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Monday, 23 May
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Morning Plenary
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Working Group I Co-Chair Rezlan Ishar Jenie of Indonesia signaled for his
microphone to be turned on at the beginning of the morning session.
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Peter O'Donohue of the United States proposed a paragraph reaffirming the
relevance of the Johannesburg Declaration and the Forest Principles.
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Stefano Toscano of Switzerland added a preambular paragraph on strengthening
the regional approach, and suggested a two-year work cycle.
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Contact Group
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Participants in the morning contact group on goals and means of
implementation.
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Afternoon
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Morocco added text emphasizing the importance of economic growth and
achievement of MDGs.
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Oleg Shamanov of the Russian Federation stressed taking into account
the modalities of preparation for September's high-level General
Assembly session.
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Hussein Sabbagh of Syria suggested text referring to the special requirements
of low forest cover countries (LFCCs).
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Cecep Herawan of Indonesia requested a general reference to multilateral
environmental agreements, rather than mention of specific conventions.
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Ghana stated that the African Group would be submitting text by the end
of the day for integration into the Chair's draft decision.
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Peru supported recognizing the need to highlight the contributions of
forests and their economic value.
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Abdullah Alrasheed of Saudi Arabia supported proposals stressing
rehabilitation and conservation in LFCCs and inviting the CPF to
strengthen the Tehran Process.
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Hiro Miyazono of Japan preferred a reference to "illegal logging and
associated trade" instead of "trade from illegal logging."
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Abdul Alim of Bangladesh expressed concern that the Least Developed
Countries were not mentioned in the Chair's draft decision.
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Around UNFF5
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Delegates discussed the day's documents in the morning.
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Stefan Toscano of Switzerland and Oleg Shamanov of the Russian Federation
conferred after the morning session.
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Galuh Sekar Arum of the International Forestry Students' Association posed
a question during a side event on Forest Landscape Restoration.
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Some delegates greeted each other with an embrace.
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Claudio Gutierrez of Argentina pointed out a paragraph on-screen to
a fellow delegate during editing of the Chair's draft decision.
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As discussions drew to a close, Marilyn Headley of Jamaica conferred
with the delegation from Guyana.
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