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INC 2 Makes Progress |
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 Chiba,
29 January—Delegates
at the Second Session of the Intergovernmental
Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global
Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury (INC 2),
which convened from 24-28 January 2011, in
Chiba, Japan, agreed to negotiate the new treaty
based on an elements paper prepared by the
Secretariat (UNEP(DTIE)/Hg/INC.2/3), and offered
initial responses to the paper
element-by-element. They achieved a full first
reading of the elements paper, and mandated the
Secretariat to prepare a new draft text, taking
into account discussions at INC 2, for further
negotiation at INC 3, scheduled to convene in
October 2011.
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Photo: L-R: Glenn Wiser and Matthew
Gubb, Secretariat, consult during the
negotiation on the elements paper |
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International
Year of Forests Launched During UNFF 9 |
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New York,
4 February—The ninth session of the
UN Forum on Forests (UNFF 9), which is
convening from 24 January-4 February
2011, at UN Headquarters in New York,
US, has focused on the theme “Forests
for people, livelihoods and poverty
eradication." On 2 February, delegates
met in a special session of the UN
General Assembly Hall for the launch of
the International Year of Forests 2011.
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Photo: L-R: Jan McAlpine, Director, UNFF;
Arvids Ozols, Chair, UNFF9; Joseph
Deiss, President, UN General Assembly; and
Vivian Pliner, Secretary, UNFF (photo
courtesy of the UNFF Secretariat) |
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