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United Nations Forest Instrument

A/RES/70/199No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 20Sustainable development, published in 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2016–2017
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/71/286
  • 2017A/RES/71/286United Nations Forest InstrumentLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2016A/RES/70/199United Nations Forest Instrument

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

iExtracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 topics
Environmental AgreementsSustainable Forestry

What does this mandate say?

1 operative paragraph
Decides to extend the timeline of the global objectives on forests to 2030, in line with the timeline of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and to rename the non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests the United Nations forest instrument, recognizing that the voluntary, non-binding character of the forest instrument, as set out in the principle embodied in paragraph 2 (a) of the instrument, remains unchanged.

iParagraph content is machine-extracted from UN documents. For authoritative content, please refer to the official UN document.

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