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There are sectoral policies that have existed before and since the inception of BPOA 1994 addressing sustainable development issues. However, information on comprehensive mechanisms is still an area needing attention. There exists a framework on sustainable development. The Vision 2018 is a broad framework that identifies a general way forward for strategic planning. The framework still has to work out its final details

Under a signed Letter of Agreement between SPREP and Environmental Protection Authority (RMI-EPA), the Government of the Marshall Islands agreed to submit a National Report on implementing the UNCCD to the Secretariat by April 2002. However, it was not until September 20, 2002, that the Chief Secretary nominated RMI- EPA as the official Operation Focal Point. The report gives the overall picture of the activities that the RMI Government had already initiated under the UNCCD and its future activities as well.