Convention on Biological Diversity

A/RES/65/161View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 20f Convention on Biological Diversity, published in 2010.

What other versions does this mandate have?

18 versions · 1995–2012

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/66/202

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2012	A/RES/66/202	Convention on Biological Diversity	230	10%Compare
2011	A/RES/65/161	Convention on Biological Diversity	1,730	22%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/203	Convention on Biological Diversity	2,705	33%Compare
2009	A/RES/63/219	Convention on Biological Diversity	2,120	46%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/194	Convention on Biological Diversity	1,210	38%Compare

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 3	Nature action	22

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 3	Nature action	22	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Biological Diversity Climate Change Economic Cooperation Among Developing Countries Environmental Protection International Decades Programme Planning Resources Mobilization Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

21 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the work of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention;⁷

⁷A/65/294, sect. III.

Recognizes the important outcomes of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological DiversityError: Reference source not found and the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety,Error: Reference source not found held in Nagoya, Japan, from 18 to 29 October 2010 and from 11 to 15 October 2010, which represent a significant contribution to the comprehensive implementation of the three objectives of the Convention;

Notes the adoption by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its tenth meeting of 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,⁸ and acknowledges the potential role of access and benefit-sharing in contributing to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, poverty eradication and environmental sustainability and, thereby, to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals;

⁸See UNEP/CBD/COP/10/27, annex, decision X/1.

Notes with appreciation the adoption by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its tenth meeting of the updated and revised Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets;⁹

⁹Ibid., decision X/2.

Notes the adoption by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its tenth meeting of a decision on the strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the three objectives of the Convention,¹⁰ and looks forward to the adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its eleventh meeting, as mandated, of targets to ensure the effectiveness of the strategy, provided robust baselines have been identified and endorsed and an effective reporting framework has been adopted, with a view to fully meeting the commitment to substantially increase human, financial and technical resources from all sources;

¹⁰Ibid., decision X/3.

Also notes the adoption by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its fifth meeting serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety,¹¹ which provides international rules and procedures in the field of liability and redress for damage resulting from transboundary movements of living modified organisms;

¹¹See UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/5/17, annex, decision BS-V/11.

Further notes the work of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change, and encourages parties, Governments, relevant organizations and the Executive Secretary of the Convention to take the findings of the Group into consideration, where appropriate, when carrying out work on biodiversity and climate change;

Notes the adoption by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its tenth meeting of a decision on mechanisms to promote the effective participation of indigenous and local communities in the work of the Convention;¹²

¹²See UNEP/CBD/COP/10/27, annex, decision X/40.

Encourages the Global Environment Facility to continue supporting the implementation of the three objectives of the Convention, especially its work on assisting the early entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol;

Welcomes the significant progress made in developing a multi-year plan of action on biodiversity for development based on the framework for South-South cooperation, and encourages parties and Governments to further contribute to its development;

Notes the ongoing work of the Joint Liaison Group of the secretariats and offices of the relevant subsidiary bodies of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa,¹³ and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change¹⁴ (“the Rio Conventions”) and of the Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions, acknowledges the importance of improving coherence in the implementation of the Rio Conventions, recognizes the importance of enhancing synergies among the biodiversity-related conventions, without prejudice to their specific objectives, and encourages the conferences of the parties to the biodiversity-related multilateral environmental agreements to consider strengthening efforts in this regard, taking into account relevant experiences and bearing in mind the respective independent legal status and mandates of these instruments;

¹³United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1954, No. 33480.

¹⁴Ibid., vol. 1771, No. 30822.

Reaffirms the intrinsic value of biological diversity as well as the ecological, genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, recreational and aesthetic values of biological diversity and its components, taking into account their importance for sustainable development;

Notes the consideration of aspects related to the economic valuation of ecosystems and biodiversity in the context of the work of the Convention on Biological Diversity, including The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity reports, as referred to in relevant decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its tenth meeting;

Also notes the adoption by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its tenth meeting of a decision on the administration of the Convention and budget for the programme of work for the biennium 2011–2012,¹⁵ which included the revised administrative arrangements between the secretariat of the Convention and the United Nations Environment Programme and through which the Conference of the Parties looked forward to the rapid completion of the service-level agreement provided for in those arrangements, requested the Executive Secretary of the Convention to report to the Conference of the Parties through its Bureau on the implementation of those arrangements and invited the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to report on those arrangements to the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme at its twenty-sixth session;

¹⁵See UNEP/CBD/COP/10/27, annex, decision X/45.

Invites countries that have not yet done so to ratify or accede to the Convention;

Invites parties to the Convention that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Cartagena Protocol to consider doing so;

Invites parties to the Convention to sign, ratify or accede to the Nagoya Protocol at the earliest opportunity;

Invites parties to the Cartagena Protocol to sign, ratify or accede to the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol at the earliest opportunity;

Decides, following the invitation by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its tenth meeting,¹⁶ to declare 2011–2020 the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity, with a view to contributing to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with Member States, to lead the coordination of the activities of the Decade on behalf of the United Nations system, with the support of the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the secretariats of other biodiversity-related conventions and relevant United Nations funds, programmes and agencies, and invites Member States in a position to do so to contribute, on a voluntary basis, to the funding of the activities of the Decade;

¹⁶Ibid., decision X/8.

Invites the secretariat of the Convention to report, through the Secretary-General, to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session on the work of the Conference of the Parties;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-sixth session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, the sub-item entitled “Convention on Biological Diversity”.

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