International Year of Biodiversity, 2010 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Declares 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity; designates the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity as the focal point for the International Year of Biodiversity, and invites the secretariat to cooperate with other relevant UN bodies, multilateral environmental agreements, international organizations and other stakeholders, with a view to bringing greater international attention to bear on the issue of the continued loss of biodiversity; invites Member States to consider establishing national committees for the International Year of Biodiversity; encourages Member States and other stakeholders to take advantage of the International Year of Biodiversity to increase awareness of the importance of biodiversity by promoting actions at the local, regional and international levels.

Adopted without vote, 83rd plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 61st sess., Suppl. no. 49.