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Friday, 27 May
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Closing Plenary
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Everton Vieira Vargas of Brazil strongly opposed temporally limiting
the mandate of the UNFF.
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Gustavo Ainchil of Argentina stated that major groups have had a chance
to present their views, and that leaving them out of one session would
not set a precedence of non-participation.
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On the subject of wording pertaining to major groups, Oleg Shamanov of
the Russian Federation recommended reference to "inputs," following the
precedent set in the ECOSOC resolution that created UNFF.
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Venezuela said that since a multi-stakeholder dialogue was completed in
UNFF-5, UNFF-6 should focus on governmental negotiations.
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Mike Fullerton of Canada supported a proposal by the EU to postpone the
decision on whether or not to hold a seventh session of UNFF, depending
on the achievements of the sixth session.
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Pekka Patosaari, UNFF Coordinator and Head, thanked the delegations for
their hard work.
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John Talbot of Australia stated plans to work on a regional process
within its Asia-Pacific sphere of influence.
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Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty signatories,
noted its commitment to cooperation and said that the group will bring a
clear regional perspective to UNFF-6.
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Charlotte Cudby of New Zealand expressed disappointment at the outcome
of UNFF-5, and said that it will work regionally between now and UNFF-6.
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Around UNFF-5
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Everton Vieira Vargas of Brazil conferred with UNFF-5 Chair Manuel Rodriguez
Becerra.
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Members of the Danish delegation conferred.
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Delegates from Canada and elsewhere conferred.
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The Iranian delegation conferred in the corridors.
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Coordinator Patosaari conferred with Chair Rodriguez Becerra.
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Vice-Chair Denys Gauer of France conferred with Franz Perrez and Beat
Nobs of Switzerland.
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Osita Anaedu noted that he and Nigeria's other delegates had been in
attendance, despite being inadvertently omitted from the provisional
list of participants.
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Croatia and Côte D'Ivoire - alphabetically, if not geographically,
close neighbors.
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Brazil's Tasso Rezende de Azevedo struck a relaxed pose.
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A North-South cooperation hug for Norway and Nigeria.
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Youth delegate Galuh Sekar Arum took notes while talking with Michael
Buck, retired state forester of Hawaii.
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Delegates from Australia and New Zealand huddled around Australia's John
Talbot to discuss the draft text after its distribution.
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UNFF-5 Chair Manuel Rodriguez Becerra gaveled the new UNFF-6 session to
a suspension at 6:45 PM.
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ENB writer Radoslav Dimitrov and Vice-Chair Gauer of France discussed
how the failure to produce agreement on goals will affect allocation of
financial resources, while Boris Romaguer of Canada listened.
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