Commission

South Pacific

Research Council to Meet in Sydney in August

Headquarters: Anse Vata Noumea, New Caledonia

WHILE members of the staff of the South Pacific Commission and the Research Council have been busy with preparations for the South Pacific Conference, in Suva, late in April (see article elsewhere), the Commission and Council have carried on their normal ac tivities.

The Secretary-General (Mr. W. D.

Forsyth) announced that the Research Council will meet in Sydney in the second and third weeks of August, opening about August 7.

By courtesy of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney (Professor Stephen H. Roberts), the meetings will be held at the University, and adminis trative arrangements are being made be tween the Secretariat of the Commission and the Registrar of the University (Mr.

Maze).

The meeting will be attended by the four permanent Members of the Research Council, and fifteen associate Members.

Observers from some international bodies and scientific institutions will also attend.

The Council will consider, among other things, the further development of the Work Programme of the Commission, and possibly the question of technical assist ance in economic, health and social matters in the South Pacific Territories.

It is also probable that some recom mendations from the South Pacific Con ference (being held in Suva this month) will be referred for consideration by the Research Council.