A/RES/60/1 priority for all nations, particularly those most vulnerable, namely, those referred to in article 4.8 of the Convention; (d) To continue to assist developing countries, in particular small island developing States, least developed countries and African countries, including those that are particularly vulnerable to climate change, in addressing their adaptation needs relating to the adverse effects of climate change. 56. In pursuance of our commitment to achieve sustainable development, we further resolve: (a) To promote the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development and the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”; (b) To support and strengthen the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, 14 to address causes of desertification and land degradation, as well as poverty resulting from land degradation, through, inter alia, the mobilization of adequate and predictable financial resources, the transfer of technology and capacity-building at all levels; (c) That the States parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity 15 and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety 16 should support the implementation of the Convention and the Protocol, as well as other biodiversity-related agreements and the Johannesburg commitment for a significant reduction in the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010. The States parties will continue to negotiate within the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity, bearing in mind the Bonn Guidelines, 17 an international regime to promote and safeguard the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. All States will fulfil commitments and significantly reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010 and continue ongoing efforts towards elaborating and negotiating an international regime on access to genetic resources and benefitsharing; (d) To recognize that the sustainable development of indigenous peoples and their communities is crucial in our fight against hunger and poverty; (e) To reaffirm our commitment, subject to national legislation, to respect, preserve and maintain the knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles relevant to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, promote their wider application with the approval and involvement of the holders of such knowledge, innovations and practices and encourage the equitable sharing of the benefits arising from their utilization; (f) To work expeditiously towards the establishment of a worldwide early warning system for all natural hazards with regional nodes, building on existing national and regional capacity such as the newly established Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System; _______________ 14 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1954, No. 33480 Ibid., vol. 1760, No. 30619. 16 UNEP/CBD/ExCOP/1/3 and Corr.1, part two, annex. 17 UNEP/CBD/COP/6/20, annex I, decision VI/24A. 15 13