Eighteenth Conference of Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (COP18), 13-16 October 2025.

Decisions of the Eighteenth Conference of Parties to the Cartagena Convention, Thirteenth Meeting of the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Protocol, and Seventh Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Land Based Sources of Marine Pollution Protocol
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Opening Ceremony Agenda
DownloadState of the Convention Area (SOCAR) Report for the Wider Caribbean Region
DownloadAmendment to the Financial Rules for the Cartagena Convention
DownloadFinancial Rules for the Cartagena Convention, its Caribbean Environment Programme and Terms of Reference for the Caribbean Trust Fund
DownloadRules of Procedure for the Meetings of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention)
DownloadConvention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, Protocol Concerning Cooperation in Combating Oil Spills, Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife and the Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land- Based Sources and Activities
DownloadRegional Seas Strategic Directions (2026-2029)
DownloadExecutive Director's Report
DownloadRegional Sea's Strategic Directions 2026-2029
DownloadCartagena Convention Draft Regional Strategy 2023-2030
DownloadAnalysis of the functioning of the Working Groups
DownloadSummary of Pre-COP Discussion on RAC/RAN Guidelines
DownloadTowards an integrated State of Convention Area Report on marine pollution and marine habitats
DownloadDraft Cartagena Convention Action Plan on Sargassum Inundation
DownloadReporting on Implementation of National Obligations under Cartagena Convention (2023-2025)
DownloadRAC REMPEITC Caribe 11th Steering Committee Recommendations Oil Spills Protocol
DownloadDraft Work Plan & Budget 2026-2027
DownloadKunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the SOI Global Dialogue with Regional Seas Organizations and Regional Fishery Bodies-Joe Appiott Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
DownloadPolicy Framework for Sustainable Ocean Management, CARICOM-Mr. Kareem Sabir, Deputy Programme Manager
Sustainable Development, CARICOM Secretariat
DownloadThe Malta Manifesto a Call to Action on Potentially Polluting Wrecks
DownloadStatus and Progress of the Wider Caribbean Ocean Coordination Mechanism (OCM),its Work Programme and Linkages with the Cartagena Convention
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