1. The 12th Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM-12) 1-2 November 2016
Port Moresby – Papua New Guinea
Session 4:
The Updated Status of Brunei Darussalam as A New Member State of CTI-CFF
Widi A. Pratikto Ph.D.
CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat
1 November 2016

2. BACKGROUND
2013
SOM-9 in Manila discussed on the process of application for Brunei Darussalam as a new member state of CTI-CFF
2014
S-SOM in Manado agreed that Brunei Darussalam be granted the status as an Observer
SOM-10 in Dili acknowledged the progress made by Brunei Darussalam to comply with the requirements based on Rule 21 RoP
2015
Brunei Darussalam had submitted the application letter along with its statement of commitment addressed to Chair of CTI COM
No objection raised by CT6 on the proposal to accept Brunei Darussalam as new member state of CTI-CFF
SOM-11 in Manado endorsed Brunei Darussalam as a new member state of CTI-CFF as a subject to the submission of the Head of State’s adoption to the CTI Leaders’ Declaration on CTI-CFF; and submission of the instrument of accession to the Agreement on the establishment of CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat

3. Brunei Darussalam as a new member state of CTI-CFF
REQUIREMENT OF ACCEPTANCE
Submission of the Head of State’s adoption to the CTI Leaders’ Declaration on CTI-CFF
Submission of the instrument of accession to the Agreement on the establishment of CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat
Brunei Darussalam as a new member state of CTI-CFF

4. EFFORTS Courtesy Visit to Brunei Darussalam
The efforts of Regional Secretariat towards the acceptance of Brunei Darussalam as a new member state of CTI-CFF
Courtesy Visit to Brunei Darussalam
Series of Formal Communication
Consultation & Sharing Information
30 April – 1 May 2015
Consultation & exchange views with Dept. Fisheries of Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources
COM Chair Letter to Brunei Darussalam & member countries
RS Letter to Brunei Darussalam as of 15 March 2016; 2 June 2016; 12 August 2016
Occurred between staff of RS and Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism

5. PROGRESS
A series of communication during was carried out by Regional Secretariat through its letter addressed to the Minister of Primary Resource and Tourism of Brunei Darussalam.
It was aimed to obtain the development status of Brunei Darussalam’s acceptance as a new member state of CTI-CFF to be reported in SOM-12.
Referring to letter IKAN/96 CTI CFF as of 15 September 2016, sent by Permanent Secretary Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism Brunei Darussalam, it is officially confirmed that due to unavoidable circumstances, Brunei Darussalam need to put the said application mentioned in SOM-11 decision on hold at this moment. The Ministry will inform the Regional Secretariat accordingly once Brunei Darussalam ready to join CTI-CFF.

6. RECOMMENDATION
To acknowledge and appreciate Brunei Darussalam’s statement pertaining the development status of acceptance of Brunei Darussalam as a new member state of CTI-CFF as mandated in SOM-11.
To task Regional Secretariat to follow up with the Government of Brunei Darussalam on the CT6 endorsement on Brunei Darussalam as a subject to the submission of the Head of State’s adoption to the CTI Leaders’ Declaration on CTI-CFF; and the submission of the Instrument of Accession to the Agreement on the Establishment of CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat to the Depository accordingly.