32. There were opportunities for the IPC, Working Parties and member States to provide papers and be pro-active in the UNFF Inter-sessional meeting on the Role of Planted Forests in Sustainable Forest Management, New Zealand, March 2003 and at the World Forestry Congress, Canada, September, 2003. Both conferences were highlighting the three dimensions of sustainable forestry and rural development (economic, environmental and social).
33. The attendance and valuable inputs of Mr Oscar Fugalli and Mr Jim Ball as former Secretaries of the IPC were acknowledged. There were no other matters.
