Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its contribution to sustainable development A/RES/72/221 parties and stakeholders to strengthen international cooperation measures for the fulfilment of obligations contained in the Convention; 13. Stresses the importance of the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 by the parties to the Convention, and, given the limited time remaining, calls upon all parties to accelerate and scale up efforts to implement them, acknowledging the contribution of such efforts to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 34 and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals; 14. Highlights the importance of parties raising high-level political engagement for the achievement by 2020 of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the related Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; 15. Reiterates the call made in the declaration “Our ocean, our future: call for action” 35 for action to be taken on an urgent basis to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development; 16. Invites all parties, relevant departments of the Secretariat, the specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Natio ns system and the regional commissions to continue contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020; 17. Reaffirms the need for a comprehensive and participatory process towards developing proposals for the follow-up to the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011– 2020, fully in line with decision XIII/1 36 and other relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention; 18. Recognizes that parties to the Convention 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, stresses the need for further consideration of the evaluation of all resources mobilized in terms of the biodiversity outcomes achieved, in this regard welcomes the decision of the parties to the Convention on an overall substantial increase in total biodiversity-related funding for the implementation of the Strategic Plan from a variety of sources, including national and international resource mobilization and international cooperation and the exploration of new and innovative financial mechanisms, as appropriate, and takes note of the decisions of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its thirteenth session, including the request to the Executive Secretary to prepare a stocktake and updated analysis of financial reports received in order to provide a more comprehensive picture of the global overall progress towards the global targets; 19. Invites countries that have not yet done so to ratify or accede to the Convention; 20. Invites parties to the Convention to ratify or accede to the Nagoya Protocol, and invites the Executive Secretary of the Convention and the Global Environment Facility, within its mandate as the financial mechanism of the Convention, in collaboration with relevant organizations, to continue to support capacity-building and development activities to support the ratification and implementation of the Protocol; 21. Also invites parties to the Convention to consider, as appropriate, ratifying or acceding to the Cartagena Protocol; __________________ 34 35 36 17-23294 Resolution 70/1. Resolution 71/312. See United Nations Environment Programme, document UNEP/CBD/COP/13/25. 7/9