Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its contribution to sustainable development A/RES/71/230 related capacity-building support to parties”, 24 and also takes note of the relevant decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its twelfth meeting in this regard; 22 7. Notes with appreciation the efforts made by the secretariat of the Convention, parties to the Convention and the Global Environment Facility, as the financial mechanism of the Convention, in conjunction with United Nations funds and programmes and the specialized agencies, as well as other entities, in organizing capacity-building workshops to support countries in the updating of national biodiversity strategies and action plans, with a view to enhancing capacity and addressing the need for human, technical and financial resources to impleme nt the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 11 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, 11 adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention at its tenth meeting, in particular for developing countries; 8. Urges parties to promote the mainstreaming of gender considerations, taking into account the 2015–2020 Gender Plan of Action under the Convention on Biological Diversity, 25 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 the Convention; 9. 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, circumstances and priorities; 10. 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; 11. Also reaffirms 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; 12. Recognizes that parties to the Convention have reiterated that resources, financial, human and technical, need to be mobilized from all source s, 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, international cooperation and the exploration of new and innovative financial mechanisms, and takes note of the decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its twelfth meeting in this regard; 13. Invites countries that have not yet done so to ratify or accede to the Convention; _______________ 24 25 6/8 See United Nations Environment Programme, document UNEP/CBD/COP/11/35, annex I. United Nations Environment Programme, document UNEP/CBD/COP/12/29, decision XII/7, annex.