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... Desiring to enhance and complement existing international arrangements for the conservation of biological diversity and sustainable use of its components, and ...
ARTICLE-2: Use of Terms [go to this ARTICLE]
... "In-situ conditions" means conditions where genetic resources exist within ecosystems and natural habitats, and, in the case of domesticated or cultivated species, in the surroundings where they have developed their distinctive properties. ...
ARTICLE-6: General Measures for Conservation and Sustainable Use [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) Develop national strategies, plans or programmes for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity or adapt for this purpose existing strategies, plans or programmes which shall reflect, inter alia, the measures set out in this Convention relevant to the Contracting Party concerned; and ...
ARTICLE-21: Financial Mechanism [go to this ARTICLE]
... 4. The Contracting Parties shall consider strengthening existing financial institutions to provide financial resources for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. ...
ARTICLE-22: Relationship with Other International Conventions [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The provisions of this Convention shall not affect the rights and obligations of any Contracting Party deriving from any existing international agreement, except where the exercise of those rights and obligations would cause a serious damage or threat to biological diversity. ...
ARTICLE-24: Secretariat [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. At its first ordinary meeting, the Conference of the Parties shall designate the secretariat from amongst those existing competent international organizations which have signified their willingness to carry out the secretariat functions under this Convention. ...