High-level Meeting on Biodiversity
Background
As a contribution to the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, which the General Assembly proclaimed in 2006 to stress the necessity to reverse the continued loss of biodiversity (A/RES/61/203), the General Assembly convened a High-level Meeting on Biodiversity on 22 September 2010.
Attended by Heads of State, Government and delegation, this meeting provided a valuable opportunity to generate awareness at the highest level of the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity, namely:
- conservation of biodiversity;
- sustainable use of the components of biodiversity; and
- fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources.
Programme (see webcast)
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
- 9 - 10 am : Opening Plenary (General Assembly Hall)
- 10 am - 1 pm: Morning Panel on “The way forward in achieving the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the internationally agreed biodiversity goals and targets” (NLB Conference Room 2)
- 3 - 5 pm: Afternoon Panel on the same theme as above (NLB Conference Room 2)
- 6 - 7 pm: Closing Plenary (General Assembly Hall)
Statements
Key Documents
- President's Summary of the High-level Meeting
- Note by the Secretary-General on the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly as a contribution to the International Year of Biodiversity (A/64/865)
- General Assembly resolution on the Convention on Biological Diversity (A/RES/64/203)
Resources
Contact Information
- Office of the President of the General Assembly: Ms. Hyun Sung <sungh@un.org>
- Convention on Biological Diversity Liaison Office: Ms. Nandhini Krishna <krishna1@un.org>
- United Nations Environment Programme/ New York: Ms. Juanita Castaño <castano@un.org>