Proceedings of the Senior Government Officials' Meeting on the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia

PUBLICATION DATE:

Monday, September 01, 2003

PUBLICATION TYPE:

Meeting Documents

STATUS:

Out of Print

DESCRIPTION:

The Senior Government Officials' Meeting (SGOM) on the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia was held at the Dusit Resort, Pattaya, Thailand, from 4 to 5 August 2003. It was organized by the Regional Programme Office (RPO) in collaboration with the Marine Department, the Royal Government of Thailand. The Meeting was held to finalize the draft third revision of the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia (SDS-SEA) and the draft Declaration of Regional Cooperation on the Sustainable Development for the Seas of East Asia, for their endorsement by the countries and adoption by the Ministerial Forum to be held on 12 December 2003. Represented at the SGOM were the twelve PEMSEA participating countries, namely Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as the executing agency of PEMSEA, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and its Regional Programme Office (RPO).