Destins des collectivités politiques d’Océanie

March 7-10, 2011 Conference – p. 1

Destinies

Of Pacific Commonwealths

Peoples, Populations, Nations, States, Territories, Countries, Homelands, Communities, Borders

March 7- 10, 2011 Conference

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Noumea, New Caledonia

• Information: jy.faberon@canl.nc – vfayaud@msh-paris.fr – regnaultjm@yahoo.fr •

INTRODUCTORY REPORTS

1 -  Peoples, Populations, Nations, States…: Genesis of the Terms: Marc Joyau, Associate Professor (AP), Université de Nantes

2 -  The Development of French Pacific Commonwealths Since 1946: Laurent Tesoka, AP, Institut de Droit d’outre-mer, Université Aix-Marseille III, Jean-Marc Regnault, Sémir Al Wardi, APs, Université de la Polynésie française 3 -  How Far Can Self-Rule Go Within the Republic? Gérard Marcou, Professor, GRALE CNRS Université Paris I 4 -  Institutions, Evolutions and Imagination with Respect to Legal Safety: Philippe Raimbault, Professor, IEP,

Toulouse

PART I: CONCEPTS, HISTORY AND LINGUISTICS

1 – Linguistics

• Contemporary Political Vocabulary in Pacific Languages:Jacques Vernaudon and Léonard Sam, APs, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, and Dr. Tamotoa Bambridge, Research fellow, CNRS

• LanguagesandtheStateinthePacific:Darrell Tryon, Professor, ANU, Canberra, Australia 2 – Borders in the Pacific 

• BordersinthePacific:AHistoricalApproach: Frédéric Angleviel, Professor, Maison de la Mélanésie (House Blong Melanesia), Noumea

•UncertainBorders:Yoko Oryu, doctoral student, University of Kobe, Japan (written paper)

— DISCUSSION —

CONFERENCE OPENING

Welcoming speech: The IRD representative in New Caledonia

Conference opening speech: The High Commissioner of the French Republic in NC ; The President of the New Caledonia Government

Conference presentation: Viviane Fayaud, Researcher, CNRS, Paris; Jean-Marc Regnault, honorary Associate Professor, Papeete; Jean-Yves Faberon, honorary Professor, Noumea

7 march

2: 30 PM

6 PM 2 PM

4-4: 15 PM Coffee break

p. 2 – Destinies Of Pacific Commonwealths 3 – Peoples, populations 

•PeoplesandPopulations:André Roux, Professor, Université Aix-Marseille III

•Peoples,PopulationsandHeritage:Marc Debène, Professor, Université de la Polynésie française 4 – Nations, States, Countries, Territories

•TheClassicalApproachtotheNotionofNation: Hélène Surrel, Professor, IEP Lyon

•Multi-nationFrance:Thierry Michalon, Honorary AP, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane 5 – Citizenship, Nationality

• CitizenshipandNationality:Charles Cadoux, Professor Emeritus, Université Aix-Marseille III, and Patrice Jean, honorary AP, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie

• TheBirthandtransmutationsofNewCaledoniacitizenship:François Garde, Presiding judge in administrative cases’ court

6 – Homelands, Communities

•HomelandsandCommunities:Dominique Turpin, Professor, Université Clermont-Ferrand I

•NewCaledoniaCommunitiesandWorldWars:Dr. Sylvette Boubin-Boyer, Noumea

• Community-basedPluralIdentitiesandSharedDestinyinNewCaledonia:Pierre Bretegnier, New Caledonia Congress, and Jean-Yves Faberon, honorary Professor, Institut de Droit d’outre-mer, Université Aix-Marseille III

— DISCUSSION —

7 – Colonization, Decolonization

• Colonization,Decolonization (written papers)

•Mauritius:Laurent Sermet, Professor, Université de La Réunion

•FrenchPolynesia:Alain Moyrand, AP, Université de la Polynésie française

•Mayotte:Hugues Béringer, Paris

PART II: IMPLEMENTATIONS

THE PACIFIC AS A POLITICAL TESTING GROUND

1 – The Non Exclusive Status of Indigenous Peoples

•Australia:Fanny Duthil, AP, Université du Havre

•Fiji:Victor David, in charge of research, IRD Noumea, Noumea

•NewCaledonia:Léon Wamytan, doctoral student, Université Aix-Marseille III

•Futuna:Dr. Marc Soulé, Leava, Futuna

• IndigenousFightsinthePacific:Natacha Gagné, Professor, Université d’Ottawa Comparison:

•UnitedStatesandCanada:Ghislain Otis, Professor, Université d’Ottawa

— DISCUSSION —

Chair: Sémir Al Wardi, Université de la Polynésie française

Chair: Alban Bensa, École pratique des hautes études en sciences sociales

8 march

8 march

12 noon

2 PM

6 PM

10-10: 15 Coffee break

4-4: 15 PM Coffee break

March 7-10, 2011 Conference – p. 3 2 – In Between Dependence and Independence: Special Relationships

a. Adjunction-based Relationship

•Guam,NorthernMarianas:Armand Hage, honorary Professor, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie

•TheSamoas:Afamasaga Toleafoa, Western Samoa Government, Apia

•HongKong,Macao:Jorge Godinho, Professor, Macao University, China Comparisons:

•PuertoRico:Dominique Custos, Professor, Loyola University, New Orleans, USA

• Greenland:Jean-Yves Faberon, honorary Professor, Institut de Droit d’outre-mer, Université Aix-Marseille III (written paper)

b. Federal Relationship

•Hawaii:David Chappell, Professor, University of Hawaii, USA Comparisons:

•TheDutchWestIndies:Dimitry Kochenov, Professor, Groningue University, the Netherlands

•Quebec:Denis Lemieux, Professor, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada c. Association-based Relationship

•CookIslandsandNiue:Guy Agniel, Professor, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie

•Micronesia,SpecificFeaturesofAssociation:Lam Dang, Micronesia Congress

•Microniesia,StrategicOultook:Fabrice Agounès, doctoral student, IEP Bordeaux (written paper)

— DISCUSSION —

3 – The Role of International Organizations

•TheUN:Nathalie Mrgudovic, Senior Lecturer, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

• TheProspectsoftheUNCommitteeonDecolonization:Jean-Marc Regnault, honorary AP, Université de la Polynésie française

•TheEuropeanUnion:Titaïna Trillon,The European Union, Brussels, Belgium

•TheBritishCommonwealth:Antoine Leca, Professor, Université Aix-Marseille III

PART III: PECULIAR FEATURES

1 – Human Peculiarities

•WhatareCensusesfor?Interbreeding:Carine David, AP, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie 2 – Identity Peculiarities and Symbols: Getting a Name and an Image

•NewCaledonia’sIdentifyingSigns:Dr. José Barbançon, Noumea

• TheTjibaouCulturalCenter,anIdentifyingsignofNewCaledonia:Emmanuel Kasarhérou, Director of the Tjibaou Center, Noumea (written paper)

•ThePictorialRecordofthePeopleasanImaginedPoliticalBlueprint: Viviane Fayaud, Researcher, CNRS, Paris

•NationBuildingandUnifying,TheRoleofNationalLibraries:Béatrice Sudul, Sorbonne Librarian, Paris

•PiroguesasanIdentifyingsignintheProcessofRenewal:Dr. Yves Leloup, Lyon

— DISCUSSION —

Chair: Jean-Yves Faberon, Institut de Droit d’outre-mer

Chair: Maurice Ponga, Member of the European Parliament

9 march

9 march

6 PM

4-4: 15 PM Coffee break 8: 30 AM

12 noon

10-10: 15 Coffee break

p. 4 – Destinies Of Pacific Commonwealths 3 – Political Peculiarities

•Loyalists,Self-ruleProponents,SeparatistsandOthers:Sémir Al-Wardi, AP, Université de la Polynésie Française

•TheRoleofCitiesandTowns:Jean-Paul Pastorel, Professor, Université de la Polynésie française

• Democracy in French Polynesia: Practice, Representations and What’s at Stake: Rudy Bessard, doctoral student, Université de Pau et des pays de l’Adour (written paper)

•TheRoleoftheArmedForces:Hélène Goiran, Doctoral student, Université de la Nouvelle- Calédonie (written paper)

4 – Peculiarities in Speech: The Various Spokespersons. Who’s Speaking, and in the Name of Who?

•TheWorkofWell-ReadKanakinthe19thand20thCenturies:Alban Bensa, Professor, EHESS, Paris

• TheDevelopmentofNewCaledonianCulturalandArtisticExpressions: A video by Cyril Pigeau, Cultural Engineer, Noumea

•AporiasRegardingtheNotionofNewCaledonianPeople:Dr. Hamid Mokaddem, IFM-NC Nouméa

•CommittedLiterature:Déwé Gorodey, writer and activist, Nouméa 5 – Legal Peculiarities:

•LegalCustom-inducedImplicationsinNewCaledonia:Pierre Frezet, Deputy Presiding Judge at the Noumea Court in charge of the Kone area

•SocialPrevention,Victims’RightsandPersonalStatusinNewCaledonia:Régis Lafargue, Conseiller at the Cour d’appel of Noumea

•Futuna’sPeculiarity,aCustom-Basedidentity:Dr. Marc Soulé, Futuna

•CommonLawPacific:Guy Scoffoni, Professor, Université Aix-Marseille III

— DISCUSSION —

Chair: Emmanuel Kasarhérou, Director, Tjibaou Cultural Center

10 march

6 – Financial, Economic and Social Peculiarities:

• Financial Means and Dependence: What Price Independence? Arnaud Duranthon, doctoral student, Université Toulouse I

• TaxPolicyandNewCaledoniaSelf-Rule:Nicolas Clinchamps, Université Paris XIII

• Pacific Island States in International Economic Policy:Klauss-Gerd Giesen, Professor, Université Clermont-Ferrand I

• DeficienciesintheTransferofEconomicPowersinFrenchPolynesia:Florent Venayre, AP, Université de la Polynésie française

• TheRighttoWork:Alain Chirez, Professor, Université de la Polynésie française

• SociétéLeNickelattheheartofNewCaledoniadevelopment:Frédéric Angleviel (written paper) 7 – Peculiar New Caledonia:

•WordsinHistory:Dr. Ismet Kurtovitch, Noumea

•OnSovereigntyPowers:Jean-Marie Pontier, Professor, Université Paris I

•TheassumptionofanOverseasCountrywithacompactofassociation:Guy Agniel, Pr, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie

• StatusProspectsinNewCaledonia: Alain Christnacht, Conseiller d’État, Paris

— DISCUSSION —

10 march

WRAP-UP REPORT

Christian Huetz de Lemps, Professor Emeritus, Paris IV

CONFERENCE CLOSING

Pierre Frogier, Member of the French Parliament and President of New Caledonia’s Southern Province Chair: Jean-Marc Regnault,

Asia Network 8: 30 AM

12: 30

PROVINCE DES ÎLES LOYAUTÉ PROVINCE NORD

5: 30 PM 6 PM 6: 30 PM 8: 30 AM

12 noon

10-10: 15 Coffee break

2 PM

4-4: 15 PM Coffee break