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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2009
Organizational and procedural problems occupied the greater part of the business of the first session of the South Pacific Commission which was held in Sydney, Australia, from May 11 to May 21, 1948. Although formal ratification of the agreement creating the commission had not been received from France and the Netherlands, both countries had stated that ratification was to be formalized as soon as possible, and their commissioners were empowered to act as though ratification had taken place.
1 Proceedings of the South Pacific Commission, First Session, Sydney, Australia, 11th May 21st May 1948.
2 For summary of the South Seas Conference, see International Organization, I, p. 368–70. For text of the agreement establishing the Commission, see ibid., I, p. 419–28.
