Also at the 2nd meeting, the Deputy Secretary-General addressed the Forum. At the same meeting, the Director of the Forum secretariat made an introductory statement. At its 1st meeting, on 19 April 2013, the Forum elected, by acclamation, Macharia Kamau (Kenya) as Chair, and Srecko JuriCiC (Croatia) and Heikki Granholm (Finland) as Vice-Chairs, of its eleventh session.