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United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)
Organizational Meeting and Informal Consultations on the Multi-Year
Programme of Work (MYPOW) of the UNFF
Tuesday, 13 February: Organizational
Meeting and Informal Consultations
On the first day of the informal
consultations on the UNFF's multi-year programme of work (MYPOW),
delegates agreed to the organization of work, heard presentations on
the meeting documents, exchanged general remarks and began detailed
discussion of programme elements relating to the facilitation and
promotion of implementation.
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Discussion of the Organization of Work |
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Japan spoke on the organization of work. While
delegates disagreed on the precise order of discussion for the
program elements, there was consensus that elements relating to the
facilitation and promotion of implementation were a high priority.
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Iran apologized for reading from a prepared
statement, and proceeded to present the position of the G-77 on
organization of work.
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General Remarks |
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UNFF Coordinator Jag Maini presented the
informational documents on the MYPOW and the PoA, elaborating on the
role of each. |
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Sweden, on behalf of the EU, read remarks regarding the focus of the
MYPOW.
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China, among other countries, stressed the
importance of moving quickly on the implementation of projects
approved by the IFF. |
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Facilitation and Promotion of Implementation |
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Nigeria expressed some concerns of the G-77 and
China on the difficulty, and necessity, of prioritizing proposals
for implementation.
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Australia addressed the possibility of
identifying groups of proposals for implementation. |
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On the Side |
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Secretariat staff members facilitated the work at
hand by coordinating document collection and distribution.
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