REPORT ON THE
THIRTY-NINTH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION

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Table of Contents

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I. INTRODUCTION

II. ACTIVITIES OF THE WORKING PARTIES AND THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON REGISTRATION SINCE THE TWENTIETH SESSION OF THE IPC

II-a: Working Party on Breeding and Selection of Poplars and Willows

II-b Working Party on Poplar Diseases

II-c Sub-committee on Registration

II-d 50th anniversary of the International Poplar Commission

III. PROPOSALS FOR THE DATE AND PLACE OF THE FORTY-FIRST SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

IV. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION AND ITS WORKING PARTIES

V. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST SESSION OF THE IPC

V-a: Place and date of the twenty-first session

V-b Selection of a theme for the twenty-first session

V-c Arrangements for the twenty-first session

VI. OTHER MATTERS

Annex 1
INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION
THIRTY-NINTH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Rome, Italy, 17 September 1998
AGENDA

Annex 2
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS