Meeting Record of the Seventeenth Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Noumea Convention 2023. 31 August 2023. Taumeasina Island Resort. Apia, Samoa

Abstract

The Director General of SPREP reflected upon the role of the Convention in addressing growing environmental challenges and stressing the relevance of the Noumea Convention in helping to meet these, thanking all Parties for their engagement in the Meeting. It was acknowledged that 2023 marks the 30th Anniversary of the signing of the SPREP Treaty and that this was the first in person Ordinary Meeting of the Noumea Convention since COVID-19.