English: R ENV (90) 1 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the European Conservation Strategy, which states that a European conservation strategy should promote a culture which respects nature for what it is and not only for what monetary value can be placed on it; Determined to act promptly and efficiently in order to apply the principles pronounced in Rio de Janeiro on 14 June 1992 by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, in the Declaration on Environment and Development, in the Declaration for a global consensus on the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forest, as well as the provisions of Agenda 21; Emphasising most particularly the importance they attach to the need to base themselves on the principle of precaution and to adopt anticipatory and preventive policies; Observing that Agenda 21 mentions inter alia the "Management of fragile ecosystems" and the "Conservation of biological diversity" as fields of activity requiring specific and urgent action, and stresses that in the field of international cooperation, regional international organisations must contribute, along with the United Nations system, support and supplement national efforts made with a view to achieving the objectives which it outlines; Noting that Article 5 of the Convention on Biological Diversity specifies that "Each Contracting Party shall, as far as possible and as appropriate, cooperate with other Contracting Parties, directly or, where appropriate, through competent international organisations, in respect of areas beyond national jurisdiction and on other matters of mutual interest, for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity"; Noting that Contracting Parties have the responsibility in implementing the obligations of the Bern and Biological Diversity Conventions; Noting that Article 23, paragraph 4 (h), of the Convention on Biological Diversity asks the Conference of the Parties to "contact, through the Secretariat, the executive bodies of conventions dealing with matters covered by this Convention with a view to establishing appropriate forms of coordination with them"; Observing that the Council of Europe provides the functions of the Secretariat for the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats adopted in Bern on 19 September 1979, and includes the environmental dimension in its activities as a crucial and integral part of the national policies of its member States; Noting that the Bern Convention includes in its appendices lists of protected species, which should secure a high level of conservation, and that the procedures making it possible to ensure that the Convention is implemented, enhance the role of non-governmental organisations and individuals as partners involved in sustainable development, in accordance with the principles set out in the Rio Declaration; Recalling that the Lucerne Declaration of 30 April 1993 adopted by the second pan-European
French: Notant que l'article 5 de la Convention sur la diversité biologique prévoit que "Chaque Partie contractante, dans la mesure du possible et selon qu'il conviendra, coopère avec d'autres Parties contractantes, directement ou, le cas échéant, par l'intermédiaire d'organisations internationales compétentes, dans des domaines ne relevant pas de la juridiction nationale et dans d'autres domaines d'intérêt mutuel, pour la conservation et l'utilisation durable de la diversité biologique"; Notant que les Parties contractantes ont la responsabilité d'appliquer les obligations découlant des Conventions de Berne et sur la diversité biologique; Notant que l'article 23, paragraphe 4 h), de la Convention sur la diversité biologique demande à la Conférence des Parties de "se met(tre) en rapport, par l'intermédiaire du Secrétariat, avec les organes exécutifs des conventions traitant des questions qui font l'objet de la présente Convention en vue de fixer avec eux les modalités de coopération appropriées"; Constatant que le Conseil de l'Europe assure les fonctions de Secrétariat de la Convention relative à la conservation de la vie sauvage et du milieu naturel de l'Europe adoptée à Berne le 19 septembre 1979, et intègre la dimension environnementale dans ses activités comme composante essentielle et incontournable des politiques nationales de ses Etats membres; Relevant que la Convention de Berne contient en annexe des listes d'espèces protégées, qui doivent garantir un haut degré de conservation et que les procédures permettant de veiller à la mise en oeuvre de la Convention renforcent le rôle des organisations non gouvernementales et des particuliers en tant que partenaires pour un développement durable, conformément aux Principes énoncés dans la Déclaration de Rio; Rappelant que la Déclaration de Lucerne du 30 avril 1993 adoptée par la deuxième