Proposal to amend paragraph 2 of Article 6

The revised proposal by the Russian Federation to amend paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Convention for consideration by the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties was communicated to Parties on 25 October 2024 with an invitation to Parties to submit comments thereon by 14 February 2025.

Comments received from Parties and observers prior to the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties on the revised proposal by the Russian Federation to amend paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Convention

  • Parties
  • Observers

An initial proposal by the Russian Federation to amend paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Convention was put forward for consideration by the Conference of the Parties during its fifteenth meeting. The proposal was considered during the face-to-face segment of the meeting (6-17 June 2022) at what time the Conference of the Parties noted the discussions on the strategic framework with regard to Parties’ interest in considering possible ways of improving the prior informed consent procedure and decided to defer consideration of the proposal by the Russian Federation to amend paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Convention to the following meeting of the Conference of the Parties. The proposal was considered during the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties at what time the Conference of the Parties agreed to defer its further consideration to the seventeenth meeting in 2025.

The proposal was communicated to Parties on 19 January 2021, comments by Parties were invited by 1 December 2021.

Comments received from Parties and observers prior to the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties on the proposal by the Russian Federation to amend paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Convention

  • Parties
  • Observers