Report of the Twelfth (12th) SPREP Meeting of Officials, Apia, Samoa, 10-14 September 2001

Abstract

The Twelfth SPREP Meeting (12SM) was convened in Apia, from 10 to 14 September. 2001. Representatives of the following SPREP countries and territories attended: American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States of America and Wallis and Futuna, Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP) partners namely: Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) and the University of the South Pacific (USP) were also represented, Also present were observers, namely: Asian Development Bank (ADB), Australian Marine Science and Technology Limited (AMSAT), Australian Volunteers International (AVI), Denmark (Special Advisor to World Summit on Sustainable Development), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Greenpeace Pacific, the Australian National University (ANU), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)- Apia, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and World Meteorological Organization (WMO)- Subregional Office for the South-West Pacific.