concern about the schedule for today, which has very little breaks between sessions and contact groups and we call for possibly some considerations that people are needing, people really need some physical breaks and some physiological breaks.

So thank you very much for considering our concern.


SBI · Co-Chair [3:58:40]:

Thank you very much, Russian Federation. I will give the floor to -- I will ask for one minute to talk to the Secretariat. Thank you. So thank you very much colleagues for bearing with us. So I will now ask the Secretariat to make some announcements.


CBD · Secretariat [4:00:30]:

Thank you very much. And we heard what you said, Roshia, but also from others, so there are a few changes. So the Friends of Chair for the PMMR will meet at 1:30, 30. So that's been reduced. It will meet in conference room number three and four, which is next door. Then three to five, there are two parallel contact groups, one on financial mechanism in conference room number one, which is opposite, and on capacity building, which is in conference room number three and four. At five to seven, there is only one contact group. There is no parallel to that one, which is on resource mobilization in conference room number three and four, which is next door. We would like to request those who are managing the capacity building to please finish the work five minutes before 5:00 p.m., if possible. 30 to 10:30, the evening session will be a contact group on PMRR in conference room number three and four, which is next door. And the Friends of Chair on DSI will start their meeting at 7:30 p.m. And this information with slight updates has now been displayed on the screens. The other announcement is about the restaurants that despite being a Sunday, there is no change in restaurant schedules and they will remain open as they were last week. So thank you very much and wish you a very nice lunch break. Thank you.