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Nference In April

ITER 70 delegates, from 18 Pacific Islands territories, will assemble at Noumea in April to attend second South Pacific Confer e It will be held at the head rters of the South Pacific Com sion, of which the Conference is auxiliary body, set up to provide iirect link between the Com sion and the Islands peoples it res. he delegates, who will mostly be nbers of the indigenous races, come from as far afield as the riana and Marshall groups to north, from Netherlands New inea to the west, from as far t as Tahiti, and from the- in lendent Kingdom of Tonga, in south. telegates will consider problems tting to the welfare and progress their own peoples. Topics they I discuss include the role of nen and women’s organisations the community, the conservation 1 improvement of land and sea ources, the relation of popula te to resources, marketing pro ms, and the health education of mds peoples.

The First South Pacific Confer :e was held at Suva, Fiji, in ril, 1950, and was an event of jor importance to Islands peoples, en, for the first time in their tory, representatives of the three at Pacific races, Polynesian, Mel isian, and Micronesian, were »ught together to discuss pro ms of common interest. These ated to such matters as village jiene, mosquito control, vocational ining of Islands peoples, the age school, co-operatives, and the relopment of fisheries and food »ps.

Che findings of that Conference, tbodied in 42 resolutions, went to member Governments and jir Islands’ administrations.