The Sixteenth Session of the FAO Near East Forestry Commission was held in Beirut, Republic of Lebanon, from 24 to 27 May 2004.

The Opening Session will take place on Monday 24 May 2004, at 10.00 hrs in Conference Room of the Holiday Inn in Beirut. The Near East Forestry Commission was established by the Conference at its Seventh Session (1953) in pursuance of a resolution of the FAO Amman (Jordan) Forestry Conference in 1952.