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The thirteenth session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF13) resumed on Thursday, 10 May 2018, at UN Headquarters in New York. In the morning, delegates discussed the revised draft communications and outreach strategy for the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030 (UNSPF), the revised guidelines for operation of the Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network (GFFFN), and the UNFF Trust Fund. During lunch two side events were held: one hosted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on "Launch of the Voluntary Guidelines for the Sustainable Management of Public Production National Forests in the Tropics through Forest Concessions in the Context of Agenda 2030"; and the other hosted by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on "Implementing the Collaborative Partnership on Forests' Joint Initiative on FLR in Support of the Global Forest Goals and the UNSPF." During the afternoon, delegates discussed the contributions of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), regional and sub-regional organizations and processes and Major Groups and stakeholders to implementation of the UNSPF. They then examined the initial draft of the omnibus resolution and offered comments and suggested amendments. For details on the day’s discussions and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) meeting coverage, provided daily digital coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from UNFF13. Photos by IISD/ENB | Ángeles Estrada Vigil For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Morning Session L-R: Manoel Sobral Filho, UNFF Director; UNFF13 Vice-Chair Maureen Whelan; and Moncef Khane, UNFF Secretary Dalia Vargas Gutiérrez, Panama L'udmila Marusaková, Forests Europe UNFF13 Vice-Chair Luciana Melchert Saguas Presas Ntahli Matete, Lesotho Rabah Gfnan Alhardi, Saudi Arabia Héctor Enrique Jaime, El Salvador Aysha Ghadiali, US Ingeria Miller, Bahamas Syed Mahmod Nasir, Pakistan Pem Narayan Kandel, Nepal Mubarak Alrashedi, Saudi Arabia Billlal Hossain, Bangladesh Nasser Jaghoub, Palestine, and Ghader Abual Rub, Palestine     Moncef Khane, UNFF Secretary, and UNFF13 Vice-Chair Luciana Melchert Saguas Presas Afternoon Session The dais during the session Dampha Almami, African Union Commission Eva Müller, FAO Steffen Dehn, International Forestry Students' Association Cecile Ndjebet, African Women's Network for Community Management of Forests   Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria Anna Tyler, New Zealand Around the Venue