Glossary and acronyms

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1 Glossary broussard Caldoche Indigénat événements Kanak metropolitan Mwâ Kâ outre-mer régalien European long-term resident of New Caledonia living mainly on farms or in rural villages European long-term resident of New Caledonia, often second and third generation (native code) system confining Kanaks to designated areas, taxing them, subjecting them to punishment by administrators rather than judges, and requiring them to work on government projects, from 1887 to 1946 (events) term used by the French for the civil disturbances in New Caledonia from 1984 to 1988 indigenous people of New Caledonia, Melanesians expression deriving from the French métropolitain meaning from the métropole or continental France (big house) totemic monument in central Noumea (overseas France) collective expression referring to all French departments, territories and collectivities overseas (regalian) sovereign, pertaining to the French sovereign state, often referred to in the context of the Noumea Accord as the five powers retained solely by the French State by the end of the Accord (2018); i.e., defence, foreign affairs, currency, justice and public order Acronyms French and historic institutions ADECAL AFD Agence de Développement Économique de la Nouvelle- Calédonie (New Caledonia Economic Development Agency) Agence Française de Développement (French Development Agency) xi

2 France in the South Pacific: Power and Politics CEP Centre d Expérimentation du Pacifique (Pacific Experimentation Centre): name for the French nuclear testing facility in French Polynesia CFP Currency of the French Pacific entities, variously translated in the early years as Colonies Françaises du Pacifique or French Pacific colonies ; Change Français du Pacifique from 1947; and, in recent years, Cours or Comptoir Français Pacifique. It has a fixed value relative to the Euro, CFP1 = Euro COM Collectivités d Outre-Mer (overseas collectivities) COMSUP Commandant Supérieur (commander of French armed forces) DOM-TOM Départements d Outre-Mer, Territoires d Outre-Mer (overseas departments and territories) EFO Établissements Français d Océanie (French Pacific establishments, the former name for French Polynesia) EUR Euro FANC Forces Armées de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonian armed forces (French)) IFREMER Institut Français de Recherche pour l Exploitation de la Mer (French Research Institute for Marine Exploitation) INCO now Vale INCO, multinational nickel company operating in New Caledonia INERIS Institut National de l Environnement Industriel et des Risques (National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risk) INSEE Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies) IRD Institut de recherche pour le développement (Institute for Development Research) ISEE/ ITSEE Institut de la statistique et des études économiques/institut territorial de la statistique et des études économiques (Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies/Territorial Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (New Caledonia)) ISPF Institut de la statistique de Polynésie Française (Statistics Institute of French Polynesia) LMS London Missionary Society RFO Radio France Outre-Mer, France s overseas broadcasting service SLN Société le Nickel (The Nickel Company), French-owned nickel company in New Caledonia STSEE Service Territorial de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (Territorial Service for Statistics and Economic Studies) (Wallis and Futuna) xii

3 Regional Pacific institutions ADB Asian Development Bank CRISP Coral Reef Initiative for the South Pacific CROP Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific EDF Economic Development Fund FFA Forum Fisheries Agency FRANZ France, Australia, New Zealand Arrangements MSG Melanesian Spearhead Group NFIP Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific, anti-nuclear NGO OCO Oceania Customs Organisation PACER Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations PECC Pacific Economic Cooperation Council PICTA Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement PIDP Pacific Islands Development Program PIF Pacific Islands Forum (formerly South Pacific Forum (SPF), ) PITA Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association PPA Pacific Power Association PREPARE Pacific Regional Endeavour for an Appropriate Response to Epidemics RAMSI Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands SOPAC Secretariat of the Pacific Applied Geoscience and Technology Division SPC Secretariat of the Pacific Community (formerly South Pacific Commission, ) SPF South Pacific Forum SPNWFZ South Pacific Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty SPREP Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program SPTO South Pacific Tourism Organisation xiii

4 France in the South Pacific: Power and Politics International and Australian institutions ACP ANSTO C24 CSIRO EC EEZ EU FAST FAUST NATO OCT OECD STABEX SYSMIN UNCLOS UNGA EU Africa Caribbean Pacific developing country assistance program Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Committee of 24, or Special Committee on Decolonisation within the Fourth (Political) Committee of the United Nations Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation European Commission Exclusive Economic Zone European Union French Australian Science and Technology program French Australian Seismic Transect, program exploring offshore resources around New Caledonia North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Overseas Countries and Territories of the EU members Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development EU support for agricultural exports EU financing for mining products United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea United Nations General Assembly New Caledonian institutions ADCK ADRAF ALK Cadres d Avenir NMC SLN SMSP SNNC Agence de développement de la culture kanak (Agency for Kanak Cultural Development) Agence de développement rural et d aménagement foncier (Rural Development and Land Management Agency) Académie des Langues Kanak (Academy of Kanak Languages) ( future executives ) or 400 cadres ( 400 executives ) positive action program for training and placement of Kanak executives Nickel Mining Company, company involved in nickel mining in the north of New Caledonia Société Le Nickel (The Nickel Company), French-owned nickel company Société Minière du Sud Pacifique (South Pacific Mining Company) Société du Nickel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonian Nickel Company), company involved in nickel mining in the north of New Caledonia xiv

5 SOFINOR SPMSC STCPI Zonéco Société d Économie Mixte de Développement Contrôlée par la Province Nord (Mixed Economy and Development Company of the Northern Province) Société de Participation Minière du Sud Calédonien (South [New] Caledonian Mining Participation Company) Société Territoriale Calédonienne de Participations Industrielles ([New] Caledonian Territorial Company for Industrial Participation) Program for resource assessment of New Caledonia s EEZ Vanuatu political groups, pre-independence MANH UCNH UPNH Mouvement Autonomiste des Nouvelles-Hébrides (Autonomist Movement of New Hebrides) Union des Communautés des Nouvelles-Hébrides (Union of the Communities of New Hebrides) Union de la Population des Nouvelles-Hébrides (Union of the New Hebrides Population) New Caledonian political groups AE AICLF APLC CE CNDPA FCCI FI FLNKS FN FNSC FULK Avenir Ensemble (Future Together), pro-france party Association des Indigènes Calédoniens et Loyaltiens Français (Association of Indigenous Caledonians and French Loyalty Islanders), Alliance pour la Calédonie (Alliance for [New] Caledonia), pro- France party Calédonie Ensemble ([New] Caledonia Together), pro-france party Conseil National des Droits du Peuple Autochtone (National Council for Indigenous Peoples Rights), Kanak rights party Fédération des Comités de Coordination des Indépendantistes (Federation of the Independentist Coordination Committees), grouping of pro-independence parties Front Indépendantiste (Independence Front), proindependence group Front de Libération Nationale Kanak et Socialiste (Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front), pro-independence group Front National (National Front), pro-france group Front National pour une Nouvelle Société Calédonienne (National Front for a New Caledonian Society), pro-france group Front Uni de Libération Kanak (United Kanak Liberation Front), pro-independence xv

6 France in the South Pacific: Power and Politics GFKEL LKS MCF MDD Palika PFK PSC PT RDO Rheebu Nhuu RPC RPCR R-UMP UC UC Renouveau UICALO UNCT UNI UPAE UPM USTKE Groupe des Femmes Kanak et Exploitées (Group of Kanak and Exploited Women) Libération Kanak Socialiste (Socialist Kanak Liberation) proindependence party Mouvement Calédonien Français (French Caledonian Movement) pro-france party Mouvement de la Diversité (Diversity Movement), pro-france party Parti de libération Kanak (Kanak Liberation Party) proindependence party Parti Fédéral Kanak (Kanak Federal Party) pro-independence party Parti Socialiste Calédonie ([New] Caledonian Socialist Party), pro-independence party Parti Travailliste (Labour Party), pro-independence party Rassemblement Démocratique Océanien (Democratic Oceanic Party), pro-independence party ( eye of the land ) Kanak-based movement to protect the environment in the wake of nickel production Rassemblement Pour la Calédonie (Rally for [New] Caledonia), pro-france party formed by Jacques Lafleur in 2006 Rassemblement Pour la Calédonie dans la République (Rally for [New] Caledonia within the Republic), pro-france party formed by Jacques Lafleur in 1977 and re-named R-UMP in 2004 Rassemblement UMP (Rally Popular Union Movement), pro-france party Union Calédonienne ([New] Caledonian Union), pro-autonomy ; pro-independence party from 1977 Union Calédonienne Renouveau (Renewed [New] Caledonian Union), pro-independence party Union des Indigènes Calédoniens Amis de la Liberté dans l'ordre (Union of Indigenous [New] Caledonian Friends of Liberty in Order), Une Nouvelle-Calédonie pour Tous (A New Caledonia for All) Union Nationale pour l Indépendance (National Union for Independence), pro-independence party Union Pour un Avenir Ensemble (Union for a Future Together) pro-france party Union Progressiste Mélanésienne (Melanesian Progressive Union), pro-independence party Union Syndicale des Travailleurs Kanaks et des Exploités (Federation of Unions of Kanak and Exploited Workers) xvi

7 French Polynesian political groups and expressions Ai a Api Fetia Api FLP Here Ai a Ia Mana Te Nunaa Iorea Te Fenua O Porinetia to Tatou Ai a Rautahi RDPT Tahiti Nui Tahoeraa Huira atira Tavini Huira atira no Te Ao Maohi Te Aia Api Te E a Api Te Here Ai a Te Tiarama To Tatou Ai'a UPLD UT-UDR UT-UNR (New Homeland), pro-autonomy party of Emile Vernaudon, in various alliances (New Star), pro-france party of Philip Schyle, Front de Libération de la Polynésie (Polynesian Liberation Front), pro-independence party; precursor to Oscar Temaru s Tavini Centre-left party (Power to the People), early pro-independence party (Land and Heart), pro-france party of Jean-Christophe Bouissou (Polynesia is Our Country), pro-france party of Gaston Song (Unity), pro-france party of Jean-Christophe Bouissou Rassemblement démocratique des populations tahitiennes (Democratic Assembly of the Tahitian Peoples) (Greater Tahiti), proposal for a Noumea-type accord for French Polynesia, and a proposed alternative name for French Polynesia (People s Assembly), pro-france party led by Gaston Flosse Serviteur du Peuple (Polynesian People s Servant Party) pro-independence party led by Oscar Temaru (New Fatherland), early pro-autonomy party (New Way), early pro-autonomy party (Love of Fatherland), early pro-autonomy party pro-france party of Tahoeraa dissidents (Our Land), pro-france coalition led by Gaston Tong Sang Union pour la Démocratie (Union for Democracy), coalition led by Oscar Temaru comprising proindependence and pro-autonomy parties Union Tahitienne Union pour la Défense de la République (Tahitian Union Union for the Defence of the Republic), early pro-france party; precursor to Flosse s Tahoeraa Union Tahitienne Union pour la Nouvelle République (Tahitian Union Union for the New Republic), early pro-france party xvii