Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 89
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly,
Recalling the Convention on Biological Diversity, See United
Nations Environment Programme, Convention on Biological Diversity
(Environmental Law and Institutions Programme Activity Centre),
June 1992.
Recalling also Agenda 21, Report of the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14
June 1992 (A/CONF.151/26/Rev.1 (Vol. I and Vol. I/Corr.1, Vol.
II, Vol. III and Vol. III/Corr.1)) (United Nations publication,
Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigenda), vol. I: Resolutions Adopted
by the Conference, resolution 1, annex II. particularly its chapter
15, on the conservation of biological diversity, and related chapters,
Deeply concerned by the continuing loss of the world's
biological diversity, and, on the basis of the provisions of the
Convention, reiterating the commitment to the conservation of
biological diversity and the sustainable use of its components,
as well as the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising
from the use of genetic resources,
1. Welcomes the early entry into force of the Convention
on Biological Diversity, and the convening of the first meeting
of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological
Diversity, held at Nassau from 28 November to 9 December 1994;
2. Invites the Executive Secretary of the Convention on
Biological Diversity to make available the results of the first
meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention as
a contribution to the work of the third session of the Commission
on Sustainable Development;
3. Calls upon those States which have not yet ratified
the Convention to expedite their internal procedures of ratification,
acceptance or approval;
4. Decides to consider the progress achieved in the implementation
of the Convention at its fiftieth session under the item entitled
"Environment and sustainable development", and invites
the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
to report, through the Commission on Sustainable Development and
the Economic and Social Council, on the results of the first meeting
of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention.
92nd plenary meeting
19 December 1994