A Peregrinating
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Nuisance
Fen UNO Officials on Picnic Tour in South Pacific
HAVING spent a few days in Nauru (held jointly by Britain, Australia and New Zealand under Trusteeship), a “Visiting Mission” of the Trusteeship Coun -11 of the United Nations was due n Rabaul on March 13. It intends o spend four or five weeks visiting arious centres in New Guinea 'rust Territory. It proposes to de iart from Port Moresby on April 6, and to visit Australia and New lealand before going on to Western iamoa, another Trusteeship Ter itory. The members of the Mission re: Mr. Enrique de Marchena (Domini an Republic) ( Chairman ).
Mr. Leon Piqnon {France).
Mr. Najmuddin Rifai (Syria).
Mr. N. A. C. Mathieson (United kingdom).
They are accompanied by the Dllowing members of the United rations Secretariat: H. Wieschaff (USA) (Principal ecretary).
J. Lewis (USA).
L. Haug (Norway).
A. Allanui (Syria).
M. Milchin (UK).
Miss M. L. Winnette.
The P-NG Administrator (Mr. leland) met the Mission in Rabaul, nd then left the Acting Director I District Services (Mr. A. A. oberts) to accompany the party a its tour of the Territory.
EDITORIAL NOTE—This is the ;cond visitation of the kind which le South Pacific Trust Territiories ave suffered in recent years. Such sits have no practical value what rer; but the cost of transporting iut Mission members and six jcretaries on what is merely a >rgeous official picnic is very savy. The P-NG Administration iars part of the cost, and the whole the inconvenience and disorgan ation involved in showing these ;eless people around. Judging by ieir past utterances and their re >rd. at least two members of the irty (representing Dominica and rria) probably will seek assidu isly for conditions and incidents i which they can base a howl at e next Trusteeship Council; and, i past experience, none of the >uth Pacific Trusteeship countries Jnited States, Britain, Australia id New Zealand) will get any al help from this peregrinating usance. The United Nations rganisation appears to be follow g the pattern and the course of e ill-starred League of Nations; id the proceedings at the Trustee dp Council in the last two or ree years certainly heighten that ipression.