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CBD Distr. GENERAL UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/20/REC/XX/3 2 May 2016 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE Twentieth meeting Montreal, Canada, 25-30 April 2016 Agenda item 4.1 RECOMMENDATION ADOPTED BY THE SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE XX/3. Marine and coastal biodiversity: ecologically or biologically significant marine areas The Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice Requests the Executive Secretary: To develop options regarding procedures within the Convention to modify the description of areas, both within and beyond national jurisdiction, decided by the Conference of the Parties for inclusion in the repository, based on new information that has become available since the previous regional workshops on ecologically or biologically significant areas; To develop options to facilitate the process of description of new areas against the criteria for ecologically or biologically significant marine areas; To make a draft report on options available for peer-review by Parties for further refinement; To submit the final report to the Conference of the Parties for consideration at its thirteenth meeting, building on the work of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice at its twentieth meeting. The Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice recommends that the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting adopt a decision along the following lines: The Conference of the Parties, Recalling decisions X/29, XI/17 and XII/22 on ecologically or biologically significant marine areas, Also recalling that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea sets out for its Contracting Parties the legal framework within which all activities in the oceans and seas must be carried out, Reiterating the central role of the General Assembly of the United Nations in addressing issues relating to the conservation and