SPREP Meeting and Reports from 2010 and prior

 
Year Meetings Conventions Notes
2010 21st SPREP Meeting and High Level Ministerial Segment

10th Meeting of the Noumea Convention

 

5th Meeting of the Waigani Convention Report / Working Papers

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 and Environment Ministers Meeting

9th Meeting of the Noumea Convention

4th Meeting of the Waigani Convention Report / Working Papers

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- and Environment Ministers Meeting

8th Joint Meeting of the Apia and Noumea (SPREP) Conventions

3rd Meeting of the Waigani Convention Report / Working Papers

Noumea, New Caledonia

Apia Convention is suspended

Lead by A. Takesy

2005 16th SPREP Meeting Conference of Plenipotentiaries for the SPREP (Noumea) Convention

Apia, Samoa

Lead by A. Takesy

2004 15th SPREP Meeting and Fifth Environment Ministers' Forum

7th Joint Meeting of the Apia and SPREP Conventions

2nd Waigani COP Report / Working Papers

 

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 13th SPREP Meeting and Environment Ministers Meeting

6th Joint Meeting of the Apia and SPREP Conventions

1st Meeting of the Waigani Convention

Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands

Lead by T. Tutangata

2001 12th SPREP Meeting    

Apia, Samoa

Corporate Plan 2001-2005

Lead by T. Tutangata

2000 11th SPREP Meeting and Environment Ministers Meeting 5th Joint Meeting of the Apia and SPREP Conventions

Agana, Guam

Action Plan 2001-2004
SPREP Meetings to be held annually

Lead by T. Tutangata

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

Apia, Samoa

Lead by T. Tutangata

1996 9th SPREP Meeting Joint meeting of the Working Groups on the Apia and SPREP Conventions

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 Meeting of the Apia Convention

3rd Meeting of the SPREP Convention

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 Meeting of the Apia Convention

2nd Meeting of the SPREP Convention

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 SPREP (Noumea) Convention

1st Apia Convention

Noumea, New Caledonia

Action Plan 1991-1995

Lead by V. Fuavao

Nukualofa, Tonga

1990

3rd Intergovernmental Meeting (IGM)

 

Report of the Third Meeting of the SPREP Steering Committee

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 Second Meeting of the SPREP Steering Committee (September)

 

Report of the First Meeting of the SPREP Steering Committee (March)

 

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 for Consideration and Review of the SPREP Work Programme for 1987-1988 Noumea Convention adopted

Noumea, New Caledonia

Administrative planning

Lead by I. Reti

1985 Report of the Twelfth (12th) Co-ordinating Group Meeting 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
1983  

Report the Second Expert Meeting on a Draft Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources, 7-16 November 1983

Report of the Expert Meeting on a Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment, Noumea, 24-28 January, 1983

1982   Apia Convention 
adopted
1980   Apia Convention 
adopted
1976   Apia Convention 
adopted