A/RES/56/197 3. Also notes the outcome of the second meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, held at Nairobi from 1 to 5 October 2001; 4. Welcomes the fact that one hundred and eighty-one States and one regional economic integration organization have become parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 1 and urges States that have not joined the Convention to become parties to it, without further delay; 5. Calls upon parties to the Convention to become parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety2 as soon as possible; 6. Encourages the conferences of the parties to, and the secretariats of, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 4 the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa, 5 and other international instruments related to the environment and sustainable development, as well as relevant organizations, especially the United Nations Environment Programme, including, as appropriate, the involvement of the Environmental Management Group, to continue their work on enhancing mutual complementarities, with full respect for the status of the secretariats of the conventions and the autonomous decision-making prerogatives of the conferences of the parties to the conventions concerned, to strengthen cooperation with a view to facilitating progress in the implementation of those conventions at the international, regional and national levels and to report thereon to their respective conferences of the parties; 7. Welcomes the decision of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity regarding its programme of work for forest biological diversity, and encourages the parties to and the secretariat of the Convention to cooperate with the United Nations Forum on Forests, inter alia, with regard to respecting, preserving and maintaining the knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles, in accordance with article 8 (j) and related provisions of the Convention; 8. Takes note of the fact that the provisions of the Agreement on Traderelated Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights 6 and the Convention on Biological Diversity are interrelated, in particular with respect to intellectual property rights and relevant provisions of the Convention, and invites the World Trade Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization, within their respective mandates, to continue to explore this relationship, taking into account the ongoing work in other relevant forums and bearing in mind decision V/26 B of the Conference of the Parties; 7 _______________ 4 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822. Ibid., vol. 1954, No. 33480. 6 Ibid., vol. 1869, No. 31874. 7 See UNEP/CBD/COP/5/23 and Corr.1, annex III. 5 2