AGREEMENT EXTENDING THE TERRITORIAL SCOPE OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION

(Noumea, 7 November 1951)

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 07 NOVEMBER 1951 

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, 
DESIRING to extend the territorial scope of the South Pacific Commission, and 
CONSIDERING that Article II of the Agreement establishing the South Pacific Commission opened for signature at Canberra on 6 February 1947,[1] provides that the territorial scope of the Commission may be altered by agreement of all the participating Governments, 
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article I
The territorial scope of the South Pacific Commission shall be extended to comprise, in addition to the territories described in Article II of the Agreement establishing the South Pacific Commission of 6 February 1947, Guam and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, as defined by Article 1 of the Trusteeship Agreement approved by the Security Council of the United Nations on 2 April 1947. 
Article II
The present Agreement shall come into force upon the date of signature. [2] 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized by their respective Governments have signed the present Agreement. 
DONE at Noumea this seventh day of November, 1951, in the English, French, and Netherlands languages, each equally authentic, the original of which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of Australia. The Government of Australia shall transmit certified copies thereof to all the other signatory Governments.

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA:

[Signed:]
J R HALLIGAN	FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC:

[Signed:]
R J LASSALLE	
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS:

[Signed:]
J B D PENNINK	FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND:

[Signed:]
C G R MCKAY	
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND:

[Signed:]
A F R STODDART	FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

[Signed:]
F M KEESING	
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[1] ATS 1948 No. 15 UKTS 1952 No. 21 (Cmd. 8539); SP 148 p. 287; UNTS 97 p. 227; TIAS 2317; NZTS 1955 No. 4. 
[2] The Agreement entered into force 7 November 1951.