A/RES/62/98 United Nations Distr.: General 31 January 2008 General Assembly Sixty-second session Agenda item 54 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2007 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/62/419 (Part I))] 62/98. Non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests The General Assembly, Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 2006/49 of 28 July 2006, in which the Council requested the United Nations Forum on Forests to conclude and adopt at its seventh session a non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests, Decides to adopt the non-legally binding instrument on all types of 1. forests as contained in the annex to the present resolution; 2. Invites members of the governing bodies of the member organizations of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests to support the implementation of the nonlegally binding instrument on all types of forests, consistent with the mandates of those organizations, and, to that end, invites the United Nations Forum on Forests to provide guidance to the Partnership; Also invites donor Governments and other countries in a position to do 3. so, financial institutions and other organizations to make voluntary financial contributions to the trust fund for the United Nations Forum on Forests so that the Forum may address, within the context of its multi-year programme of work, the implementation of the non-legally binding instrument and provide support for participants from developing countries and countries with economies in transition to attend its meetings; Decides that the Forum will review the effectiveness of the non-legally 4. binding instrument as part of the overall review of the effectiveness of the international arrangement on forests decided upon by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 2006/49. 74th plenary meeting 17 December 2007 Annex Non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests Member States, Recognizing that forests and trees outside forests provide multiple economic, social and environmental benefits, and emphasizing that sustainable forest 07-46965