§ 280. — Representation in South Pacific Commission; appointment of commissioners and alternates.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC280]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER VII--SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION
Sec. 280. Representation in South Pacific Commission;
appointment of commissioners and alternates
The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the
United States in the South Pacific Commission, created by the Agreement
Establishing the South Pacific Commission, signed on February 6, 1947,
at Canberra, Australia, by delegates representing the Governments of
Australia, the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New
Zealand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and
the United States of America, and to appoint the United States
Commissioners, and their alternates, thereto.
(Jan. 28, 1948, ch. 38, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 15.)
Purpose of Commission
In defining the purposes of act Jan. 28, 1948, Congress stated that:
``Whereas delegates representing the Governments of Australia, the
French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of
America attended the South Seas Conference held at Canberra, Australia,
and signed an `Agreement Establishing the South Pacific Commission' on
February 6, 1947; and
``Whereas the purpose of the South Pacific Commission is to
encourage and strengthen international cooperation in promoting the
economic and social welfare and advancement of the non-self-governing
territories in the South Pacific in accordance with the principles set
forth in Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations, thereby
contributing to the maintenance of international peace and security:
Therefore be it''.
