November 1996	COFO-97/1

COMMITTEE ON FORESTRY

THIRTEENTH SESSION

Rome, Italy, 10-13 March 1997

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

1. Opening of Session 2. Adoption of Agenda 3. Election of Officers and designation of Drafting Committee 4. State of the world's forests MAJOR FORESTRY POLICY ISSUES 5. Progress towards sustainable forestry development and follow-up to UNCED including implications of the work of the Inter-governmental Panel on Forests 6. Role of COFO and regional forestry commissions 7. Implications for forestry of the Plan of Action of the World Food Summit 8. Conservation and sustainable utilization of forest genetic resources FAO PROGRAMMES IN FORESTRY 9. Review of FAO Regular and Field Programmes, including follow-up to the requests and recommendations of the Twelfth Session of the Committee 10. Medium-term perspectives (1998-2003) and Programme of Work and Budget 1998-99 priorities MATTERS REFERRED TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE (for information) 11. - Decisions of FAO Governing Bodies of interest to the Committee - Recommendations of other FAO Statutory Bodies in forestry of interest to the Committee OTHER MATTERS 12. XI World Forestry Congress 13. Date and place of next Session 14. Adoption of Report 15. Closing of Session