The Conference of the Parties
1. Supports the establishment and implementation of mountain-to-mountain cooperation programmes in the framework of cooperation with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention, and requests the Secretariat to implement the required activities in cooperation with UNEP and all interested partners, and further invites donors, the Mountain Partnership Consortium and other interested partners to participate in and to contribute to the process;
2. Welcomes and supports further specific cooperation with International Conventions and international bodies, including the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, the Ramsar Convention, the Aarhus Convention, the European Landscape Convention, the Council of Europe, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, ,the European Space Agency, the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River, the Central European Initiative and the Carpathian EcoRegionInitiative, the REC, UNEP.