A/RES/65/166 Recognizing the linkages between cultural and biological diversity and the positive contribution of local and indigenous traditional knowledge in addressing environmental challenges in a sustainable manner, Noting with satisfaction that, in its resolution 65/1 of 22 September 2010, entitled “Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals”, the General Assembly emphasized the importance of culture for development and its contribution to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and, in that respect, encouraged international cooperation in the cultural field aimed at achieving development objectives, Emphasizes the important contribution of culture for sustainable 1. development and the achievement of national development objectives and internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals; Invites all Member States, intergovernmental bodies, organizations of the 2. United Nations system and relevant non-governmental organizations: (a) To raise public awareness of the importance of cultural diversity for sustainable development, promoting its positive value through education and media tools; (b) To ensure a more visible and effective integration and mainstreaming of culture into development policies and strategies at all levels; (c) To promote capacity-building, where appropriate, at all levels for the development of a dynamic cultural and creative sector, in particular by encouraging creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, supporting the development of sustainable cultural institutions and cultural industries, providing technical and vocational training for culture professionals and increasing employment opportunities in the cultural and creative sector for sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth and development; (d) To actively support the emergence of local markets for cultural goods and services and to facilitate the effective and licit access of such goods and services to international markets, taking into account the expanding range of cultural consumption and, for States parties to it, the provisions of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions;3 0H (e) To preserve and maintain local and indigenous traditional knowledge and community practices of environmental management, which are valuable examples of culture as a vehicle for environmental sustainability and sustainable development, and to foster synergies between modern science and local and indigenous knowledge; (f) To support national legal frameworks and policies for the protection and preservation of cultural heritage and cultural property, 4 the fight against illicit trafficking in cultural property and the return of cultural property, 5 in accordance with national legislation and applicable international legal frameworks, including by promoting international cooperation to prevent the misappropriation of cultural 3F 4F _______________ 4 As defined in article 1 of the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 823, No. 11806). 5 In line with the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. 2