Canberra Agreement

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The Canberra Agreement is the 1947 treaty that established the Pacific Community, a regional organization for cooperation and development among Pacific Island countries and territories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf founding treaty
international agreement
treaty
alsoKnownAs Canberra Agreement
surface form: Agreement Establishing the South Pacific Commission

Canberra Agreement
surface form: Agreement for the Establishment of the South Pacific Commission
appliesToJurisdiction Pacific Islands
surface form: Pacific Island countries

Pacific Island territories
countryOfSigning Australia
createdOrganizationType intergovernmental organization
dateSigned 1947-02-06
established Pacific Community
South Pacific Commission
field development cooperation
international relations
hasSuccessorOrganizationName Pacific Community
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalForm multilateral treaty
originalOrganizationName South Pacific Commission
purpose to create a regional organization for cooperation and development among Pacific Island countries and territories
regionServed Pacific Islands
signatory Australia
France
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
signedIn Canberra
subject economic development
social development
technical cooperation
yearSigned 1947

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Canberra Agreement alsoKnownAs Canberra Agreement
this entity surface form: Agreement Establishing the South Pacific Commission
Canberra Agreement alsoKnownAs Canberra Agreement
this entity surface form: Agreement for the Establishment of the South Pacific Commission
SPC foundingInstrument Canberra Agreement
subject surface form: Pacific Community
Pacific Community foundingTreaty Canberra Agreement
South Pacific Commission foundingTreaty Canberra Agreement