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Saturday, 17 May 2003ITTC-34 Chair Bin Che Yeom Freezailah (Malaysia) opened the final session of the Council on Saturday morning. Delegates considered and the reports, made pledges to the Special Account and Bali Partnership Fund, adopted the session's decisions, and heard closing statements. Above photo L-R: Ricardo Anguizola, ANAM (Panama), Vice-Chairperson Jan McAlpine (US), Chair Bin Che Yeom Freezailah (Malaysia) and ITTO Executive Director Manoel Sobral Filho.
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CRF Chair Henri-Félix Maître (France) presented, and delegates noted, the CRF's report on its thirty second session (ITTC(XXXII)/7). |
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CSAG Chair Andrew Deutz said CSAG aims to broaden the participation of under-represented social groups in the CSAG, including local communities, labor and indigenous peoples. He noted that CSAG looks forward to collaboration with TAG. |
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Maxim Lobovikov, International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), expressed interest in establishing a stronger relationship between INBAR and ITTO, highlighting possible areas of cooperation, including statistics, certification and illegal logging. |
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Finland, on behalf of the Consumer Group, applauds the cooperative spirit of the meeting and underlines the value of the decisions that were made at this session. |
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Cameroon, on behalf of the Producer Group, expresses satisfaction with the quality of the work completed at the meeting and stresses the importance of issues relating to capacity building, financing, and removing constraints on trade. |
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Juan Carlos Navarro, Mayor of Panama City, thanked ITTO for its good work, noting that ITTO's ongoing projects contribute to sustainable forestry around the world. He highlighted Panama's commitment to parks and public-private partnerships. |
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Ricardo Anguizola, Administrator General of the National Environment Authority of Panama, congratulated delegates for their work and underscored Panama's commitment to SFM. He highlighted that SFM can help to alleviate poverty and emphasized the need for phased approaches and cooperation with CITES. |
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ITTC-34 Chair Freezailah thanked the Government of Panama and its people for hosting ITTC-34. He congratulated delegates for their professionalism and spirit of compromise, expressing hope for a similar positive atmosphere at PrepCom I. Chair Freezailah gaveled the meeting to a close at 2:16pm. |
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