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Sixty-fifth session of the Specialized Section on Standardization of Dry and Dried Produce (GE.2) and UNECE International Symposium on Nuts and Dried Fruit for a Sustainable Future

Sixty-fifth session of the Specialized Section on Standardization of Dry and Dried Produce (GE.2) and UNECE International Symposium on Nuts and Dried Fruit for a Sustainable Future

25 - 26 June 2018
Room V, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland
DDP Sustainable Future -  UNECE Symposium

UNECE/FAO International Symposium on Nuts and Dried Fruit for a Sustainable Future

Programme

Presentations

  • Opening of the Symposium
  • Ms. Ivonne Higuero, Director, Economic Cooperation and Trade Division, UNECE
  • Sustainable Production and Trade of Nuts and Dried Fruit: General Overview
  • Mr. Pino Calcagni, International Nut and Dried Fruit Council
  • Nuts and Dried Fruit with Impact: Central Asia and The Fergana Valley
  • Mr. Umed Aslanov, Hilfswerk Austria, Tajikistan
  • Cutting Post-Harvest Loss at Source and Increasing Farmers’ Revenues: The Case of a New Dried Mango Initiative in Uganda
  • Mr. Neville Mchina, GreenerZim Ltd, Uganda
  • Food Safety Approaches and Sustainability
  • Mr. Jeremiah Szabo, Safe Food Alliance
  • Conclusions and Way Forward

Session Documents

Document Symbol Document Title ENG FRE RUS
Item 1: Adoption of the agenda
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.2/2018/1 Provisional Agenda and annotations PDF PDF PDF
Item 2: Matters arising since the last session
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2017/2 Report of the 73rd session of the Working Party PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.2/2018/INF.2 Information on activities of Codex Alimentarius Commission PDF    
Item 3: Review of existing UNECE Standards
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.2/2018/3 Revised draft Standard for Prunes PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.2/2018/INF.1 Comments by the United States on Prunes/Dried Plums PDF    
Item 4: Sampling plan for tree nuts and dried produce and guidelines for inspections of dry and dried produce 
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.2/2018/4 Sampling plan for tree nuts and dried produce and guidelines for inspections for dry and dried produce      
Item 5: Development of new UNECE Standards
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2017/10 Recommendation for Dried Coconut Pieces PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.2/2017/INF.6 Comments by Brazil on Dried Coconut Pieces PDF    
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.2/2018/INF.3 Comments by Philippine Coconut Authority on Dried Coconut Pieces PDF    
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2017/11 Recommendation for Dried Bananas  PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.2/2018/INF.4 Comments by the Philippines on Dried Bananas and Dried Papaya PDF    
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.2/2018/5 Draft Standard for Dried Papaya PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.2/2018/6 Draft Standard for Dried Berries      
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.2/2018/7 Draft Standard for Dried Melons       
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.2/2018/INF.5 Proposal for draft standard on dried melons by Uzbekistan PDF   PDF
Item 6: Explanatory posters
  Inshell Pistachio nuts PDF    
Item 7: Sustainable Development Goals and the work of the Specialized Section
Item 8: Other business
Item 9: Future work
Item 10: Election of Officers
Item 11: Adoption of the Report
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.2/2018/2 Report of the Session PDF PDF PDF
  List of Participants PDF