A/RES/65/161
United Nations
Distr.: General
11 March 2011
General Assembly
Sixty-fifth session
Agenda item 20 (f)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2010
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/65/436/Add.6)]
65/161. Convention on Biological Diversity
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 55/201 of 20 December 2000 and 64/203 of
21 December 2009 and all other previous resolutions relating to the Convention on
Biological Diversity, 1
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Recalling also the outcomes of the United Nations Conference on Environment
and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992, 2
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Recalling further that in its resolution 61/203 of 20 December 2006 it declared
2010 the International Year of Biodiversity,
Reiterating that the Convention is the key international instrument for the
conservation and sustainable use of biological resources and the fair and equitable
sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources, including by
appropriate access to genetic resources and appropriate transfer of relevant
technologies, taking into account all rights over those resources and to those
technologies, and by appropriate funding,
Recognizing the potential contribution of other multilateral environmental
agreements, including the biodiversity-related conventions, and of international
organizations in support of the three objectives of the Convention,
Reaffirming that, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the
principles of international law, States have the sovereign right to exploit their own
resources pursuant to their own environmental policies and the responsibility to
ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the
environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction,
Noting that one hundred and ninety-two States and one regional economic
integration organization are parties to the Convention and that one hundred and
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Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June
1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and
corrigendum), resolution 1, annexes I and II.
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