Summary
On its fourth day, ITTC-52 continued discussions regarding the selection of the new ITTO Executive Director. In the morning, the Council also took up cooperation between ITTO and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), developments in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) regarding forests and their potential implications for tropical forests and the world tropical timber economy, and the ITTO/Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Collaborative Initiative to Conserve Tropical Forests. A closed session was held on the legal implications and measures related to ITTO investments that led to the impairment of funds.
In the afternoon, the Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management (CRF) and the Committee on Economics, Statistics and Markets and the Committee on Forest Industry (CEM-CFI) met in parallel. CEM-CFI reviewed projects and pre-projects in progress, and discussed the Biennial Work Programme (BWP) for the Committees, as well as policy work on: the demonstration and adoption of credit schemes for small-medium forest enterprises; market access; forest and timber certification; selected data and analysis from elements for the ITTO Biennial Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation; and strengthening the participation of the private sector in ITTO work. The CRF reviewed projects and pre-projects in Progress and discussed its BWP and recommendations for the Council.
In the evening, the Committee on Finance and Administration (CFA) continued its deliberations on the proposed revision of ITTO financial rules and procedures, audit standards, and relevant portions of the Staff Regulations and Rules.
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Council Session
Dais during the Council session
Hwan-Ok Ma, ITTO Secretariat, reported on ITTO/UNFCCC collaboration
Akhirrudin Bin Mahmud, Malaysia
Rosette Rasoamanarivo, Madagascar
Matthias Schwoerer, Germany
Milena Sosa-Schmidt, Convention on International Trade In Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Jorge Pedro Flores Marker, Mexico
Aysha Ghadiali, US
Jaime Pacheco Aranda, Colombia
Takeshi Goto, ITTO Secretariat, reported on ITTO/CBD Collaborative Initiative
to Conserve Tropical Forests
Gabriel Dusava, Papua New Guinea
Emmanuelle Maire, EU
Zhang Zhongtian, China
Jorge Mario Rodríguez Zúñiga, Costa Rica
Teguh Rahardja, Indonesia
Felix Magallon González, Panama
Catalina Santamaria, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Yani Septiani, Indonesia
Youngtae Choi, Republic of Korea
L-R: Jennifer Conje, Chair of ITTC-52; Steven Johnson, Officer-in-Charge, ITTO Secretariat,
and Gerhard Breulmann, ITTO Secretariat
Anna Tyler, New Zealand, Consumer caucus spokesperson
Eheth Ongmanong Victoire, Cameroon, Producer caucus spokeperson
Producer members consulting
Consumer members consulting
For the second time this week a simple majority was not reached to proceed to a special vote on election
of the Executive Director
Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management (CRF)
L-R: Hwan-Ok Ma, ITTO Secretariat; Marjukka Mähönen, Vice Chair of CRF; and Nurudeen Iddrisu, Chair of CRF;
Takeshi Goto, ITTO Secretariat; and Polycarpe Masupa Kambale, ITTO Secretariat
Sapuan Ahmad, Malaysia
John Leigh, Peru
L-R: Dambis Kaip, Papua New Guinea, incoming Vice-Chair of CRF; Marjukka Mähönen, Vice-Chair of CRF;
and Nurudeen Iddrisu, Chair of CRF
Committee on Economics, Statistics and Markets (CEM) and Committee on Forest Industry (CFI)
L-R: Achille Orphée Lokossou, Vice-Chair of CFI; Tetra Yanuariadi, ITTO Secretariat; Akiko Nakano, Chair of CFI; Alicia Grimes, Chair of CEM; Jorge Malleux, Vice-Chair of CEM; and Li Qiang, ITTO Secretariat
Akiko Nakano, Chair of CFI
Alicia Grimes, Chair of CEM
Frances Maplesden, ITTO consultant, presented selected data and analysis
from
Elements for the ITTO Biennial Review and Assessment
View of a presentation by Frances Maplesden, ITTO Consultant
Committee on Finance and Administration (CFA)
L-R: Mad Zaidi Mohd Karli, Vice-Chair of CFA; Rob Busink,
Chair of CFA; Simon Kawaguchi, ITTO Secretariat;
and Gerhard Breulmann, ITTO Secretariat
Rob Busink,
Chair of CFA
David Brooks, ITTO Consultant
ITTC-52 Snapshots
ITTO publications on display and for distribution