A/RES/58/212 in transition, and in this regard welcomes the successful and substantial third replenishment of the Global Environment Facility; 13. Takes note of the ongoing work of the liaison group of the secretariats and offices of the relevant subsidiary bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 4 the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, 5 and the Convention on Biological Diversity, and further encourages continuing cooperation in order to promote complementarities among the secretariats, while respecting their independent legal status; 14. Stresses the importance of harmonizing the reporting requirements of the biodiversity-related conventions while respecting their independent legal status; 15. Invites the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity to continue reporting to the General Assembly on the ongoing work regarding the Convention, including its Cartagena Protocol; 16. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session the sub-item entitled “Convention on Biological Diversity”. 78th plenary meeting 23 December 2003 _______________ 4 5 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822. Ibid., vol. 1954, No. 33480. 3