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

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Conventions p1_51 V31 Introduction 1. The Fifth Ordinary and Plenipotentiary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Con- vention on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific (Apia Convention) and the Fifth Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Con- vention for the Protection of the Natural Re- sources and Environment of the South Pacific Re- gion and Related Protocols (SPREP Convention) were convened jointly in Guam on 9 October 2000. Delegates from 16 States and Territories namely: American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Feder- ated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, Guam, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Northern Marianas, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tokelau, United States of America and Wallis and Futuna, participated in the Meeting. Three non Parties namely: Kiribati, Niue and Tuvalu attended as observers. Representatives from the United Na- tions Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) also attended the Meeting as observers. The list of Par- ti