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National conference on sustainable development

activities have not necessarily been stimulated by Barbados. Indeed the timeframe for the development of successful projects in the Pacific is such that it is unlikely that the Barbados Programme of Action has been a significant catalyst for much of wha is contained in this report. But it does provide an internationally agreed framework for review.

A Joint Meeting of the Working Groups on the Apia and SPREP Conventions was convened in Siumu, Western Samoa, 3 July, 1996. Representatives of the following Contracting Parties attended: Apia Convention: Australia, Fiji and Western Samoa SPREP Convention: Australia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, the United States of America and Western Samoa. Other SPREP Members represented were Kiribati and Niue. A list of participants is at Annex 1.

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