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United
Nations Conference for the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to
the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994, 4th part |
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January 2006 | Geneva, Switzerland
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Highlights
from Monday, 23 January 2006
Negotiations
of the UN Conference on the Negotiation of the Successor
Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 (ITTA, 1994),
Fourth Part resumed on Monday, 23 January with an increased sense of urgency.
In the morning, delegates met in two working groups. Working Group I (WGI)
revisited the issues of admission of observers and the definition of “special
vote” before breaking up into informal contact groups. Working Group
II (WGII) achieved consensus on statistics, and on the Special
Account, but remain stalemated over the Administrative Account.
In the afternoon, delegates convened in a Joint Working Group and discussed
EC membership. |
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Working
Group I
In the morning, Chair Attah pushed hard to achieve consensus,
but delegates remained divided on several issues. Contact groups were formed
to address "special vote" and "special sessions" of
the Council, and were able to make some progress. |
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Iwan
Krolis, Suriname, for the contact group
on Special Sessions reported on areas of agreement
and lack of agreement |
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Bipin
Behari, India, said the language
in the 94 agreement is often best |
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Left
to right: Jacques Borel and James
Gasana,
Switzerland, proposed using “60%
of consumers” rather than 2/3 as
a requirement for holding a special vote |
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Producers and consumers negotiate
language on requirements for a special session of
the Council |
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A
contact group negotiates the requirements for holding
a special vote |
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Tri
Tharyat, Indonesia,
suggested reference to the definition of "special
vote" in Article 2.8.
Left to right: Bambang Tri Hartono, Wahjudi Wardojo, and Tri
Tharyat |
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Marcial
C. Amaro, Philippines, opposed
a suggested reference to first attempting
to reach consensus |
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Stephanie
Caswell, US, agreed to accepting “special
vote” if followed by “absent
consensus” |
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Miyano
Michiko, Japan, discussed issues
related to "Decisions and Recommendations
by the Council" |
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Working
Group II
Working
Group II, chaired by Jürgen Blaser (Switzerland), discussed:
financial articles; Statistics, Studies and Information;
Policy Work of the Organization; and Entry into Force. In
the afternoon, Amb. Carlos Paranhos, Conference President,
called for an informal meeting among interested players, to work
with him to find agreed language. |
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Bjorg
Merethe Luis, Norway, opposed a low cap on contributions to the Administrative
Account |
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David
Brooks, US, proposed adding
a bracketed proposal for a 50%
cap on contributions to special activities |
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Enzo
Barattini,
European Commission, favored reference to “expert meetings” rather
than "expert panel meetings" |
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Ramón
Carrillo Arrellane, Mexico, on
administrative costs called for rebracketing
inclusion of “Council meetings” |
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Zhang
Kening, China, opposed by
the US, called for differential treatment
for developing Consumer members |
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Joint
Working Group
The
Joint Working Group, chaired by Alhassan Attah (Ghana), discussed
membership and Signature, Ratification, Acceptance and Approval articles
involving EU membership status. |
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New
Zealand, the US and Japan opposed the EC language
on membership due to, inter alia: its far-reaching
implications regarding EC representation of EU member
states; and its lack of clarity, given that ITTO
is a commodity agreement with mixed membership.
Left to right: Kathryn Youel Page, US, Hideo
Fukushima, Japan, Charlotte Cudby, New
Zealand |
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Juan
Manuel Sanchez, Mexico, is concerned
about the use of "government" instead
of "state"
in the Article on Membership |
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Mbella
Mbella, Cameroon, agreed with Mexico
and suggested as an alternative, "contracting
parties" |
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Left
to right: Carlos Gonzales Ortega and Fatima
Majzoub, Venezuela |
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Left
to right: Hideo
Fukushima, Japan, and Marcel
Vernooij, The Netherlands |
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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
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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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