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South Pacific Commission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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From April 28 to May 7, 1952 the ninth session of the South Pacific Commission was held in Noumea, New Caledonia.1 The session, which was primarily concerned with administrative matters, was under the chairmanship of N. A. J. de Voogd (Netherlands). As a result of agreement by member governments at the eighth session to include Guam and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands within the scope of the Commission, at the ninth session it was agreed unanimously to extend Commission activities to embrace these territories. Assurances of cooperation in Commission activities were given on behalf of both territories by the Acting Senior Commissioner for the United States (Leebrick) and the Secretary of Guam (Herman). Special aspects of its work program were reviewed by the Commission. The printing of two project reports dealing with the area was authorized: one, on economic development of coral atolls covered a survey made for the Commission in 1951 in the Gilbert Islands and the other was concerned with the possibilities of expanding the cacao industry in the area.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: III. Political and Regional Organizations
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1952

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References

1 South Pacific Commission Press Release 3/52, May 10, 1952.

2 Ibid.

3 SPC Quarterly Bulletin, April 1952, p. 1.

4 South Pacific Commission, Report on Resolutions of the First South Pacific Conference, Noumea, New Caledonia, January 1952.

5 South Pacific Commission, Report of the South Pacific Commission for the Year 1951, Noumea, New Caledonia, 1952.