Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1996Vol. 66 No. 5

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COVER: The governments of France, the 6 United States and the United Kingdom signed the protocols to the Rarotonga Treaty in Suva in March. But what does this mean for the Pacific? And is the region on its way to becoming nuclear free at last?

4: Letters 12: Creative giant 14: Pacific off the map at Bangkok forum 16: Cease-fire broken 29: Beti’s trail of uncertainty 32: Carlot’s comeback 34: Skin deep 37: May day for the Cooks money crisis 39; Nandan does Fiji proud 46: The ups and downs of the cruise business 49: Book review 50: All Black magic 52: Fiji notches narrow victory 54: Tuinei bowls them over 57: Spirits of the ancestors

Special Report

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silence

The United Nations reveals startling facts on the spread of HIV and AIDS in the region

Views

10: Jemima Garrett: France and the future of testing 28: Alfred Sasako: Majuro prepares for the region’s top guns 41: David Barber: Wake up, Cook Islands

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