Eighteenth Meeting of the Noumea Convention
5th September 2025 . Sheraton Aggie Greys Hotel & Bungalows. Apia, Samoa
French papers are available HERE
| Agenda | Title | Working Papers |
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| Agenda Item 1 | Opening of the Meeting | |
| Agenda Item 2 | Organisation of the Meeting
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| Agenda Item 3 | Adoption of Agenda | WP 3 |
| 3.1 | Provisional Agenda | WP 3.1 |
| Agenda Item 4 | Reports of the Secretariat | WP 4 |
| 4.1 | Secretariat's report on activities undertaken in the biennium period of 2023-2025 | WP 4.1 |
| 4.2 | Secretariat's report on the Protocol for the prevention of Pollution of the South Pacific Region by Dumping (1990) | WP 4.2 |
| 4.3 | Secretariat's report on the Protocol concerning cooperation in combating pollution emergencies in the South Pacific Region (1990) | WP 4.3 |
| 4.4 | UNEP Regional Seas Poregramme | WP 4.4 |
| Agenda Item 5 | Country report on the implementation of obligations under the Convention | WP 5 |
| 5.1 | Australia's National Report 2023-2025 | |
| 5.2 | New Zealand's National Report 2023-2025 | |
| 5.3 | France's National Report 2025 | |
| Agenda Item 6 | Financial Statements | WP 6 |
| 6.1 | Director's General's statement | WP 6.1 |
| 6.2 | Auditor's Report 2023 | WP 6.2 |
| 6.3 | Auditor's Report 2024 | WP 6.3 |
| 6.4 | Protocol Expenditure report 2023-2024 | WP 6.4 |
| Agenda Item 7 | Decision items | WP 7 |
| 7.1 | Noumea Ad-Hoc Meeting report | |
| 7.2 | Noumea Workplan and Budget | |
| 7.3 | PacPlan - Proposed Improvements to PacPlan Delivery | WP 7.3 |
| 7.4 | Strategic importance and complementarity of the Noumea Convention to the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) | WP 7.4 |
| Agenda Item 8 | Consideration and adoption of the Core Budget | WP 8 |
| 8.1 | Core Budget 2025-2026 | WP 8.1 |
| 8.2 | Status of Contributions | WP 8.2 |
| Agenda Item 9 | Other Business | |
| Agenda Item 10 | Date and venue of the next meeting | |
| Agenda Item 11 | Adoption of the meeting record | |
| Agenda Item 12 | Closure of the meeting |