The eleventh session of the South Pacific Commission was held from April 28 to 30, 1953, immediately following the Second South Pacific Conference, at Commission headquarters in Anse-Vata, Noumea, under the chairmanship of Sir Henry M. Scott, Q.C., alternate Senior Commissioner for the United Kingdom. All agenda items were considered in Committee of the Whole, which was the only committee established at this session. Two plenary meetings were held; at the second the reports of the committee, which included recommendations and draft resolutions, were considered.