Re: OU and New Caledonia - was RE: [GZG] NSL Geopolitical Composition

2018 coincides with the last date that the French could hold elections 
on Independence in New Caledonia.

Assuming they renigged, and violence ensued......

Meanhwile, The Start of the OU?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200608/s1725895.htm

Call for Pacific ADF recruits

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is calling for the 
Australian Army to recruit Pacific Islanders into its expanded force.

Prime Minister John Howard last week announced the Army would be boosted

by 2,600 recruits, or about 10 per cent.

Mr Howard says the increase is aimed at helping maintain stability in 
the Pacific region and participating in other operations, such as those 
in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Mr Sogavare has welcomed the boost, saying Australia is over-stretched 
in the Pacific.

But he says Australia's dominance of regional peacekeeping operations, 
such as those in the Solomon Islands and East Timor, could be offset by 
recruiting Pacific Islanders into the Australian military.

Mr Sogavare says demands for access to Australia's labour market from 
Pacific island countries could also be partly met by allowing islanders 
to join the Army.

"Unfortunately, this is not the case, and it leaves no room for us on 
the receiving end of Australia's military engagements to change our 
perceptions about Australia for the better," he said.

...

-AFP

-- 
Zoe & Carmen Brain
http://aebrain.blogspot.com
mailto:aebrain@webone.com.au
_______________________________________________
Gzg-l mailing list
Gzg-l@lists.csua.berkeley.edu
http://lists.csua.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gzg-l