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	South Pacific
		South Pacific is a musical play by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, first performed in 1949.
		South Pacific - From Stage to Screen - Study of the musical's transfer from stage to screen including commentary, and cast and crew breakdown.
		FAO Programme for Sustainable Development in the South Pacific - The Consultation is one of the major steps taken by FAO and SPREP in relation to the UN Global Conference Programme of Action on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States.
	www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/South_Pacific.html (804 words)

	South Pacific - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The South Pacific is an area in the southern Pacific Ocean.
		Pacific Islands Trade and Investment Commission (formerly the South Pacific Trade Commission) - An organization set up to contribute to the sustainable economic advancement of the Pacific Islands Forum countries by promoting trade and investment with Australia
		South Pacific Tourism Organisation - An intergovernmental body for the tourism sector in the South Pacific
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Pacific (257 words)

	Pacific Community
		On 6 December 1999 during its conference in Papeete, French Polynesia, the Pacific Community, formerly the South Pacific Commission (SPC), adopted a new flag (sometimes described as the flag of the Pacific Community, at other times described as the flag of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community).
		The first flag of the South Pacific Commission was blue with a white ring, the lower right part of which is replaced by a chain of small gold stars.
		Pavillons nationaux et marques distinctives also shows the flag of the South Pacific Forum (what is it?): a 1:2 dark blue flag with a white canton (1/4 th of the flag) with the Forum emblem.
	flagspot.net /flags/spc.html (1024 words)

	South Pacific Commission -- 1988
		The South Pacific Commission was established in 1947 by an agreement signed in Canberra, Australia, known as the Canberra Agreement, by the Governments of Australia, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
		The SPC emblem, designed in New Caledonia, was officially adopted on 6 February 1970 on the occasion of the twenty-third anniversary of the South Pacific Commission.
		The South Pacific Commission serves as the implementing agency for SPREP, with a Co-ordinating Group consisting of SPEC (the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation), SPC, ESCAP (the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific), and UNEP (the United Nations Environment Programme).
	www2.hawaii.edu /~ogden/piir/pacific/spc.html (4519 words)

	Secretariat of the Pacific Community - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		SPC was founded in 1947 as the South Pacific Commission by six developed countries with an interest in the region:
		Dutch New Guinea, formerly represented in the SPC by the Netherlands, was annexed into Indonesia in 1969 and is no longer represented in the SPC.
		SPC today is the oldest and largest organisation in the 10-member Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP), a consultative process that is headed at the political level by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretariat_of_the_Pacific_Community (397 words)

	Mark Yannone - Issues - Foreign Aid - Foreign Aid Budget - South Pacific Commission n/k/a Secretariat of Pacific ...
		SPC is an international development organisation serving the Pacific Islands.
		A Pacific Island development organisation with a mandate as a technical advisory, training and research organisation, SPC has developed a clear vision of its corporate goals and strategic priorities for the 21st century.
		The Secretariat of the Pacific Community's vision into the 21st century is one of a vibrant and dynamic bilingual organisation working in partnership with its members, other organisations and donors, and excelling in the coordination and delivery of priority work programs to Pacific Island countries and territories.
	www.yannone.org /south-pacific-comm.html (331 words)

	South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) is an inter-governmental regional organisation dedicated to providing services to promote sustainable development in the countries it serves.
		SOPAC is a member of the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific.
		Reducing Vulnerabilities in Pacific ACP states This project based on 3 components, Water, Risks and Aggregate, is also providing assistance in Bathymetry mapping, Remote Sensing, Geographic Information System and the installation of open source web based map servers for 14 Pacific Islands Countries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Pacific_Applied_Geoscience_Commission (456 words)

	E/ESCAP/STAT.10/4 - Recommendations and statement of regional priorities of the South Pacific Commission's Tenth ...
		SPC Demography Programme undertake analyses of the relationship between fertility and female labour force participation in member countries and territories on request.
		SPC continue to act as the focal point for co-ordination of projects such as the ADB RETA 5532 on Statistical Improvement in South Pacific Developing Countries.
		SPC liaise with member countries and collaborate with the Fiji Bureau of Statistics to ensure that the Pacific Island viewpoint and statistical needs are raised at SIAP's governing body.
	www.unescap.org /stat/cos10/10-04.asp (1413 words)

	SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The current existence of the SPC Coastal Fisheries Programme is based on the long-term mandate of the South Pacific Commission, as a non-political organisation, to provide advisory services and technical support to member countries.
		SPC would not be asked to approve or disapprove proposals, but to provide a dossier on the potential merits and drawbacks of each, for decision by the Government.
		Comparative assessment of Pacific Island coastal resources: Despite several years of intensive effort, both by SPC and national fishery departments, to assess fisheries, the status of Pacific Island coastal fishery resources is still largely unknown.
	www.sidsnet.org /pacific/spc/coastfish/Reports/rtmf26/future.htm (2597 words)

	World Directory of Environmental Organizations: Section 3.3: Other intergovernmental organizations P-Z
		SPC is a “non-political organization, gathering countries and territories as full members irrespective of their political status.” Secretariat provides technical advice, assistance, training, and research services to the 22 island countries and territories of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
		The South Centre, established in 1990, is the follow-up office of the Independent Commission of the South on Development Issues (the “South Commission),” a group of 20 political and intellectual figures which acted independently of governments to develop and promote recommendations on development issues from a low-income country (i.e., “southern”) perspective.
		The binational Commission was established by the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 to review implementation of the Treaty with respect to its impact on the environment.
	www.interenvironment.org /wd3intl/igo-p-z.htm (1261 words)

	Agreement establishing the South Pacific Commission [1948] ATS 15
		The Commission shall be a consultative and advisory body to the participating Governments in matters affecting the economic and social development of the non-self-governing territories within the scope of the Commission and the welfare and advancement of their peoples.
		In order to associate with the work of the Commission representatives of the local inhabitants of, and of official and non-official institutions directly concerned with, the territories within the scope of the Commission, there shall be established a South Pacific Conference with advisory powers as a body auxiliary to the Commission.
		Pending adoption of the first budget of the Commission, the administrative expenses of the Commission shall be met, on terms to be determined by the Commission, from an initial working fund of [sterling]40,000 sterling to which the participating Governments undertake to contribute in the proportions provided for in paragraph 49 of this Agreement.
	www.austlii.edu.au /au/other/dfat/treaties/1948/15.html (3420 words)

	What's SPREP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is a regional organisation established by the governments and administrations of the Pacific region to look after its environment.
		The importance of the environment to the Pacific region is exemplified by the fact that in an era where governments and administrations are seeking to consolidate, rather than to extend regional organisations, they decided to establish SPREP as a separate organisation.
		The South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme (SPBCP); a project for the preparation of a regional strategy for international waters; and the Pacific Islands Climate Change Assistance Programme (PICCAP) and CC:TRAIN (assist Pacific island countries meet their obligations under Article 4 and 12 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change).
	www.sidsnet.org /pacific/sprep/whatsprep_.htm (820 words)

	South Pacific Commission Fiftieth Anniversary, Canberra 20 October 1997, Secretary General’s Keynote Address ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The theme "The South Pacific Commission and the region -the next 50 years" recognises this fact and I welcome therefore this opportunity to contribute to the discussion on this historical day.
		A few months ago in a Conference held at the University of the South Pacific, I said that small island countries are particularly vulnerable to environmental and economic problems that have the potential to undermine their political stability and the long term survival of their distinct societies.
		I am pleased that the South Pacific Organisations Coordinating Committee (SPOCC) is working well with active participation by all regional organisations to ensure that initiatives in various sectors are well coordinated and that a balanced development approach is promoted through the Regional Strategy.
	www.forumsec.org.fj /news/1997/oct1.htm (2015 words)

	Kiribati Bibliography - S
		Published and compiled by the Asia Pacific Research Unit on behalf of the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation and in association with the University of the South Pacific, Wellington, N.Z. South Pacific Bureau for Economic Cooperation.
		South Pacific Commission, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
		In the South Seas: being an account of experiences and observations in the Marquesas, Paumotus and G ilbert Islands in the course of two cruises on the yacht "Casco" (1888) and the schooner "Equator" (1889).
	www.trussel.com /kir/gilbibs.htm (3016 words)

	Reid Cowell : Papers relating to the Pacific Islands, 1961-91 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Gilbert islands after the Japanese entry into the Pacific he saw service initially on Fiji, with subsequent postings to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, the Solomon Islands and the New Hebrides and as Consul for Tahiti and Commissioner for Pitcairn, as well as further service at headquarters in Suva.
		From 1958 to 1966 he served as Commissioner in the South Pacific Commission and subsequently as an Assistant Registrar at the Australian National University and Executive Officer of the Australian-Asian Universities Cooperation Scheme.
		Correspondence between Reid Cowell (as Commissioner for the South Pacific) and J. Christian, Chief Magistrate, Pitcairn Island.
	www.library.adelaide.edu.au /ual/special/cowell.html (489 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		UNAIDS is working towards developing Pacific Islands regional focus, it is important keep the momentum of the regional response by all island countries and territories in the region.
		The South Pacific Forum is another regional agency which is made up of all independent states and has the heads of states as the members of its governing body.
		The South Pacific Commission's Community Health Programme also has in it's distribution list about 6,000 multi-sectoral groups, NGO's and individuals to which materials and information on AIDS and STD's are sent.
	www.hsph.harvard.edu /Organizations/healthnet/HIV/docs/sea-aids/cogen/cogen2.txt (1425 words)

	About SPREP - Pacific Regional Environment Programme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		It has grown from a small programme attached to the South Pacific Commission (SPC) in the 1980s into the Pacific region’s major intergovernmental organisation charged with protecting and managing the environment and natural resources.
		The Pacific island governments and administrations saw the need for SPREP to serve as the conduit for concerted environmental action at the regional level.
		SPREP’s mandate is to promote cooperation in the Pacific islands region and to provide assistance in order to protect and improve the environment and to ensure sustainable development for present and future generations.
	www.sprep.org.ws /sprep/about.htm (225 words)

	South Pacific POPIN Workshop Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The South Pacific POPIN Workshop was held from 3 to 6 April 1995 at Suva, Fiji.
		It is coordinated by the Library of the University of South Pacific at Suva.
		The Workshop was attended by eight participants representing Pacific island countries and institutions, namely, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Papau New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and the South Pacific Commission.
	www.un.org /depts/escap/pop/bulletin/v07n2ft2.htm (327 words)

	The Whitlam Institute: The Whitlam Collection: Australia proposes changes to South Pacific Commission
		These were outlined in an address to the South Pacific Conference in Guam yesterday by Australia’s Special Minister of State, Senator Willesee, who is leader of the Australian delegation to the conference.
		Senator Willesee proposed that from 1975 there should be a de facto merger of the South Pacific Commission and the Conference sessions.
		It saw the Pacific world was divided between controlling metropolitan powers and their subject colonies, and had not even foreshadowed the possibility of any of those colonies becoming independent and hence members of the Commission.
	www.whitlam.org /collection/1973/19730913_Pacific_Commission (347 words)

	[25 Mar 1998] SEA/1580 : SEABED ASSEMBLY DISCUSSES COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP; SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION GETS OBSERVER STATUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		On another matter, the Assembly approved a request by the Permanent Commission of the South Pacific (ISBA/4/A/INF/2), a subregional organization comprising Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, for observer status with the Authority.
		At an afternoon meeting of the Council, South Africa and Paraguay continued the discussion on the draft mining code for polymetallic nodules.
		South Africa suggested refinement of regulations affecting the environment, training programmes for developing States and confidentiality of information presented by pioneer investors.
	www.un.org /news/press/docs/1998/19980325.SEA1580.html (588 words)

	Participation of Women in the South Pacific
		In addition to the recommendations that came out of the workshops, the Conference was worthwhile in providing opportunity for sharing valuable information, and for developing further the process of networking in the Pacific between governments and non-governmental organizations, in relation to women's activities.
		Bahá'í communities in the Pacific region, most of them at grass roots, are currently engaged in such a process of integrating women into all aspects of community life and decision-making.
		We extend to SPC - as we have in the past - in the spirit of warm cooperation, the experience and assistance of Bahá'í communities throughout the Pacific in achieving a better quality of life for the peoples in the region.
	www.bic-un.bahai.org /88-1010.htm (911 words)

	ABOUT THE PACIFIC
		The Pacific Ocean is the earth's greatest single geographic entity, Expanding over one third of the planet's surface.
		The Pacific Islands are merely a collection of islands stretching from the Commonwealth of Northern mariana Islands in the north-west Pacific Ocean to Pitcairn in the south-east, but of various forms of grouping.
		Pacific Island Populations: Report prepared by the South Pacific Commission for the International Conference on Population and Development, 5-13 September 1994, Cairo.
	www.usp.ac.fj /gisunit/pacatlas/pacabout/eez.htm (697 words)

	SPC Conference Intorduction Page
		Australia is proud of its association with the founding of the Commission and with the Commission's achievements in the past 50 years.
		The Commission's great success has been the close and harmonious cooperation of all the member states and territories to achieve our shared goals for the region.
		This partnership between nations of the Pacific is fundamental to the continued peace and prosperity of our region - and reflects the enduring relevance of the guiding principles of the Commission.
	www.dfat.gov.au /spc (366 words)

	REFERENCES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Status of Fishery Statistics in the South Pacific.
		The Contribution of Fisheries to the Economies of Pacific Island Countries.
		Wright and L. Hill (ed.) Nearshore Marine Resources of the South Pacific, Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, Suva.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/005/AC682E/ac682e07.htm (586 words)

	Trade Office Targets - 0302 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The South Pacific Trade Commission office in Auckland, New Zealand says it will again target export development and investment promotion this year, as part of its trade promotion activities for Forum Island Countries.
		The trade commission is one of four administered by the Suva-based Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, with others based in Sydney, Tokyo and Beijing.
		Trade commission staff will visit eight of the 14 Forum Island Countries this year to promote the trade and investment service offered by the trade commission, and to obtain more feedback from members regarding their interests.
	www.forumsec.org.fj /news/2002/Jan03.htm (270 words)

	Papers of H.E. and H.C. Maude
		At the South Pacific Commission he was able to utilize and further this broad acquaintance with the literature (and his growing belief in the need for a more island-oriented historiography) with a program to locate and microfilm manuscripts, and to publicise these in the Commissions’s Quarterly Bulletin.
		While at the South Pacific Commission Maude was approached by Professor Jim Davidson to join the recently created Research School of Pacific Studies at the Australian National University.
		He was also responsible for the foundation of the Pacific Microfilm Bureau, devoted to the location and filming of unique manuscripts on the islands, and for the ANU Press Pacific Monographs series of bibliographies of sources relevant to the study of Pacific history.
	www.library.adelaide.edu.au /ual/special/maude.html (2123 words)

	SPC - The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		SPC's involvement with this long awaited conference includes delivering key presentations as well as chairing particular sessions.
		Lindsay, an Australian national, who was previously in charge of SPC’s Fisheries Development Section, brings extensive practical experience to this newly created position.
		The summit will review approaches to extension in the Pacific Island countries, highlight the successes of participatory approaches in the region and expose participants to the innovative approaches of farmer field schools, participatory technology development and participatory plant breeding.
	www.spc.org.nc (228 words)

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