18 September 2012
United Kingdom Joins SPREP
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SPREP has announced that the UK is now among its members, which also include: American Samoa, Australia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, the US, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.

15 September 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced that the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) has joined SPREP. The UK announced it had joined SPREP at the 24th Post-Forum Dialogue Partners’ Meeting, which convened on 31 August 2012, in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

According to SPREP, its members are now: American Samoa, Australia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, the UK, the US, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.

The Post-Forum Dialogue Partners’ Meeting was part of the 43rd meeting of the Pacific Island Forum (PIF 43). The meeting takes place at Ministerial level and currently includes 13 partners: Canada, People’s Republic of China, the EU, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, the UK and the US. [SPREP Press Release] [PIFS Website]


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