Report of the Fifth Intergovernmental Meeting, 14-18 September, 1991, Apia Samoa

Abstract

The Fifth Inter-governmental Meeting (IGM) of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) was held at Papauta Girls' School in Apia, Western Samoa, from 14 to l8 September 1992. Representatives of the following SPREP member countries and territories attended: American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Kiribati, New Caledonia, New Zeeland, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, United Kingdom on behalf of Pitcairn, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States of America, Vanuatu and Western Samoa. An apology was received from Nauru. Advisors attended on behalf of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Forum Secretariat and the South Pacific Commission (SPC), while an apology was received from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Among the Observers were representatives of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the East-West Center (EWC), the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), Greenpeace, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (lUCN), The Nature Conservancy (INC), the Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP), the South Pacific Applied Geo-science Commission (SOPAC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the University of the South Pacific (USP) and the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). A list of participants is attached as Annex-I.