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1. Key National Sustainable Development Coordination
Mechanism(s)/Council(s).
There is no coordination mechanism as such; however, the National
Environment and Development Management Strategies (NEMS) -
Capacity 21 is in its final phase of developing relevant policies
and activities for the implementation of four Target Environment
Components
(TEC).
Contact point (Name, Title, Office): Ms. Andrea Williams,
Samoa Mission, New York
Telephone: (212) 599-6196
Fax: (212) 599-0797
e-mail:
Mailing address:
2. Membership/Composition/Chairperson
2a. List of ministries and agencies involved:
Departments of: Lands, Surveys and Environment; Agriculture,
Forests, Fisheries and Meteoroloty; Customs Department; Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
2b. Names of para-statal bodies and institutions involved, as
well as participation of academic and private sectors:
2c. Names of non-governmental organizations:
3. Mandate role of above mechanism/council:
To work on developing policies and methods to gradually phase out
all ozone depleting substances (ODS); finalize strategies and
policies
developed for the biodiversity within the NEMS/Capacity 21
programme in compliance with the obligations of the Convention;
undertake
studies on greenhouse gas sources and sinks; diseminate information
on disasters, as well as prepartion and prevention strategies;
develop
national water resource management plans; promote the conservation
area projects in both Upolu and Savaii.
4. If available, attach a diagram (organization chart) showing
national coordination structure and linkages between
ministries:
Submitted by
(Name): Ms. Andrea Williams
Signature:
Title:
Date: 1997
Ministry/Office: Permanent Mission of Samoa to the United
Nations, 820 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017
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