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Authority to act on behalf of a country at treaty-forming discussions: Full  Powers.

Instruments to be deposited with the Depositary: ratification / accession and acceptance.

Tables of Parties to the below 3 Conventions.

Apia Convention, 1976

The Apia Convention entered into force in 1990. At the Eighth Meeting of the Parties in 2006, its operation was suspended until further notice.

Convention on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific, 1976.

• 2000 Amendment (not in force)

• Rules of Procedure

• Meetings
• Financial Regulations
• Format for National Reports

Papers on the Revision of the Apia Convention.

Noumea Convention, 1986

The Noumea (or SPREP) Convention along with its two Protocols entered into force in 1990. It is the Pacific region component of UNEP's Regional Seas Programme which has two important components: the Declaration and Strategic Directions 2008-2012.

Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region and related Protocols, 1986.

In 2006

• the Dumping Protocol was amended and
• 2 new Protocols adopted in order to comply with the 1996 Protocol to the London Dumping Convention as well as the OPRC and its Hazardous and Noxious Substances Protocol (see "International" for links to these latter instruments).  The new Protocols relate to pollution from Oil and Hazardous and Noxious Substances.
• Parties to the 3 instruments
• Documents for joining the 3 instruments

• Rules of Procedure

• Meetings
• Financial Regulations
• Format for National Reports

• Diagram of shipping-related laws
• Pacific Model Marine Pollution Prevention Act
• Pacific Model Pollution Levies Regulation
• Pacific Model Port Reception Facilities Regulations

• Illegal Oil Discharges from Vessels: Investigative Manual

Waigani Convention, 1995

The Waigani Convention entered into force in 2001. It is modeled on the Basel Convention (see "International").

Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region, 1995

• Rules of Procedure for COP and STAC
• ToR for STAC
• Meetings
• Financial Regulations
• Competent Authorities & Focal Points

Model legislation

Draft instrument of ratification

COP-approved forms:

• Reporting and transmission of information
• Instruction Manual: Control System for Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes
• Notification form
• Movement form
• Guidance Elements for Detection, Prevention and Control of Illegal Traffic in Hazardous Wastes
• Form for Confirmed Cases of Illegal Traffic

Pacific Regional Centre

MOU establishing the PRC: the Pacific Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Joint Implementation of the Basel and the Waigani Conventions in the South Pacific Region integrated within the South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme

Steering Commitee Meetings

Business Plan 2007/2008

PRC fact sheet and Brochure on the Waigani and Basel conventions

Chemical Conventions Handbook

PIC Parties to chemical conventions

Tonga Project: Integrated Chemical Conventions Law