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Fiftieth Session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) and Associated Sessions of the Four Committees

3-8 November 2014 | Yokohama, Japan

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Intro - 3 Nov - 4 Nov - 5 Nov - 6 Nov - 7 Nov - 8 Nov - Summary

Highlights for Thursday, 6 November 2014

The fourth day of ITTC-50 started with the Council Session reviewing the UN rules on voting and consensus

In the morning of Thursday, 6 November 2014, the fiftieth session of the International Tropical Timber Council heard presentations on: developments in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change related to forests; the biennial review and assessment of the world timber situation; and the status of ITTO’s Thematic Programmes.

In the afternoon, the Committee on Economics, Statistics and Markets and the Committee on Forest Industry (CEM-CFI) and the Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management (CRF) met in parallel to continue discussions of agenda items. The Committee on Finance and Administration (CFA) met later in the day to discuss a proposed revision of ITTO staff regulations and rules.

Deliberations on the selection of the next Executive Director continued throughout the day. After meeting in caucus in the morning, Consumer countries called for a formal vote to narrow down the candidates, noting that consensus within the caucus had not been achieved. The Producers continued to call for time for building consensus. Another round of caucus meetings was held. The Council met again in the evening, and decided to proceed to a special vote the following morning. A CFA working group met late in the evening to continue deliberating on the proposed revision of ITTO staff regulations and rules.

Council Session

Carlos Moreno Mericaechevarria, UNCTAD

Rob Busink, Chairperson, ITTC-50

Frances Maplesden, ITTO Consultant

Gerhard Breulmann, ITTO Secretariat

Sri Murniningtyas, Indonesia

Shingi Koto, Japan

Gabriela Ramcke Lancaster, Mexico

Jürgen Blaser, ITTO Consultant

Grégoire Nkeoua, Republic of the Congo

Mario Rodriguez, Guatemala

Nguyen Tuong Van, Vietnam

Adrian Ngo'o Bitomo, Cameroon spoke for the Producers group

Adingra Heya Chantal, Côte d'Ivoire

Carlos Moreno Mericaechevarria, UNCTAD (L) and Rob Busink, Chairperson, ITTC-50 conferring after the morning session

Committee on Economics, Statistics and Markets and the Committee on Forest Industry ( CEM-CFI)

CFI Chair Bjorn Merkell

Teguh Rahardja, Indonesia

Jennifer Conje, U.S.A

Li Qiang, ITTO Secretariat

Steven Johnson, ITTO Secretariat

Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management (CRF)

Panel (L-R): Jean-Guénolé Cornet, ONF International; John Leigh, ITTO Secretariat; CRF Vice-Chair Taivo Denks, Estonia; Jorge Malleux Orjeda, National Agrarian University, Peru; Takeshi Goto, ITTO Secretariat; Hwan Ok Ma, ITTO Secretariat; Polycarpe Masupa-Kambale, ITTO Secretariat

Alicia Grimes , U.S.A.

Jean-Guénolé Cornet, ONF International

Committee Session (CFA)

(L-R) Simon Kawaguchi, ITTO Secretariat; R.M. Manohar, ITTO Secretariat; CFA Vice-Chair Gilbert Kaya, Republic of the Congo; CFA Chair Ellen Shaw, U.S.A; E. Collins Ahadome, ITTO Secretariat

CFA Chair Ellen Shaw

Tabi Agyarko, Ghana

Ursula Horn, Germany

Akira Yamada, Japan

Jack Lee, New Zealand

Pedro Brançante Machado, Brazil

Council Session

E. Collins Ahadome, ITTO Secretariat, demonstrates the use of the electronic voting system

Sanquis José Buainain Sarquis, Brazil

Marjukka Mähönen, Finland, on behalf of the Consumer Group

Side Event

A side event, organized by INAB, ITTO and IUCN, highlighted Guatemala's experiences with an electronic verification system for timber harvesting, transport and processing.

Funding for coverage of these meetings has been provided by ITTO

Daily Web Coverage (Click on the following links to see our daily webpages)

Intro - 3 Nov - 4 Nov - 5 Nov - 6 Nov - 7 Nov - 8 Nov - Summary

Related Links

ITTO Resources

Documents for the Fiftieth Session of the ITTC

Annotated Agenda for the fiftieth Session of the ITTC

Annotated Agenda for the forty-eighth sessions of the Committee on Economics, Statistics and Markets and Committee on Forest Industry

Annotated Agenda for the forty-eighth session of the Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management

Annotated Agenda for the twenty-ninth session of the Committee on Finance and Administration

Provisional Agenda for the Joint session of the Committees

Report of the forty-ninth Session of the ITTC

Council Decisions

ITTO Annual Report - 2013

IISD RS Resources

IISD RS Coverage of the Forty-seventh Session of the ITTC and Associated Sessions of the Committees, 14-19 November 2011, Antigua Guatemala

IISD RS Coverage of the Ninth Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF9), 24 January - 4 February 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

IISD RS Coverage of the Forty-sixth Session of the ITTC and Associated Sessions of the Committees, 13-18 December 2010, Yokohama, Japan

IISD RS Coverage of the Forty-fifth Session of the ITTC and Associated Sessions of the Committees, 9-14 November 2009, Yokohama, Japan

IISD RS coverage of the Forty-fourth Session of the ITTC and Associated Sessions of the Committees, 3-8 November 2008, Yokohama, Japan

IISD RS coverage of the Forty-third Session of the ITTC and Associated Sessions of the Committees, 5-10 November 2007, Yokohama, Japan

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