A/RES/64/203 United Nations Distr.: General 2 March 2010 General Assembly Sixty-fourth session Agenda item 53 (f) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 2009 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/64/420/Add.6)] 64/203. Convention on Biological Diversity The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 55/201 of 20 December 2000, 61/204 of 20 December 2006, 62/194 of 19 December 2007 and 63/219 of 19 December 2008 and other previous resolutions relating to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 1 0F Recalling also its resolution 61/203 of 20 December 2006 on the International Year of Biodiversity in 2010, Reiterating that the Convention is the key international instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of biological resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources, Recognizing the potential contribution of other multilateral environmental agreements, including the biodiversity-related conventions, and of international organizations in support of the three objectives of the Convention, Noting both the positive and the negative impacts of climate change mitigation and adaptation activities on biodiversity and relevant ecosystems, Noting also that one hundred and ninety-two States and one regional economic integration organization have ratified the Convention and that one hundred and forty-seven States and one regional economic integration organization have ratified the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 2 1F Recognizing that the achievement of the three objectives of the Convention is important for sustainable development and poverty eradication and is a major factor underpinning the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, Recalling the commitments of the World Summit on Sustainable Development to pursue a more efficient and coherent implementation of the three objectives of the Convention and the achievement by 2010 of a significant reduction in the current _______________ 1 2 09-47401 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1760, No. 30619. Ibid., vol. 2226, No. 30619. *0947401* Please rec cle ♲