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Catalogue description Colonial Office: Fiji: South Pacific Office: Original Correspondence
| Reference: | CO 1009 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Colonial Office: Fiji: South Pacific Office: Original Correspondence |
| Description: |
This series contains files of the British Commissioners on the South Pacific Commission. As well as papers, agendas, reports, etc., of the Commission, the series includes records of the South Pacific Commission Research Council, and of the British Fiji Office. |
| Date: | 1940-1970 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
South Pacific Commission, 1947-1998 |
| Physical description: | 817 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
A South Pacific Regional Commission was established in 1947 by agreement between the governments of Australia, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, to act as a consultative and advisory body to the participating governments in matters affecting the economic and social development of non-self governing territories in the South Pacific. Annual sessions of the Commission were held at its headquarters in Noumea, New Caledonia; in framing its working programmes, it was assisted by annual meetings of a Research Council, and triennial meetings of a Conference of territorial delegates. The Governor of Fiji acted as first UK Commissioner, a full time official as second Commissioner, with an office in Fiji. |
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