GFMC: Summit

First International Wildland Fire Summit: 
Consensus and Common Procedures agreed by 34 Countries and 10 InternationalOrganizations

Publishedby the GFMC, Sydney, 8 October 2003

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The first International Wildland Summit has ended with a consensus among 83 participants from 34 countries and 10 international organizations.

For Summit background and objectives: See the GFMC Special Summit Website at:

• https://gfmc.online/summit-2003/introduction.htm

Today the following statements have been released to the public:

• Summit Communiqué (Original version with full text of Summit Papers and technical annexures  – 44 pages)
• Summit Communiqué (Short version with main Summit outcomes – 3 pages)
• Summit Opening Address by the UN Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs
  
• UN Secretary-General’s Message for the International Day for Disaster Reduction 
  (8 October 2003)
  
• Statement by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity
  
• Summit Press Release by the UN

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