Earlier decisions related to the United Nations General Assembly:
Decision 16/35. Cooperation with other conventions and international organizations
Recalling General Assembly resolution 77/334 of 1 September 2023, and welcoming the development of the United Nations System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation by the Secretary General to enhance system-wide coordination and policy coherence between water action and sectors that are dependent on water resources and water-related ecosystems
Decision 15/13 - Cooperation with other conventions and international organizations
Welcoming with appreciation the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly proclaiming the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 and the contribution that this may provide to objectives of the Convention and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Decision 14/30. Cooperation with other conventions, international organizations and initiatives
39. Invites the United Nations General Assembly to designate the decade 2021 to 2030 the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration;
Decision XII/4 - Integrating biodiversity into the post-2015 United Nations development agenda and the sustainable development goals
Decision XII/5 - Biodiversity for poverty eradication and sustainable development
Decision XI/22 - Biodiversity for poverty eradication and development
Decision X/20. Cooperation with other conventions and international organizations and initiatives
1. Recalls the high-level meeting on biodiversity of the United Nations General Assembly held on 22 September 2010 as a contribution to the International Year of Biodiversity and, in particular, the President’s Summary, which notes the substantial benefits to be gained from the coherent implementation of the three Rio conventions as well as other biodiversity-related conventions;
Decision IV/15. The relationship of the Convention on Biological Diversity with the Commission on Sustainable Development and biodiversity-related conventions, other international agreements, institutions and processes of relevance
12. Also requests the Executive Secretary to prepare a report on the implementation of the Convention to assist the Conference of the Parties to contribute to the review of the implementation of Agenda 21 in the year 2002;
14. Takes note of the Programme for the further implementation of Agenda 21 and requests Parties to submit information to the Executive Secretary on, inter alia: (a) Current threats to biological diversity from tourism activities; (b) Basic approaches, strategies and instruments that demonstrate where tourism and the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity are mutually supportive; (c) The involvement of the private sector, local and indigenous communities in establishing sustainable tourism practices; (d) Collaborative efforts at the regional and the subregional levels, including case studies of particular relevance; (e) Infrastructure planning and regional and land-use planning for tourism that have incorporated consideration of the Convention on Biological Diversity; or (f) Consideration of policies and activities which are supportive of its aims, in order to initiate a process of exchange of experiences, knowledge and best practices, under the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, in particular at the national and regional levels on sustainable tourism and biological diversity within the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity, including regarding protected areas;
15. Further invites Parties to provide information to the Executive Secretary on the biodiversity-related activities of the Commission on Sustainable Development, such as: (a) Comprehensive review of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States; (b) Oceans and seas, and freshwater resources; (c) Consumption and production patterns;
16. Requests the Executive Secretary to provide inputs based on the above submissions to the discussion at the Commission on Sustainable Development at its seventh session to ensure that any future work of the Commission on Sustainable Development in these areas fully incorporates biological diversity considerations and makes full use of existing materials and national guidelines;
Decision V/27 - Contribution of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the ten-year review of progress achieved since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
Decision III/19 - Special session of the General Assembly to review implementation of Agenda 21
Decision III/21 - Relationship of the Convention with the Commission on Sustainable Development and biodiversity-related conventions, other international agreements, institutions and processes of relevance:
Decision II/14 - Convening of an open-ended intergovernmental workshop on cooperation between the Convention on Biological Diversity and other international conventions on related issues:
Decision I/8 - Preparation of the participation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in the third session of the Commission on Sustainable Development
