Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
and its contribution to sustainable development
A/RES/74/221
the special event to follow up efforts made towards achieving the Mi llennium
Development Goals convened by the President of the General Assembly, 7
Reaffirming also its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled
“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Deve lopment”, in which
it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and
transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to
working tirelessly for the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recogn ition
that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty,
is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable
development, its commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three
dimensions – economic, social and environmental – in a balanced and integrated
manner, and to building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development
Goals and seeking to address their unfinished business,
Reaffirming further its resolution 69/313 of 27 July 2015 on the Addis Ababa
Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development,
which is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, supports
and complements it, helps to contextualize its means of implementation targets with
concrete policies and actions, and reaffirms the strong political commitment to
address the challenge of financing and creating an enabling environment at all levels
for sustainable development in the spirit of global partnership and solidarity,
Reaffirming the Paris Agreement, 8 and encouraging all its parties to fully
implement the Agreement, and parties to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change 9 that have not yet done so to deposit their instruments of
ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where ap propriate, as soon as
possible,
Reaffirming also the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the United Nations
Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), held in
Quito, Ecuador, from 17 to 20 October 2016, 10 and its vision for cities and human
settlements that protect, conserve, restore and promote their ecosystems, water,
natural habitats and biodiversity and minimize their environmental impact,
Welcoming the 2019 Climate Action Summit convened by the Secretary-General
on 23 September, and noting the multi-partner initiatives and commitments presented
during the Summit,
Encouraging parties, other Governments and relevant organizations to integrate
ecosystem-based approaches and nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation
and mitigation and disaster risk reduction into their strategic planning, as appropriate,
across sectors,
Recalling that the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to be
pursued in accordance with its relevant provisions, are the conservation of biological
diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of
the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources, including by
appropriate access to genetic resources, by appropriate transfer of relevant
technologies, taking into account all rights over those resources and to technologies,
and by appropriate funding,
Reaffirming the intrinsic value of biological diversity, as well as the ecological,
genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, recreational and aesthetic
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Resolution 68/6.
Adopted under the UNFCCC in FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21.
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Resolution 71/256, annex.
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