REQUESTS the IWC Secretariat to collaborate with the CBD Secretariat and the interim and future BBNJ Secretariats to strengthen cooperation, as appropriate and in line with their respective mandates

CALLS for further strengthening of the synergies, as appropriate and in line with their respective mandates, between the IWC and other multilateral environmental agreements and international organisations at the global level, particularly in the areas of capacity building, scientific research, monitoring, reporting, communication and mobilising financing, aspects of which may be described in the next Strategic Plan (for the 2026-2037 period) of the IWC?s Conservation Committee

NOTES with concern the release of the State of the World?s Migratory Species report in February 2024 by CMS, and the conclusion that the extinction risk is growing for migratory species globally, including those not listed under CMS, and that the two greatest threats to all migratory species are overexploitation and habitat loss due to human acti

WELCOMES the adoption of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction in 2023 (commonly referred to as BBNJ); encourages rapid ratification by states to ensure its entry into force; and expresses readiness to contribute to its implementation, as appropriate, particularly in the establishment of area-based management tools, including marine protected areas, the conduct of environmental impact assessments, and relevant capacity building

NOTES the outcomes of the 2024 Bern III Conference on Cooperation among the Biodiversity related Conventions for the efficient and effective implementation of the KMGBF;

ACCEPTS the invitation of the CBD COP-15 in Decision 15/13 which invites the governing bodies of biodiversity-related conventions to contribute to the implementation and monitoring of the KMGBF

WELCOMES the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), adopted by the Parties to the CBD at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-15);

RESOLUTION 2024-2 RESOLUTION ON SYNERGIES BETWEEN THE IWC, THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND THE KUNMING-MONTREAL GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK ADOPTED THEREUNDER, AND THE AGREEMENT UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA ON THE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF MARINE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF AREAS BEYOND NATIONAL JURISDICTION

REQUESTS the IWC Secretariat to engage with IAATO with a view of further distributing the Whale Watching Handbook among tourist vessels and operators and to seek further collaboration in order to avoid collisions, changes in behaviour, and other potential impacts on cetaceans in the Southern Ocean.

CALLS ON all Antarctic krill-fishing nations to take the measures necessary to avoid bycatch of cetaceans;