Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
and its contribution to sustainable development
A/RES/73/234
Reaffirming also the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 8 and its
principles,
Reaffirming further its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled
“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Develop ment”, 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 recogniti on
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 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,
Welcoming the Paris Agreement, 9 and encouraging all its parties to fully
implement the Agreement, and parties to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change 10 that have not yet done so to deposit their instruments of
ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where appropriate, as soon as
possible,
Highlighting the synergies between the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement, and noting wit h concern the
findings contained in the special report entitled Global Warming of 1.5°C of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
Looking forward to the climate summit called for by the Secretary-General, to
be held in New York in 2019, to accelerate global action on climate change,
Encouraging parties, other Governments and relevant organizations to integrate
ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and mitigation and disaster
risk reduction into their strategic planning 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
values of biological diversity, and its critical role in ma intaining ecosystems that
provide essential services, which are critical foundations for sustainable development
and human well-being,
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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, annex I.
Adopted under the UNFCCC in FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21.
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