SOUTH PACIFIC COHHISSION REPORT OF THE FIFTEENTH SOUTH PACIFIC CONFERENCE NAURU, 29 SEPTEMBER - 8 OCTOBER, 1975 Chairman. Bie Honourable Kenas Aroi, Speaker of the Nauru Parliament Vice-Chairman The Honourable Dwight Heine, Representative of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands NAURU 1975 (467/75) ATT&HUAHCB AH HEB fOOBTEmiH SOUTH PACIFIC COHFEHEHCE CHAUMAH : 15ie Honourable Kenas Aroi, Speaker of the Hauru Parliament VICE-CHAIRMAN : The Honourable Dwight Heine, Representative of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands DELEGATIONS American Samoa Mr Palauni M. Tuiasosopo Representative Australia Senator the Honourable Douglas McClelland Leader Mr K.R. Douglas-Scott Representative Mr M.H; Casson Alternate Mr R.E. Vizard Alternate Mr A.L. Fogg Adviser Mr R.J. Muller Adviser Mr K.L. Fry Observer Mr D.M. Connolly Observer Cook Islands The Honourable Dr Joseph Williams Representative Mr Howard Henry Alternate Fi.ii The Right Honourable Ratu Sir Kanisese Mara Leader The Honourable Peniame D. Naqasima Representative Dr E.M. Salato Alternate Mr W. Thompson Adviser Mr J. Kotobalavu Adviser Mr L. Buinimasi Adviser France Mr Henry Nettre Representative Mr Jacques Pellerin Alternate French Polynesia '-. Mr Enile Vanfasee Representative Mr Jacques Teheiura Alternate Gilbert Islands The Honourable Naboua T. Ratieta Leader The Honourable Bwebvetake Areieta Representative The Honourable Teweia Uaruta Alternate Mr Babera Kirata Adviser Miss Katokarara Koboboua Adviser 2 Guam The Honourable Bicardo J. Bordallo Leader Senator Paul 0..Bordallo Representative The Honourable T.V.C. Tanaka Alternate The Honourable D. Flores Alternate Mr T.Q. Certeza ' Adviser Mr M. Pray Adviser Nauru His Excellency President Hammer DeRoburt Leader The Honourable Buraro Detudamo Eepresentative Mrs Sunshine Stephen Alternate Mrs Clarinda Daniel Alternate Miss Jeanette DeRoburt Alternate The Honourable Kinza Clodumar Alternate Mr Gideon Degidoa Alternate Mr Bene R. Harris Alternate The Honourable Austin Bernicke Adviser The Honourable Joseph D. Audoa Adviser The Honourable James A. Bop Adviser New Caledonia Mr Guy Champmoreau Representative New Hebrides (Condominium) Mr Robert Halo Representative Mr A. George Kalkoa Representative Mr I.A. Howard Adviser New Zealand Mr Graham K. Ansell Representative Mr John R. Springford Alternate Mr Peter W.T. Adams Adviser Mr J.G. O'Brien Observer Mr J.F. Luxton Observer Niue The Honourable M.Y. Viviani Representative Mrs M.M. Hekau Alternate Mr J.W. Roughan Alternate Papua New Guinea Sir Albert Maori Kiki Leader The Honourable John Poe Deputy Leader Mr Anthony M."Siaguru Representative Mr Frank Bakoles Alternate Mr G. Nippon Adviser Miss Vaitu Vari Adviser 3 Solomon Islands The Honourable David Kausimae Representative The Honourable Stephen Cheka Alternate Mr B.O. Kwanairara Adviser Tokelau Islands Mr Luciana Perez Representative Mr Amusia Patea Alternate Mr Falima Teao Alternate Tonga The Honourable Ma'afu Tupou Representative Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands The Honourable Edward E. Johnston Leader The Honourable Dwight Heine Representative The Honourable Sasauo Haruo Alternate The Honourable Mataro S. Danis Alternate The Honourable Wilfred Kendall Adviser Mr Brian Farley Adviser Mr Clarence Takeuchi Adviser Tuvalu The Honourable Toalipi Lauti Leader Mr Tito Isala Representative United Kingdom Mr Henry S.H. Stanley Leader Mr Edward A.W. Bullock Representative Mr Brian Miller Alternate tfnited States of America The Honourable D. Hebden Porteus Representative The Honourable Frederick V. Rohlfing Alternate Mr Peter D. Eicher Adviser Mr Harold T. Nelson Adviser Wallis and Futuna Mr Basile Tui Representative Mr A. Lafond Adviser Western Samoa The Honourable Va'ai Kolone Leader Mr M.L. Taulealo Representative Mrs Robin E.G. Mauala Alternate k PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION Secretary-General The Honourable G.F.D. Bethan Programme Director (Health) Dr Guy Loison Programme Director (Social) Dr Frank Mahony Programme Director (Economic) Dr Guy Hotha OBSERVERS Asian Development Bank Mr Mazhar A. Khan Australian Institute of International Affairs Mr Richard A. Herr Australian National University Dr Norma McArthur Center for Commonwealth Studies, Duke University Mr Richard A. Herr Center for South Pacific Studies, University of California (Santa Cruz) Dr J.W. Isbister Commonwealth Secretariat Mr John Kaboha East-West Center Dr Jerry C.L. Chang Dr Gregory Trifonovitch Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (CEPAC) Rtv. Father J.Y. Riocreux Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Mr G. Blumenfeld Foundation for the Peoples of the South Mr Willi an B. Hussey ' Pacific Inc. (FPSP) Miss Ruth E. Lechte International Labour Organization Mr A.E. Dowding International Planned Parenthood Mrs Doris T. Nicholson Federation (IPPF) Mrs E.V. Wilhelm Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer (ORSTOM) Mr J.C. Roux South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation (SPEC) The Honourable Mahe Tupouniua United Nations Development Advisory Team for the Pacific (UNDAT) Mr Johan S. Skutle United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Dr Hans M. Schmid United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Mr P.H. Siriwardene United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Mr C. Suriyakumaran University of Hawaii Dr Carl J. Dauefer University of Papua New Guinea Mr T. Deklin University of the South Pacific Dr John Chick 5 University of Tasmania Mr Richard A. Herr United States Peace Corps Mr James H. Scanlon Mies Sandra Wojahn World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr John H. Hirshraan World Young Women's Christian Association (W3WCA) Miss Ruth E. Lechte FIFTEEN IB SOUTH PACIFIC CGMFEREHCE AGENDA 1. Adoption of Agenda and Appointment of Committees 2. Heport of the Secretary-General on Action Taken on the Resolutions of the Fourteenth South Pacific Conference 3. General Review by the Secretary-General on the Work Programme and Budget, and on the Commission's Achievements and Prospects Statements by Delegations on Members' Contributions to the 1976 Regular and Special Budgets 5. Report of the 1975 Planning and Evaluation Committee 6. Statements by Observers 7. Work Programme and Budget for 1976 A: Administrative Budget B: Examination of the Regular Work Programme C: Guidelines for Special Projects and the Examination of Special Projects D: SPC Publications and Publicity E: Adoption of the Work Programme and Budget • Including the Administrative Budget 8. Themes - Training in Skills and Manpower Needs and the Problem of Brain Drain in the Region - Food for Self-Reliance 9- South Pacific Regional Development Bank 10. Proposal for a Pacific Law Centre 11. Suggested Conference to Reviow tho SPC Agreement, Canberra 1977 12. Proposed Change in Name of the South Pacific Commission 2 ... 13. Report by the Secretary-General on the Previous Year's Activities : 1 June 197^ - 31 Hay 1975 Annual Report of the South Pacific Commission7 14-. Rules of Procedure for the South Pacific Conference 15- Report of the Committee of Representatives of Participating Governments 16. Appointment of Secretary-General 17. Venue and Arrangements for Sixteenth South Pacific Conference 18. Other Business 19. Report of the Fifteenth South Pacific Conference 20. Closing of the Conference » RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE FIFTEENTH SOUTH PACIFIC CONFERENCE P R E F \ C E 1. Prior to the commencement of the plenary session of the Fifteenth South Pacific Conference the Chairman made the following announcement: "The Australian Government as depository power of the SPC Agreement has informed the Secretary- General that Papua New Guinea acceded to the Agreement, as amended, on 25 September, 1975* The expenses of the Commission and its related bodies will be apportioned among Participating Governments from 1 January 1976, as follows: ' Australia Fiji 1* France Nauru New Zealand l6£ Papua New Guinea United Kingdom 16% United States of America 20^ Western Samoa AGENDA ITEM 1 - ADOPTION OF AGENDA AND APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES 2. After deciding that its meetings would be open to both the press and public, the Conference adopted the Agenda as amended and appointed a Steering Committee consisting of representatives from Nauru, Niue, French Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Tokelau Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 3. In considering the provisional Agenda, the Conference decided that the item "Statement by Leaders of Delegations" was unnecessary and agreed that it should be deleted from future Conference agenda. AGEMDA ITEM 2 - REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON ACTION TAKEN ON THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE FOURTEENTH SOUTH PACIFIC CONFERENCE k. The Conference accepted the Report of the Secretary-General and noted the actions taken on the resolutions of the Fourteenth Conference. AGENDA ITEM 3 - GENERAL REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE WORK PROGRAMME AND BUDGET AND ON THE COMMISSION'S ACHIEVEMEIiTS AND PROSPECTS 5. The Conference received with appreciation the Secretary- General's review which is recorded in full as Annex A. 2 AGENDA ITEM 4 - STATEMENTS BY DELEGATIONS ON MEMBERS' CCKTRIBPTICHS TO THE 1976 REGULAR AND SPECIAL BUDGETS 6. The following financial contributions to the South Pacific Commission's Budget for 1976 were announced: (a) assessed contribution on the basis of an agreed increase of 20 per cent - «A Australia 30% 552.586 Fiji 1% 18,419 France 14% 257,874 Nauru 1% 18,419 New Zealand 16% 294,712 Papua New Guinea 1% 18,419 United Kingdom 1695 294,712 United States of America 20% 368,390 Western Samoa 1% 18,419 (b) voluntary contributions to be devoted to Special Projects - Australia 8A250.000 France #A 50,000 Nauru U 1,875 New Zealand 8NZ300.000 The United States announced that it was again offering three graduate student grants to be taken up by the students from the South Pacific - Commission's region in 1976. (c) voluntary contributions from countries/territories in the South Pacific Commission's region - U American Samoa (SUS2.500) 1,968 Cook Islands 2,875 15$ incroase French Polynesia (100,000 CFP) 1,000 Gilbert Islands 1,723 25% increase Guam (8US7.000) 5i512 New Caledonia (200,000 CFP) 2,000 New Hebrides 2,300 25% increase Niue . 1,25^ 25% increase Solomon Islands .