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Hobart, Australia is now officially home to the Secretariat for the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP).
The historic Headquarters Agreement for the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels was signed today in Hobart by the Director of the Australian Antarctic Division, Dr Tony Press and the Executive Secretary of the ACAP Secretariat, Mr Warren Papworth.
The Headquarters Agreement is the culmination of negotiations between the Government of Australia and other Parties to ACAP to establish the Secretariat in Hobart.
The Agreement formalises the home of the Secretariat in Hobart which has been the interim host in recent years.
See also: http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=34830
News from John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer; posted 23 June 2008; updated 1 July 2008