Royal Decree 57/2020 Approving the Accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State promulgated by Royal Decree 101/96,

Royal Decree 119/94 Approving the Accession of the Sultanate of Oman to Some International Agreements,

and the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity done at Nagoya on 29 October 2010,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity is hereby approved in the form attached.

Article II

Competent bodies shall deposit the instrument of accession for the aforementioned protocol in accordance with its provisions.

Article III

This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.

Issued on: 5 Shawwal 1441
Corresponding to: 28 May 2020

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1343 issued on 31 May 2020.