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COMUNITÀEUROPEE RISERVATISSIMO
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PAPUASIA-NUOVAGUINEA
DOMANDA DIACCESSIONE ALLACONVENZIONE DILOME
(Comunicazione dellaCommissione alConsiglio )
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NOTA DELLA COMMISSIONE ALCONSIGLIO
PAFUASIA-NUOVA GUINEA :DOMANDA DIACCESSIONE ALLA CONVENZIONE DILOIE *
INTRODUZIONE
Neigiorni 1-3dicembre 1975 ?si®intrattenuto invisita aBruxelles
ilsig.Maori Kiki ,Vice-Primo Ministro della Papuasia-Nuova Guinea eMini­
stro della Difesa ,degli Affari Esteri edelCommercio ,perpresentare al­
laComunità Europea ladomanda delSuoGoverno diaccedere alla Convenzione
diLomé ,conformemente all'articolo 90didetta Convenzione .Ladomanda è
stata presentata alPresidente delConsiglio delle Comunità Europee edal
Presidente della Commissione .Un'iniziativa analoga èstata presa aBlantyre
inoccasione della riunione ministeriale degli Stati ACP ,tenuta inquesta
città il12-13 dicembre 1975 *Nell' Allegato Isipuòtrovare imacopia del­
ladomanda presentata alPresidente della Commissione .Finora néilConsiglio
nélaCommissione hanno dato unarisposta .
OSSERVAZIONI GENERALI
LaPapuasia-Nuova Guinea ,sino al15settembre 1975 amministrata dal­
l'Australia ,èdiventata unpaese indipendente ,membro delle Nazioni Unite ,
del Commonwealth edel Forum del Sud Pacifico .
Questo paese haunapopolazione di2,5milioni diabitanti ,composta
danumerosi gruppi etnici elinguistici .Illivello disviluppo èbasso ,ma
lerisorse sono abbondanti .Queste ultime comprendono tutta lagamma deipro­
dotti dell'agricoltura tropicale ,rame (aBougainville ),risorse idroelettri­
che e,forse ,importanti giacimenti sottomarini dipetrolio edigasnatu­
rale (l).
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(l)Siveda all'Allegato IIvaibreve quadro politico-economico .

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Unrappresentante della Commissione haassistito alle cerimonie
dell' indipendenza edhatrasmesso unmessaggio dicongratulazioni .Da
uncerto tempo ,ilGoverno della Papuas ia-Euova Guinea manifesta uncon­
siderevole interesse per l'adesione alla Convenzione diLomé .IlGoverno
australiano hasempre sostenuto questa iniziativa (ilsig.Whitlaia ha
rilevato laquestione nelcorso della suavisita aBruxelles neldicem­
bre1974 ).
Inunalettera indirizzata alsig .Cheysson nell' ottobre 1974 »
ilGoverno della Papuasia-Nuova Guinea haufficialmente manifestato
lapropria intenzione dichiedere dipartecipare alregime cheveniva
negoziato congliStati ACP .Ilsig .Cheysson haaccusato ricevuta di
questa iniziativa conunalettera formale ,ove sifaceva notare chequal­
siasi decisione relativa alla Papuas ia-Fuova Guinea doveva essere presa
dalConsiglio delle Comunità Europee ,inconsultazione congliStati ACP .
Inoccasione della riunione ministeriale diGeorgetown nelgiugno 1975 »
gliStati ACPhanno accordato illoro sostegno alla domanda diadesione
della Papuasia-ltfuova Guinea .Detta decisione èstata confermata edefini­
tanella riunione diBlantyre deldicembre 1975 »
SITUAZIONE GIURIDICA
Lerelazioni della Comunità conlaPapuas ia-Nuova Guinea sono di­
sciplinate dall' articolo 116dell' atto diadesione .Questo articolo ga­
rantisce ,sino alla fine del1977 »l'accesso almercato delRegno Unito
deiprodotti esportati dalla Papuas ia-Nuo vaGuinea ,secondo ilvecchio
regime preferenziale delCommonwealth .Sino alla data indicata ,queste
disposizioni possono essere rivedute inqualsiasi momento dalConsiglio
deiMinistri ,inparticolare nell' eventualità dell' indipendenza ditale
territorio .Questo artioolo nonfamenzione néadun'associazione néad
alcun altro accordo conlaPapuas ia-Huova Guinea .
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L'accessione delpaeseallaConvenzione diLomeequindidiscipli .
natadall'articolo SOdellaConvenzione ,cheriguardaledomandediade­
sionedei"paesiterzi"estabilisce quantosegue:
-ladomandadeveessereapprovata dalConsigliodeiMinistri ACP/CEE;
-dovrebbe essereconcluso eratificato unaccordodiadesione trala
Papuasia-lTuovaGuineaelaComunità ;
edimplicainoltre :
-lanecessità diaccordarsi traStatimembriperaumentare lerisorse
dslFES,mediantelarevisione dell'accordointernorelativoalfinan­
ziamento edallagestionedegliaiuticomunitari .
Tenutocontodiquesteesigenze acarattere giuridico ,neldocu­
mentoCOM(75)508 def.,laCommissione haformulato alcuneraccomandazio­
nialConsiglio inmeritoalseguitodadarealledomandedeipaesiin
cuisiapplical'articolo 90dellaConvenzione ,domandechepotrebbero
esserepresentate primadellaratificadellaConvenzione ste.--.sa,cioè
quandononpuòancoraessereapplicata laprocedura daessastabilita .
LaPapuasia-lTuova Guinearientranellacategoria deipaesidicuial
paragrafo 2.2diquestanota.Inconformità dellaprimaraocomanclazione ,
leparticontraenti esprimeranno unparereadhocsuoiascuna domanda,
senzaattenderel'entratainvigoredellaConvenzione .Inquestomodo,
seiparerisarannofavorevoli ,potrannoessereavviatinegoziati tra
laComunità edilpaeseinteressato .
Perquantoriguardaleconseguenze finanziarie ,gliStatimem­
bridovrebbero deliberare inmeritoseparatamente econtemporaneamente
aisucoitatinegoziati.

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ANALISI DELIADOMANDA
QuestadomandadellaPapuasia-Uuova Guinea,elarelativarispostadella
Comunità ,comportano uncertonumerodiimplicazioni dinaturasiaeconomica ,sia
politica.
Dalpuntodivistaeconomico ,l'accessione dellaPapuasia-Nuova Guineaalla
Convenzione diLoméaggiunge unanuovadimensione allespecialirelazioni esisten­
titralaComunità eipaesidelPacifico »Interminidipopolazione ,laPapuasia-
UuovaGuineaèunpaesemoltopiùimportante diciascuno deglialtritrefirmatari
diLomé,lacuipopolazione totaleèinferiore ad1milione.GliStatimembridel­
laComunitàdovrebberostabilirel'importodellerisorsefinanziarie dadestinajj^
allacooperazione finanziaria etecnicacontemplata dallaConvenzione .IlConsiglio
ACP/CEEdovrebberisolvere problemiqualilostatutodellaPapuasia-Nuova Guinea
rispettoalsistemadistabilizzazione deiproventidelleesportazioni (livellodi
soglia,eoe.)erispettoall'articolo 48dellaConvenzione .Apriori,sembreche
laPapuasia-Hùova Guineadovrebbepoterbeneficiare ,inciascunodeiduecasisud­
detti,deltrattamento piùfavorevole .Essadovrebbeinoltrebeneficiare delsiste­
madistabilizzazione periseguentiprodotti :copra,cacao,cafféelegname.Quan­
toalregimecommerciale ,sarebbenecessario primachiarireirapporti conl'Au­
stralia.Rimaneintesocheunaccordocommerciale tralaPapuasia-Nuova Guineae
l'Australia comporterebbe forsesoltantolaclausoladellanazionepiùfavorita
perleesportazioni australiane inPapuasia-Eùova Guinea.Ciòsarebbecompatibile
conledisposizioni dellaConvenzione diLomé.
S'impongono inoltrenumerose considerazioni politiche .E'evidente chel'ar­
ticolo116dell'attodiadesione nonforniscealcunabasegiuridica chepermetta
allaPapuasia-Nùova Guineadiessereconsiderata uncasospecialeperl'accessione
allaConvenzione diLomé.Questoarticolo,nondimeno ,ponelaPapuasia-Nuova Guinea
inunaposizione unioaneiconfronti dellaComunità.Essocomportainfatticonces­
sionidicuinessunaltropaeseterzopuòbeneficiare ,edèunaprovadellavolontà
dellaComunitàdiriservare untrattamento favorevole allaPapuasia-Nùova Guinea
ediprendereprovvedimenti insolitineisuoiconfronti ,datalasuainsolita
posizióne commerciale ecostituzionale .Questedisposizioni speciali andavanopiù
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lontanodiquantostabilito peripaesiasiaticidelCommonwealth .Erainol­
tresottinteso chel'accessoall'indipendenza avrebbecreatouninsiemedi
nuovecircostanze ,nellaqualilaComunità avrebbepotutoprenderealtredi­
sposizioni »
Laquestione delprecedente èimportante .Ladichiarazione diinten­
zionidell'Ie2aprile1963(sivedalacopiaall'AllegatoIII)esprimelavo­
lontàdellaComunità diconsiderare favorevolmente ledomandediassociazione
provenienti dapaesiterzi,lecuistrutture economiche elacuiproduzione
sianoparagonabili aquelledegliStatiassociati .Nelladichiarazione inter­
pretativafattanellastessaoccasione (sivedapurelacopiaall'Allegato IV)
siaffermachesitratta,inparticolare ,dipaesidelCommonwealth .Piùspe­
cificamente ,gliStatimembrisisonoimpegnati adopporsiall'accessione di
talipaesisoltanto qualoramancassero relazioni amichevoli trailpaesiin
questione elaComunità,enonfossepossibile risolvereiproblemirelativi
all'assistenza finanziaria .Questa 1interpretazione nonpermettediconsiderare
ipaesiinquestione comeesclusivamente quellidell'Africa.
Questiimpegnipolitici riguardano ilproblema dellacreazione diun
precedente .NelcasodellaConvenzione diLomé,devaessereconsiderato un
altropunto:anchegliStatiACPdevonoapprovarel'adesione diunnuovomem­
bro.Nelcasoattuale,questaapprovazione èstataooncessa.L'atteggiamento
degliStatiACPèinfattistatodefinitonelMalawineldicembre 1975(sive­
dailpassaggio inquestioneall'Allegato V).
LaPapuasiar-Nuova Guineaèl'unicopaeseinviadisviluppo,appartenen­
tealCommonwealth ,anonessereancoradisciplinato nédalprotocollo 22
dell'attodiadesione ,nédalladichiarazione comunediintenzioni concernente
lerelazioni commerciali conìpaesiasiaticidelCommonwealth ,nédalledispo­
sii'onistabilite nellaparteIVdelTrattato diRomarelativaaiterritori

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dipendenti »Inoltre,laPapuasia-Kuova Guineaemembrodipienodi­
rittodiun'organizzazione regionale cuiappartengono anchealtri
treStatiACP(ForumdelSudPacifico edOrganismo dicooperazione
economica delSudPacifico)»
C01TCHJSI0ÍTI
Benché,dalpuntodivistagiuridico ,laComunità nonsiate­
nutaadaccogliere ladomandadellaPapuasia-lTuovaGuinea,numerose
considerazioni induconolaCommissione araccomandare chesiaesaminata 4
favorevolmente larichiesta diadesionediquestopaeseallaConvenzione di
Loméediaccettare diesaminare dettagliatamente iproblemi derivanti
daquestadomanda,insiemearappresentanti dellaPacasia-HuovaGuinea»
Imotivisonoiseguenti :
-1a"Papuasia-NuovaGuineafapartedellacategoria deipaesicuiera
direttaladichiarazione diintenzioni del19o3eformainoltregià
oggettodidisposizioni speciali,inconformità dell'articolo 116
dell'attodiadesione »Aquestoriguardo dettopaeserappresenta un
casounico»Laquestione delprecedente creatoneiconfronti dialtri
paesinonhaquindiungrandesignificato reale;
-questadomandaèpienamente edufficialmente sostenutadagliStati g
ACPedall'Australia ;
-laPapuasiar-Muova Guineaèmembrodiun'organizzazione regionale con
altriStatiACP;
-nonsembranoesistereproblemispecifioi perquantoriguardainego­
ziatidiaccessione allaConvenzione diLomé»

Dear Présidents ,
Ihave the hono-ar topresent toyoumyGovernment 's
request to -accede totheConvention o;CLome .
Papua STow Guinea' srelations with Europe date oack tothe
second half ofthenineteenth century .European colonisation
had asignificant impact on .the development ofPapua Kew
Guinea .-Even after the colonial ties with Australia replaced
those with Europe 9close links were maintained .Nodoubt
thefact that Australia itself was only anewly independent
nation maintaining very close ties :.••'itaBritain ,contributed
toPapua NewGuinea 0scontinued inte ;.-3tinEurope andits
markets -This isnoless true no//that Papua New Guinea is
fully independent itself . '.
V/hea the Community wan enlarged in1972 special recognition
"was given toPapua New Guinea inArticle 116 .Itisthe
understanding ofmyGovernment that atthe time ofthe en­
largement ofthe Community j,considerable goodwill existed
within the Community end among theMember States ofthe '
European Economic Community towards Papua NewGuinea and that
this goodwill found ,expression inthewords ofArticle 116
ofthe Treaty ofAccession .
During theenlargement negotiations 9Papua New Guinea
indicated that itwould welcome the opportunity toenter into
anassociation agreement with theE.E.C. ,
lljGovernment hasmaintained acontinuing interest in
•establishing stronger ties with the3.3.C. arid hasnot
waivered from its stated desire toenter into anassociation
agreement with the E.E.C. In3-974 the then Chief Minister
wrote toLIr»Claude Cheysson andindicated myGovernment 's
continuing interest inassociation .Inreply ,Mr. Cheyseon
confirms dthat Article 116was enindication ofthegoodwill
felt bythe Jie;-.bor ^States oftheEuropean Economic Communitytowards Papua ITew^uinea .Hewent ontosaythat hebelieved
that this goodwill continued ,
Papua New Guinea took akeen interest inthenegotiations
between theEuropean Economic Community and the A.0P.states .
Inorder tobekept fully informed oftheprogress that was
being made itwas arranged foraPapua New Guinea official

tositinonthenegotiations a3partofthePacixic
delegation .Inallsuchmatters,myGovernment hasrelied -
heavily ontheadviceandguidance ofourPacificcolleaguesFiji5'Vsstem SamoaandTonga.
ItwasontheadviceofthePrimeMinister ofFiji,
RatuSirICamisese J.lara»thatmyPrimeMinister requested
curthenCommissioner toWashington *Mr.P.Mataneto
attendtneA.C.P.Council ofMinisters' meetingin,
Georgetown .AtthatmeetingtheA.C.P.CouncilofMinisters
publicly statedthatthey .wouldsupportPapuaNewGuinea's
acce^oion totheLomeConvention .
ThePrimeMinisters ofthePacificstatesoftheA.C.P.
grouphavepersonally assured myPrimeMinister oftheir
wholehearted supportforPapuaNewrI'inea'saccession to
theLomeConvention .PapuaNewGuineahasplayedanactive
partinthefjouthPacific PoruraandtheSouthPacific Bureau
ofEconomic Co-operation .Inamajorforeignpolicy
,statement delivered bymetothePapuaNewGuineaHouse
ofAssembly IstavedthatmyGovernment 'sfirstpriority
mustbetoclearlyidentify PapuaNewGuineawiththeother
islandnations ofthePacific region.
InHaythisyeartheCommonweal ".iiHeadsofGovernment issued
acommunique following theirmeetinginKingston inwhichtheystatedthattheywouldwelcome anindependent PapuaNew
Guinea'smembership oftheCommonwealth .
Immediately following independence ,PapuaNewGuineaformally
becameamemberoftheCommonwealth ,amovethatwasfully
supported byallmembers oftheCommonwealth .
Article 90oftheLomeConvention provides fortheaccession
o:memberstateswhoseeconomic structure andproduction
arecomparable withthoseoftheA.C.P.states.
PapuaNewGuineaconsidersitmeetsthiscriterion ;itisessentially asubsistence economywithabout80percent
ofitspeoplelivinginatraditional villagesociety .Papua
NewGuineahasaveryunderdeveloped industrial' structure
andisalmc-jtexclusively reliant onexportsofunprocessed
primaryproducts .
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arrangements went beyond those inrespect oftheAsian Copsionwealth .
Also ,there isanimplicit understanding that theeventuality
ofindependence would give rise toafresh setofcircumstances
inwhich theCommunity could make newprovisions .
Thequestion ofprecedent .i3important .TheStatement of
Intention ofl/2April 19^3 (copy atAnnex III)declares the
willingness oftheCommunity toconsider favourably requests for
association from third countries with aneconomic structure and
production comparable totheassociated states .These countries
aredefined inthe interpretative declaration made atthe same
time (copy also attached atAnnex IV)as "being notably the
countries oftheCommonwealth .More particularly ,theMember
States undertook tooppose theaccession ofsuch countries only
iffriendly relations between thecountry concerned andtheCommunity
didnotexist andwhere noseparate financial assistance arrangements
hadbeen made . (Fhera isnbinterpretation that thecountries concerned
areexclusively African .
These political undertakings affect thequestion ofthe
creation ofaprecedence .Inthecase oftheLom5 Convention ,
there isanadded considerations theACP countries must also
agree totheaccession ofanewmember .Inthepresent case ,this
support hasbeen made clear .TheACPview wasdefined atMalawi in
December 1975 "(relevant extract atAnnex V).
Inpractical terms P1TG istheonly existing developing
Commonwealth country notalready covered byProtocol 22totheAct of
Accession ,ortheJoint Declaration ofIntent ontrade relations with the

Commonwealth Asian countries ^or 'asdependencies falling -under
theprovisions ofPart TVoftheRome Treaty .Inaddition ,PUG
isafull member ofaregional organisation with three other ACP
countries (South Pacific Forum andSouth Pacific Bureau for
Economic Cooperation ).
Conclusions
Although there isnolegal obligations fortheCommunity
torespond favourably totherequest from PUGthere areanumber
ofconsiderations which indicate afavourable position ofprinciple
andthat itwould beappropriate torespond sympathetically and
,and _ _ _
\fithout prejudice ,/toexamine thequestion further with PITG
representatives .These reasons ares–
-PUGfalls into thecategory ofcountries covered bythe
1963 Statement ofIntention andisalready thesubject of
special arrangement under Article 116oftheAct ofAccession .
Inthis itisunique .Thequestion ofprecedence forother
countries isaccordingly ofnoreal consequence .
- Therequest hasthefull andofficial support oftheACP
countries (andAustralia ).
- PJTG isamember ofaregional grouping with other ACP countries .
-There areapparently nospecial problems attached tothe
negotiation ofaccession totheLom6 Convention .
Accordingly ,itisproposed that theCommission should exchrjige
information with thePNGauthorities ,soastobeinaposition assoon
aspossible tomake full recommendations totheCouncil inthelight of
those exchanges .

3.
Tosummarise ,myGovernment believesthatthereissympathy
withintheCommunity andamongthememberstatesforclosertiesbetweentheGonialunityandPapuaKewGuinea *Inaddition ,
theA.C.P#statesfullysupport PapuaNewC-uinea'saccession
totheLomeConvention *Iwould ,therefore liketoformallyregister withyoutheclesireofmyGovernment toaccedeto
theConvention ofLome. ^>
Assuring yourExcellency ofmyhighestconsideration ,"
Yourssincerely p
MAORIKIKI.
■g-x-j11aurah.miiMwtr-jmnn »
KisExcellency ,
President oftheCommission ,
ofthoEuropean Communities ,200ruedoiaLoi,,
BRUSSELS .

PAPUAUT-:.;CUlìJa.\(PNG)
*ralInformatren
:inr:.=ässnrr^tzz:ürrtrrr
ν
Georraphi cal
Arca:Papua 2341'jOOKift'
NewGuinea18'I,000 Kr/^
Theterritory comprises Papua,thesouthonctemquadrant of
the -inlandofHewGuinea,NorthofAustral !ia»andKowGuinea ,
thenortheasternrector ;theislandsofBif-naarck Archive ?!
the2islandsofBougainville andBulca,together withaIr.rv"
numberofr>mal3eris1ands.
Offragnj&ntodtopography ;thecentralliifhlando arceibrc -u.cl;-.
ruggedandreachamaximumheightof4-,(}&Asaoi-reo,Sc-vi-);of
thecentral'hi£hlands ,extensive swampylov.'lon^n and.'V:3taic
plainsrundowntothecoast.
Clim3te
Hot .andmoistalongth<scoasvt T"bocowin# coldorsir,5.t1r,vcc:>
hirrhoraltitudes.
Rainfall
lleavy.
Temperature .
Highaverageannualtomporaturc .
Camt .al
ì'ortìiorcaby (Papua)pop:66,?4<.
tëainTovnin:Lae(NewGuinea)andïlabrni)(NevBritain^,
(a)Porn]ation
Papua(1971ceiV:iun)671»3fi4ofwhomabout1?>,000no:i~ir .1
NewGuinea(1971census)1,795,60?ofwho:.-,about?.:>,C'J0
indi^enour -:.
(b)"Religion
Greatmajority ofindigenous population ~pantheistic .
Others ,including non-indigenous .population -mainly
Ghrictian .
(c)Officiai Lan/ruare
Jilnglish.
Widediversity ..oflocal.languager .(worethan600)toma«i,
thediversity ofphysicalfragmentation (over1,000trib

Cominur.'iCA\JCxonr»
Roaas »
(Dec.1970)-about12JT/5KmofreadsinPUGincluding 56OKm
.ofurbanroadsand1,610Kmofsecondary roeAu.
Numberofmotorvehicles (Deo.1970)17i514-
Inlandwatorwry ,
Principal River;SepikinliewGuinea,navigable forabout/Vfi
Shipping
Re/jularshipping :servicer ,betweenAustralia ,theFarEactr.nd
PKOports,-aswellasservicestoHewZealand ,Europe,Asia
i'■ . •
andKor;hAmerica .
Coinicrehensive inter-island sbippin.fr service.
Aviation
Regularpublictransport serviceswithinPUG,alsorcgulsv
airservices toandfromAustralia .
Linksestablished uithinternational airroutes,
Ag:ovoriynent-o*.*aed airlineisnowestatlinhedand'ispperut^cn.Hj
HansCommunications -
Comprcliencive téléphone -syctOiA(11,70?téléphoné aon30.Ju;ié'.1£7
Broadcasting :acentral \,Port -Moresby)aswellasregional
broadcastin /rservices ,with-profprfcatraes inEnglishendlocal
lanfraa/resoperated bytheAustralian Broadcast ir>(;C«wr.5.r*2 on.
Anational broadcast in*rsystemisplannedtostartoperating
bef'oretheendof1973.
TV-from1970:Television NowGuinea.
Press-DailyEnglishnewspaper inPortKorosby.
Numerous newssheetandmaraKincs variously inEnglish,
Pidginandothervernacular languages .
History,JÏJÏ-■
Papua: 1883-Government ofQueensland annexedPapua.
1884-BritishProtectorate proclaimed -named
v: British HewGuinea.-•■■
''1901-UndercontrolofAustralian Commonwealth .
NewGuinea:onceGerman HewGuinea.
1920-wasmandated bytheLeagueofNotionsto
Australia ,together withBismarck
Archipelago ,Bougainville -andBvka.

ThePapuaandHewGuineaActof1949passedbyAustralian
Parliament providedforcombination ofUNTrustterritory
ofNGinadministrative unionwithterritory ofPapua,under
titleofPapuaNew .Guinea.
1964–FirstHouseofAssembly inaugurated .
1968 Secondhouseelected.
"-Introduction ofanew!••ininternal system
andanAdministrator 'sIir.ecut.ivo Council..
.197'J?-Election ;;fornewHouseofAssembly .
Coalition government established .
II._Political
1.Government viaoadininistered "byanAdminiatrator,e.Cabinet an5
alegislative HouseofAssemblywith$6ofits'100wensbcrs
electedbypopularvote(March .1972)and4official incr.Vtorr.
•..National Coalition Government formed,w:ithnomination byHou::o
ofAssembly' of17member ?;tobeMinisters ,10ofv:Uomareunrjlerr.
oftheAdministrator 'r.Executive Council-responsible forpcOicy
•'ir.ak.ingandexecutive 'government .
PjIGachievedinternalselfgovernment on1December 1973«Kith
Australiastillexercising controloverdefenceandexternal
affairs . ..
2..Politisai Part:en
P&nguPati(1967)•-holds60outofthe100lfou.eeofAssembly "seate
LeadersKiohael'Somare(PrimeMinister).
People'sProgressParty(1970)-MemberpartyinHat,Coalition .
Chairman:Julius Cban.
HGnational'Party-MemberpartyinHat.Coalition .
Leaixerr ThomasKavali.
UnitedParty(19^9)-Mainopposition partyinHouseofAcserrAriy .
Leader :Matthias Tolitmn •
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JXÏ .^J-OOrtO !!^
1. CuCurro)icy : Australian .dollar pK
Banfci ntr 'faciD it.ies:ACentral Bank andaBevel opment Bunk ,,both
independent ofAustralia .
4trading banks with branches intheprincipal towns ;alr-o
'Savings Banks andInsurance Companies . .
2. Public Finance
Gror-B monetary sector product ,atmarket price .-:,increased by
approximately one-third in1969-70 to$A325million ,a«areriult
of "theconstruction oftheBougainville Copper project .Bud.f otar.v
.deficits ,larjre andgrowing ,almost entirely financed byincvu;-.i.:i :
\rgrants andeconomic aidfrom Gove-rrur.ont .ofAur.tra.lie ,amount irr;tc
about ^189million ayear ,
'Total local revenue foryear ending June 1972 was er»tir.i Jitcd ab
f,k84,871 »51' «andexpenditure at$A199,362,9?4 »About three­
,fourths oftotal revenue comer ,from income taxen and c;ie;{-c: r.
IIorestriction ontherepatriation byforeign investorr -ofcapital
or'profits .'Tax inc.Cn4.ivee offered asencouragement to 'invos-tr.crt
The Government has setupmachinery fortaking upequity :b)ra^ov
projects financed byoverseas capital .
■3.
Value ofoverseas trade for PNG inIvA'OOO
Imports I97O 1971
!t~ . ~ .–
Exports 1970 1971
Papua
New ,Guinea65,105
147 .94670,530
184,069Papua
New Guinea21,754
71,80615»1;Ί·
66,7 .·£·
Principal trading partners !arc :Australia ,Japan ,UKandUS/!.
Main exports :coconut products ,coffee ,cocoa ,timber andrubber .
Production ofcopper concentrates forexport expected to "be,Tinin
1972/73. ■'■/'. , •
Rubber i'awholly exported toAustralia ,which providers fruararcts-cd
preference ,including price sxipport .
Main import commodities :capital goods forindustrial dove ]opment ,
andconsumer goods .

'J'ariffs
The-territory hasasin&lecolumntariff,rangingupto3!>/j
'advalorem' fortheprotection oflocalnascentindustries .
(a)A,Triculture ?
Freehold alienation oflandprohibited ,mixleases
avs:i'Jablc.
Output'ofmaincommercial crops(in1011:1).
PAPUA I HE
IGUMI.TA
1Q69I
Copra ..10,389 'ι7,031!Copra,andall
iCoconut
IProducts ..119.646
Rubber f>18765»219jOacoabeans 23,968
C'.cor.'.beans 1,1.52 Γ·5.Γ·!OoffeebeansOOην?<.C.)yv:f
Coffeebeanπ,.2SB•45SÍTea V->?
Staplefoodincludes sweetpotatoes ,yams,taro,sa£0at:'d
bananas .
Greatpotential for"bothimportsubstitution aridexport
promotion ,ifproduction ofrice,peanutsandeu/;arcanecut
boincreased .
(b)IiivestocV -
iThereisextensive' grasslands andabeef-cattle industry
inbeingdeveloped .
Bon-indigenous holdings oflivestock numbersabout100,000
head.Considerable nurnberc .ofpigsandpoultry ovrnedby
theindigenes .
(0)Fisheries
Commercial fiohingit;expanding ,andexportsoffreshfish,
crayfishandprawnsfortheyear1970/71amountedto
2,292,000 .-AjointPHO-Japanese groupexported lj/\4,200.f
oftunain2\>monthsfromliareh1970.Furtherexpansion of
thisventureisbeingundertaken .

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(d)]L°ll£''r^r'V
* 4.•
Theterritory'sextensive timberresources ?couldoe
devc-;]opedtosupplyanannual ]egcutof500mill:or.
superfeetoftimber,inperpetuity .
Timberproduction isofgrowingimportance bothfor
localconsumption omlexports .
J.ogsharvested inPUGterritory :-
Hardvood
Softwood
(o)rining
Dénouâtgcor.tainxng(-;old,copier,nic'rcl ,iror.r-sin-r.,
3.e-:uJandzincarcbeinginvorl-igi-tiiu.
Sevoi'nl -velloofrr-vtu'v.l e,'1-b-'-vebcc-ndxs'-ovvre
TheBougainville Oopr-erpro.icot-ic03:pccL :i:'!.toor,.:-,cnr.e
production in1?7?/73*withn>ipvcrr.roarrsrr-v.l ]rc-.'.c
of150,000tonsofcopperinconcentrate ,rr.dV.,*72
ofgolf!.
Indigenous ma]l-:;ca!logo3&mines*nov;aceruntforcr.o\Vv-\
ofthefoldoutput.
Production ofgoldandsilverinHJG,infaneo::.:-
1970 1971
Gold 25,523 2?,277
Silvor 17,684 '16,897
(f)ï.ndur.try
Majormanufacturing industries :generally thoseprocosr-ov :
localrawmaterials forexporte.g.production of
coconutoilandcopraby-products ,plywood ,furniture ,etc.
Lightindustries :manufacture ofpaint,concrete VIo:v.';-,
virirnttobacco ,boatbuilding andtheassembly ofc3cctricr.l
appliances#1270 i
184,800,000
29,500,000.12L1.
265}?0ui000
29,/OOjOOO

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Torrinm
Atanearlyctapeofdevelopment ,huthascon.v.3dorah}<s
potential forgrowth.Va3ueoftourismaoanindue ,try,
ectimated atph10.5millionin19^9*increaserigto
fA17.5millioninV~yj?./l3.
Forocririt of_Pore.seeo.hle Important_Bpvo'1opniontu
Complete independence anticipated byendof19'M./irranrc/rcnts
underArtidec109(3)and110and113ofTreatyofAGC.or.nicn
mayhavetohereviewediftheterritory hecoinonindependent
"before 1January 1^7^.
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PARÎAKl-:./CUTNïïA
HifhCo:ii:r.3.ocaoner
PrimeMinister
Kiniater oflutcrior
Mil)lotorofFinance
kinister ofLuMir,or-."-.itevolopmcr /b
Jo»i:;tc-rofKanen
Kimtvfcer ofTid£Drtviroiv.r.ent{Pi:0) ■-
LerfJie V'.Johrrjon ,MA.
KicJviel Öomarc :,MTÏ/1.
l)r.John ■Gnir.e
«TvtlinyChan
Do/iatill!3J.-iol'i
Pau'JLapun
A'Jhorl-orikiUi
JcfcnPo.'.

■■ -STATEMENT OFINTENTION' (>:, v'.'-;
' • ''Ontheoccasion ofthesigning oftheAssociation Convention
between EEC .and the' African .States and Madagasfear associated with this
Community ,■themember ^States' ofthe -EEC ,•-asichiblJid in ;theCouncil ,
conscious oftheimportance 'attached to'the development -ofinter -; .
african cooperation and'trade ;andwishing -todemonstrate ;their will ;,•
tocooperate on -the'basis of'complete equality' and friendly relations ,
according to .theprinciples "ofthe ;Charter .\of ,'the .:United Nations ,are
willing to .consider favourably -,through negociation 'swith third -
countries ,,which would make such arequest and'' whose ",economic structur
and production .are :comparable with these' ofthe'associated States ,
agreements which could involve one'of -''the following'.formulas ,
-accession to ,this Convention',' according tothe -procedure iayed
down in "art .-58ofthis.' Convention v- 1 •'-;Y;'
associate agreements 'including reciprocal rights .and "obligations .
■notably in 'respe ct'of "trade ,
- -trade agreements to ,.facilitate ;and develop trade between such ..
countries -and theCommunity . •
(x)adopted bythePermanent Representatives 'of'"'the Member States of
theEEC on1et/2dApril 1963 ''ij

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'(serêf*êrantVau iexto"do„"la déciaration ,d'tiîit^rit ion.-.pQsy^.y .-•>'.•
:• :" ':.v,v;Etat^membres'' dela'ÇÊÉdu.•2!f'avri ï.yj,9^3)?^ ':'-?■,'Vl.-v '.1:
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1.Xos ,pays' tiersvisés ,par la'dèc1arationd'iiiteh^iori'ntepnfc f.'.-•'•.^
:notamraeiltlespays,du:'Cbtanibnw éalth .;^*^;.. •*;•
«LesReprésentants' des'Gouvernements 'des ;,Stat's -tnemoroa ..V;V -5,^r-i ,
:■: • .y ' ;r\ ':j;:* •\ rr\-m•''<■**}*<$$,*£ S t'"'2.:Les Représentants des Gouvernements
delaCES réunis "ausein duConseil
nes'opposer ,à'i' .accession desdi^s
cas oàn'existeraient 'pas »entre le
:Etats membres où ,la -Communauté ,desnseil sont '}çoriveiiùs '?•.<!# *X:••a f
3itg;Etats -que' dans ie 's.•.•'.••. •J
relespays :visés' af'^ieoX -5■;*•■"l■?■:. --,
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.des' relations amicales :W. .. '•>*.
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etdans lecas ôùles :problèmes ;relatifs a>;l'assistance '.r ,*' ••
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--„financière 'n'fauraient /pas été' ,réglés •/-'^ '
3Ilest'entendu que l'expression ".dans le .domaine •desV /?v i­
.(.êchangès ;commerciaux ^^mentionnée .à;.-l^avant-^d emier ;alï -:-"^'/V^.;\
.héade ..iadéclarat ion d'intention' vise ,des"-dispos itioh's*vï .,:';'-t.">.
s'inspirant' notamment du ,Titre 1er .de^la-.Cpnvention jxer .ae 1pnven^ion «>>1^ • .v i-/
'4-#XIest .entendu'' que les .accords comr.ierciaux' ment ionnéis -;.
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;"audeOTier' alinéa de :lâdéclaration d.'iht.ent ion pourront 'v.:.-
>prévoir des aménagements tarifaires •. -iv. :..•. ,:
'i:• .•■•;;. ..à'-' *'»■".y ;; J'.■?>--•*•• i.t".''' •■■...5Comme appliéat ion dé •>lardée làrat ion .d<intëntiôn>v:il «est : ^,v
...-■.ontenrin mi»dnn noo'np'l nti rm ,«aRornrit . T'a
Tanganyika 'et:VleJî^igêriia à"la -demandé ,deces^.derniers .,%>" <
1 --'Vy, •-ï./•'v •"'' *'vy ■'à-V *.- '*''■ *a-...■"■'■■vsur /labase .de/cello -des rtrois Vformules ;pardessus qui' -v->,
,i«V.. • . y..' -':-.'".V
v:^seralt souhâxtô© 'par :cps ;pays • (* ..
a>-' v-.'.>i ' . • . ,,v^l \;.r1 -a-:
,'* ^1■; ' v' 5•'• *y*-j' :•%-.-"A. -V >,J.' '•.
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.-,v • ' ANNEX ij 1
Quìa
Mtt-.j0/: fcK\,'d-iMA? :^OX^ION KO.7/197VASP /,
Concerning request .-;byPapua-New Guinea ,Capo Verde Islands ''
and Sao Tome andPrincipe for accession tothe Lome Convention
'vfe ,
Trie Council ofACPMinisters : • v
SUPPORTS therequests bytheabove countries toaccede tothe J
Lome Convention .
A
TF?(TESthe EEC also togive support totherequests bytheabove
countries toaccede tothe Lome Convention .»
UR£2S theCommunity and theabove countries toconclude the
necessary agreements pending formal approval ofthe' said requests
bytheACP/EECCouncil ofMinisters inaccordance with Article 90
ofthe Lome Convention .
MANDATES the ACPCommittee ofAmbassadors togive necessary
support and assistance totheabove countries during theaccession
agreement negotiations between these countries and the Community .
MANDATES its President tocommunicate the contents ofthis
^psolution tothePresident oftheEECaswell asthecountries
concerned . .
Done atBlantyre ,N12December 1975