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Meeting of the Apia and SPREP Convention and the Waigani Convention

The First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region (Waigani Convention) was convened in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands on 20 July, 2002. All States and Territories Members to SPREP including the Parties to the Convention were invited at the Meeting together with the CROP Organisations, Collaborating Organisations, including the Secretariat of the Basel Convention and other Institutional Focal Points.

The Secretariat has served the region well since SPREP became an autonomous regional body following the entry into force of the Agreement Establishing SPREP in 1995. It has played a pivotal role in raising awareness in all its Pacific island members of the importance of responsible management of the environment and natural resources to the future livelihood and prosperity of their people. The Secretariat has facilitated cooperation among SPREP members to deal with environment issues. It has also assisted Pacific island members to put their concerns on the agenda of the various international for a dealing with the environment and sustainable development.

This Annual Report notes the major achievements of SPREP in supporting Pacific island countries and territories to address issues relating to: biodiversity and ecosystem management, waste management and pollution and environmental monitoring and governance

The Twelfth SPREP Meeting (12SM) was convened in Apia, from 10 to 14 September. 2001. Representatives of the following SPREP countries and territories attended: American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States of America and Wallis and Futuna.

The Eleventh SPREP Meeting (11SM) was convened in Guam, from 9 to 12 October 2000. Representatives of the following SPREP countries and territories attended: American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States of America and Wallis and Futuna.

This Annual Report notes the major achievements of SPREP in supporting Pacific island countries and territories to address issues relating to: biodiversity and ecosystem management, waste management and pollution and environmental monitoring and governance

Report of the Fifth Ordinary and Plenipotentiary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific (Apia Convention) and Fifth Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region and related Protocols (SPREP Convention), 9 October 2000, Guam

The decision to undertake a review of the current Action Plan (1997-2000) was made at the 9e SpngP Meeting held in Nukualofa on25-27 November 1996. The SPREP Work Programme and Budget Sub-Committee that met in Apia on 16-18November 1999 called for a "forward-looking approach with in-depth member country consultations and input, as a crucial aspect of the review, to ensure strong country ownership of the 2001 - 2004 Action Plan"