Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its contribution to sustainable development A/RES/74/221 the Goals and targets met for all nations and peoples and for all segments of society, and recommitting to endeavour to reach the furthest behind first, 1. Takes note of the report of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity; 33 2. Looks forward to the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, as well as the meetings of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meetings of the Parties to the Protocols to the Convention, to be held in Kunming, China, in the fourth quarter of 2020, all under the theme proposed by the host, “Ecological civilization: building a shared future for all life on Earth ”, and recognizes that a post-2020 global biodiversity framework to be adopted is intended to contribute to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 34 and is expected to place the global community on a path towards realizing the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity; 3. Also looks forward to the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and the meetings of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meetings of the Parties to the Protocols to the Convention, which will be held in Turkey in the fourth quarter of 2022; 4. Welcomes the outcomes of the fourteenth meeting of Conference of the Parties to the Convention, 35 and recalls with appreciation the convening of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol and the third meeting of the Conference of the P arties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol, in Sharm el -Sheikh from 17 to 29 November 2018, under the theme “Investing in biodiversity for people and planet”, recognizes that the outcomes of the meetings will contribute to the impl ementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and takes note with appreciation of the Sharm el-Sheikh Declaration, adopted at the high-level segment of the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties; 5. Also welcomes the hosting by Egypt of the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, from 17 to 29 November 2018, and of the African Biodiversity Summit, held on 13 November 2018, as well as the initiative of the Conference of the Parties at its fourteenth meeting to promote a coherent approach between the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 9 the Convention on Biological Diversity 1 and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 36 (the Rio conventions), to address biodiversity loss, climate change and land and ecosystem degradation; 6. Encourages support for the Sharm el-Sheikh to Kunming Action Agenda for Nature and People, which is aimed at collecting, coordinating and celebrating actions in support of biodiversity conservation and its sustainable use, encourages all relevant stakeholders, including indigenous peoples and local communities and the private sector, to consider developing biodiversity commitments, and invites relevant agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system and other relevant institutions and intergovernmental organizations, where relevant, to support the implementation of the Action Agenda; 7. Highlights the importance of parties raising high-level political engagement for the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets by 2020 and the related Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; __________________ 33 34 35 36 6/11 A/74/207, sect. III. Resolution 70/1. See United Nations Environment Programme, document UNEP/CBD/COP/14/14, sect. I. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1954, No. 33480. 19-22490