Thr Promotion of R. O. C. Relations with South Pacific Island Nations by Means of Economic Cooperation

南太平洋島國一向為各國所忽視，自一九八五年開始，由於蘇聯勢力伸展到此地區，才使世界各國重視此地區的發展。我國為拓展國際活動空間，亦注意到與此地區島國的關係，除經由雙邊關係加強彼此間的依存關係外，亦嘗試經由多邊關係來增進與這些島國的關係。本文重點在探討如何運用我國經濟力量，一方面貢獻於此地區的經濟發展，他方面亦能藉此增進與島國關係。本文亦係作者有關南太平洋島國問題之第二篇研究（第一篇係一九八六年）。本篇因作者曾實地赴少數島國訪問，並參與南太平洋論壇(South Pacific Forum)經濟與貿易委員會會議，故獲得較具體的實務觀念。本文共分四部分：第一部分簡單介紹南太平洋島國地理，政治地位及其對我國的重要性；第二部分研析南太平洋島國的經社特徵；第三部分探討南太平洋的經濟區域主義；最後則提出使用經濟手段增進與南太平洋島國關係的方法。Since 1985, the world public opinion has paid more attention to the situation of the South Pacific region because of the penetration of the Soviet influence into this region. The R.O.C. has undertaken grand efforts to promote relations with island nations in order to extend its international arena. This paper was realized after a visit of the author to the Papua New Guinea where had been held in May 1990 joint meetings of committees on Economic Issues and on Trade of the South Pacific Forum. It tries to find out the real economic situation and islander’s needs in the South Pacific so that it can elaborate new policy orientation which will be useful to promote economic cooperation between the R.O.C. and island nations. This paper is divided into four parts. The first part is to introduce a brief image of the South Pacific Island Nations’ geographical and political situation and its importance to the R.O.C. The second part tries to analyze the social-economic characteristics of island nations. The third part studies the development of the South Pacific regionalism. The last part has some propositions on ways and means to promote economic cooperation between the R.O.C. and island nations