SPREP Meeting and Reports from 2010 and prior

 
Year Meetings Conventions Notes
2010 21st SPREP Meeting 10th Noumea COP
5th Waigani COP

Madang, Papua New Guinea

Strategic Plan 2010-2015
STAC & SCPRC

Lead by D. Sheppard

2009 20th SPREP Meeting  

Apia, Samoa

Lead by D. Sheppard

2008 19th SPREP Meeting 9th Noumea COP
4th Waigani COP

Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
STAC & SCPRC

Lead by A. Takesy

2007 18th SPREP Meeting  

Apia, Samoa

Lead by A. Takesy

2006 17th SPREP Meeting 8th Joint Meeting
3rd Waigani COP

Noumea, New Caledonia

Apia Convention is suspended

Lead by A. Takesy

2005 16th SPREP Meeting  

Apia, Samoa

Lead by A. Takesy

2004 15th SPREP Meeting 7th Joint Meeting
2nd Waigani COP

Papeete, French Polynesia

Action Plan 2005-2009
SPREP Strategic Programmes 2004-2013
Amendment to the Agreement Establishing SPREP (name change)

Lead by A. Takesy

2003 14th SPREP Meeting    

Apia, Samoa

Lead by A. Takesy

2002 13rd SPREP Meeting

6th Joint Meeting

1st Waigani COP

Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands

Lead by T. Tutangata

2001 12nd SPREP Meeting   Waigani Convention enters into force  

Apia, Samoa

Lead by T. Tutangata

2000 11st SPREP Meeting 5th Joint Meeting

Agana, Guam

Action Plan 2001-2004
SPREP Meetings to be held annually

Lead by T. Tutangata

1998 10th SPREP Meeting 4th Joint Meeting of Apia and Noumea Conventions

Apia, Samoa

Lead by T. Tutangata

1996 9th SPREP Meeting  

Nukualofa, Tonga

Headquarters Agreement with Government of Samoa 
Action Plan 1997-2000

Lead by V. Fuavao, D. Stewart

1995 8th SPREP Meeting Waigani Convention adopted
3rd Apia COP
3rd Noumea COP

Apia, Samoa

Agreement Establishing SPREP enters into force SPREP to act as Secretariat to Waigani Convention

Lead by V. Fuavao

1994 7th SPREP Meeting  

Tarawa, Kiribati

Rules of Procedure for the SPREP Meeting

Lead by V. Fuavao

1993

6th SPREP Meeting

Plenipotentiary Meeting on the SPREP Agreement

2nd Apia COP 
2nd Noumea COP

Suva, Fiji

Agreement Establishing SPREP

Lead by V. Fuavao

1992 5th Intergovernmental Meeting (IGM)  

Apia, Samoa

SPREP relocated to Samoa
Financial Regulations
Staff Regulations

Lead by V. Fuavao

1991

July - 4th Intergovernmental Meeting (IGM)

October - 4th Intergovernmental Meeting (IGM) - Special session

1st Meeting SPREP Convention

Noumea, New Caledonia

Action Plan 1991-1995

Lead by V. Fuavao

1990 3rd Intergovernmental Meeting (IGM) Apia Convention
enters into force
Noumea Convention enters into force

Noumea, New Caledonia

SPREP as the South Pacific component of the UNEP Regional Seas Programme

Lead by V. Fuavao

1989

Report of the First Meeting of the SPREP Steering Committee

Report of the Second Meeting of the SPREP Steering Committee

 

Noumea, New Caledonia

Lead by I. Reti

Port Vila, Vanuatu

Lead by I. Reti

1988 2nd Intergovernmental Governmental Meeting (IGM)  

Noumea, New Caledonia

Administrative planning

Lead by I. Reti

1986 Regional Conference Noumea Convention adopted

Noumea, New Caledonia

Administrative planning

Lead by I. Reti

1985   Apia Convention 
adopted
SPREP established as a joint initiative of SPC and SPEC with funding from ESCAP and UNEP

Conference on the Human Environment in the South Pacific: (i) decides to set up SPREP as a separate entity within SPC; (ii) produces the SPREP Action Plan for Managing the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific region
1982   Apia Convention 
adopted
1980   Apia Convention 
adopted
1976   Apia Convention 
adopted