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The 3rd Thematic Meeting for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol was held from 24-27 January 2006 at the New Southern Cross Hotel, Suva, Fiji. The workshop was attended by representatives from the Governments of the Cook Islands. Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Nine. Papua New Guinea (PNG), Palau, Samoa,Tonga, and Tuvalu. An observer from the Government of New Caledonia also took part in the meeting.

The 17th SPREP Meeting (17SM) was convened in Noumea, New Caledonia from 11 to 15 September 2006. 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. New Caledonia. New Zealand. Niue, Papua New Guinea. Samoa. Tokelau. Tonga. Tuvalu, United States of America, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna. Observers from a range of regional, international and non- governmental organizations were present.

The third Conference of the Parties to the Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and the Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region (Waigani Convention) was held on 8 September 2006 in Noumea, New Caledonia.

The Joint Eighth Ordinary Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific (Apia Convention), and the Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region and Related Protocols (Noumea Convention, also known as the SPREP Convention), was held on 7, 10, and 13 September 2006 in Noumea, New Caledonia.

The Conference of Plenipotentiaries to the Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region and related protocols, met in Noumea, New Caledonia, on 10 September 2006. Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, New Zealand, Republic of Marshall Islands, and the United States of America were represented.