Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its contribution to sustainable development A/RES/67/212 on Biological Diversity, 13 and acknowledging the role of access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilization in contributing to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, poverty eradication and environmental sustainability and thereby to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, Noting also that 192 States and 1 regional economic integration organization are parties to the Convention and that 163 States and 1 regional economic integration organization are parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 14 Noting further that 91 States and 1 regional economic integration organization have signed the Nagoya Protocol, Recalling the adoption by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its ninth meeting of the strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the three objectives of the Convention, 15 as well as decisions X/3 16 and XI/411 adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its tenth and eleventh meetings on the review of its implementation, including the establishment of preliminary targets, Expressing deep appreciation to the Government of India for hosting the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, from 8 to 19 October 2012, and the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, from 1 to 5 October 2012, both held in Hyderabad, and welcoming the decision by the Conference of the Parties at its eleventh meeting to endorse the offer of the Government of the Republic of Korea to host the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol and the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol, all due to be held in the second half of 2014, Takes note of the report of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on 1. Biological Diversity on the work of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention; 17 2. Notes with appreciation the recent appointment of the new Executive Secretary, and expresses its support for his tenure; 3. Reaffirms the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”,6 and, inter alia, the commitments concerning biodiversity; 4. Welcomes the outcomes of the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention;11 5. Recognizes that parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity1 have reiterated that resources, financial, human and technical, need to be mobilized from all sources and that this should be balanced with the effective implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020,10 stresses the need for further _______________ 13 See United Nations Environment Programme, document UNEP/CBD/COP/10/27, annex, decision X/1. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2226, No. 30619. 15 See United Nations Environment Programme, document UNEP/CBD/COP/9/29, annex I, decision IX/11. 16 See United Nations Environment Programme, document UNEP/CBD/COP/10/27, annex. 17 A/67/295, sect. III. 14 3/6