Sobesedilo: Pogodbenice podpirajo raziskave o uporabnosti metod intermodalne strateške presoje okolja.

Sobesedilo: Na drugem zasedanju pogodbenic konvencije 26. in 27. februarja 2001 v Sofiji je bilo odločeno, da se pripravi pravno zavezujoč protokol o strateški okoljski presoji, ki bo dopolnjeval obstoječe predpise o presoji čezmejnih vplivov na okolje, zato da se morda sprejme ob 5. ministrski konferenci "Okolje za Evropo" na izrednem zasedanju pogodbenic konvencije, ki je načrtovana za maj 2003 v Kijevu, Ukrajina.

Sobesedilo: At the second meeting of the Parties to the Convention in Sofia on 26 and 27 February 2001, it was decided to prepare a legally binding protocol on strategic environmental assessment which would supplement the existing provisions on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context, with a view to its possible adoption on the occasion of the 5th Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe" at an extraordinary meeting of the Parties to the Convention, scheduled for May 2003 in Kiev, Ukraine.