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[CITE: 22USC280]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
 
                SUBCHAPTER VII--SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION
 
Sec. 280. Representation in South Pacific Commission; 
        appointment of commissioners and alternates
        
    The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the 
United States in the South Pacific Commission, created by the Agreement 
Establishing the South Pacific Commission, signed on February 6, 1947, 
at Canberra, Australia, by delegates representing the Governments of 
Australia, the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New 
Zealand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and 
the United States of America, and to appoint the United States 
Commissioners, and their alternates, thereto.

(Jan. 28, 1948, ch. 38, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 15.)


                          Purpose of Commission

    In defining the purposes of act Jan. 28, 1948, Congress stated that:
    ``Whereas delegates representing the Governments of Australia, the 
French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of 
America attended the South Seas Conference held at Canberra, Australia, 
and signed an `Agreement Establishing the South Pacific Commission' on 
February 6, 1947; and
    ``Whereas the purpose of the South Pacific Commission is to 
encourage and strengthen international cooperation in promoting the 
economic and social welfare and advancement of the non-self-governing 
territories in the South Pacific in accordance with the principles set 
forth in Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations, thereby 
contributing to the maintenance of international peace and security: 
Therefore be it''.
