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Convention on Biological Diversity

A/RES/66/202No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 19fConvention on Biological Diversity, published in 2012.

What other versions does this mandate have?

18 versions · 1995–2012
  • 2012A/RES/66/202Convention on Biological DiversityLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2011A/RES/65/161Convention on Biological DiversityCompare with previous version
  • 2010A/RES/64/203Convention on Biological DiversityCompare with previous version
  • 2009A/RES/63/219Convention on Biological DiversityCompare with previous version
  • 2008A/RES/62/194Convention on Biological DiversityCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Biological DiversityConference and Meeting ServicesIndia

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the report of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the progress of work of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention;
2
Notes the ongoing preparatory process for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012;
3
Stresses the importance of the continued substantive consideration of the issue of biological diversity;
4
Notes with appreciation the offer of the Government of India to host the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention from 8 to 19 October 2012, and the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety from 1 to 5 October 2012;
5
Invites the secretariat of the Convention to report, through the Secretary-General, to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the work of the Conference of the Parties;
6
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, the sub-item entitled “Convention on Biological Diversity”.

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