Nuku'alofa Ministerial Declaration for Sustainable Weather and Climate Services for a Resilient Pacific

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Microsoft Word - Document2NUKU’ALOFA MINISTERIAL DECLARATION For SUSTAINABLE WEATHER AND CLIMATE SERVICES FOR A RESILIENT PACIFIC 24th July 2015, Nuku’alofa, Tonga The First Pacific Ministerial Meeting on Meteorology was held on 24th July 2015 in Nuku’alofa, Kingdom of Tonga with representation from American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States of America and Vanuatu. WE, the attending Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Member Countries’ Cabinet Ministers responsible for Meteorology, and their representatives, are calling for support from our governments, development partners and donors to ensure that National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) have the necessary capacity to support sustainable development; 1. PRESENT this Declaratio