The Conference of the Parties,

Recognizing that environmental challenges have been increasing in magnitude and complexity while resources aimed at mitigating problems are not matching needs,

Welcoming the assessment of the relevance for the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants of existing guidelines developed by the United Nations system on the mobilization of resources from non-State actors,