UN Forum on Forests – 20th session (5-9 May 2025)
The UN Forum on Forests is a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with universal membership. Since its establishment in 2000, the Forum has set many milestones including the first UN Forest Instrument in 2007, the Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network (GFFFN) in 2015, and adoption of the first UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2030 and its six Global Forest Goals in 2017.
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UNFF Session Documents
- UNFF20 Provisional Organization of Work
- UNFF20 Provisional Schedule of Side Events
- UNFF20 Information Note for Participants
- Policy Brief on the thematic priorities for UNFF20
- Concept Notes for UNFF20 Panel discussions:
- UNFF20 Bureau Members and meeting minutes
- UNFF20 Bureau input to 2025 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
UNFF20 Pre-session Documents
- UNFF20 Provisional agenda and annotations (E/CN.18/2025/1)
[Ar | Zh | En | Fr | Ru | Es] - Note by the Secretariat on the Technical discussions on the implementation of the United Nations Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030: Activities in support of the thematic priorities for the biennium 2025-2026 (E/CN.18/2025/2)
[Ar | Zh | En | Fr | Ru | Es] - Note by the Secretariat on contributions of and enhanced cooperation with partners to achieving the thematic priorities (E/CN.18/2025/3)
[Ar | Zh | En | Fr | Ru | Es] - Note by the Secretariat on means of implementation, including operation and resources of the Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network (E/CN.18/2025/4)
[Ar | Zh | En | Fr | Ru | Es] - Note by the Secretariat on monitoring, assessment and reporting: voluntary national reports; capacity-building for reporting; the global core set of forest-related indicators; and the next Global Forest Goals Report (E/CN.18/2025/5)
[Ar | Zh | En | Fr | Ru | Es] - Note by Secretariat on the trust fund of the United Nations Forum on Forests (E/CN.18/2025/6)
[Ar | Zh | En | Fr | Ru | Es] - Letter dated 3 March 2025 from the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Congo to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (Republic of Congo CLI report) – advanced unedited version
- Information Paper on Workload, needs and gaps of the UN Forum on Forests Secretariat (UNFFS)
- Report of the Training Workshop to Strengthen Civil Society and Forest Stakeholder’s Capacity to Contribute to implementation of the United Nations Strategic Plan for Forests
- Co-chair Summary of the Expert Group Meeting on Strengthening the Engagement of Regional and Subregional entities in the work of the United Nations Forum on Forests
- Summary report on the Capacity-Building Workshop on Reporting to United Nations Forum on Forests
Related documents
- ECOSOC Resolution on UNFF19 (E/RES/2024/15) [Ar | Zh | En | Fr | Ru | Es]
- UNFF19 report (E/2024/42): Includes the Declaration of the High-Level Segment, ECOSOC resolution & 2025-2028 Programme of Work [Ar | Zh | En | Fr | Ru | Es]
- General Assembly resolution on Fostering sustainable forest management, including afforestation and reforestation, in degraded lands, including drylands, as an effective solution to environmental challenges (A/RES/78/320)
[Ar | Zh | En | Fr | Ru | Es] - General Assembly resolution on the United Nations Decade for Afforestation and Reforestation in line with Sustainable Forest Management (2027–2036) (A/79/L.64)
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