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Article 33 of the Protocol states that:
" Each Party shall monitor the implementation of its obligations under this Protocol, and shall, at intervals to be determined by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol, report to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol on measures that it has taken to implement the Protocol. "
The Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP) considered the issue of reporting at its second and third meetings. A draft format, based on obligations on Parties contained in the Protocol, has been prepared and is still under consideration by Governments.
At its second meeting, ICCP recommended that the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol establish guidelines for the reports under Article 33 that:
(a) Request Parties to make use of the agreed format;
(b) Recommend that Parties prepare their reports through a consultative process involving all relevant stakeholders, as appropriate;
(c) Request Parties to submit their reports:
(i) On a general frequency of every four years, but in the initial four-year period to submit an interim report two years after the entry into force of the Protocol;
(ii) Twelve months prior to the meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol that will consider the report;
(iii) In an official language of the United Nations;
(iv) In both hard copy and electronic format.
The intervals and formats of the reports should be kept under review, building on the experience of Parties in preparing their reports.
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