A/RES/65/150 United Nations Distr.: General 16 February 2011 General Assembly Sixty-fifth session Agenda item 20 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2010 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/65/436 and Corr.1)] 65/150. Protection of coral reefs for sustainable livelihoods and development The General Assembly, Recalling the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 1 and Agenda 21, 2 the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, 3 the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”), 4 the Mauritius Declaration 5 and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, 6 the United Nations Millennium Declaration 7 and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 8 0F 1F 2F 3F 4F 5F 6F 7F Reaffirming the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 9 which provides the overall legal framework for ocean activities, and emphasizing its fundamental character, conscious that the problems of ocean space are closely interrelated and need to be considered as a whole through an integrated, interdisciplinary and intersectoral approach, 8F _______________ 1 Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I. 2 Ibid., annex II. 3 Report of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Bridgetown, Barbados, 25 April–6 May 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.94.I.18 and corrigenda), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II. 4 Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex. 5 Report of the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Port Louis, Mauritius, 10–14 January 2005 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.05.II.A.4 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 1, annex I. 6 Ibid., annex II. 7 See resolution 55/2. 8 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822. 9 Ibid., vol. 1833, No. 31363. 10-52154 *1052154* Please rec cle ♲