Claim: The General Coordinating Committee of the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe has five representatives from the signatory countries and serves as the financing body.
Evidence: It is currently composed of representatives from 5 of the FOREST EUROPE signatory countries, but the number of countries represented in the GCC has changed over time. The GCC is also the financing body of the FOREST EUROPE process and the Liaison Unit and its activities.