Professor X. X. Xxxxxx The Company and the Union may by mutual agreement add further names to the panel or arbitrators. If a member of the panel of arbitrators is unable or unwilling to act he shall not be selected again until his name comes up on the regular rotation of the panel. After the single arbitrator has been appointed, by the foregoing procedure, he shall meet to hear the evidence of both parties and render a decision within seven (7) days after the completion of taking evidence.
Professor X. 2) Xxxxxx Should any of the arbitrators constituting the panel of arbitrators withdraw or resign fi-om the panel, then the party who nominated the arbitrator who has withdrawn or resigned shall forthwith submit to the other party to this agreement a list of four (4) nominees which shall be selected one (1) nominee to replace the arbitrator who has withdrawn or resigned. The arbitrator shall act in rotation with respect to each successive grievance that is referred to arbitration. Should the arbitrator to whom the reference is made be unable to hear the grievance within ninety (90) calendar days after the grievance has been referred to them, then they shall be passed over to the next arbitrator on the list.
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Professor X. XXXXXX.- Thank you so much for the very good question, Honourable Xx. Xxxxxx. Yes, the issue of health is very central now, of course. Even COVID-19 is actually sitting on pre- existing health issues and basically making it worse. In terms of the regional responses to health, the regional organisation that deals with it is the SPC - the Pacific Community. They have a significant health section, in fact, the health adviser there also became the Director-General of the SPC who has just left. So, much of their health expertise and responses have been to do with collecting data and providing advice. Perhaps, not sufficiently in terms of primary healthcare which is one of the things that is very much needed in the Pacific, perhaps because of resources, because of the nature of approach which they use and I think the issue of health is very complicated because it is linked to issues of well- being, development, issues of resources and which individual countries are not only responsible but also I suppose the regional organisations. Yes, you did raise a very significant question as to how health can become central and that is probably what the regional organisation, like SPC should probably do and link up with the World Health Organization, and link up with individual countries in the region. I am not sure to what extent they have been doing that and ways in which they can consolidate the approach in a way which addresses some of those fundamental issues of health in the country. I know Fiji has the issue of NCDs and is quite prevalent, and all over the Pacific. A lot of it has to do with diet, a lot of it has to do with lifestyle and so, if you have a group of interdisciplinary key of not just health people, but also people in the area of wellbeing, development, to come together because health is very linked to issues of development, wellbeing, diet, nutrition and a whole lot of other things.
Professor X. XXXXXX.- Thank you so much, Honourable Tikoduadua, for the question. Yes, a very good question and very difficult question as well and the reason is that, you have provided that dilemma, that contradiction which Fiji is facing at the moment. On one hand, it has been seen over the years as being the regional leader since the days of Xxxx Xxxx and then given what has happened recently, that sentiment about Fiji would have eroded to some extent and one of the reasons why some of the countries are calling for relocation of Vice-Chancellor, for instance, and even some are saying that the Forum, like the South Pacific Commission (SPC), should be decentralised a little bit more with various parts of the Forum relocated to some countries to provide a more sense of balance, equity and diversity within the region. It is one of the dilemma which Fiji has to come to terms with, if it wants to reclaim that position as the regional leader because it has been contested over the years the notion of who is the regional leader, apart from Australia and New Zealand. Papua New Guinea has been trying to claim that and Samoa has been emerging and saying, ―We have a bit of that ‗mana‘ as well.‖ So it has to come to terms with that dilemma, first and foremost, before it can reclaim that position. I think the way things have developed as a result of those two issues, I mean, let us see the decision by the Micronesian Governments to withdraw and the sentiments coming out of Micronesia is that, either Fiji, Australia or New Zealand could have just given their votes because they are outside the realm of Polynesia and they look up to them as the ones who are supposed to hold the moral high ground in the middle and then cast their vote in the name of regionalism. But instead, Fiji opted to vote with Australia and New Zealand, (I do not know what the deal was) and then as a result, regionalism basically was in crisis. It is a very good question, it is really for Fiji itself which has to, I suppose, put the ball in their court and to rethink about their approach to regional unity. As I have said earlier, over the years, Fiji has been one of the biggest beneficiaries and, of course, the respect Fiji has built up over the years in the way it played its politics and a lot of it depend very much on how clever and how strategic you are in playing your regional politics because if regionalism survives, Fiji benefits. If regionalism collapses, Fiji loses the benefits. HON. LT. COL. X. XXXXXXXXX...
Professor X. X. Braekman Secretary General of SRC Date Prof. Xx. X. Koch Executive Director of GDCh Date
Professor X. 1. Master’s degree with a minimum of eighteen (18) graduate semester hours in field and an additional eighteen (18) graduate semester hours, preferably in the assigned area of Specialization (with prior approval by the Academic Xxxx’x Council for all courses outside area of specialization).
