The UNECE and FAO will host this policy forum, which will focus on questions of whether governments should use forest certification to promote sustainable forest management and, if so, how and whether forest certification is an obstacle to international trade.  

date: 29 September 2005  
location: Geneva, Switzerland  
contact: Cynthia De Castro, Timber Branch, Trade Division/UNECE  
phone: 41-22-917-3254  
fax: 41-22-917-0041  
e-mail: cynthia.de.castro@unece.org  
www: http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/docs/tc-sessions/tc-63/Announcement_PolicyForum.pdf