Report of the United Nations Forum on Forests on Its 17th Session and Provisional Agenda for Its 18th Session

E/DEC/2022/341View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 18j United Nations Forum on Forests, published in 2022.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 2002–2022

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	—	—

What’s in this document?

23 operative paragraphs

At its 33rd plenary meeting, on 21 July 2022, the Economic and Social Council:

(a) Took note of the report of the Forum on its seventeenth session;66

(b) Noted that the eighteenth session of the Forum would be held at Headquarters from 8 to 12 May 2023;

Election of officers.

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters.

Technical discussions on the implementation of the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017–2030:

Thematic priorities for the biennium 2023–2024, in support of the implementation of the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017–2030;

Contributions of members of the Forum to implementing the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017–2030:

New announcements of voluntary national contributions;

Updates on voluntary national contributions and their follow-up related to the thematic priorities;

Contributions of and enhanced cooperation with partners to achieving the thematic priorities:

Contributions of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, its member organizations and the United Nations system to achieving the thematic priorities, and progress on the workplan of the Partnership;

66 Ibid., Supplement No. 22 (E/2022/42).

Contributions of regional and subregional organizations and processes to achieving the thematic priorities;

iii

Contributions of major groups and other relevant stakeholders, including the private sector and philanthropic community, to achieving the thematic priorities, and progress on major group workplans;

Interlinkages between the global forest goals and targets and the Sustainable Development Goals under review by the 2023 high-level political forum on sustainable development, the work towards the post- 2020 global biodiversity framework and other international forest-related developments;

Implementation of the communication and outreach strategy of the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017–2030, including activities regarding the International Day of Forests in 2023;

Means of implementation, including operations and resources of the Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network;

Monitoring, assessment and reporting:

Global core set of forest-related indicators;

Preparations for the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025.

Update on the preparations for the 2024 midterm review of the effectiveness of the international arrangement on forests, including the communication and outreach strategy of the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017–2030.

Trust fund for the United Nations Forum on Forests.

Emerging issues.

Date and venue of the nineteenth session of the Forum.

Provisional agenda of the nineteenth session of the Forum.

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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What other versions does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

Table of contents