| Intersessional
Activities, Ad Hoc Expert Groups
Consideration with a view to Recommending the Parameters
of a Mandate for Developing a Legal Framework on all Types
of Forests
Ad hoc expert group meeting, New York, 7 - 10 September 2004
Report
of the Ad Hoc Expert Group the Consideration with a view
of Recommending the Parameters of a Mandate for Developing
a Legal Framework on all Types of Forests
7-10 September 2004, New York (E/CN.18/2005/2)
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Participant's
List
Information
on the ad hoc expert group's work
(composition, terms of reference, scheduling and reporting)
Member States
travel and registration information
General information for
Major Groups
Official Documents
Provisional Agenda
7 - 10 September 2004, New York
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Note
by the Secretariat on the Consideration with a View to Recommending
the Parameters of a Mandate for Developing a Legal Framework
on all Types of Forests
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Note
by Secretariat on the Overview on Catalysts and Obstacles
in the Implementation of the IPF/IFF Proposals for Action
and UNFF Resolutions and Decisions
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Background Documents
Background
Document #1: Compilation of views submitted by member
States and information provided by members of the Collaborative
Partnership on Forests (2004)
Background
Document #2: Recent Developments in Existing Forest-Related
Instruments, Agreements, and Processes (2004)
Background
Document #3: An Overview of International Law (2004)
Reference Materials
IPF 2
Report
of the Secretary General: International Organizations, and
Multilateral Institutions and Instruments, including appropriate
legal mechanisms (E/CN.17/IPF/1996/12)
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IPF 3
Report
of the Secretary General: International Organizations and
Multilateral Institutions and Instruments, including appropriate
legal mechanisms (E/CN.17/IPF/1996/23)
(Arabic
| Chinese
| English
| French
| Russian
| Spanish)
Report
of the Secretary General: International Organizations and
Multilateral Institutions and Instruments, including appropriate
legal mechanisms (E/CN.17/IPF/1996/24)
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| Chinese
| English
| French
| Russian
| Spanish)
IPF 4
Report
of the Secretary-General: International Organizations, Multilateral
Institutions and Instruments, including appropriate legal
mechanisms (E/CN.17/IPF/1997/4)
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| English
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| Russian
| Spanish)
IFF 2
Report
of the Secretary-General: Forest-Related Work of International
and Regional Organizations Commission (E/CN.17/IFF/1998/5)
(Arabic
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Note
by the Secretariat: International Arrangements and Mechanisms
to Promote the Management, Conservation and Sustainable
Development of All Types of Forests (E/CN.17/IFF/1998/9)
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Report
of the Secretary-General: Forest-Related Work Under Existing
Instruments (E/CN.17/IFF/1998/11)
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| French
| Russian
| Spanish)
Background
Document 4 - Information on Forest-Related Work of International
and Regional Organizations (1998)
Background
Document 5 - Information on Forest-Related Work Under
Existing Instruments (1998)
IFF 3
Note by the Secretariat: Forest-Related Work of International
and Regional Organizations and under Existing Instruments(E/CN.17/IFF/1999/15)
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IFF 4
Note by the Secretariat: Forest-Related
Work of International and Regional Organizations and under
Existing Instruments (E/CN.17/IFF/2000/6)
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Documents Related to Recent Developments in Forest Policy
Gef
Operational Program on Sustainable Land Management OP#15
(December 2003)
World Bank's Reviesed Strategy and Operational Policy on Forests 2003
Forest Related Results of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change COP 9 (December 2003)
Montreal Process First Overview Report 2003 (September 2003)
Report of 16th Session of FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO, March 2003)
ITTO
Report on New and Emerging Issues of Relevance to the International
Tropical Timber Council and a Future International Tropical
Timber Agreement (March 2003)
Report of the International Conference on the Contribution of Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management: The Way Forward (CICI 2003, February 2003)
CITES COP Decision to Include Big Leaf Mahogany on Appendix
II (November 2002)
Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI, para 45, September 2002)
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Expanded Work Program on Forests (April 2002)

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