Report of the United Nations Forum on Forests on Its 13th Session and Provisional Agenda for Its 14th Session

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A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 18k United Nations Forum on Forests, published in 2018.

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10 versions · 2002–2022

This is an older version — the most recent is E/DEC/2022/341

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2022	E/DEC/2022/341	Report of the United Nations Forum on Forests on its 17th session and provisional agenda for its 18th session	430	50%Compare
2021	E/DEC/2021/225	Report of the United Nations Forum on Forests on its 16th session and provisional agenda for its 17th session	463	33%Compare
2018	E/DEC/2018/239	Report of the United Nations Forum on Forests on its 13th session and provisional agenda for its 14th session	371	62%Compare
2017	E/DEC/2017/254	Report of the United Nations Forum on Forests on its 12th session and provisional agenda for its 13th session	297	—
2014	E/DEC/2013/240	Report of the United Nations Forum on Forests on its 10th session and provisional agenda for its 11th session	—	—

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26 operative paragraphs

At its 41st plenary meeting, on 2 July 2018, the Economic and Social Council:

Took note of the report of the United Nations Forum on Forests on its thirteenth session;34 (a)

(b) Approved the provisional agenda for the fourteenth session of the Forum as set out below:

Election of officers.

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters.

Implementation of the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017–2030:

Technical discussion and exchange of experiences on the thematic and operational priorities, priority actions and resource needs for the period 2019–2020, taking into account the review cycle of the highlevel political forum on sustainable development during the biennium and the theme of the International Day of Forests;

Voluntary announcement of voluntary national contributions;

United Nations system-wide contributions to the implementation of the global forest goals and targets.

Monitoring, assessment and reporting:

Progress on the implementation of the strategic plan, including the United Nations forest instrument and voluntary national contributions;

Progress on the development of global forest indicators.

Means of implementation: progress on the activities and the operation of the Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network and availability of resources.

Enhancing global forest policy coherence and a common international understanding of sustainable forest management.

Enhanced cooperation, coordination and engagement on forest-related issues:

Activities of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests in support of the strategic plan and the quadrennial programme of work for the period 2017–2020;

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: implementation of the Paris Agreement;

Convention on Biological Diversity: Aichi Biodiversity Targets;

Regional and subregional partners;

Major groups and other relevant stakeholders;

Communication and outreach activities;

Cross-sectoral engagement;

Information on intersessional activities.

Emerging issues and challenges.

Trust fund for the United Nations Forum on Forests.

Information on the reform of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs pertaining to the Forum.

34 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2018, Supplement No. 22 (E/2018/42).

Dates and venue of the fifteenth session of the Forum.

Provisional agenda for the fifteenth session of the Forum.

Adoption of the report of the Forum on its fourteenth session.

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