Solomon Islands Update - Crisis and Intervention

Monday 25 August 2003

1pm - 5pm

Venue: Coombs Lecture Theatre, Fellows Road, The Australian National University

RSVP: Jenny Bourne

ph: 02-61252872

Supported by the National Institute for Asia and the Pacific

1.00pm

Welcome and Chair - Andrew MacIntyre
Director, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government,
The Australian National University

INTERVENTION
1.10-2.30pm Panel discussion

The case for intervention

Elsina Wainwright
Strategy and International Program Director
Australian Strategic Policy Institute

Australia's policy, strategy, mandate

Graham Fletcher
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Michael Crane
International Policy Division, Department of Defence

Don Whinfield
Federal Agent, Australian Federal Police

Natasha Smith
Acting Assistant Director General, Solomon Islands, AusAID

CONFLICT AND CRISIS

2.30-2.50pm

Politics in Solomon Islands - from coup to intervention

Matthew Wale
Head, Solomon Islands Christian Association Peace Office

2.50-3.00 Discussion

3.00-3.20pm

Economic problems

Satish Chand
Director, Pacific Policy Project, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, The Australian National University

3.20-3.40pm Discussion

3.40-4.00pm Afternoon tea

CHAIR - David Hegarty
Convenor, State Society and Governance in Melanesia Project,
The Australian National University

WAYS FORWARD - REBUILDING
4.00-5.00pm Panel discussion

Sinclair Dinnen
Fellow, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University

John Naitoro
Visiting Fellow, Resource Management in Asia Pacific, The Australian National University

Ian Scales
Associate, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University

Satish Chand
Director, Pacific Policy Project, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, The Australian National University