1.Welcomes the generous offer of the Government of Japan to host the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity;

2.Decides that the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the tenth meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will be held in the City of Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, from 11 to 15 October and 18 to 29 October 2010, respectively, and that the high level segment will be held on 27-29 October 2010;

3.Calls on Parties to contribute to the Special Voluntary Trust Fund for Facilitating Participation of Parties in the Convention Process (BZ) and to the Special Voluntary Trust Fund for Facilitating Participation of Parties in the Protocol (BI) adequate resources in a timely manner to ensure the full participation of developing country Parties, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States among them, as well as Parties with economies in transition;

4.Invites interested Parties to notify the Executive Secretary of their offers to host the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties as soon as possible.