18th Intergovernmental Meeting

Eighteenth Intergovernmental Meeting of the Northwest Pacific Action Plan

Toyama (Japan), 4-6 December 2013

The 18th IGM (4-6 December 2013, Toyama, Japan) agreed on the scale of contribution to the NOWPAP Trust Fund for the next two years reflecting an increased contribution from the Republic of Korea starting from 2014. The meeting approved the Agreement of cooperation with IMO granting NOWPAP observer status at the IMO meetings and conferences. As some important decisions were not made during the meeting, the Member States adopted the meeting resolutions through correspondence in April 2014. The Meeting agreed to hold an extraordinary IGM in Korea in April 2014 to consider possible decisions on measures to address the concerns of the hosting countries over the financial sustainability of the RCU in compliance with the Host Country Agreements. The meeting asked UNEP to conduct an audit of RCU. 

Report of the Meeting UNEP/NOWPAP IG. 18/12