UNEA resolution 5/14 requested the intergovernmental negotiating committee to begin its work during the second half of 2022, with the ambition of completing its work of delivering the instrument by the end of 2024. UNEA resolution 5/14 further requested the Executive Director to convene a diplomatic conference of plenipotentiaries upon completion of negotiations by the intergovernmental negotiating committee, for the purpose of adopting the instrument and opening it for signature.