Report of the 6 MULTILATERAL HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON
Report of the 6th MULTILATERAL HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH STOCKS IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC April 2000 CONTENTS Page REPORT 2 Annex 1 List of participants 4 Annex 2 Opening remarks by the Chairman 8 Annex 3 Statements by delegations and observers 10 Annex 4 Information note on matters before the sixth session 35 Annex 5 Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly 40 Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, Proposal by the Chairman Annex 6 Draft resolution establishing a Preparatory Conference 66 (MHLC/WP.3/Rev.2) Annex 7 Closing statement by the Chairman 68 1 MULTILATERAL HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH STOCKS IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC SIXTH SESSION Honolulu, Hawai’i 11 – 19 April 2000 REPORT 1. The sixth session of the Multilateral High-Level Conference on the conservation and management of highly migratory fish stocks in the western and central Pacific was held at Honolulu, Hawai’i from 11 to 19 April 2000. The Conference was attended by representatives from Australia, Canada, China, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Chinese Taipei, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States of America, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna. Observers from Mexico, the European Commission (EC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Forum Secretariat, the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), the Pacific Islands Development Programme, the Pacific Community (PC), the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, the Global Environment Facility/United Nations Development Programme and the University of the South Pacific (USP) attended the Conference.
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