Significant assistance with the Workshop was also provided by the UNESCO Office for the Pacific, Apia, Samoa.

UNESCO: International

The UNESCO Office for the Pacific is located in Apia, Samoa.

UNESCO: Foundation

Among topics discussed were plans for a Pacific Consultative Meeting on Education for Sustainable Development (Apia, Samoa, 8-10 March 2006), which itself provided an occasion for Pacific ESD practitioners and experts to develop a collaborative mechanism for the UN-DESD in the Pacific islands region.

UNESCO: Petits ?tats insulaires en d��veloppement

Many Samoan settlements are coastal and both Apia and Pago Pago, the capitals respectively of Samoa and American Samoa, were deluged.

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