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Delegates kicked
off the second week of UNFF-2 with a brief morning plenary, during which
they heard reports from the Chairs of the Working Groups, and adopted
an organization of work. Participants then worked in two separates groups,
one discussing the ministerial statement, and the other to continue negotiating
the draft terms of reference of the Ad Hoc expert groups. Right:
Chairs Leiner, Øistad and Chaves enjoying a few calm moments before
the the afternoon session in Conference Room I.
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and image from day 6 of UNFF-2 |
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Jag Maini, Head of the UNFF Secretariat (left) discusses the proposed
programme for the day with Osita
Anaedu
(Nigeria, right) before the morning Plenary, while UNFF-2 Chair
Knut Øistad (Norway) passes by in the background en route
to the dais. |
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to Chair Øistad's proposed organization of work for
the day: Part
one Part
two.
Delegates
later decided to continue negotiating the draft terms of reference
of the Ad Hoc experts group, and to delay work on criteria
for evaluation of the effectiveness of the UNFF until tomorrow.
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Chair Patricia Chaves led the discussion in the informal consultations
on the draft terms of reference for the Ad Hoc group of experts.
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Chair Chaves in discussion with a member of the American delegation.
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View of the informal consultation on the ministerial message. The
message is to be issued at the UNFF-2 high-level segment. which
is to commence on Wednesday. |
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Hossein
Moeni Meybodi (Iran), Chair of Working Group I, reported on the
group’s accomplishments last week. He stated that the group
completed its work on agenda items 3b, Progress in Implementation,
and heard a report of the CPF. He expressed the group’s readiness
for the next round of discussions and negotiations on draft outcomes
of the meeting.
Listen
to report on Working Group I |
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Chair
Ositadinma Anaedu (Nigeria) reported that Working Group II was faced
with a large quantity of draft text but felt confident that consensus
could be achieved. He noted that the contact group on criteria for
evaluation of the effectiveness of the UNFF had not yet met, but
would report back to Working Group II once it completes it work.
Listen
to report on Working Group II (excerpt) |
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G-77/China
said it required more time to consider text, and that it could
not attend more than two meetings at any given time . He agreed
with the Chair's proposition to prioritize work on the ministerial
declaration and on the terms of reference of the Ad Hoc experts
group, and save discussion on the criteria for evaluation of the
effectiveness of the UNFF for later in the week.
Listen
to the G-77/China's statement
Left:
The Chair of the G-77/China (left) discussing procedure with Chair
Øistad, while Kira Schmidt of the ENB (right) looks on.
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Supporting the Chair's proposed programme of work, Australia expressed
fear that the Forum may run out of time to complete its work.
Listen
to Australia's statement |
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Delegates decided to continue negotiating the draft terms of the
reference of the Ad Hoc expert groups, foregoing an originally scheduled
meeting of the informal consultation on criteria for evaluation
of the effectiveness of the UNFF.
Stefan Leiner (Germany), Chair of the informals on criteria for
evaluation, gave a short report on the work that the group will
undertake tomorrow. |
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