Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its contribution to sustainable development A/RES/71/230 14. 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; 15. Also invites parties to the Convention to consider, as appropriate, ratifying or acceding to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; 16. Invites parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to consider, as appropriate, ratifying or acceding to the Nagoya -Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; 19 17. Takes note of the work done by the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8 (j) and Related Provisions, and in this regard invites the secretariat of the Convention, through the Secretary-General, to report on the progress made when reporting on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly; 18. Stresses the importance of mainstreaming biodiversity in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 26 as part of national implementation plans for the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular all biodiversity-related Goals and targets; 19. Takes note of the fourth plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, which aims to provide the best available policy-relevant information on biodiversity and ecosystem services to assist decision makers, including through its summary for policymakers of the assessment report on pollinators, pollination and food production and its summary for policymakers of the methodological assessment report on scenarios and models of biodiversity and ecosystem services; 20. Stresses the importance of the engagement of the private sector and other stakeholders in the implementation of the three objectives of the Convention and in the achievement of the biodiversity targets, invites them to align their policies and practices more explicitly with the objectives of the Convention, including through partnerships, in accordance with national legislation, circumstances and priorities, and in this regard stresses the importance of the ongoing work of the Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity; 21. Notes the ongoing work of the Joint Liaison Group of the secretariats and offices of the relevant subsidiary bodies of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those C ountries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, 27 and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 10 (the Rio conventions) and the Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions, acknowledges the importance of improving coherence in the implementation of those conventions, recognizes the importance of enhancing synergies among the biodiversity-related conventions, without prejudice to their specific objectives, in this regard notes the contribution of the United Nations Environment Assembly, as _______________ 26 27 Resolution 70/1. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1954, No. 33480. 7/8