The United Nations Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is committed to cooperating with Armenia to promote the UN’s inclusive and effective 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the CBD, wrote on social media

“It was an honour to confer with H.E. Ararat Mirzoyan in Yerevan today. We at UN Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity are committed to working with UN Armenia and colleagues from across the UN system to support Armenia in hosting an inclusive and productive UN Biodiversity Conference in a year from now,” Schomaker wrote.