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The Eleventh Meeting of Regional Meteorological Service Directors (11RMSD) emphasized ten issues, namely: 1) Strategic planning for meteorological services in the Pacific region; 2) Maintaining meteorological equipment to meet World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) requirements; 3) Extending invitations for future RMSD meetings; 4) Improving coordination and collaboration among meteorology and hydrology programmes' activities and projects; 5) Participation and coordination/collaboration in meteorological and other related international fora: 6) Training; 7) Emergency response (integrated multi-hazards approach); 8) Enhancing meteorological services for aviation; 9) Management and exchange of climate data and; 10) RMSD institutional strengthening.

The main objective of the sixth RMSD, is to review and consider the draft Strategic Action Plan for the Development of Meteorology in the Pacific region (SDMP) prepared by die SPREP Secretariat.

Report of the Ninth (9th) SPREP Meeting of Regional Meteorological Service Directors (RMSD), Vava'u Tonga, 19-21 August, 2003

Mr Lefale of the SPREP Secretariat called the meeting into session. Mr Lefale invited Reverend Peteru Tone to deliver the opening prayer. Following the prayer, opening remarks were made by the Honourable Minister Mafasolia Papu Vaai, Department of Agriculture, Forest, Fisheries and Meteorology, Government of Samoa and the Director of SPREP Mr Tamari'i Tutangata, and Mr Michael Jarraud, Deputy Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Eighth (8th) SPREP Meeting of Regional Meteorological Service Directors (RMSD), Nadi, Fiji, 18-20 March, 2002