The Conference, conscious of apprehensions arising from relevant scientific and technological developments, inter alia, in the fields of microbiology, biotechnology, molecular biology, systems biology, synthetic biology, genetic engineering, genomics and proteomics, and the possibilities of their use inconsistent with the objectives and provisions of the Convention, reaffirms that the undertaking given by the States Parties in Article I applies to all such developments.
The Conference, conscious of apprehensions arising from relevant scientific and technological developments, inter alia, in the fields of microbiology, biotechnology, molecular biology, systems biology, synthetic biology, genetic engineering, genomics and proteomics, and the possibilities of their use inconsistent with the objectives and provisions of the Convention, reaffirms that the undertaking given by the States Parties in Article I applies to all such developments.