(3rd meeting) UN Forum on Forests, 20th session…

Item 3: Technical discussion on implementation of
UNSPF

• Presentation: Policy brief on UNFF20 thematic priorities
  Item 3 (a) Contributions of members of the Forum to implementing the 2017-2030 UNSPF:

(i) Report on the outcomes of the CLIs
(ii)New announcements of VNCs
(iii)Updates on VNCs and their follow up related to the thematic priorities

•  Report of the CLI by the Congo (tbc)
  (General discussion on items 3 (a),3 (a) (i), (ii) & (iii))
  Item 3(b) Contributions of and enhanced cooperation with partners to achieving the thematic priorities:
•  Introduction of Secretariat Note (E/CN.18/2025/3)
  (i) Contributions of the CPF, its member organizations & the UN system to achieving the thematic priorities; progress on the workplan of the Partnership.
•  Statement by CPF Chair
  (ii)Contributions of regional and subregional
  organizations and processes to achieving the thematic
  priorities
•  UNECE presentation
•  SADC presentation
  iii)Contributions of major groups and other relevant
  stakeholders, including the private sector and
  philanthropic community, to achieving the thematic
  priorities; progress on major group workplans.
•  Report on the outcomes of EGMs of MGs & regional partners
  (General discussion on item 3(b) (i), (ii), & (iii)

The UN Forum on Forests is a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with universal membership. Since its establishment in 2000, the Forum has set many milestones including the first UN Forest Instrument in 2007, the Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network (GFFFN) in 2015, and adoption of the first UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2030 and its six Global Forest Goals in 2017.