Endelig deltog EU som observatør i den forberedende konference om oprettelse af en ny organisation til forvaltning af tunfiskeressourcerne i det vestlige centrale Stillehav og fortsatte proceduren indledt i 2000 med henblik på at tiltræde den kommende organisation.
Lastly, the Community took part as an observer in the preparatory conference for establishment of the new organisation for tuna stock man agement in the western central Pacific and pursued the negotiations begun in 2000 on its membership of the future organisation.