Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
and its contribution to sustainable development
A/RES/73/234
the Convention, including capacity development and the participation of indigenous
peoples and local communities in the work of the Conventio n;
19. Encourages parties to promote the mainstreaming of gender
considerations, taking into account the 2015–2020 Gender Plan of Action under the
Convention on Biological Diversity, 17 in developing, implementing and revising their
national and, where appropriate, regional and subnational biodiversity strategies and
action plans and equivalent instruments in implementing the three objectives of th e
Convention, and recognizes the need to enhance cooperation on capacity-building in
order to support parties in this process;
20. Calls upon Governments and all stakeholders to take appropriate measures
to mainstream consideration of the socioeconomic impacts and benefits of the
conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and its components , as well as
ecosystems that provide essential services, into relevant programmes and policies at
all levels, in accordance with national legislation, circumstanc es and priorities;
21. Reaffirms the importance of continuing to pursue more efficient and
coherent implementation of the three objectives of the Convention, and calls upon
parties and stakeholders to strengthen international cooperation measures for the
fulfilment of obligations contained in the Convention;
22. 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;
23. Invites all parties, relevant departments of the Secretariat, the specialized
agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system and the regional
commissions to continue contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the
Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020;
24. 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 35 and other relevant decisions of the
Conference of the Parties to the Convention;
25. Recognizes that parties to the Convention have reiterated that resources,
financial, human and technical, need to be provided and 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;
26. Invites countries that have not yet done so to ratify or accede to the
Convention;
27. 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
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See United Nations Environment Programme, document UNEP/CBD/COP/13/25.
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