Expressing its deep appreciation for the generous offer of the Government of Malaysia to host the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, to be held at Kuala Lumpur, respectively, from 9 to 20 February and from 23 to 27 February 2004,
表示深切感谢马来西亚政府慷慨提议主办《生物多样性公约》缔约方会议第七次会议和作为卡塔赫纳生物技术安全议定书缔约方会议召开的公约缔约方会议第一次会议，两次会议分别定于2004年2月9日至20日和2月23日至27日在吉隆坡举行，