A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/53/190 12 February 1999 Fifty-third session Agenda item 94 (d) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Second Committee (A/53/609/Add.4)] 53/190. Convention on Biological Diversity The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 52/201 of 18 December 1997 on the Convention on Biological Diversity and other relevant resolutions, Recalling also the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity,1 Recalling further Agenda 21,2 particularly its chapter 15 on the conservation of biological diversity and related chapters, Having considered the report of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity,3 Deeply concerned about the continued loss of the world's biological diversity, and, on the basis of the provisions of the Convention, reaffirming the commitment to the conservation of biological diversity, 1 See United Nations Environment Programme, Convention on Biological Diversity (Environmental Law and Institution Programme Activity Centre), June 1992. 2 Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June 1992 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigenda), vol. I: Resolutions adopted by the Conference, resolution 1, annex II. 3 A/53/451, annex. 99-76837 /...