COFO-2001/INF.4


COMITTEE ON FORESTRY

FIFTEENTH SESSION

Rome, Italy, 12-16 March 2001

STATEMENT OF COMPETENCE AND VOTING RIGHTS SUBMITTED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (EC) AND ITS MEMBER COUNTRIES

 

1.

Opening of the Session

2.

Adoption of the Agenda Competence MC1 - voting MC

3.

Election of officers and designation of the Drafting Committee Competence MC - voting MC

4.

State of the World's Forests (SOFO 2001 report) Mixed Competence - voting MC
MAJOR FORESTRY POLICY ISSUES

5.

Forestry information and knowledge management Mixed Competence - voting MC

6.

Criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management of all types of forests and implications for certification and trade Mixed Competence - voting MC

7.

FAO support to the implementation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests/ Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IPF/IFF) Mixed Competence - voting MC
FAO PROGRAMMES IN FORESTRY

8.

a) Review of FAO programmes in the forestry sector, including follow-up to the requests and recommendations of the Fourteenth Session of the Committee, including the Programme Implementation Report Mixed Competence - voting MC
  b) Results of Forest Resources Assessment 2000 (FRA 2000) Mixed Competence - voting MC
  c) Medium-term Plan 2002-07 Mixed Competence - voting MC
  d) Proposals for Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) Mixed Competence - voting MC

9.

Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol: key forestry-related issues Mixed Competence - voting MC

10.

International Year of Mountains, 2002 Mixed Competence - voting MC
MATTERS REFERRED TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE

11.

Decisions of FAO Governing Bodies of interest to the Committee Mixed Competence - voting MC

12.

Recommendations of the Regional Forestry Commissions and other FAO Statutory Bodies in forestry of interest to the Committee Mixed Competence - voting MC
OTHER MATTERS

13.

Date and place of next Session Competence MC - voting MC

14.

Adoption of the report Mixed Competence MC - voting MC

15.

Closing of Session

1 Member Countries