A/RES/70/207 United Nations Distr.: General 17 February 2016 General Assembly Seventieth session Agenda item 20 (f) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2015 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/70/472/Add.6)] 70/207. Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its contribution to sustainable development The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 64/203 of 21 December 2009, 65/161 of 20 December 2010, 66/202 of 22 December 2011, 67/212 of 21 December 2012, 68/214 of 20 December 2013 and 69/222 of 19 December 2014 and its previous resolutions relating to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 1 Recalling also the outcomes of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992, 2 the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, 3 the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development 4 and the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg Plan of Implementation) 5 and the outcome document of the special event to follow up efforts made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals convened by the President of the General Assembly, 6 Reaffirming the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”, 7 and, inter alia, the commitments concerning biodiversity contained therein, Reaffirming also the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 8 and its principles, _______________ 1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1760, No. 30619. 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. 3 Resolution S-19/2, annex. 4 Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 1, annex. 5 Ibid., resolution 2, annex. 6 Resolution 68/6. 7 Resolution 66/288, annex. 8 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. 2 15-16961 (E) *1516961* Please recycle