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ligation to monitor and enhance transparency about the utilization of genetic resources.
Therefore, relevant information, including information on the 'source' of marine organ-
isms, which may have been collected within or beyond national jurisdiction, could be dis-
closed at, or notified to, the checkpoints established in accordance with Nagoya Protocol,
Article 17, or to other relevant international authorities. If the disclosed sample collection
locations were areas beyond national jurisdiction, the application of domestic access and
benefit-sharing requirements (including prior informed consent and mutually agreed terms
requirements) would obviously be excluded.
This question deserves particular attention in the light of international access and
benefit-sharing standards established by other instruments, which include not only the
CBD and its Nagoya Protocol, but also the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Re-
sources for Food and Agriculture and the WHO Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Frame-
work for the Sharing of Influenza Viruses and Access to Vaccines and Other Benefits
eration in various forums with extensive experience in addressing issues related to marine
genetic resources, one can wonder whether the further continuation of discussions at the
General Assembly and its Ad Hoc open-Ended Informal Working Group may not lead, in
the near future, to a strategic forum shifting towards the CBD in the context of the nego-
tiations on a Global Multilateral Benefit-Sharing Mechanism under the Nagoya Protocol
(Article 10), since both discussions are proceeding simultaneously.
