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{{Short description|Intergovernmental organisation of island nations in the Pacific Ocean}}
{{Distinguish|Pacific Forum International}}
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{{Infobox Geopolitical organization
| conventional_long_name = Pacific Islands Forum
| linking_name           = the Pacific Islands Forum
| image_flag             = Flag of the Pacific Islands Forum.svg
| symbol_type            = Logo
| image_symbol           = Pacific Islands Forum Logo WP.svg
| symbol_width           = 100px
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| map_caption            = Membership (dark blue) of the Pacific Islands Forum.
| membership             = {{collapsible list
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  | title = [[#Membership|18 nations]]
  | {{flagcountry|Australia}}
  | {{flagcountry|Cook Islands}}
  | {{flagcountry|Fiji}}
  | {{flagcountry|French Polynesia}} ([[France]])
  | {{flagcountry|Kiribati}}
  | {{flagcountry|Marshall Islands}}
  | {{flagcountry|Micronesia}}
  | {{flagcountry|Nauru}}
  | {{flagcountry|New Caledonia|local}} ([[France]])
  | {{flagcountry|New Zealand}}
  | {{flagcountry|Niue}}
  | {{flagcountry|Palau}}
  | {{nowrap|{{flagcountry|Papua New Guinea}}}}
  | {{flagcountry|Samoa}}
  | {{flagcountry|Solomon Islands}}
  | {{flagcountry|Tonga}}
  | {{flagcountry|Tuvalu}}
  | {{flagcountry|Vanuatu}}
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| admin_center_type      = Seat of Secretariat
| admin_center           = {{nowrap|[[Suva]], Fiji}}
| leader_title1          = Forum Chair
| leader_name1           = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Tonga}} [[Tonga]]}}
| leader_title2          = {{nowrap|[[Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat|Secretary General]]}}
| leader_name2           = [[Baron Waqa]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=RELEASE: Statement by Forum Chair welcoming new PIF Secretary General, Baron Waqa {{!}} Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat |url=https://forumsec.org/publications/release-statement-forum-chair-welcoming-new-pif-secretary-general-baron-waqa |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=forumsec.org}}</ref>
| established_event1     = as South Pacific Forum
| established_date1      = 1971
| established_event2     = renamed Pacific Islands Forum
| established_date2      = 1999
| area_km2               = 8,509,959<ref name="Stat2016">Corresponds to the terrestrial surface. Including the [[Exclusive Economic Zones]] of each member state, the total area is 37 894 287 km<sup>2</sup>.</ref>
| population_estimate    = 42.837 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=pacifica+population |title=Population Statistics  |access-date=14 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716183647/http://prism.spc.int/regional-data-and-tools/population-statistics|archive-date=16 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| population_estimate_year = 2020
| population_density_km2 = 4
| GDP_nominal            = USD 1.684 trillion<sup>a</sup>
| GDP_nominal_year       = 2020
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = USD 13,690
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| HDI                    = 0.714 <!--number only-->
| HDI_ref                = <sup>a</sup>
| HDI_rank               = 108th<sup>a</sup>
| official_website       = {{official URL}}
| footnote_a             = If the Forum is considered a single state.
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The '''Pacific Islands Forum''' ('''PIF'''; [[French language|French]]: ''Forum des îles du Pacifique''; [[Fijian language|Fijian]]: ''Bose ni Yatu Pasifika''; [[Māori language|Māori]]: ''Te Huinga Moutere o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa''; [[Samoan language|Samoan]]: ''Fono a Atumotu o le Pasefika''; [[Tok Pisin]]: ''Pasifik Ailan Forum''; [[Tongan language|Tongan]]: ''Fakataha 'a e Ngaahi 'Otu Motu Pasifiki'') is an [[intergovernmentalism|inter-governmental]] [[organisation]] which aims to enhance cooperation among countries and territories of [[Oceania]], including formation of a trade bloc and regional peacekeeping operations. It was founded in 1971 as the '''South Pacific Forum''' ('''SPF'''), and changed its name in 1999 to "Pacific Islands Forum", so as to be more inclusive of the Forum's Oceania-spanning membership of both north and south Pacific [[island country|island countries]], including [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].

The mission of the Pacific Islands Forum is "to work in support of Forum member governments, to enhance the economic and social well-being of the people of the South Pacific by fostering cooperation between governments and between international agencies, and by representing the interests of Forum members in ways agreed by the Forum". Its decisions are implemented by the ''Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat'' (PIFS), which grew out of the ''South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation'' (SPEC). As well as its role in harmonising regional positions on various political and policy issues, the Forum Secretariat has technical programmes in economic development, transport and trade. The Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General is the permanent Chairman of the [[Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific]] (CROP).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forumsec.org/pages.cfm/about-us/|title=About Us|last=Unattributed|work=Pacific Islands Forum web site|publisher=Pacific Islands Forum|access-date=23 August 2008|archive-date=19 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119015302/http://www.forumsec.org/pages.cfm/about-us/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Australia and New Zealand are generally larger and wealthier than the other countries that make up the rest of the Forum, with Australia's population being around twice that of the other members combined and its economy being more than five times larger. They are significant aid donors and big markets for exports from the other island countries. Military and police forces as well as civilian personnel of Forum states, chiefly Australia and New Zealand, have recently been part of regional peacekeeping and stabilisation operations in other states, notably in Solomon Islands (2003–) and Nauru (2004–2009), under Forum auspices. Such regional efforts are mandated by the [[Biketawa Declaration]], which was adopted at the 31st Summit of Pacific Islands Forum Leaders, held at Kiribati in October 2000. The 50th meeting of the Forum took place in [[Tuvalu]] in August 2019. In February 2021, [[Palau]] announced that it would be leaving the Pacific Islands Forum after a dispute regarding [[Henry Puna]]'s election as the Forum's secretary-general.<ref name="GuardianPalau"/><ref name="NYTCave"/><ref name="France24Palau"/> The [[Federated States of Micronesia]], [[Kiribati]], the [[Marshall Islands]], and [[Nauru]] also decided to leave the Forum after Palau's decision.<ref name="RNZfive"/><ref name="Guardiancrisis"/> In February 2022, it was announced that the departure process had been paused, pending proposed reforms.<ref name="abc-pause">{{cite news |title=Pacific Islands Forum saved from collapse at last minute as Micronesian states 'temporarily' rescind withdrawal |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-12/pacific-islands-forum-split-stalls-at-last-minute-pif-fsm-puna/100825620 |access-date=14 April 2022 |work=ABC |date=12 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="rnz-pause">{{cite news |title=Puna set to go to heal Pacific rift |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/461473/puna-set-to-go-to-heal-pacific-rift |access-date=14 April 2022 |work=[[RNZ]] |date=15 February 2022}}</ref> However, on 9 July 2022 Kiribati confirmed its withdrawal.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/470679/kiribati-withdraws-from-pacific-islands-forum | title=Kiribati withdraws from Pacific Islands Forum | website=[[Radio New Zealand]] | date=10 July 2022 }}</ref> On 30 January 2023, [[Prime Minister of Fiji]] [[Sitiveni Rabuka]] confirmed that Kiribati had reconciled with the Pacific Islands Forum and planned to rejoin soon. Rabuka met [[President of Kiribati|Kiribati president]] [[Taneti Mamau]] who informed Rabuka of the decision.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lyons |first=Kate |date=30 January 2023 |title=Kiribati to return to Pacific Islands Forum at vital moment for regional diplomacy |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/30/kiribati-to-return-to-pacific-islands-forum-at-vital-moment-for-regional-diplomacy |access-date=15 February 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

The larger [[Pacific Community]] functions mainly to promote [[international development]] by providing technical and scientific advice and funding development projects, and does not consider security issues or function as a trade bloc.

== History ==
[[File:South Pacific Forum, August 5, 1971, Wellington (19969820699).jpg|left|thumb|280x280px|South Pacific Forum, 5 August 1971, Wellington]]

The Forum grew out of a proposal from [[Cook Islands|Cook Islander]] Premier [[Albert Henry (politician)|Albert Henry]] for a political forum to work alongside the existing [[South Pacific Commission]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-331914441/view?sectionId=nla.obj-337376481 |title=Albert Henry wants a new South Pacific forum |work=Pacific Islands Monthly |volume=41 |issue=6 |page=26 |date=1 June 1970 |access-date=20 October 2021 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The idea was supported by other newly-independent island nations, and they agreed to meet to discuss a permanent body.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-332062220/view?sectionId=nla.obj-337606228 |title=WELLINGTON CONFERENCE MEANS NEW ERA OF PACIFIC ALLIANCES |work=Pacific Islands Monthly |volume=42 |issue=8 |pages=12–13 |date=1 August 1971 |access-date=20 October 2021 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020121854/https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-332062220/view?sectionId=nla.obj-337606228 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first meeting of the South Pacific Forum was initiated by New Zealand and held in [[Wellington]], New Zealand, from 5–7 August 1971 with attendants of the following seven countries: the [[President of Nauru]], the Prime Ministers of Western Samoa, Tonga and Fiji, the Premier of the Cook Islands, the Australian Minister for External Territories, and the Prime Minister of New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-332062642/view?sectionId=nla.obj-337621824 |title=THINGS THE LEADERS TALKED ABOUT AT THE SOUTH PACIFIC FORUM |work=Pacific Islands Monthly |volume=42 |issue=9 |pages=54–55 |date=1 September 1971 |access-date=20 October 2021 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It was a private and informal discussion of a wide range of issues of common concern, concentrating on matters directly affecting the daily lives of the people of the islands of the South Pacific, devoting particular attention to trade, shipping, tourism, and education. Afterwards this meeting was held annually in member countries and areas in turn. In 1999, the 30th session decided to rename the organisation to the Pacific Islands Forum, to better account for areas outside the south Pacific. Immediately after the forum's annual meeting at head of government level, the Post Forum Dialogue (PFD) is conducted at ministerial level with PFD development partners around the world.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=LoGoqUIQOeIC&pg=PA58 The Pacific Islands Forum (Former South Pacific Forum)]- ''Pacific Regional Order'', pp 58–80, by Dave Peebles- Retrieved 8 January 2017</ref>

=== Suspension of Fiji ===
In August 2008, the Forum threatened to suspend [[Fiji]] if the latter did not commit to holding a general election by March 2009.<ref name="RNZI_41625">{{cite news |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=41625 |title=Solomon's Prime Minister says all Forum members backed suspension threat |date=24 August 2008 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=1 November 2011}}</ref> Subsequently, at a special leaders' meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum held in Papua New Guinea in January 2009, Forum leaders set a deadline of 1 May, by which date Fiji must set a date for elections before the end of the year. Fiji rejected the deadline.<!--<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Oceania&oldid=234356903 Portal:Oceania – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]. En.wikipedia.org (26 August 2008). Retrieved on 2013-07-16.</ref>--> Consequently, on 2 May, Fiji was suspended indefinitely from participation in the Forum with immediate effect.<ref>[http://www.forumsec.org/pages.cfm/newsroom/press-statements/2009/forum-chair-on-suspension-of-fiji-military-regime-from-pif.html Statement by Forum Chair on suspension of the Fiji military regime from the Pacific Islands Forum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324102614/http://www.forumsec.org/pages.cfm/newsroom/press-statements/2009/forum-chair-on-suspension-of-fiji-military-regime-from-pif.html |date=24 March 2012 }}; PIFS Press Statement 21/09, 2 May 2009</ref><ref name="RNZI_46320">{{cite news |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=46320 |title=Chair of Pacific Islands Forum says Fiji has been suspended |date=2 May 2009 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=1 November 2011}}</ref> [[Toke Talagi]], the Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum and [[Premier of Niue]], described the suspension as "also particularly timely given the recent disturbing deterioration of the political, legal and human rights situation in Fiji since April 10, 2009".<ref name="Fiji suspended from Pacific Islands Forum"/> He described Fiji as "a regime which displays such a total disregard for basic human rights, democracy and freedom" which he believed contravened membership of the Pacific Islands Forum.<ref name="Fiji suspended from Pacific Islands Forum"/> Talagi emphasised, however, that Fiji had not been expelled and that it would be welcomed back into the fold when it returned to the path of "constitutional democracy, through free and fair elections".<ref name="Fiji suspended from Pacific Islands Forum">{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/02/content_11297082.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505125913/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/02/content_11297082.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2009|title=Fiji suspended from Pacific Islands Forum|date=2 May 2009|access-date=2 May 2009|publisher=[[Xinhua News Agency]]}}</ref>

The 2009 suspension of Fiji marked the first time that a member of the Pacific Islands Forum had been suspended in the history of the then 38-year-old organisation.<ref name=abc>{{cite news |title=Fiji isolated after election deadline expires |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/01/2558859.htm?section=justin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502233647/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/01/2558859.htm?section=justin|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 May 2009|work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=1 May 2009|access-date=3 May 2009}}</ref>

Following the [[2014 Fijian general election|Fijian general election of 17 September 2014]], the Forum lifted the suspension of Fiji on 22 October 2014.<ref>[http://www.forumsec.org/pages.cfm/newsroom/press-statements/2014-1/statement-by-forum-chair-on-lifting-suspension-of-fiji-from-pacific-islands-forum.html Statement by Forum Chair on lifting the suspension of Fiji from the Pacific Islands Forum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027025005/http://www.forumsec.org/pages.cfm/newsroom/press-statements/2014-1/statement-by-forum-chair-on-lifting-suspension-of-fiji-from-pacific-islands-forum.html |date=27 October 2014 }}. Forumsec.org (24 October 2014). Retrieved on 2015-01-07.</ref>

===Micronesian withdrawal===
Following the election of [[Henry Puna]] as Secretary-General in February 2021 during a virtual meeting,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thediplomat.com/2021/02/a-tiff-at-pif-pacific-islands-forum-leadership-change-triggers-frustration/ |title=A Tiff at PIF? Pacific Islands Forum Leadership Change Triggers Frustration |last=Wyeth |first=Grant |work=The Diplomat |date=8 February 2021 |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref> [[Palau]] threatened to leave the Forum, claiming that a "gentlemen's agreement" to rotate the position between Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, had been violated.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/05/future-of-pacific-islands-forum-in-doubt-as-north-south-rift-emerges |title=Future of Pacific Islands Forum in doubt as Palau walks out |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=5 February 2021 |accessdate=5 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/435868/palau-preparing-to-leave-pacific-islands-forum |title=Palau preparing to leave Pacific Islands Forum |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=5 February 2021 |accessdate=5 February 2021}}</ref> Puna had won a ballot by one vote (9–8) against the Marshall Island's [[Gerald Zackios]], who was supported by five nations from Micronesia.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|date=7 February 2021|title=Top Pacific regional body on verge of split over controversial election of new leader|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-08/pacific-islands-forum-divided-over-secretary-general-vote/13130814|access-date=8 February 2021|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}</ref> On 4 February, [[Palau]] formally terminated its participation in the forum, citing that the "process regarding the appointment of the Secretary General has clearly indicated to the Republic of Palau that unity, regionalism and the Pacific Way no longer guide the Forum", and closed its embassy in [[Fiji]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uploads.guim.co.uk/2021/02/05/003.MSFJ.2021.pdf |title=Note No. 003/MSFJ/2021 |quote=the government of Palau will be terminating its participation in the Pacific Islands' Forum |website=uploads.guim.co.uk}}</ref> On 6 February, the Forum's chair responded to the allegations, stating that there was a consensus decisions following an agreed process and that "we have upheld our principles and values as characterised through the Pacific way".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Forum Chair's Statement- on the selection of the Pacific Islands Forum SG – Forum Sec|date=5 February 2021 |url=https://www.forumsec.org/2021/02/06/forum-chairs-statement-on-the-selection-of-the-pacific-islands-forum-sg/|access-date=9 February 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> On 8 February the [[Palau National Congress]] formally passed a joint resolution, supporting the decision made by President [[Surangel Whipps Jr.]] to leave the Forum.<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 February 2021|title=Palau congress backs withdrawal from Pacific Forum|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/435992/palau-congress-backs-withdrawal-from-pacific-forum|access-date=8 February 2021|website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz}}</ref> Whipps has stated Puna has to step down for Palau to rejoin the Forum.<ref name="auto"/>

After Palau's decision to leave the Forum, several other participant countries have indicated their intention to review their membership. In general, the countries of Micronesia, with smaller populations and economies, have complained of being sidelined by larger countries, including [[Australia]], [[Fiji]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Papua New Guinea]].<ref name="NYTCave">{{Cite news|last=Cave|first=Damien|date=5 February 2021|title=Pacific Islands' Most Important Megaphone Falls Into Discord|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/world/asia/pacific-islands-forum.html|access-date=8 February 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> There had only ever been one Micronesian Secretary-General of the PIF. The day after Palau's withdrawal, MPs in the [[Marshall Islands]], who had previously supported Zackios, called for the government to review its participation in the Forum, but opposed withdrawal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/435878/marshalls-mps-call-for-re-evaluating-not-dropping-ties-to-forum |title=Marshalls MPs call for re-evaluating, not dropping, ties to Forum |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=5 February 2021 |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref> The [[Federated States of Micronesia]] and [[Nauru]] have openly questioned whether they will remain members.<ref name="GuardianPalau">{{Cite web|date=5 February 2021|title=Future of Pacific Islands Forum in doubt as Palau walks out|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/05/future-of-pacific-islands-forum-in-doubt-as-north-south-rift-emerges|access-date=8 February 2021|website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> Nauru President [[Lionel Aingimea]] has signalled his intention to pull out, stating that "If this is the way Micronesia is treated, then it is better off withdrawing from the Forum".<ref name="France24Palau">{{Cite web|date=5 February 2021|title=Key Pacific body in crisis as Palau walks out|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210205-key-pacific-body-in-crisis-as-palau-walks-out|access-date=8 February 2021|website=France 24|language=en}}</ref> Four members of the Micronesian bloc – the [[Federated States of Micronesia]], [[Kiribati]], the [[Marshall Islands]], and [[Nauru]] – decided to hold a virtual meeting to discuss whether to exit the Forum.<ref name="France24Palau"/> Australia has attempted to convince the four Pacific Island nations not to pull out. While it has indicated a desire to continue to work with the Micronesian group if it chose to pull out of the Forum, it emphasised the need for Pacific unity.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Galloway|first=Anthony|date=8 February 2021|title=Pacific Islands Forum on brink of collapse over leadership dispute|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pacific-islands-forum-on-brink-of-collapse-over-leadership-dispute-20210208-p570iw.html|access-date=9 February 2021|website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |language=en}}</ref>

On 9 February 2021, the remaining Micronesian states – the [[Federated States of Micronesia]], [[Kiribati]], the [[Marshall Islands]], and [[Nauru]] – decided to leave the Forum.<ref name="RNZfive">{{cite news |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/436039/five-micronesian-countries-leave-pacific-islands-forum |title=Five Micronesian countries leave Pacific Islands Forum |newspaper=[[RNZ]] |date=9 February 2021 |accessdate=9 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="Guardiancrisis">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/09/pacific-islands-forum-in-crisis-as-one-third-of-member-nations-quit |title=Pacific Islands Forum in crisis as one-third of member nations quit |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=8 February 2021 |accessdate=9 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/78873 |title=Walkout plunges P.I.F. into crisis |publisher=Samoa Observer |author=Sapeer Mayron |date=9 February 2021 |accessdate=10 February 2021}}</ref> Micronesian leaders released a statement to "collectively express their great disappointment with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General appointment process", with each state jointly agreeing to formally initiate the process of withdrawal from the Forum.<ref name="Guardiancrisis"/> Their departure reduces the Forum to 12 members, all of them in the South Pacific.<ref name="RNZfive"/> It may take up to a year for the countries to formally leave the regional body.<ref name=":1" /> Australian Foreign Minister [[Marise Payne]] has stated that "we will continue to work very closely with the members of the Pacific Forum".<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=9 February 2021|title=Australia watches Pacific forum splinter|work=SBS News|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australia-watches-pacific-forum-splinter|access-date=}}</ref>

In February 2022, it was announced that the five Micronesian countries would pause the process of their departure.<ref name="abc-pause" /><ref name="rnz-pause" /> The President of the Federated States of Micronesia, [[David Panuelo]], said that he had been told that Henry Puna would step down as Secretary-General, and that other reforms would occur.<ref name="abc-punadepature">{{cite news |last1=Dziedzic |first1=Stephen |title=Pacific Islands Forum's head to be replaced, FSM President David Panuelo says, after leadership dispute |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-14/pacific-islands-forum-head-to-be-replaced-panuelo-says/100827704 |access-date=14 April 2022 |work=ABC |date=14 February 2022}}</ref> The Pacific Islands Forum secretariat did not officially confirm Puna's departure, saying only that talks were ongoing.<ref name="rnz-whippspause">{{cite news |title=Forum rump given one last chance - Whipps |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/461538/forum-rump-given-one-last-chance-whipps |access-date=14 April 2022 |work=[[RNZ]] |date=15 February 2022}}</ref> President Whipps of Palau said that the pause gave the Forum one last chance to do the right thing.<ref name="rnz-whippspause" /> In April, it was reported that the President of the Marshall Islands, [[David Kabua]], was urging other Micronesian leaders to agree to several proposed reforms but to withdraw their demand for Puna to step down.<ref name="rnz-kabua-peace">{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Giff |title=Marshalls President calls for Forum 'peace' |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/463915/marshalls-president-calls-for-forum-peace |access-date=14 April 2022 |work=[[RNZ]] |date=24 March 2022}}</ref> In June 2022, Forum leaders reached an agreement which would see Puna remain in office, and be replaced by a Micronesian candidate when his term ended.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-07/pacific-leaders-strike-deal-pacific-islands-forum/101133026 |title=Pacific leaders strike a deal to keep Micronesian nations from splitting with Pacific Islands Forum |publisher=ABC |date=7 June 2022 |access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref> The rotation of the Secretary-General between Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia would be made a permanent feature of the Forum, and two deputy secretary-general positions would be created for the other sub-regions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/468691/pacific-islands-forum-rift-mended-in-suva |title=Pacific Islands Forum rift mended in Suva |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=7 June 2022 |access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref> Kiribati did not agree to the arrangement, and on 9 July 2022 withdrew from the Forum with immediate effect.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/470679/kiribati-withdraws-from-pacific-islands-forum |title=Kiribati withdraws from Pacific Islands Forum |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=11 July 2022 |access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref> Kiribati rejoined the Forum on 24 February 2023 following an official apology by Forum chair [[Sitiveni Rabuka]].<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Communique of the 2023 Pacific Islands Forum Special Leaders Retreat |url=https://www.forumsec.org/2023/02/27/communique-pacific-islands-forum-special-leaders-retreat/#:~:text=The%20Pacific%20Islands%20Forum%20Special,the%20Republic%20of%20Nauru%2C%20New |location=Nadi, Fiji |publisher= |agency=Pacific Islands Forum |date=24 February 2023 |access-date=6 December 2023}}</ref>

== Membership ==
In September 2011, the [[territories of the United States|U.S. territories]] of [[American Samoa]], [[Guam]], and the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] were granted observer status in the Pacific Islands Forum,<ref name=rnzi>{{cite news|title=American Samoa's Tulafono pleased to be part of Pacific family |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=63004 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |date=9 September 2011|access-date=16 September 2011}}</ref> while in September 2016 the [[Overseas France|French territories]] of [[French Polynesia]] and [[New Caledonia]] were granted full membership.<ref name="2016Forum"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://insidestory.org.au/france-and-the-forum/ |title=France and the Forum |last=Maclellan |first=Nic |work=Inside Story |date=13 October 2016 |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref> [[Easter Island]] (administered by [[Chile]]) and [[Hawaii]] (an [[Island#Oceanic islands|oceanic]] state of the [[United States|U.S.]]) have both considered gaining representation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-27/an-pacific-forum-widens-entry/4225082 |title=Pacific forum looks to widen entry - ABC News |newspaper=ABC News |publisher=Abc.net.au |date= 27 August 2012|accessdate=2 March 2022}}</ref>  [[Kiribati]] withdrew from the Forum in 2022. The government of Kiribati changed its mind the next year in 2023 and decided to rejoin the forum, making its plans clear by a meeting of [[President of Kiribati]] [[Taneti Mamau]] with [[Prime Minister of Fiji]] [[Sitiveni Rabuka]] where Mamau told Rabuka about Kiribati's plan. Rabuka confirmed to the media that such a meeting did take place and stated that Kiribati had reconciled with the Pacific Islands Forum and would rejoin the Forum soon.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lyons |first=Kate |date=30 January 2023 |title=Kiribati to return to Pacific Islands Forum at vital moment for regional diplomacy |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/30/kiribati-to-return-to-pacific-islands-forum-at-vital-moment-for-regional-diplomacy |access-date=15 February 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In August 2024, [[American Samoa]] and [[Guam]] were elevated to associate members.<ref>{{cite news|title=PIFLM 2024: US territories achieve upgraded status |url=https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/08/30/piflm-2024-us-territories-achieve-upgraded-status-new-caledonia-mission/ |work=[[Māori Television Service]] |date=30 August 2024|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>

In late August 2024, the Solomon Islands tabled a motion challenging [[Taiwan]]'s participation in the Forum as a partner country. According to ''[[The Australian]]'' newspaper, China had issued a directive to prevent Taiwan from participating in the 2025 Forum meeting, scheduled to be held in Solomon Islands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pearse |first1=Adam |title=PM Christopher Luxon says New Zealand supports Taiwan's Pacific forum links amid report China pushing for exclusion |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/pm-christopher-luxon-says-new-zealand-supports-taiwans-pacific-forum-links-amid-report-china-pushing-for-exclusion/X3EMIC6IINGE5PWW77YSDZJI74/ |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=29 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906093601/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/pm-christopher-luxon-says-new-zealand-supports-taiwans-pacific-forum-links-amid-report-china-pushing-for-exclusion/X3EMIC6IINGE5PWW77YSDZJI74/ |archive-date=6 September 2024}}</ref> In early September 2024, China's Ambassador to the Pacific [[Qian Bo]] successfully lobbied for the Forum to remove references to Taiwan in the final communique of the 2024 leaders' summit in Tonga that week.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Lydia |title='We'll remove it': Pacific caves to China's demand to exclude Taiwan from leaders communique|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/526760/we-ll-remove-it-pacific-caves-to-china-s-demand-to-exclude-taiwan-from-leaders-communique |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=[[RNZ]] |date=3 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904023943/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/526760/we-ll-remove-it-pacific-caves-to-china-s-demand-to-exclude-taiwan-from-leaders-communique |archive-date=4 September 2024}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%; font-size:95%; white-space:nowrap;"
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|
[[File:Members of Pacific Island Forum.svg|650px|Map indicating the members and associate members of the Pacific Islands Forum]]
|-
!colspan="4" style="background:#6679bf; color:white;"| Member nations<ref name="2008Forum">{{cite web
  |url=http://www.spc.int/sppu/images/stories/2008%20communique%20forum.pdf
  |title=Forum Communiqué, Alofi, Niue
  |date=20 August 2008
  |work=Thirty-Ninth Pacific Islands Forum
  |publisher=Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
  |access-date=22 August 2008
}} The ''Niue Declaration on Climate Change'' is Appendix B of this document.</ref>
|-
| style="width:25%;"| {{AUS}} (AU) || style="width:25%;"| {{COK}} (CK) || style="width:25%;"| {{FIJ}} (FJ) || style="width:25%;"| {{PYF}} (PF)<ref name="2016Forum">{{cite web
  |url=http://www.forumsec.org/resources/uploads/embeds/file/2016_Forum_Communique_11sept(1).pdf
  |title=Forum Communiqué, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
  |date=10 September 2016
  |work=Forty-Seventh Pacific Islands Forum
  |publisher=Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
  |access-date=15 September 2016
  |archive-date=16 February 2017
  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216155919/http://www.forumsec.org/resources/uploads/embeds/file/2016_Forum_Communique_11sept(1).pdf
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref> </tr>
|-
| {{KIR}} (KI) || {{MHL}} (MH) ||  {{flag|FSM|name=Micronesia}} (FM) || {{NRU}} (NR)<ref name="2016Forum" />
|-
| {{flagcountry|NCL|local}} (NC) || {{NZL}} (NZ) || {{NIU}} (NU) || {{PLW}} (PW) 
|-
| {{PNG}} (PG) || {{SAM}} (WS) || {{SOL}} (SB) || {{TGA}} (TO) 
|-
| {{TUV}} (TV) || {{VAN}} (VU) ||
|-
!colspan="1" style="background:#5f8dd3; color:white;"| Associate member
!colspan="3" style="background:#99b4df; color:white;"| Observers
|- 
| {{ASM}} (AS) <td>  {{MNP}} (MP) </td><td>  {{flag|Timor-Leste}} (TL) </td><td> [[Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States|ACP]] Secretariat </td></tr>
| {{GUM}} (GU) <td> [[Asian Development Bank]]</td><td> [[Commonwealth Secretariat]] </td><td> [[International Organization for Migration|IOM]] </td></tr>
| {{TKL}} (TK)<ref name="2016Forum" /><ref>{{cite web |date=27 September 2016 |title=Tokelau happy as forum associate member |url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/314331/tokelau-happy-as-forum-associate-member |access-date=27 September 2016 |work=Pacific News |publisher=Radio New Zealand International}}</ref> ||  {{UNO}} [[United Nations Secretariat|Secretariat]] </td><td> [[Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission|WCPFC]]</td>||  [[World Bank]]</td></tr>
|{{flagcountry|WLF|local}} (WF)<ref>{{cite web |date=6 September 2018 |title=Wallis and Futuna now closer to Forum nest |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/365863/wallis-and-futuna-now-closer-to-forum-nest |access-date=30 August 2024 |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]] }}</ref> <td></td></td><td></td></tr>
|-
!colspan="4" style="background:#6679bf; color:white;"| Dialogue partners
|-
| style="width:25%;"| {{CAN}}  || style="width:25%;"| {{CHL}}
| style="width:25%;"| {{CHN}} (CN) || style="width:25%"| {{CUB}}  </td></tr>
| style="width:25%" | {{EU}} || {{FRA}} || {{GER}} || {{IND}} </tr>
| {{IDN}} (ID) || {{ITA}} || {{JPN}} || {{MYS}} (MY) </tr>
| {{NOR}} <td> {{PHI}} (PH) </td><td>  {{SGP}}<ref name="mfa">{{Cite web |title=Singapore Admitted as Dialogue Partner of the Pacific Islands Forum |url=http://www.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Statements-Transcripts-and-Photos/2022/01/20220127-Singapore-Admitted-as-PIF-Dialogue-Partner |website=www.mfa.gov.sg}}</ref> </td><td> {{KOR}} </td></tr> 
| {{ESP}} <td>  {{THA}} </td><td>  {{TUR}} </td><td> {{GBR}} </td></tr>
| {{USA}} (US) <td><td></td><td></td></tr>
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#6679bf; color:white;" | Development partner
|-
|width="25%"| {{TWN}} (TW)<ref>[https://www.mofa.gov.tw/igo/News_Content.aspx?n=F29A02A9D36C47F0&sms=22C3B697A101DF19&s=350FDA922C418D18 國際組織參與現狀]</ref>
|}

== Statistics ==
{| class"wikitable"
|+ Regions
|-
!style="background:#BBFFCC;"| [[Melanesia]]
!style="background:#FFBB99;"| Micronesia
!style="background:#99CCFF;"| [[Polynesia]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|+ Population and economic statistics of full and associate members
|-
! rowspan=3|Member
! rowspan=2|Land area<br />(km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name="land_area">{{cite book|title=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2147.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003039/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2147.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 June 2007|access-date=9 May 2018|language=en|chapter=Land area rankings}}</ref>
! rowspan=2|Population<br />(2023)
! colspan=2|[[GDP]] (USD), 2022
! rowspan=2|Human<br />Development<br />Index (2022)<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/country-insights |title=Country Insights |last=Nations |first=United |publisher=United Nations |language=en}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" |Net ODA received 
(% of GNI)<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Bank Open Data |url=https://data.worldbank.org/ |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=World Bank Open Data}}</ref>
|-
! total<br />(millions)<ref>"[http://data.un.org/en/index.html United Nations]" (2010 Data).</ref>
! Per capita<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNdata {{!}} record view {{!}} Per capita GDP at current prices - US dollars |url=https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?q=GDP&d=SNAAMA&f=grID:101;currID:USD;pcFlag:1 |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=data.un.org}}</ref>
|-
|- style="background:#99CCFF;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|American Samoa}}<sup>1</sup>
| 200
| 43,914
| —
| —
| —
|—
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Australia}}
| 7,741,220
| 26,451,124
| 1,675,419
| 67,866
| 0.951
|—
|- style="background:#99CCFF;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Cook Islands}}
| 236
| 14,222
| 283
| 17,033
| —
|—
|- style="background:#BBFFCC;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Fiji}}
| 18,274
| 924,145
| 4,943
| 5,356
| 0.730
|14.9
|- style="background:#99CCFF;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|French Polynesia}}
| 4,167
| 281,118
| 6,080
| 18,985
| —
|—
|- style="background:#FFBB99;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Guam|local}}<sup>1</sup>
| 540
| 172,952
| —
| —
| —
|—
|- style="background:#FFBB99;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Kiribati|local}}
| 811
| 132,530
| 223
| 1,704
| 0.624
|18.7
|- style="background:#FFBB99;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Marshall Islands|local}}
| 181
| 38,827
| 280
| 6,728
| 0.639
|37.9
|- style="background:#FFBB99;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Micronesia|local}}
| 702
| 112,630
| 427
| 3,741
| 0.628
|29.2
|- style="background:#FFBB99;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Nauru|local}}
| 21
| 11,875
| 151
| 11,679
| —
|14.4
|- style="background:#BBFFCC;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|New Caledonia|local}}
| 18,575
| 289,870
| 10,071
| 33,190
| —
|—
|- style="background:#99CCFF;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|New Zealand}}
| 268,838
| 5,172,836
| 247,234
| 47,412
| 0.937
|—
|- style="background:#99CCFF;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Niue}}
| 260
| 1,817
| —
| —
| —
|—
|- style="background:#FFBB99;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Palau}}
| 459
| 17,727
| 218
| 12,498
| 0.767
|20.9
|- style="background:#BBFFCC;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Papua New Guinea}}
| 462,840
| 10,389,635
| 30,633
| 3,117
| 0.558
|4.7
|- style="background:#99CCFF;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Samoa}}
| 2,831
| 216,663
| 832
| 3,855
| 0.707
|10.0
|- style="background:#BBFFCC;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Solomon Islands}}
| 28,896
| 800,005
| 1,596
| 2,204
| 0.564
|16.5
|- style="background:#99CCFF;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Tokelau}}<sup>1</sup>
| 12
| 2,397
| —
| —
| —
|—
|- style="background:#99CCFF;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Tonga}}
| 747
| 104,597
| 469
| 4,571
| 0.745
|22.8
|- style="background:#99CCFF;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Tuvalu}}
| 26
| 9,816
| 60
| 5,219
| —
|44.4
|- style="background:#BBFFCC;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flag|Vanuatu}}
| 12,189
| 320,409
| 984
| 3,015
| 0.607
|15.0
|- style="background:#99CCFF;"|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" | {{flagcountry|WLF|local}}<sup>1</sup>
| 142
| 11,370
| —
| —
| —
|—
|-
!Total
! style="text-align: right;" | 8,547,034
! style="text-align: right;" | 45,520,479
! style="text-align: right;" | 1,979,903
! style="text-align: right;" | 14,598.41
! style="text-align: right;" | 0.704
! style="text-align: right;" | 20.783
|}
<sup>1</sup> Associate member

== Secretaries General ==
{{Main|Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat}}

The Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat is appointed to a three-year term by the leaders of the member states.<ref name=fijitimes>{{cite news|first=Timoci|last=Vula|title=Slade back at the helm|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=180093|work=[[Fiji Times]]|date=9 September 2011|archive-date=8 August 2014|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808042951/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=180093}}</ref> The Secretary General reports directly to the national leaders and the Forum Officials' Committee (FOC).<ref name=fijitimes/> The Secretary General also automatically serves as the permanent chairman of the [[Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific]] (CROP).<ref name=fijitimes/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Name !! Country !! Took office !! Left office
|-
! align=center colspan=5| Directors of the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation
|-
| 1 || [[Mahe Tupouniua]]<ref name="List">{{Cite book |last1=Bercovitch |first1=Jacob |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452240169 |title=Regional Guide to International Conflict and Management from 1945 to 2003 |last2=Fretter |first2=Judith |date=2004 |publisher=CQ Press |isbn=978-1-56802-825-5 |location=\Washington DC|page=328|doi=10.4135/9781452240169 }}</ref> || style="background:#99CCFF;" | {{flag|Tonga}} || November 1972 || 1980
|-
| 2 || Gabriel Gris<ref name="List" /> || style="background:#BBFFCC;" | {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} || 1980 || 1982 (died in office)
|-
| || John Sheppard (acting)<ref name="List" /> || {{flag|Australia}} || 1982 || January 1983
|-
| 3 || [[Mahe Tupouniua]]<ref name="List" /> || style="background:#99CCFF;" | {{flag|Tonga}} || January 1983 || January 1986
|-
| 4 || [[Henry Naisali]]<ref name="List" /> ||style="background:#99CCFF;"| {{flag|Tuvalu}} || January 1986 || September 1988
|-
! align=center colspan=5| Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum
|-
| || [[Henry Naisali]]<ref name="List" /> ||style="background:#99CCFF;"| {{flag|Tuvalu}} || September 1988 || January 1992
|-
| 5 || [[Ieremia Tabai]]<ref name="List" /> ||style="background:#FFBB99;"| {{flag|Kiribati}} || January 1992 || January 1998
|-
| 6 || Noel Levi<ref name="List" /> || style="background:#BBFFCC;" | {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} || February 1998 || 16 May 2004
|-
| 7 || [[Greg Urwin]]<ref name="Urwin">{{Cite web |title=Urwin resigns as head of Pac forum: report - ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-05-06/urwin-resigns-as-head-of-pac-forum-report/2427184 |access-date=10 February 2021 |website=amp.abc.net.au}}</ref> || {{flag|Australia}} || 16 May 2004 || 2 May 2008 (resigned)
|-
|  || [[Feleti Teo]] (acting)<ref name="Teo">{{Cite web |date=22 August 2008 |title=New Forum Secretary General promises to restore stability to the agency |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/178927/new-forum-secretary-general-promises-to-restore-stability-to-the-agency |access-date=10 February 2021 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz}}</ref> ||style="background:#99CCFF;"| {{flag|Tuvalu}} || 2 May 2008 || 13 October 2008
|-
| 8 || [[Tuiloma Neroni Slade]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Marc |last2=McDuie-Ra |first2=Duncan |chapter=Organizing a Regional Response to Climate Change in the Pacific |date=14 December 2017 |title=Combatting Climate Change in the Pacific |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-69647-8_2 |access-date=10 February 2021 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |pages=13–38|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-69647-8_2 |isbn=9783319696478 }}</ref> ||style="background:#99CCFF;"| {{flag|Samoa}} || 13 October 2008 || 4 December 2014
|-
| 9 || [[Meg Taylor]]<ref name="Taylor">{{Cite web |date=7 February 2021 |title=Outgoing P.I.F. Secretary-General's fond farewell |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/78745 |access-date=10 February 2021 |website=Samoa Observer}}</ref> ||style="background:#BBFFCC;"| {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} || 4 December 2014 || 4 February 2021
|-
| 10 || [[Henry Puna]]<ref name=punaappt>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/435765/former-cook-islands-pm-is-the-new-secretary-general-of-the-pif |title=Former Cook Islands PM is the new Secretary General of the PIF |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=4 February 2021 |accessdate=4 February 2021}}</ref> ||style="background:#99CCFF;"| {{flag|Cook Islands}} || 4 February 2021 || 23 May 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Statement on the transition in leadership at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/op_ed/109301 |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Samoa Observer |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 11 || [[Baron Waqa]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 June 2024 |title=Pacific Island Forum welcomes new Secretary-General |url=https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacificbeat/henry-puna-exit/103936498 |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=ABC Pacific |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=RELEASE: Statement by Forum Chair welcoming new PIF Secretary General, Baron Waqa {{!}} Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat |url=https://forumsec.org/publications/release-statement-forum-chair-welcoming-new-pif-secretary-general-baron-waqa |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=forumsec.org}}</ref>||style="background:#FFBB99;"| {{flag|Nauru}} || 3 June 2024 || Incumbent
|}

== Institutions and legal framework ==
[[Image:Pif secretariat.jpg|thumb|Library and archives building at the Secretariat complex in Suva, Fiji.]]

The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat was established initially as a trade bureau in 1972 and later became the ''South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation'' (SPEC). The name ''South Pacific Forum Secretariat'' was approved by member governments in 1988 and changed to ''Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat'' in 2000.<ref>{{Cite book |year=2018 |chapter=Pacific Islands Forum |doi=10.1007/978-1-349-70154-4_102 |title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2018 |page=72 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=London|isbn=978-1-137-50852-2 }}</ref>

There are four divisions in the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, and each of these divisions has direct responsibility for a range of programs designed to improve the capacity of the Forum member countries and to co-ordinate action on matters of common interest:

# Development and Economic Policy
# Trade and Investment
# Political, International and Legal Affairs
# Corporate Services

The Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) established in 1995, plays a key role in assessing regional economic developments.<ref>Dave Peebles -Pacific Regional Order 2005 1920942467- Page 141 "As discussed in Chapter Four, in 1995 the Forum instituted a new annual meeting, the Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM). According to the Forum Secretariat, the FEMM 'plays a key role in assessing regional economic developments, ...</ref>

== Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement ==
{{see also|Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations|South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement}}

The Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forumsec.org/_resources/article/files/PICTA%20Text.pdf |title=Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA) |access-date=14 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318082736/http://www.forumsec.org/_resources/article/files/PICTA%20Text.pdf |archive-date=18 March 2009 }}</ref> aims to establish a free-trade area between 14 of the Pacific Islands Forum countries. As of 2013, it had been signed by 12 states:<ref name="pictastatus" />

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Kiribati
* Micronesia
* Nauru
* Niue
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu
}}

It has not been signed by either Palau or the Marshall Islands. All of the signing states have ratified the treaty, with the exception of Micronesia. As of March 2008, six countries had announced that domestic arrangements had been made enabling them to trade under the agreement:<ref name="pictastatus">{{cite web|url=http://www.forumsec.org/_resources/article/files/PICTA%20Status%20Report.pdf |title=PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES TRADE AGREEMENT (PICTA): STATUS REPORT |access-date=14 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318082749/http://www.forumsec.org/_resources/article/files/PICTA%20Status%20Report.pdf |archive-date=18 March 2009 }}</ref> Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands,<ref>[http://www.forumsec.org/pages.cfm/newsroom/press-statements/2007/solomon-islands-ready-trade-under-picta.html ''"Solomon Islands Ready to Trade Under PICTA"''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030213101/http://www.forumsec.org/pages.cfm/newsroom/press-statements/2007/solomon-islands-ready-trade-under-picta.html |date=30 October 2013 }}, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat</ref> and Vanuatu.<ref>[http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6365013.html ''"Vanuatu ready to trade under PICTA"''], People's Daily Online</ref>

After the trade agreement goes into force, countries commit to removing tariffs on most goods by 2021. As of April 2008, The Forum Island Countries are also negotiating an [[Economic Partnership Agreement]] (EPA) with the [[European Union]]. It is important to note that the PICTA discussed here covers only the trade of goods. At the Forum Island Leaders Meeting held in Rarotonga, Cook Islands on 28 August 2012, nine members signed the Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement Trade in Services (PICTA TIS).<ref>http://www.forumsec.org/resources/uploads/attachments/documents/PICTA_TIS_Protocol_2012.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516123903/http://www.forumsec.org/resources/uploads/attachments/documents/PICTA_TIS_Protocol_2012.pdf |date=16 May 2019 }} ''Protocol''</ref>  As of April 2008, there is an ongoing negotiation to design and agree on a protocol to include trade in services and the temporary movement of natural persons (a broader concept than the [[General Agreement on Trade in Services|GATS]]'s [[General Agreement on Trade in Services#Four Modes of Supply|Mode 4]]).<ref name="pictaservices">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120808043135/http://www.forumsec.org.fj/pages.cfm/newsroom/press-statements/2008/senior-officials-end-first-round-of-picta-trade-services-negotiations.html Pacific Trade in Services Negotiations – First Round], Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat</ref>

The [[Office of the Chief Trade Adviser]] was established on 29 March 2010 to provide independent advice and support to the Pacific Forum Island Countries (FICs) in the [[PACER Plus]] trade negotiations with Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.forumsec.org.fj/pages.cfm/newsroom/press-statements/2010/cta-on-board.html |title=Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat : Chief Trade Adviser on board |publisher=Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat |date=19 February 2010 |accessdate=4 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226225102/http://www.forumsec.org.fj/pages.cfm/newsroom/press-statements/2010/cta-on-board.html |archive-date=26 February 2012}}</ref>

==Blue Pacific – collective security interests of member states==
The [[Biketawa Declaration]] (2000) on collective security committed Pacific Islands Forum members to eight values, including good governance, liberty of the individual, democratic processes, indigenous rights and cultural values, traditions and customs, and recognising the importance and urgency of equitable economic, social and cultural development to satisfy the basic needs and aspirations of the peoples of the Forum.<ref name="BD1">{{cite web| last = | first = |title= Biketawa Declaration |publisher= Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands|page=|date = July 2014|url= https://www.ramsi.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Biketawa-Declaration.pdf| accessdate=13 November 2023}}</ref> 

The [[Boe Declaration]] (2018) of Regional Security is a declaration agreed to by all the leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum on 5 September 2018,<ref name="Boe">{{cite web| last = | first = |title= Boe Declaration on Regional Security |publisher= Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat|page=|date = 5 September 2018|url= https://www.forumsec.org/2018/09/05/boe-declaration-on-regional-security/ | accessdate=13 November 2023}}</ref>  which declaration is a framework for coordinating response to regional crises, and sets out an expanded concept of security.<ref name="Low">{{cite web| last =Anna Naupa, Murray Ackman & Patrick Tuimalealiifano |title= Boe Declaration: navigating an uncertain Pacific|publisher= Lowy Institute|page=|date = 3 October 2018|url= https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/boe-declaration-navigating-uncertain-pacific| accessdate=13 November 2023}}</ref>  The Boe Declaration extended the [[Biketawa Declaration]] (2000) to include issues of human security, environmental security, transnational crime, and cybersecurity.<ref name="Boe"/><ref name="TN">{{cite journal |author= Tess Newton Cain|url= https://www.jstor.org/stable/26908765|title= Let's Hear It for the Boe |journal= Security Challenges, Special Issue: How Does the 'Pacific' Fit into the 'Indo-Pacific'? |volume=16 |year=2020|issue= 1|pages=32–36 |jstor= 26908765}}</ref>

The expanded concept of security set out in the Boe Declaration has been applied in the [[Australia–Tuvalu relations|Falepili Union between Tuvalu and Australia]] (2023).<ref name=FalepiliTreaty>{{cite web|url= https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tuvalu/australia-tuvalu-falepili-union-treaty|title=Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union treaty|publisher=Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date= 12 November 2023}}</ref><ref name="AUTFU">{{cite web| last = | first = |title= Joint Statement on the Falepili Union between Tuvalu and Australia |publisher= Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|page=|date = 10 November 2023|url= https://www.pm.gov.au/media/joint-statement-falepili-union-between-tuvalu-and-australia | accessdate=13 November 2023}}</ref><ref name=AustraliaTuvaluResidency>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/10/australia-to-offer-residency-to-tuvalu-residents-displaced-by-climate-change|title=Australia to offer residency to Tuvalu citizens displaced by climate change|publisher=The Guardian Australia| author = Daniel Hurst and Josh Butler |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=10 November 2023 | access-date= 12 November 2023}}</ref>

== Recent works ==
An "open skies" policy has been under work by a number of nations. The Pacific Islands Air Services Agreement or PIASA would allow member nations to have more access for their airlines to other member countries. To date there have been ten signatories, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Six countries have ratified the agreement: Cook Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/showDetails.aspx?objid=08000002801a9d24 |title=Pacific Islands Air Services Agreement |website=United Nations Treaty Collection |access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref>

At the 19–20 August 2008 Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Niue, the leaders discussed [[Pacific Plan]] priorities including, "fisheries, energy, trade and economic integration, [[climate change]] and transport, in addition to information and communication technology, health, education, and good governance." Leaders also discussed the [[effects of global warming|impacts of climate change]] and adopted the ''Niue Declaration on Climate Change''. Restoration of democratic governance in Fiji was discussed as were consequences should the interim government fail to meet established deadlines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/22/content_9600598.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080826032535/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/22/content_9600598.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 August 2008|title=Fiji ministers "angry" at Pacific Islands Forum's suspension warning|last=Gao|date=22 August 2008|work=World|publisher=Xinhuanet|access-date=23 August 2008}} "Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Pacific leaders were losing patience with Fiji's interim government. He said Australia will mobilize any resources necessary to restore democracy to Fiji."</ref> Regional assistance to the Solomon Islands and Nauru was discussed, followed by discussion of radioactive contamination in the Marshall Islands from US government tests. Regional institutional framework issues and [[WTO]] Doha round developments were discussed, followed by discussion of country-initiatives and the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility launched 19 August 2008 to provide up to A$200 million over four years to help improve infrastructure in Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.<ref name="2008Forum" /> The United Nations announced that it would partner with Samoa to develop an Inter-Agency Climate Change Centre to help Pacific island nations combat the impacts of climate change in the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2008/2008-08-19-02.asp|title=UN to Help Pacific Island States Fight Climate Change|last=Unattributed|date=19 August 2008|publisher=Environment News Service|archive-date=30 August 2014|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830142624/http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2008/2008-08-19-02.asp}}</ref>
In the 2013 forum, the [[Marshall Islands]], supported by all other Pacific nations, claimed compensation from the United States for the nuclear tests conducted on the islands during the 1940s and 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/nuclear-contamination-still-an-issue-for-marshall-islands/1192782|title=Nuclear contamination still an issue for Marshall Islands|last=Unattributed|date=19 September 2013|publisher=Radio Australia|access-date=19 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=79189|title=Marshall Islands minister unhappy with John Key nuclear response|last=Unattributed|date=19 September 2013|publisher=Radio New Zealand International|access-date=19 September 2013}}</ref>

In the Nadi Bay declaration of 30 July 2019, the Pacific Islands Forum warned that coral atoll nations could be uninhabitable as early as 2030, expressed their deeply concern about a lack of "comprehension, ambition or commitment" from developed nations and called for an immediate reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.<ref>{{cite web|author=Adam Morton|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/31/pacific-leaders-plead-with-australia-to-drop-plans-to-carry-over-emissions-credits|title=Pacific leaders plead with Australia to drop plans to carry over emissions credits|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=1 August 2019|access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cbSloYVSuY4mIZnUUC5ISpZUaV3NTb2y/view|title=Nadi Bay Declaration on the Climate Change Crisis in the Pacific|date=30 July 2019|access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref>

On 27 January 2021, the European Union and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat agreed a project worth EUR 5.75 million to enhance the trade capacity of Pacific Island countries. The project titled "Strengthening Pacific Intra-Regional and International Trade (SPIRIT)" is designed to boost and increase intra-regional and international trade by strengthening institutional and technical capacity in the Pacific Island region. It will also facilitate the implementation of other trade agreements, in particular the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and of the Pacific's Aid-for-Trade Strategy 2020–2025.<ref name="EU2021-1">{{cite web|title=European Union provides FJD 14.3 million to strengthen Pacific Trade Capacity|publisher=United Nations|date=27 January 2021|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2017/bio4989.doc.htm|access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref>

== Summits ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ PIF Summits
|-
!# !! Year !! Dates !! Country !! City !! Leaders !!Ref.
|-
! scope="row" |44 || 2013
|| 3-6 September || {{flag|Marshall Islands}} || [[Majuro]] || style="text-align:center"| {{Collapsible list|titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal; 
 |title = 18
 |{{flagicon|Australia}} 
 |{{flagicon|Cook Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Federated States of Micronesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Fiji}}
 |{{flagicon|French Polynesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Nauru}}
 |{{flagicon|New Caledonia}}
 |{{flagicon|New Zealand}}
 |{{flagicon|Niue}}
 |{{flagicon|Palau}}
 |{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}}
 |{{flagicon|Samoa}}
 |{{flagicon|Solomon Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Tonga}}
 |{{flagicon|Tuvalu}}
 |{{flagicon|Vanuatu}}
 }} 
 || 
|-
! scope="row" |[[45th Pacific Islands Forum|45]] || 2014
|| 29-31 July || {{flag|Palau}} || [[Koror]] || style="text-align:center"| {{Collapsible list|titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal; 
 |title = 18
 |{{flagicon|Australia}} 
 |{{flagicon|Cook Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Federated States of Micronesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Fiji}}
 |{{flagicon|French Polynesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Nauru}}
 |{{flagicon|New Caledonia}}
 |{{flagicon|New Zealand}}
 |{{flagicon|Niue}}
 |{{flagicon|Palau}}
 |{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}}
 |{{flagicon|Samoa}}
 |{{flagicon|Solomon Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Tonga}}
 |{{flagicon|Tuvalu}}
 |{{flagicon|Vanuatu}}
 }} 
 || 
|-
! scope="row" |46 || 2015
|| 8-10 September || {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} || [[Port Moresby]] || style="text-align:center"| {{Collapsible list|titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal; 
 |title = 18
 |{{flagicon|Australia}} 
 |{{flagicon|Cook Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Federated States of Micronesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Fiji}}
 |{{flagicon|French Polynesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Nauru}}
 |{{flagicon|New Caledonia}}
 |{{flagicon|New Zealand}}
 |{{flagicon|Niue}}
 |{{flagicon|Palau}}
 |{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}}
 |{{flagicon|Samoa}}
 |{{flagicon|Solomon Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Tonga}}
 |{{flagicon|Tuvalu}}
 |{{flagicon|Vanuatu}}
 }} 
 || 
|-
! scope="row" |47 || 2016
|| 8-10 September || {{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}} || [[Pohnpei]] || style="text-align:center"| {{Collapsible list|titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal; 
 |title = 18
 |{{flagicon|Australia}} 
 |{{flagicon|Cook Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Federated States of Micronesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Fiji}}
 |{{flagicon|French Polynesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Nauru}}
 |{{flagicon|New Caledonia}}
 |{{flagicon|New Zealand}}
 |{{flagicon|Niue}}
 |{{flagicon|Palau}}
 |{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}}
 |{{flagicon|Samoa}}
 |{{flagicon|Solomon Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Tonga}}
 |{{flagicon|Tuvalu}}
 |{{flagicon|Vanuatu}}
 }} 
 || 
|-
! scope="row" |48 || 2017
|| 5-8 September || {{flag|Samoa}} || [[Apia]] || style="text-align:center"| {{Collapsible list|titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal; 
 |title = 18
 |{{flagicon|Australia}} 
 |{{flagicon|Cook Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Federated States of Micronesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Fiji}}
 |{{flagicon|French Polynesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Nauru}}
 |{{flagicon|New Caledonia}}
 |{{flagicon|New Zealand}}
 |{{flagicon|Niue}}
 |{{flagicon|Palau}}
 |{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}}
 |{{flagicon|Samoa}}
 |{{flagicon|Solomon Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Tonga}}
 |{{flagicon|Tuvalu}}
 |{{flagicon|Vanuatu}}
 }} 
 || 
|-
! scope="row" |49 || 2018
|| 3-6 September || {{flag|Nauru}} || [[Yaren]] || style="text-align:center"| {{Collapsible list|titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal; 
 |title = 18
 |{{flagicon|Australia}} 
 |{{flagicon|Cook Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Federated States of Micronesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Fiji}}
 |{{flagicon|French Polynesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Nauru}}
 |{{flagicon|New Caledonia}}
 |{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Jacinda Ardern]]
 |{{flagicon|Niue}}
 |{{flagicon|Palau}}
 |{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}}
 |{{flagicon|Samoa}}
 |{{flagicon|Solomon Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Tonga}}
 |{{flagicon|Tuvalu}}
 |{{flagicon|Vanuatu}}
 }} 
 || 
|-
! scope="row" |50 || 2019
|| 14–16 August || {{flag|Tuvalu}} || [[Funafuti]] || style="text-align:center"| {{Collapsible list|titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal; 
 |title = 18
 |{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Scott Morrison]]
 |{{flagicon|Cook Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Federated States of Micronesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Fiji}}
 |{{flagicon|French Polynesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Nauru}}
 |{{flagicon|New Caledonia}}
 |{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Jacinda Ardern]]
 |{{flagicon|Niue}}
 |{{flagicon|Palau}}
 |{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}}
 |{{flagicon|Samoa}}
 |{{flagicon|Solomon Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Tonga}}
 |{{flagicon|Tuvalu}} '''[[Enele Sopoaga]]'''
 |{{flagicon|Vanuatu}}
 }} 
 || 
|-
! scope="row" | || 2021
|| 6 August || {{flag|Fiji}} || Virtual meeting<br/>{{small|(Video conference)}} [[Suva]] || style="text-align:center"| {{Collapsible list|titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal; 
 |title = 18
 |{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Scott Morrison]]
 |{{flagicon|Cook Islands}} [[Mark Brown (Cook Islands)|Mark Brown]]
 |{{flagicon|Federated States of Micronesia}} [[David Panuelo]]
 |{{flagicon|Fiji}} '''[[Frank Bainimarama]]'''
 |{{flagicon|French Polynesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Nauru}}
 |{{flagicon|New Caledonia}}
 |{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Jacinda Ardern]]
 |{{flagicon|Niue}} [[Dalton Tagelagi]]
 |{{flagicon|Palau}} [[Surangel Whipps Jr.]]
 |{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}} [[James Marape]]
 |{{flagicon|Samoa}}
 |{{flagicon|Solomon Islands}} [[Manasseh Sogavare]]
 |{{flagicon|Tonga}} [[Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa]]
 |{{flagicon|Tuvalu}} [[Kausea Natano]]
 |{{flagicon|Vanuatu}} [[Bob Loughman]]
 }} 
 || 
|-
! scope="row" |[[51st Pacific Islands Forum|51]] || 2022
|| 11–14 July || {{flag|Fiji}} || [[Suva]] || style="text-align:center"| {{Collapsible list|titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal; 
 |title = 18
 |{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Anthony Albanese]]
 |{{flagicon|Cook Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Federated States of Micronesia}} [[David Panuelo]]
 |{{flagicon|Fiji}} '''[[Frank Bainimarama]]'''
 |{{flagicon|French Polynesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Nauru}}
 |{{flagicon|New Caledonia}}
 |{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Jacinda Ardern]]
 |{{flagicon|Niue}} [[Dalton Tagelagi]]
 |{{flagicon|Palau}} [[Surangel Whipps Jr.]]
 |{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}} [[James Marape]]
 |{{flagicon|Samoa}}
 |{{flagicon|Solomon Islands}} [[Manasseh Sogavare]]
 |{{flagicon|Tonga}} [[Siaosi Sovaleni]]
 |{{flagicon|Tuvalu}}
 |{{flagicon|Vanuatu}} [[Bob Loughman]]
 }} 
 || 
|-
! scope="row" |52 || 2023 
|| 6–10 November || {{flag|Cook Islands}} || [[Rarotonga]] || style="text-align:center"| {{Collapsible list|titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal; 
 |title = 18
 |{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Anthony Albanese]]
 |{{flagicon|Cook Islands}} '''[[Mark Brown (Cook Islands)|Mark Brown]]'''
 |{{flagicon|Federated States of Micronesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Fiji}}
 |{{flagicon|French Polynesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Nauru}}
 |{{flagicon|New Caledonia}}
 |{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Carmel Sepuloni]]
 |{{flagicon|Niue}}
 |{{flagicon|Palau}}
 |{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}}
 |{{flagicon|Samoa}}
 |{{flagicon|Solomon Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Tonga}}
 |{{flagicon|Tuvalu}}
 |{{flagicon|Vanuatu}}
 }} 
 || 
|-
! scope="row" |53 || 2024 
|| 26–30 August || {{flag|Tonga}} || [[Nukuʻalofa]] || style="text-align:center"| {{Collapsible list|titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal; 
 |title = 18
 |{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Anthony Albanese]]
 |{{flagicon|Cook Islands}} [[Mark Brown (Cook Islands)|Mark Brown]]
 |{{flagicon|Federated States of Micronesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Fiji}}
 |{{flagicon|French Polynesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Nauru}}
 |{{flagicon|New Caledonia}}
 |{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Christopher Luxon]]
 |{{flagicon|Niue}}
 |{{flagicon|Palau}}
 |{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}}
 |{{flagicon|Samoa}}
 |{{flagicon|Solomon Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Tonga}} '''[[Siaosi Sovaleni]]'''
 |{{flagicon|Tuvalu}}
 |{{flagicon|Vanuatu}}
 }} 
 ||
|-
! scope="row" |54 || 2025 
|| 8-12 September || {{flag|Solomon Islands}} || [[Honiara]] || style="text-align:center"| {{Collapsible list|titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal; 
 |title = 18
 |{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Anthony Albanese]]
 |{{flagicon|Cook Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Federated States of Micronesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Fiji}}
 |{{flagicon|French Polynesia}}
 |{{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}
 |{{flagicon|Nauru}}
 |{{flagicon|New Caledonia}}
 |{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Christopher Luxon]]
 |{{flagicon|Niue}}
 |{{flagicon|Palau}}
 |{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}}
 |{{flagicon|Samoa}}
 |{{flagicon|Solomon Islands}} '''[[Jeremiah Manele]]'''
 |{{flagicon|Tonga}}
 |{{flagicon|Tuvalu}}
 |{{flagicon|Vanuatu}}
 }} 
 || 
|-
|}

== See also ==
* [[Forum Fisheries Agency]]
* [[Melanesian Spearhead Group]]
* [[Pacific Community]]
* [[Pacific Forum Line]] – a regional shipping company owned by 12 Pacific Islands Forum member countries
* [[Pacific Games]]
* [[Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO)]]
* [[Pacific Islands Trade and Investment Commission|Pacific Trade Invest]]
* [[Pacific Union]]
* [[Polynesian Leaders Group]]
* [[Trade bloc]]

==References==
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