Egypt endeavoured to convene the symposium on the Middle East called for by the IAEA Director General. Despite the flexibility which it showed, however, the convening of the symposium had been prevented by the disagreement over the agenda.

2004 World Social Forum The fourth WSF was held in Mumbai, India, from 16 January to 21 January 2004.

The World Bank and UNICEF joined forces to convene the Second Global Partners Forum for orphans and vulnerable children.

The Forum may also wish to convene an organizational meeting to elaborate on a programme of work and other working modalities.

The Forum held its fourth session at United Nations Headquarters from 16 to 27 May 2005.

Pursuant to its resolution 1 1, the Forum holds a multi stakeholder dialogue as a common element of every session.

We invite all interested States and international organizations to take an active part in the lead up to and the conduct of this important forum.

Options proposed during the debate included holding the forum during the high level segment or for the high level segment to be replaced by the forum.

The Forum secretariat attended the first meeting of the Advisory Group, held in Freiburg, Germany, on 3 and 4 December 2004.

Also in 2003, the Fifth National Forum on Maternal Death was held, with the participation of all of the state and municipal capitals committees, scientific societies, professional associations, the women's movement and the Pan American Health Organization.

During its third and fourth sessions, the Forum held regionally focused events to showcase experiences in the implementation of sustainable forest management.

In 2003, in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum, the Brazilian Government proposed the creation of an international fund to combat hunger and poverty.

At the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, world leaders saw climate change, for the first time, topping the list of global concerns.

The Forum recommends that technical training sessions for indigenous peoples should be promoted and supported and that their employment by data collection institutions at the national and international levels should be facilitated.

The Forum recommends that technical training sessions for indigenous peoples should be promoted and supported and that their employment by data collection institutions at the national and international levels should be facilitated.

An important theme of debate during the Fifth World Social Forum, held in Brazil, in January 2005, was the fight against hunger and poverty.

Over the last 20 or 30 years we have begun to comprehend what is at stake, owing to initiatives like the World Water Forum, which held its fourth annual meeting in March.

(k) Declarations made by the first Global Forum on Fighting Corruption, held in Washington, D.C., from 24 to 26 February 1999,E CN.15 1999 WP.1 Add.1. and the second Global Forum, to be held in The Hague in 2001

Welcoming in this regard the Stockholm International Forum Preventing Genocide Threats and Responsibilities, which took place from 26 to 28 January 2004, and the declaration of the Forum,

International Tropical Timber Agreement. The International Tropical Timber Council, the governing body of ITTO, held its thirty sixth and thirty seventh sessions in 2004, both attended by the Forum secretariat.

The secretariat of the Forum has judged the activities of these organizations to be relevant to the work of the Forum and they have been approved by its Bureau accordingly, it is recommended that they be granted observer status by the Forum.

To urge the Chairman of the Group of 77 in close coordination with the Chairman of the Paris Chapter to convene the South South Cultural Forum as agreed at the first South Summit.

We are proud to sponsor the Regional Forum for the Middle East Ministers of Justice, which is an initiative of Canada's Minister of Justice and Attorney General, and one that has been endorsed by the Palestinian Authority, Israel, Egypt and Jordan.

The proposed organization of work of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at its fourth session (see annex) has been prepared by the secretariat of the Forum following consultations with the Members of the Forum.

Status of the Forum secretariat.

Status of the Forum secretariat

World Urban Forum

Action taken by the Forum

Action taken by the Forum

Chapter V Future work of the Forum

Action taken by the Forum

Future work of the Forum

The first was held during the second session of the Forum and provided member States with the opportunity to highlight country goals and strategies for implementing the proposals for action.

These initiatives provide valuable expert input to the work of the Forum, with reports being made available for consideration at the Forum sessions, and have influenced policy developments at the Forum.

At its 34th meeting, on 21 July, the Council decided to grant observer status with the Council to two intergovernmental organizations Global Water partnership (see E 2005 49) and Union économique et monétaire ouest africaine (see E 2005 64). See Council decision 233.

Women's World Forum, Barcelona

Second World Urban Forum

Future work of the Forum.

The Forum recognizes that

The Forum recognizes that

Social Action Forum for Manav Adhikar

Report on the public forum

The Forum encourages national committees for the Decade, where those exist, to invite members of the Forum to participate in the activities of these committees.

Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety

The Forum makes the additional recommendations set out below.