A/RES/65/150 Recalling the Convention on Biological Diversity 10 as an important instrument in the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity, 9F Recalling also biodiversity-related conventions and organizations, including the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 11 the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, 12 the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, 13 the Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region, 14 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 10F 1F 12F 13F Recognizing the role of national legislation in the context of the protection of coral reefs and related ecosystems within national jurisdictions, Recalling its annual resolutions on oceans and the law of the sea and on sustainable fisheries, including resolution 61/105 of 8 December 2006, its resolution 63/214 of 19 December 2008, entitled “Towards the sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future generations”, its resolution 64/73 of 7 December 2009 on the protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind, its resolution 64/203 of 21 December 2009 on the Convention on Biological Diversity and its resolution 64/236 of 24 December 2009, in which it decided to organize, in 2012, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, and other relevant resolutions, Taking note of the Manado Ocean Declaration, adopted by the World Ocean Conference on 14 May 2009, and the Jakarta Mandate on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity of 1995, 15 14F Noting the work of the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on marine and coastal biodiversity, in particular on coral reefs and related ecosystems, and the outcome of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, held in Nagoya, Japan, from 18 to 29 October 2010, including in relation to the updating and revision of the strategic plan for the post-2010 period, 16 15F Noting also the request made by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, at its tenth meeting, to the Executive Secretary of the Convention 17 to prepare, subject to the availability of financial resources, a report on the progress made in the implementation of the specific workplan on coral bleaching adopted by the Conference of the Parties in its decision VII/5, 18 16F 17F Recognizing that millions of the world’s inhabitants depend on the health of coral reefs and related ecosystems for sustainable livelihoods and development, as they are a primary source of food and income, add to the aesthetic and cultural _______________ 10 Ibid., vol. 1760, No. 30619. Ibid., vol. 993, No. 14537. 12 Ibid., vol. 996, No. 14583. 13 Ibid., vol. 1651, No. 28395. 14 Available from www.unep.org. 15 See A/51/312, annex II, decision II/10. 16 See UNEP/CBD/COP/10/27. 17 Ibid., annex, decision X/29, para. 74. 18 See UNEP/CBD/COP/7/21, annex, decision VII/5, annex I, appendix 1. 11 2