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UNFF9 Session Statements & Presentations
24 January - 4 February 2011, United Nations, New York, NY

Monday
24 January 2011

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Opening of the Session (TNLB-CR2)
Agenda Item 1: Election of officers
Statements: UNFF9 Chair

Agenda Item 2: Adoption of the Agenda and other organizational matters
USG Sha Zukang | Joint CPF Statement

Agenda Item 3: Assessment of progress made on the implementation of the U.N. Non Legally Binding Instrument on all Types of Forests and towards the achievement of the four Global Objectives on Forests
Report Presentation | Report of the Secretary-General

Agenda Item 6: Preparations for the International Year of Forests (Forests 2011)
Report Presentation | Report of the Secretary General

Agenda Item 8: UNFF9 High-level Ministerial Segment
Report Presentation | Report of the Secretary General

Agenda Item 12: UN trust funds supporting the UNFF
Report Presentation | Report of the Secretary General

3:00 - 6:00 PM Plenary (TNLB-CR2)
Agenda Item 11: Means of Implementation for Sustainable Forest Management
Report Presentation | Report of the Secretary-General

Panel on food, energy and economic challenges and opportunities: Tolulope Daramola | Cléto Ndikumagenge | Jeanette Gurung

Report of the first meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Expert Group on Forest Financing | Presentation

Statements:

African Group | Croatia | EU 1 | EU 2 | G77 | Gabon | Indonesia | Peru | Philippines

Tuesday
25 January 2011

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Plenary (TNLB-CR2)
Agenda Item 5: Forests for people: Cultural and social values of forests and social development
Report Presentation | Provisional Agenda

3:00 - 6:00 PM Plenary (TNLB-CR2)
Agenda Item 10: Enhanced Cooperation & Policy & Programme Coordination
Report Presentation | Report of the Secretary-General

Agenda Item 4: Regional and sub-regional inputs
Report Presentation | Provisional Agenda

Panel on Regional and Sub-regional Perspectives on Forests: Jan L. McAlpine | Jean Jacques Zam | Peter Besseau | Doris Capistrano

Information document: Collaborative Partnership on Forests Framework 2009 and 2010 | Presentation

Statements:

CEEAC | COMIFAC | EU 1 | EU 2 | Jordan | Mexico | Montreal Process | Senegal | Switzerland | Turkey

Wednesday
26 January 2011

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Plenary (TNLB-CR2)
Agenda Item 9: Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue
Report Presentation | Note by Secretariat

Moderator | Social Development and SFM | Forests and Cultures | Locally Controlled Forestry | Enhancing Partnerships

3:00 - 6:00 PM Working Groups
WG1 (TNLB-CR2)
Agenda Item 5: Forests for people: Cultural and social values of forests and social development
Agenda Item 6: Forests for people: Preparations for the International Year of Forests (Forests 2011)
Agenda Item 8: Forests for people: UNFF9 High-level Ministerial Segment

WG2 (TNLB-CR4)
Agenda Item 3: Assessment of progress made on the implementation of the U.N. Non Legally Binding Instrument on all Types of Forests and towards the achievement of the four Global Objectives on Forests
Agenda Item 4: Regional and sub-regional inputs
Agenda Item 10: Enhanced Cooperation & Policy & Programme Coordination
Agenda Item 11: Means of Implementation for Sustainable Forest Management

Statements:

APFNet | Finland 1 | Finland 2 | Turkey

Friday
28 January 2011

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Joint informal meeting of two working groups
WG1 (TNLB-CR2)
Agenda Items 5,6, and 8:

WG2 (TNLB-CR4)
Agenda Items 3,4,10, and 11:

3:00 - 5:15 PM Working Groups
WG1 (TNLB-CR2)
Agenda Items 5,6, and 8:

WG2 (TNLB-CR4)
Agenda Items 3,4,10, and 11:

5:30 - 6:00 PM Plenary (TNLB-CR2)
Review of the first week's work and plan for the second week

Statements:

African Group | EU | Iran | Japan 1 | Japan 2 | Japan 3 | Turkey

Monday
31 January 2011

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Working Groups
WG1 (TNLB-CR2)
Agenda Items 5,6, and 8:

WG2 (TNLB-CR4)
Agenda Items 3,4,10, and 11:

3:00 - 6:00 PM Working Groups
WG1 (TNLB-CR2)
Agenda Items 5,6, and 8:

WG2 (TNLB-CR4)
Agenda Items 3,4,10, and 11:

Tuesday
01 February 2011

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Working Groups
WG1 (TNLB-CR2)
Agenda Items 5,6, and 8:

WG2 (TNLB-CR4)
Agenda Items 3,4,10, and 11:

3:00 - 5:15 PM Working Groups
WG1 (TNLB-CR2)
Agenda Items 5,6, and 8:

WG2 (TNLB-CR4)
Agenda Items 3,4,10, and 11:

5:30 - 6:00 PM Plenary (TNLB-CR2)
. Receive reports from WGs
. Adoption of all resolutions/decisions
. Review preparations for HLS

Wednesday
02 February 2011

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Plenary (GA Hall)
9:30 A.M. Opening session of the High Level Segment

Official Launch of the International Year of Forests
To watch the webcast of the launch ceremony of the International Year of Forests, please visit UN Webcast

Speakers:
H.E. Mr. Joseph Deiss, President of the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
H.E. Mr. Bozidar Pankretic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development, Forests and Water Management, Croatia
Official emissary of President Paul Kagame,H.E. Mr. Stanislas Kamanzi, Minister of Environment and Lands, Rwanda
Mr. Sha Zukang, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
H.E. Mr. Juan Manuel Gómez-Robledo Verduzco, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
Mr. Tom Rosser, Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service
Professor Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Ms. Jan McAlpine, Director, United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat
Mr. Yann Arthus-Bertrand, International Filmmaker
Ms. Lisa Samford, International Forest Film Festival (IFFF)
Mrs. Monique Barbut, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Ms. Julia Marton-Lefevre, IUCN Director General, delivered by Stewart Maginnis, Director of Environment and Development
Mr. Felix Finkbeiner, presenting "Felix & Friends", a Plant-for-the-Planet Children's Initiative

3:00 - 6:00 PM High-Level Segment
Round Table 1: Forests and People (TNLB-CR2)

Round Table 2: Finance for forest-dependent communities (TNLB-CR4)

Statements:

Italy | Papua New Guinea | UNECE

Thursday
3 February 2011

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Plenary
Agenda Item 8: UNFF9 High-level Ministerial Segment

Round Table 3: Forests - Plus A Cross-Sectoral and Cross-Institutional Approach (TNLB-CR4)

Round Table 4: Forests and Rio +20 (TNLB-CR4)

3:00 - 5:00 PM Plenary
Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) Panel (TNLB-CR2)
CPF | ITTO | IUFRO | UNDP | UNEP | ICRAF

5:00 - 6:00 PM Plenary
Adoption of the Ministerial Declaration (TNLB-CR2)

Statements:

France | IUFRO | Namibia | Netherland | Trinidad & Tobago

Friday
4 February 2011

3:00 - 6:00 PM Plenary (TNLB-CR2)
Agenda Item 13: Other Matters

Agenda Item 14: Dates and venue for the Tenth Session.

Agenda Item 15: Provisional agenda for the Tenth Session

Agenda Item 16: Adoption of the Report

Closing of the Ninth Session

6:00 PM Plenary (TNLB-CR2)
First meeting of the United Nations Forum on Forests Tenth Session

Election of officers

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