Notification 2010-225

Dear Madam/Sir, I am very pleased to inform you that the sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, in adopting its resolution on the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme, decided to note United Nations Environment Programme Governing Council decision SS.XI/4, the Busan outcome; the decision X/11 adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity; and the decision adopted by the Programme and External Relations Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization contained in the Executive Board document 185 EX/43, and to request the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme, without prejudice to the final institutional arrangements of the intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services and in consultation with all relevant organizations and bodies, in order to fully operationalize the Platform, to convene a plenary meeting providing for the full and effective participation of all Member States, in particular representatives from developing countries, to determine modalities and institutional arrangements for the Platform at the earliest opportunity. The General Assembly also called on international and bilateral donors and other countries in a position to do so to support the full and effective participation of representatives from developing countries in the plenary meeting. Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Executive Secretary

To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points