1.Welcomes the generous offer of the Government of the Republic of Korea to host the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization;

2.Decides that the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization will be held in the Republic of Korea in the second half of 2014;

3.Calls on Parties to contribute adequate resources 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 Cartagena Protocol (BI) in a timely manner to ensure full participation by developing country Parties, in particular least developed countries and small island developing States, as well as Parties with economies in transition;

4.Invites interested Parties to notify the Executive Secretary in a timely manner of their offers to host the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.