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SOUTH PACIFIC FORUM:
New Zealand, on behalf of the nine
members of the South Pacific Forum that are also members of the
United Nations (Australia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New
Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu),
supported both the Conference on the Sustainable Development and
the Conference on Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. With
regard to the latter, the South Pacific Forum welcomes the
convening of two more sessions to make tangible progress on
problems facing the sustainable use and conservation of fisheries
resources. They support all efforts to bring coastal States and
distant water fishing nations to a closer understanding of the
responsible conservation of such resources. Since the global
moratorium on driftnet fishing went into effect on 31 December
1992, there have been no allegations of renewed driftnet activity
in the South Pacific. Yet, the South Pacific Forum remains
concerned about reports of ongoing driftnet activities in other
regions, such as the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic.