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Nations Conference for the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to
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January 2006 | Geneva, Switzerland
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Highlights
from Friday, 20 January 2006
At the end of the first week of the UN Conference for
the Negotiation of the Successor Agreement to the International
Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 (ITTA, 1994), Fourth Part,
delegates have been able to achieve consensus on several
key issues. For Working Group I (WGI), these include major
aspects of the Objectives, such as inclusion of environmental
services and non-timber forest products. In Working Group II, significant
ground was gained with regards to aspects of the special account and the
Bali Partnership Fund. In the afternoon, delegates convened in a Joint Working
Group and plenary, but they were unable to resolve several outstanding issues. |
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Working
Group I
WGI’s
morning session produced breakthroughs within the preamble
and objectives, but delegates were unable to finalize articles on Council
sessions.
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WGI
Chair Alhassan Attah asked Producers and Consumers
to be more flexible and reach agreement in outstanding
issues |
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Left
to right: WGI Chair Alhassan Attah,
Ghana, Zoraa Amijee, UNCTAD, Carlos
Moreno Mericaechevarria, UNCTAD Legal
Adviser |
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Stephanie
Caswell, US, said “strategies” should
identify an objective and proposed “for sustainable
forest management” |
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John
Bazill, European Commission, said if Switzerland
maintains its position, the EU would favor bracketing
the entire paragraph |
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Regarding
NTFPs and ecological services, James K.
Gasana, Switzerland,
agreed to delete reference to these terms
in the chapeau of Objectives |
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Juan
Carlos Gonzales Ortega, Venezuela,
opposed deleting “Producers” from
the provision of expertise needed to
enhance the capacity of Producer members
to attain the Agreement’s objectives |
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Regarding
the provision of expertise needed to enhance
the capacity of Producer members to attain
the Agreement’s objectives, Hoda
S. Rashed, Egypt, preferred
deleting “Producer” from
the text
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On
noting the need to improve the standard
of living and working conditions within
the forest sector, Inga Magistad,
Norway, proposed, and
delegates agreed, to a text that takes
into account relevant internationally recognized
principles on these matters and relevant
ILO Conventions and instruments |
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During informal consultations Producers sought consensus
on strengthening
the capacity of Producer members in the context
of SFM |
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WGI
broke into informal groups for consultation on Objectives |
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Working
Group II
Working
Group II Chair Jürgen Blaser opened the session with discussion
of articles on the Special Account and the Bali Partnership
Fund. He also called for discussion of the Administrative
Account and the article on Statistics, Studies and Information |
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in the article on the Special Account, Daniel Birchmeier,
Switzerland, expresed preference to keep terminology
requiring the Executive Director to make reports on allocation
of funds at “regular” meetings |
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Luiz
Cesar Gasser, Brazil said that projects approved
but not funded should be considered for Special Account
funding |
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Bjorg Merethe Luis, Norway, supported Japan and Switzerland,
on the issue of keeping at fifty percent the use
income earned as a result of activities related to
the Special Account |
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Joint
Working Group
Working
Group Chairs lead
discussion on the Administrative Account and article
on Statistics, Studies and Information. |
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Stephanie Caswell, US, said “strategies” should
identify an objective and proposed “for sustainable forest management” |
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Mbella
Mbella, Cameroon, commented on
the chapeau of the Objectives |
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Inga Magistad, Norway, cautioned against mentioning
financial issues in Objectives |
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John
Bazill, European Commission,
proposed replacing “wider” with “broad” to
describe “donor community,” but
consensus was not achieved |
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Zhang
Zhongtian, China, preferred
deleting “Producer” from
the text regarding the provision of expertise
needed to enhance the capacity of Producer
members to attain the Agreement’s
Objectives |
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Hoda S. Rashed, Egypt, preferred deleting “Producer” from
the text providing expertise needed to enhance the
capacity of Producer members to attain the Agreement’s Objectives |
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Freezailah
Che Yeom, Malaysia
and Luiz
Cesar Gasser, Brazil, discussed issues concerning sustainable
managment of tropical timber producing forests |
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Final
Plenary
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Amb.
Carlos Antonio da Rocha Paranhos, President
of the UN Conference, opened the plenary session
at the end of the afternoon, to hear final
reports of the WG I and II, and gave
guidance on how to proceed |
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Left
to right: Amb. Carlos Antonio da Rocha
Paranhos,
President of the UN Conference, Lisanne
Losier,
UNCTAD, WGII Chair Jürgen
Blaser, WGI Chair Alhassan Attah and Carlos
Moreno Mericaechevarria, Advisor, Legal
Services |
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Around ITTA-4: Morning reading of the Earth Negotiations
Bulletin |
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Felix
Magallón, Panama |
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Nchemo
Maile, Lesotho |
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Goncalo
Teles Gomes, Portugal |
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up
to top |
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Links
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UNCTAD’s website for the ITTA, 1994 renegotiation, 4th part. Includes the provisional agenda and supporting documents
ITTO Secretariat
UNFF Website
FAO
UNFF Secretariat
UNFCCC Secretariat
CBD
Secretariat
ENB coverage of ITTC-39
ENB coverage of the UN Conference for the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the ITTA, 1994 -
Part 1|
Part 2 |
Part 3
YMB summary of the Country-Led Initiative “Scoping for a Future Agreement on Forests”, 16-18 November 2005, Berlin, Germany (HTML,
PDF,
TEXT)
ENB summary from UNFF-5: (English:
HTML,
PDF,
TEXT)
(Spanish:
HTML,
PDF,
TEXT)
(French:
HTML,
PDF,
TEXT)
YMB summary from the Europe and North Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Conference, 6-8 June, 2005 Moscow, Russia: (HTML,
PDF,
TEXT)
YMB coverage the Europe and North Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Conference, 22-25 November 2005, St. Petersburg, Russia
ENB archives of forestry meetings
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