Conference of the Parties to the Waigani Convention

The Conference of the Parties to the Waigani Convention will be held on the 29th of August 2025. It will be held in Apia, Samoa.

The Convention to Ban the importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous wastes within the South Pacific Region, known also as Waigani Convention, entered into force the 21st of October 2001.

The objective of the Convention is to reduce and eliminate transboundary movements of hazardous and radioactive waste, to minimize the production of hazardous and toxic wastes in the Pacific region and to ensure that disposal of wastes in the Convention area is completed in an environmentally sound manner.

Date: Friday 29th August 2025

Venue: Apia, Samoa

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