Islands

Pacific

Monthly

Vol. 61 No. 10

October 1991

Cover Stories;

Glory of the Games; on the track, in the ring, on the greens Starts on 24 Big colour coverage of the South Pacific Games

United Nations:

Defeated: Saudi Arabia squashes Pacific hopes for Somare to be UN president 6 Full membership: for the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands 7 France praised over New Caledonia efforts, but still on the decolonisation watch list 7 Portuguese parliamentary delegation for East Timor 7

The Region:

Who’s holding who over the oil barrel? What the Fiji Government says, what the oil companies say, and what it all means for the other Pacific nations 11 TONGA: No gold stars: a US report criticises the government and despairs for Tonga’s future 13 Prince Tu’ipelehake steps down as PM 14

TUVALU: To be or not to be a Republic 16 The PM ... on Fiji’s fish, sheep and taxes 17 TAHITI: Flosse forms a new coalition 20 PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Despite recent unrest, it’s top of a human freedom scale 21 ART; Maori art takes part in an exhibition which could help mend the Irish rift 45

Business:

Troubled waters: Pacific Forum Line makes its first loss in six years, but it’s all part of the plan 47

Travel;

One man and his island; David Gilmour and the expensive, exclusive Wakaya Club 50 Resort fit for a PM: Ratu Mara’s own creation 51 FOCUS: The US army removes mustard gas shells, the remnants of chemical warfare, from the Solomons 40

Agriculture: Tack

ling plant diseases 57 Bleak banana future 58

Environment: South

Pacific Environments conference 15 Futa Helu 39 Margot O’Neill 10 David Barber 19 Jemima Garrett 8 Letters 4 Shipping 53

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Somare: defeated in UN

Lini: ousted at home

Paeniu: survived a challenge