(Canberra , 06 February 1947) ENTRY INTO FORCE : 29 JULY 1948 Depository : Australian Government

THE GOVERNMENT’S 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 , ( hereinafter referred to as “the participating Governments”), DESIRING to encourage and strengthen international cooperation in promoting the economic and social welfare and advancement of the peoples of the non-self-governing territories in the South Pacific region administered by them,
HAVE , through their duly authorized representative met together in Canberra ,made an Agreement in the following terms :

Article I.
Establishment of the Commission.
1. There is hereby established the South Pacific Commission (hereinafter referred to as “the Commission”)

Article II
Territorial Scope
2. The territorial scope of the Commission shall comprise all those non-self-governing territories in the Pacific Ocean which are administered by the participating Governments and which lie wholly or in part south of the Equator and east from and including Netherlands New Guinea. (West Papua)

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