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Lobby outside the Summit Hall, venue of the COP14 High-Level Segment On Wednesday morning, the High-level Segment of the UN Biodiversity Conference heard opening statements and engaged in a panel discussion on “Investing in biodiversity for people and planet.” In the afternoon, participants heard from the Prime Minister of Egypt Mostafa Madbouly. They then held two parallel round table discussions, on mainstreaming biodiversity in the infrastructure sector, and on mainstreaming biodiversity in the manufacturing and processing sectors.  IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has provided daily reports, daily web coverage, and a summary and analysis from the 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference. Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: View of the dais during the opening session of the High-level Segment with Siim Kiisler, Minister of Environment, Estonia, President of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA); Khaled Fouda Saddiq Mohammed, Governor of South Sinai, Egypt; Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, Egypt; Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); Erik Solheim, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP); and José Octavio Tripp Villanueva, Ambassador of Mexico to Egypt, COP 13 Presidency Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, Egypt José Octavio Tripp Villanueva, Ambassador of Mexico to Egypt, COP 13 Presidency Khaled Fouda Saddiq Mohammed, Governor of South Sinai, Egypt View of the opening session of the High-level Segment Erik Solheim, Executive Director, UNEP Siim Kiisler, Minister of Environment, Estonia, President of UNEA Cristiana Paşca Palmer, CBD Executive Secretary Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica Mohamed Maait, Minister of Finance, Egypt Jonathan Baillie, Executive Vice-President and Chief Scientist, National Geographic Society Emmanuelle Wargon, State Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, France Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) L-R: Rene Castro Salazar, Assistant Secretary-General for Climate, Biodiversity, Land and Water, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO); Adriana Dinu, Deputy Director, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); and Emad El Din Adly, General Coordinator, Arab Network for Environment and Development (RAED)   Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister of Egypt Round table: “Mainstreaming biodiversity in the infrastructure sector” Round table: “Mainstreaming biodiversity in the manufacturing and processing sectors” COP 14 theme displayed prominently at the venue Participants from the Global Youth Biodiversity Forum and the WWF with Edson Gonçalves Duarte, Minister of Environment, Brazil Delegates from the EU and the Austrian Presidency Delegates from South Africa  

Delegates from the European Union (EU) in discussions at the contact group on Adjustments The thirtieth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP 30) convened for its final day on Friday, 9 November 2018, in Quito, Ecuador. The Budget Committee, contact groups and informal discussions met throughout the day. The High-Level Segment (HLS) convened in the morning to hear statements from heads of delegation, then adjourned for a brief resumption of the Preparatory Segment to receive updates from contact groups and informal discussions. The afternoon was devoted to contact groups and informal discussions, with the Preparatory Segment tentatively scheduled for a stocktaking session at 8:30 pm.Updates:- 7:55 pm: Plenary is rescheduled to 9:00 pm.- 9:35 pm: Preparatory Segment reconvenes.- 10:12 pm: High-Level Segment resumes to consider decisions forwarded by the Preparatory Segment.- MOP closed at 11:10 pm. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily reports and daily web coverage from MOP 30. In addition, IISD Reporting Services will publish a summary and analysis report of the meeting in HTML and PDF.   Photos by IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page High Level Segment MOP 30 President Liana Ghahramanyan, Armenia, gavels the meeting to a close at 11:10 pm. Delegates during the adoption of the meeting report Alfredo Pérez, Director General, Environmental Quality Management, Venezuela Taefu Lemi Taefu, Associate Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Amb. Diennaryati Tjokrosuprihatono, Indonesia Laurentiu Neculaescu, State Secretary, Romania Amb. Jean Baptiste Chaurin, France Alexander Teabo, Minister of Environment, Lands and Agriculture Development, Kiribati Amb. Igar Paluan, Belarus Charles Ikeah, Nigeria Rosa Luisa Ebentretch, Ministry of Production, Peru Amb. Luigi William Ixcot Rojas, Guatemala Arsen Ryspekov, State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry, Kyrgystan Jeanne Josette Acacha Akoha, Ministry of Life Framework and Sustainable Development, Benin Racine Kane, Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Senegal Roxanne Blesam, Executive Director, Environmental Quality Protection Board, Palau Satyendra Kumar Purkayastha, Bangladesh Ibraheem Alallan, Director, Atmospheric Safety, Syria Thelma Krug, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Marissa Gowrie, Ministry of Planning and Development, Trinidad and Tobago Didier Coulomb, International Institute for Refrigeration Avipsa Mahapatra, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) Juan Sebastián Salcedo, Ecuador Giovanni Brunelli, Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, Italy Delegates during the contact group on Adjustments Alain Wilmart, Belgium, and Agustín Sánchez Guevara, Mexico, Co-Chairs of the contact group on Adjustments L-R: Alain Wilmart, Belgium; Agustin Sánchez Guevara, Mexico; Katherine Theotocatos and Flavia Barlassina, Ozone Secretariat; and Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat Delegates from the Adjustments contact group in informal consultations Delegates during the contact group on Energy Efficiency​ Latin America and Caribbean (GRULAC) delegates in discussions Tjekero Tweya, Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and Small and Medium-Size Enterprises (SME), Namibia, and MOP 30 President Liana Ghahramanyan, Armenia L-R: María Barroeta, Alfredo Pérez, and Yusbelys Belsario, Venezuela The delegation from Romania The delegation from Benin The delegation from Slovakia The delegation from the Maldives The Brazilian delegation, L-R: (back row) Gabriela Lira, Alessandra Toledo, and Maria Eugênia Pulino, (front row) Magda Luduvice and Patricia Leite L-R: Gilbert Bankobeza, Ozone Secretariat; Yaqoub Almatouq, Kuwait; MOP 30 Rapporteur Bitul Zulhasni, Indonesia; Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat; MOP 30 President Liana Ghahramanyan, Armenia; Megumi Seki, Deputy Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat; and Martha Leyva, Ozone Secretariat Around the Venue Rajendra Shende, TERRE Policy Centre, and Amit Love, India Duncan Brack, Report Writer, and Keith Reply, ENB Delegates read the ENB The ENB team at MOP 30, L-R: Keith Ripley, US; Claudia Friedrich, Germany; Tallash Kantai, Kenya; Nadia Sohier Zaman, Canada; Diego Noguera, Colombia; and Priscila Pereira de Andrade, Brazil  

Highlights for Thursday, 8 November 2018 Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management Chair Dambis Kaip, Papua New Guinea, receiving a wooden fish from the Amazon as a gift from Hwan Ok-Ma, ITTO Secretariat On the final substantive day of ITTC-54, delegates finalized work in the three Committees and on five related decisions in the morning.In the early afternoon, the Council convened a panel discussion on the role of women in achieving ITTO objectives.Consultations continued throughout the day in contact and caucus groups, as well as in plenary, to find consensus on a final decision on selection of candidates for the position of ITTO Executive Director.The closing plenary continued into the evening to find a way forward on the Executive Director selection process.ITTC-54 Chair Zhang Zhongtian declared the meeting closed at 9:35 pm.The summary and analysis of ITTC-54 will be available on Sunday, 11 November 2018. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and a summary and analysis from ITTC-54. Photos by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Council Session ITTC-54 Chair Zhang Zhongtian presents a framed gavel to ITTC-55 Chair John Leigh Gerhard Breulmann, ITTO Secretariat, and Gerhard Dieterle, Executive Director, ITTO Arsene Ewossaka, Congo, with Richard Gbadoe Edjidomele, Togo Anna Tyler, New Zealand Zhang Zhongtian, Chair of ITTC-54, gaveling approval of a Council decision Kumiko Tanaka, Fellowship Assistant, ITTO John Leigh, Peru Delegates from Producer countries during negotiations Delegates from the EU Delegates from Indonesia Delegates from Consumer countries during negotiations Panel Discussion: The Role of Women in Achieving ITTO Objectives From L-R: Françoise van de Ven, Secretary-General, Industrial Forestry Trade Union, Gabon; Delphine Ahoussi, President, Association of Women Producers and Traders of Secondary Forest Products (MALEBI); Cécile Ndjebet, The African Women's Network for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF), Cameroon; Session Chair Sheamala Satkuru, ITTO Secretariat; Adi Estela Lazos Ruíz, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City (UNAM), Mexico; and Jennifer Conje, US Session Chair Sheamala Satkuru, ITTO Secretariat Delphine Ahoussi, President, MALEBI Adi Estela Lazos Ruíz, UNAM, Mexico Cécile Ndjebet, REFACOF, Cameroon At the conclusion of the panel discussion, female staff of the ITTO Secretariat joined panelists for a group photo. Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management Group photo of some participants of the Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management Makiko Uemoto, Japan Christine Dawson, US Jorge Malleux Orjeda, Peru, and Polycarpe Masupa Kambale, ITTO Secretariat Committee on Finance and Administration Katharina Kuehmayer, EU Committee Chair Luke Thompson, US Joint Session of the Committee on Economics, Statistics and Markets (CEM) and the Committee on Forest Industry (CFI) View of the dais during the joint session André de Boer, the Netherlands Matthias Schwoerer, Germany Between Sessions

Highlights for Wednesday, 7 November 2018 From L-R: Sheamala Satkuru, Gerhard Breulmann, and Ramón Carrillo, ITTO Secretariat On Day 3, delegates held extensive consultations throughout the day on decision text setting out the procedure for selecting the ITTO Executive Director.In the afternoon and evening, work continued in the Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management (CRF), the Committee on Finance and Administration (CFA) and the joint Committee on Economics, Statistics and Markets, and Forest Industry (CEM-CFI).The Chairperson’s Open-Ended Drafting Group on financial matters and various informal working groups also met throughout the day. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and a summary and analysis from ITTC-54. Photos by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Council Session Arsene Ewossaka, Congo Zhang Zhongtian, Chair of ITTC-54 Gauthier Ayelo, Benin Emmanuelle Maire, EU Richard Gbadoe Edjidomele, Togo Christine Dawson, US Anna Tyler, New Zealand Jorge Malleux Orjeda, Peru Marjolijn Sonnema, Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, the Netherlands Mohammed Nurudeen Iddrisu, Ghana Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management From L-R: Hwan Ok-Ma, ITTO Secretariat; Committee Vice-Chair Jobst-Michael Schröder, Germany; and Polycarpe Masupa Kambale, ITTO Secretariat Committee on Finance and Administration From L-R: Simon Kawaguchi, ITTO Secretariat; Sheamala Satkuru, ITTO Secretariat; Committee Chair Luke Thompson, US; and Committee Vice-Chair Jorge Mario Rodríguez-Zúñiga, Costa Rica John Leigh, Peru Argyro Zerva, EU Jennifer Conje, US Sheamala Satkuru, ITTO Secretariat Joint Session of the Committee on Economics, Statistics and Markets (CEM) and the Committee on Forest Industry (CFI) View of the dais during the joint session Frances Maplesden, ITTO Consultant Rupert Oliver, ITTO Consultant Around the Venue