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EXECUTIVE BOARD EB15/NG0/1 Z 14 September 1954 Fifteenth Session ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

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INFORMATIOW OH TiON-GQVERN. ^ENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

1. Mame of organization

Pacific Science Association

2. Address of Headquarters

Headquarters for the Pacific Science Council, (executive body of the Association)-

Pacific Science Council Secretariat Bishop Museum Honolulu 17, Hawaii, USA

Headquarters for arrangements in connexion with a forthcoming Congress - the organization sponsoring that Congress. At the present time this is the Science Society of Thailand, Physics Building, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

3. Addresses of all Branch or Regional Headquarters

None.

4. Membership

(a) Total number of persons

Membership is open to those countries, dominions, colonies, territories, or dependencies lying within or bordering the Pacific Ocean, and those countries having dominions etc. in the Pacific region. Present membership is 39. The Association is non-governmental, participation being through a scientific institution of recognized standing in each côuntry.

(b) Do these persons pay directly or are the subscriptions paid by affiliated organizations? —一 一“‘“

The following countries contribute to the support of the Honolulu head- quarters :Australia, Canada, China, France, Indonesia, Japan, Netherlands,

9 '7 ^ ^ t' o é New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America, Viet-Nam.

Other member countries do not coatribute funds. The costs.of Pacific Science Cc^gresses ar« borne entirely by the host country.

(c) List affiliated organizations, giving their countyy, and the total number of persons belonging to each

Countries eligible for menibership in the Pacific Science Association are those which have participated in Congresses, through their Representative Institutions. (Note: The nun4>er of persons belonging to a Representative Institution is not known to the Association.)

American Samoa Governor of American Samoa Argentina Sociedad Científica Argentina Australia Australian National Research Council Cambodia (R.I, not yet appointed) Canada National Research Council Chile Academia Chilena China (Taiwan) Columbia Academia СоЗ-ombiana de Ciencias Ecuador Escuela Politécnica Nacional El Salvador Academia Salvadoreña Fiji Governor of Fiji France Académie des Sciences, Institut de France French Establishments Le Gouverneur, Etablissements français Oceania de l'Océanie

Quam Governor of üiam . J Guatemala Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Hawaii Bernice P. Bishop Museum Hong Kong University of Hong Kong Indonesia Organization for Scientific Research- Japan Science Council of Japan Laos (R.I. not yet appointed) Macao Governor of Macao Malaya Malayan Branch, Royal Asiatic Society Mexico Academia Nacional de Ciencias "Antonio Alzate"

Netherlands Koninklijke Nederlancsche Akademie van Wetenschappen New Caledonia and Le Gouverneur de Nouvelle Calédonie Dependencies et Dependences New Zealand The Royal Society of New Zealand Peru Academia Peruana National Research Council of the Philippines Philippines Academy of Sciences of Lisbon Portugal (R.I. not yet appointed) Portuguese Timor Malayan Branch, Royal Asiatic Singapore Society Thailand Science Society of Thailand Trust Territory of the High Commissioner, Trust Territory Pacific Islands (US) of the Pacific Islands Union of Soviet Academy of Sciences of the USSR Socialist Republics

United Kingdom of Great The Royal Society- Britain and Northern Ireland

United States of National Research Council America

Western Pacific Hi块 High Commissioner, Western Pacific Commission Territories High Commission Territories High Commissioner for Western Western Samoa Samoa

Viet-Nam (R.I. not yet appointed) Note various types of membership, such as associate members, with numbers and pertinent facts

One only. 5• General purposes of the organization

The main objects of the Association are; (a) to initiate and promote co-operation .in the stucb/- of scientific problems relating to the Pacific region, more particularly those affecting the prosperity aqci well-being of Pacific peoples ； (b) to strengthen the bonds of peace among Pacific peoples by prcmoting a feeling of brotherhood among the scientists of all the Pacific countries.

6. (a) What is the primary function of the organization?

The primary funetioa is ths holding of periodic Pacifie Science Congresses and the action by Standing Committees which are appointed to stucjy the more important problems of common interest in the Pacific.

(b) Secondary functions ......

As a secondary .function' tb.e Pacific Science Council Secretariat in Honolulu serves as an information centre for Pacific science matters.

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8, Does the organization avocate any special health measures or procedures?

No.

Has the organization any special reservations as to treatment of health •L I I , .• I • - • • •-一^»；— • “ ““ —— •"*"**'**' ‘ '• м—^――—

procedures?

No.

9. Can officially designated representatives speak authoritatively for the membership on 'matters~coñcerñed"with the gjg£ej_p—eposes of the organization? If so, on what subjects?

Officially designated representatives speak on matters covered by the resolutions, of the Pacific Sci.encse Congresses. and such other matters as approved by the Pacific Science Council. :...'

10. Specific interest with reference to the work of the World Health Organization

The work of the World Health Organization is relevant to the aims of the Pacific Science Association. The Association desires its Standing Committee on Medical Sciences and Public Health in the Pacific Area to work in co-operation with WHO. The Association has consultative relations with UNESCO. 11. Officers> (Names and positions held9 including the Chief Executive Officer or Secretary and other principal administrative officials> What is the total пшпЪег of paid officer personnel? Please distinguish between those with the international organization and those with the一national or local groups attached thereto)

President: Dr. Vidal A. Tan

Secretary of the Pacific Miss Brenda Bishop Science Council Secretariat

One paid officer, the secretary of the Pacific Science Council Secretariat.

12• Structure, (a) Policy-making bodies such as Conference5 Governing Body,

Executive Committee ； (b) frequency of meetingsa with date of the last meeting

of each； (c) voting procedures； (d) affiliation with other organizations9 including international organizations

(a) The policy-making body is the Pacific Science Council which passes on resolutions submitted to it by the Pacific Science Congresses.

(b) Congresses are held every three to five years. The Pacific Science Council meets during a Congress and otherwise carries on its business by correspondence. The last Congress was held in November 1953 in the Philippines•

(c) Decisions of the Council are made by a majority of the votes of those present. Voting by proxy is not allowedо

13. Finances> (Annual budget and sources of income3 noting portion received from membership dues)

Budget of the Pacific Science Council Secretariat for the period 1 April 1954 to 31 March 1955 and thereafter annually until .31 March 1953:

Salary (full-time Secretary) $4,000 Supplies and services 1,000 Publications 1,000 Transportation 1,000 Contingencies 500 $7,500 Budgets, 1951-1954 (20 March through to 19 March of next year):

1951-1952 1952-1953 1953-1954 Salaries $ 9,000 $ 9,000 $ 9,000 Supplies and services 1,000 1,500 1,500 Trans portâtion 1,500 800 800 Publication 800 700 2.700

$ 12,300 $ 12,000 $ 14,000

14. History

Founded 1920 by First Pan-Pacific Scientific Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii,

Constitution adopted and name Pacific Science Association established at Third Pan-Pacific Science Congress, Japan, 1926.

Pacific Science Congresses: First Pan-Pacific Scientific Conference, Hawaii, 1920 Second Pan-Pacific Science Congress, Australia, 1923 Third Pan-Pacific Science Congress, Japan, 1926 Fourth Pacific Science Congress, Netherlands East Indies, 1929 .Fifth' Pacific Science Congress, Canada, 1933 .Sixth Pacific Science Congress, California, USA, 1939 Seventh Pacific Science Congress, New Zealand, 1949 Eighth Pacific Science Congress, Philippines, 1953

The Ninth Pacific Science Congress is scheduled for Thailand in 1958.

The Pacific Science Council Secretariat was established by the Seventh Pacific Science Congress, New Zealand, 1949. It was supported ty Foundations, by the Government of France, and by UNESCO. At the Eighth Congress, Philippines, 1953, the Secretariat was reorganized its support now coming from member countries.

15. Activities V " rr 1 •

» . (a) Standing Committees

A history of the Standing Conroittees is given on pp« 45*63 of the. ^Report on the Pacific Science Association".

One of the most important functions of the Standing Committee is to provide a background of information for the Congress discussions of particular problems. When a Committee functions effectively in this way their work is reflected in precise resolutions adequate to the field• The Eighth Congress provided some notable examples of this, e.g. in Meteorology, Conservation, and Forestry•

(b) Pacific Science Congresses

A history- of the Congresses is given on ppv 8-20 of the "R印ort pn the Pacific Science Association^、 . ‘ .

Prior to the Eighth Congress the Pacific、Science Council requested the views of Representative Institutions on the value of the Congresses. Material in this section and section (c) is quoted from their replies.

The attention directed by the Congresses toward resolving particular problems and toward making available the results of scientific investigatioab, in a form which can readily be applied to practical difficulties as they afè encountered in the field, has more than justified the work of the congresses.

Pacific Science Congresses serve аз an effective instrument in bringing about international co-operation in science and in maintaining and improving relations with scientists of different countries. In many of the biological problems in the Pacific region botany, zoology, geology, metea聰logy，oceanograpl^y, etc. are involved, and opportunities are offered by these congresses for representatives of the various branches of science to meet and maintain personal contacts•

(c) Resolutions of Congresses

The resolutions of the Congresses are given on pp^ 64-109 of the "Report of the Pacific Science Association" añd in "Information Bulletin” PS/53/8. •

The follotóig specific examples from two countries of the domiciles activities indicate the general value of resolutions.

The Second Pacific Science Congress held in Australia- in 1923 recommended that a Department of Anthropology be established in Australia and that research be carried out among the Aborigines and neighbouring primitive peoples. The recom- mendation was entrusted to the Australian National Research Council. It "won the co-operation both of the Australian Government and of the Rockefeller Fomidation and the Carnegie Corporation. As a result the Department was founded in Sydney and systematic research was organized in Australia and certain parts of the South- west Pacific.

In the Philippines the establishment of a Bureau of Soil Conservation was the outcome of Congresses concerned with soil survey and classification, while the Committee on Volcanology grew into the present Commission on Volcanology# The Bureau of Fisheries was formed in the same way. Among other implementations of the recommendations of Pacific Science Congresses was the enactment of the laws and regulations governing the importation of domestic animals, into the Philippines to prevent the introduction of communicable animal diseases and the issuance of health certificates for animals exported to other countries•

Of the resolutions pertaining to the wholesale and indiscriminate use of insecticides, rodenticides, herbicides, fish poisons and other chemical controls of organisms, the Bureau of Health has already taken measures towards their implementation. Laws and regulations were also promulgated to protect plants from possible introduction of destructive diseases and pests from other countries.

16. Publications

Information Bulletin, issued by the Pacific Science Council Secretariat. Issued six times a year, mimeographed. Contains information on Association activities and news of scientific developments in the Pacific within the field of the Pacific Science Association.

Proceedings, of Congresses. These are issued by the host organization for the particular Congress.

Occasional special publications by the Pacific Science Council Secretariat.

17. Documentation

Constitution and Byelaws. (In English only. Held by the WHO Secretariat.)