Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2009
The twentieth session of the South Pacific Commission was held at Commission headquarters in Nouméa, New Caledonia, from October 13 to 23, 1959. It was attended by representatives of the six member nations, Australia, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States; the Chairman was Dean Knowles A. Ryerson, Senior Commissioner for the United States. The meeting studied progress made during the past year by the Commission in its three main fields of work —economic development, health, and social development—and reviewed its work program for 1960.
1 South Pacific Bulletin, 01 1960 (Vol. 10, No. 1), p. 25–26, 36Google Scholar. The 19th session was held in May 1959 immediately after the close of the fourth South Pacific Conference in order to receive, consider, and act upon the resolutions passed by the Conference; for a summary of the preceding 18th session, see International Organization, Spring 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 2), p. 348–349CrossRefGoogle Scholar.
2 South Pacific Bulletin, 01 1960 (Vol. 10, No. 1), p. 31–33Google Scholar.
3 Ibid., p. 51–52.