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Art.26 |
Article 26 |
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Art.26.1 |
1. The following are hereby established as Committees of the Organization: |
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Art.26.1.a |
(a) Committee on Economic Information and Market Intelligence; |
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Art.26.1.b |
(b) Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management; |
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Art.26.1.c |
(c) Committee on Forest Industry; and |
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Art.26.1.d |
(d) Committee on Finance and Administration. |
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Art.26.2 |
2. The Council may, by special vote, establish such other committees and subsidiary bodies as it deems appropriate and necessary. |
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Art.26.3 |
3. Participation in each of the committees shall be open to all members. The rules of procedure of the committees shall be decided by the Council. |
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Art.26.4 |
4. The committees and subsidiary bodies referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article shall be responsible to, and work under the general direction of, the Council. Meetings of the committees and subsidiary bodies shall be convened by the Council. |
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Art.27 |
Article 27 |
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Art.27.1 |
1. The Committee on Economic Information and Market Intelligence shall: |
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Art.27.1.a |
(a) Keep under review the availability and quality of statistics and other information required by the Organization; |
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Art.27.1.b |
(b) Analyse the statistical data and specific indicators as decided by the Council for the monitoring of international timber trade; |
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Art.27.1.c |
(c) Keep under continuous review the international timber market, its current situation and short-term prospects on the basis of the data mentioned in subparagraph (b) above and other relevant information, including information related to undocumented trade; |
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Art.27.1.d |
(d) Make recommendations to the Council on the need for, and nature of, appropriate studies on tropical timber, including prices, market elasticity, market substitutability, marketing of new products, and long-term prospects of the international tropical timber market, and monitor and review any studies commissioned by the Council; |
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Art.27.1.e |
(e) Carry out any other tasks related to the economic, technical and statistical aspects of timber assigned to it by the Council; |
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Art.27.1.f |
(f) Assist in the provision of technical cooperation to developing member countries to improve their relevant statistical services. |
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Art.27.2 |
2. The Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management shall: |
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Art.27.2.a |
(a) Promote cooperation between members as partners in development of forest activities in member countries, inter alia, in the following areas: |
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Art.27.2.a.i |
(i) Reforestation; |
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Art.27.2.a.ii |
(ii) Rehabilitation; |
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Art.27.2.a.iii |
(iii) Forest management; |
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Art.27.2.b |
(b) Encourage the increase of technical assistance and transfer of technology in the fields of reforestation and forest management to developing countries; |
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Art.27.2.c |
(c) Follow up on-going activities in this field, and identify and consider problems and possible solutions to them in cooperation with the competent organizations; |
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Art.27.2.d |
(d) Review regularly the future needs of international trade in industrial tropical timber and, on this basis, identify and consider appropriate possible schemes and measures in the field of reforestation, rehabilitation and forest management; |
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Art.27.2.e |
(e) Facilitate the transfer of knowledge in the field of reforestation and forest management with the assistance of competent organizations; |
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Art.27.2.f |
(f) Coordinate and harmonize these activities for cooperation in the field of reforestation and forest management with relevant activities pursued elsewhere, such as those under the auspices of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), regional development banks and other competent organizations. |
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Art.27.3 |
3. The Committee on Forest Industry shall: |
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Art.27.3.a |
(a) Promote cooperation between member countries as partners in the development of processing activities in producing member countries, inter alia, in the following areas: |
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Art.27.3.a.i |
(i) Product development through transfer of technology; |
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Art.27.3.a.ii |
(ii) Human resources development and training; |
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Art.27.3.a.iii |
(iii) Standardization of nomenclature of tropical timber; |
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Art.27.3.a.iv |
(iv) Harmonization of specifications of processed products; |
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Art.27.3.a.v |
(v) Encouragement of investment and joint ventures; and |
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Art.27.3.a.vi |
(vi) Marketing including the promotion of lesser known and lesser used species; |
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Art.27.3.b |
(b) Promote the exchange of information in order to facilitate structural changes involved in increased and further processing in the interests of all member countries, in particular developing member countries; |
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Art.27.3.c |
(c) Follow up on-going activities in this field, and identify and consider problems and possible solutions to them in cooperation with the competent organizations; |
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Art.27.3.d |
(d) Encourage the increase of technical cooperation for the processing of tropical timber for the benefit of producing member countries. |
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Art.27.4 |
4. In order to promote the policy and project work of the Organization in a balanced manner, the Committee on Economic Information and Market Intelligence, the Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management and the Committee on Forest Industry shall each: |
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Art.27.4.a |
(a) Be responsible for ensuring the effective appraisal, monitoring and evaluation of pre-projects and projects; |
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Art.27.4.b |
(b) Make recommendations to the Council relating to pre-projects and projects; |
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Art.27.4.c |
(c) Follow up the implementation of pre-projects and projects and provide for the collection and dissemination of their results as widely as possible for the benefit of all members; |
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Art.27.4.d |
(d) Develop and advance policy ideas to the Council; |
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Art.27.4.e |
(e) Review regularly the results of project and policy work and make recommendations to the Council on the future of the Organization's programme; |
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Art.27.4.f |
(f) Review regularly the strategies, criteria and priority areas for programme development and project work contained in the Organization's Action Plan and recommend revisions to the Council; |
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Art.27.4.g |
(g) Take account of the need to strengthen capacity-building and human resource development in member countries; |
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Art.27.4.h |
(h) Carry out any other task related to the objectives of this Agreement assigned to them by the Council. |
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Art.27.5 |
5. Research and development shall be a common function of the Committees referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of this article. |
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Art.27.6 |
6. The Committee on Finance and Administration shall: |
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Art.27.6.a |
(a) Examine and make recommendations to the Council regarding the approval of the Organization's administrative budget proposals and the management operations of the Organization; |
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Art.27.6.b |
(b) Review the assets of the Organization to ensure prudent asset management and that the Organization has sufficient reserves to carry out its work; |
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Art.27.6.c |
(c) Examine and make recommendations to the Council on the budgetary implications of the Organization's annual work programme, and the actions that might be taken to secure the resources needed to implement it; |
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Art.27.6.d |
(d) Recommend to the Council the choice of independent auditors and review the independent audited statements; |
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Art.27.6.e |
(e) Recommend to the Council any modifications it may judge necessary to the Rules of Procedure or the Financial Rules; |
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Art.27.6.f |
(f) Review the Organization's revenues and the extent to which they constrain the work of the Secretariat; |
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Sect.8 |
CHAPTER VIII. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMON FUND FOR COMMODITIES |
