AHEG on the IAF 2014
First meeting of the Ad hoc Expert Group (AHEG1) on the International Arrangement on Forests (IAF), 24-28 February 2014, Nairobi, Kenya.
AHEG IAF Documents
- Report of the first meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Expert Group on the International Arrangement on Forests E/CN.18/2015/10 [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ] and Supplementary Information document
- Provisional agenda [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
- Note by the Secretariat [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
- Compilation of Views and Proposals by Member States on the IAF (PDF 24MB file)
- Organisation of Work
AHEG IAF Statements and Presentations
- 24 February Opening Session: Ambassador Kamau, Chair of UNFF11 Bureau | Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Water and Natural Resources-Kenya | Mr. Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary General-DESA | Mr. Charles Barber (USA) and Mr. Raymond Landveld (Suriname), AHEG Co-Chairs | Mr. Hossein Moeini-Meybodi, UNFF Secretariat | Mr. Hans Hoogeveen and Mr. Saiful Abdullah, IAF Independent Assessment Team Co-Facilitators
- 25 February Panel on UNFF: Mr. Zheng Zhong (China) | Mr. Ichiro Nagame (Japan) | Ms. Elise Haber (South Africa) | Mr. Ian Gray (The GEF)
- 25 February Panel on NLBI/GOFs: Mr. Modesto Fernandez Diaz-Silveira (Cuba) | Ms. Sybille Vermont (Switzerland) | Mr. Peter Gondo (Resource Person)
- 26 February Panel on CPF: Ms. Eva Muller (FAO) | Mr. Tim Christophersen (UNEP) | CBD Statement
- 26 February Panel on Major Groups & Regional processes: Mr. Alexander Buck (IUFRO) | Mr. Urs Dietrich (Youth and Children) | Mr. Dominique Reeb (UNECE)
- 27 February Key Notes on the way forward for the future IAF, as well as its interconnection with the SDGs and post 2015 UN development agenda: Ms. Stephanie Caswell | Professor Godwin Kowero
AHEG IAF Background
At its tenth session, held on 8-19 April 2013, the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) adopted a resolution establishing an open-ended intergovernmental ad hoc expert group (AHEG) as a part of the intersessional preparatory activities for the review of the international arrangement on forests (IAF) at the eleventh session of the Forum in May 2015. [Document E/2013/42-E/CN.18/2013/18]
The AHEG is tasked to review the performance and effectiveness of the IAF within the context of Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) resolutions 2000/35 and 2006/49, as well as the attainment of the multi-year programme of work. To this end, AHEG will review the inputs provided by various stakeholders, as well as the outcome of the work of the independent assessment of the IAF, and based on this review will put forth a set of recommendations providing a strategic direction on the function and institutional arrangements of the IAF for the period beyond 2015 to UNFF11.
Pursuant to paragraph 8 of Resolution 10/2 and paragraph (c) of its annex, the AHEG will hold no more than two meetings prior to UNFF11, subject to the availability of extra-budgetary resources. The UNFF11 Bureau during its recent meeting in Vienna, Austria decided to hold the first AHEG on IAF from 24 to 28 February 2014 in the United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya. The Bureau also agreed that second meeting of AHEG will be held in New York towards the end of 2014 or early 2015.
Information about the first meeting of AHEG including travel arrangement for eligible countries has already been sent to countries through a Note Verbale to their Permanent Missions in New York (see link below), as well as to their respective UNFF National Focal Points.
All Member States of the Forum are being invited to nominate their government designated experts to this meeting by 10 December 2013.