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AGENDA ITEM 1 - ELECTION OF OFFICERS

In the afternoon, the Co-Chair directed the Panel to return to consideration of Agenda Item 1, the election of officers, and stated that it was the Panel's general view that its Bureau be composed of five members, two Co-Chairs and three Vice Chairs, with one of the Vice Chairs serving as rapporteur. He invited nominations from the three regional groups not yet represented. He acknowledged that some groups would not be in a position to respond until Friday, and would return to the item at that time if necessary.

The African Group nominated Mr. Juste Boussienguet, the administrator of Forestry and the Environment from Gabon, as Vice Chair. On Friday, the Eastern European Group nominated Mr. Anatoliy Pisarenko, the Deputy Chief of the Federal Forestry Service of Russia, as Vice Chair. The Vice Chair from the Latin American and Caribbean Group has not yet been nominated.

The Secretariat then distributed the draft report of the session and the meeting was adjourned.