Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its contribution to sustainable development A/RES/70/207 21. Notes the ongoing work of the Joint Liaison Group of the secretariats and offices of the relevant subsidiary bodies of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, 24 and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 25 (the Rio conventions) and the Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions, acknowledges the importance of improving coherence in the implementation of those conventions, recognizes the importance of enhancing synergies among the biodiversity-related conventions, without prejudice to their specific objectives, and encourages the conferences of the parties to the biodiversity -related multilateral environmental agreements to consider strengthening efforts in this regard, ta king into account relevant experiences and bearing in mind the respective independent legal status and mandates of those instruments; 22. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, including progress in the implementation of the Convention and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and difficulties encountered in the process of their implementation, and decides to include, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, the sub-item entitled “Convention on Biological Diversity” in the provisional agenda of its seventy-first session, unless otherwise agreed in the discussions on the revitalization of the Second Committee. 81st plenary meeting 22 December 2015 _______________ 24 25 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1954, No. 33480. Ibid., vol. 1771, No. 30822. 7/7