A/RES/74/221 Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its contribution to sustainable development 13. Requests the President of the General Assembly, within existing resources, to start preparations for the summit in close collaboration with the secretariat of the Convention, and with the support of the United Nations Environment Programme and other relevant United Nations entities, also requests the President to appoint as early as possible two co-facilitators, one each from a developing and a developed country, by the end of 2019, to lead the preparatory process in an expedited manner, in consultation with Member States, including on the modalities of the summit, to be agreed upon by the Assembly no later than March 2020, and invites the President to keep Member States updated on developments in the process; 14. Recalls with appreciation the entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing o f Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity 22 on 12 October 2014; 15. Stresses the importance of mainstreaming biodiversity for achieving the objectives of the Convention, the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020, its Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity in order to achieve the transformational change required throughout societies and economies, including changes in behaviour and decision-making at all levels, and urges all relevant stakeholders to mainstream biodiversity in all relevant sectors; 16. Welcomes the decisions of the parties to the Convention to better mainstream biodiversity and to take specific actions tailored to national needs and circumstances, and in line with other relevant international agreements, including in key sectors, such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries and tourism, as well as health, energy, mining, infrastructure, manufacturing and processing sectors, which are crucial for addressing biodiversity loss, bearing in mind the i mpact of these sectors on biodiversity; 17. Stresses the importance of mainstreaming biodiversity in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as part of national implementation plans for the Sustainable Development Goals, in part icular all biodiversity-related Goals and targets; 18. Recognizes that integrating biodiversity considerations into sectoral and cross-sectoral policies, plans and programmes at all levels is critical for harnessing the benefits of enhanced synergies and policy coherence; 19. Encourages the respective parties, in close collaboration with relevant stakeholders, to take concrete measures towards achieving the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Protocols thereto, the Cartagena Pro tocol on Biosafety 23 and the Nagoya Protocol, requests the parties, in close collaboration with relevant stakeholders, to coherently and efficiently implement the ob ligations and commitments under the Convention and the Protocols, and in this regard emphasizes the need to comprehensively address at all levels the difficulties that may impede their implementation; 20. Recognizes that the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity can significantly contribute to disaster risk reduction and to reducing the adverse impacts of climate change, including by adding resilience to fragile ecosystems and making them less vulnerable; 21. Urges the parties to the Convention to facilitate the transfer of technology for the effective implementation of the Convention in accordance with article 16 and other relevant provisions of the Convention, in this regard takes note of the strategy for the practical implementation of the programme of work on technology transfer and scientific and technical cooperation developed by the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Technology Transfer and Scientific and Technological Cooperation, as well 8/11 19-22490