1. The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, at its fifteenth meeting and the respective meetings of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization requested the Executive Secretary to prepare an integrated programme of work and budget for the period 2025- 2026, to be submitted to the Conference of the Parties at its sixteenth meeting and to the respective meetings of the Parties to the Protocols (decisions 15/34, para. 36, CP-10/14 and NP-4/12). 2. The programme of work and budget should set out the objectives, tasks to be completed by the Secretariat, and results expected in regard to each budget item, for the Convention and its Protocols, for the consideration of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the Parties to its Protocols at their next meeti...