The Pacific Islands Forum is an inter-governmental organization that aims to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean. It was founded in 1971 as the South Pacific Forum. In 1999, the name was changed; Pacific Islands Forum is more inclusive of the Forum's Oceania-spanning membership of both north and south Pacific island countries and Australia. It is an official observer at the United Nations.Its decisions are implemented by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat(PIFS), which grew out of the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation (SPEC). The Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General is the permanent Chairman of the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP). recently been part of regional peacekeeping and stabilization operations in other states, notably Solomon Islands (2003-), Nauru (2004–2009), and Tonga (2006). 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.In September 2011, the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands were granted observer status in the Pacific Islands Forum
| Member states[9] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia (AU) |  Kiribati (KI) |  Palau (PW) |  Solomon Islands (SB) | |
 Cook Islands (CK) |  Nauru (NR) |  Papua New Guinea (PG) |  Tonga (TO) | |
 Micronesia (FM) |  New Zealand (NZ) |  Marshall Islands (MH) |  Tuvalu (TV) | |
 Niue (NU) |  Samoa (WS) |  Vanuatu (VU) | ||
| Suspended members | ||||
 Fiji (FJ) (suspended since May 2, 2009) | ||||
| Associate members | Observers | |||
 New Caledonia (NC) |  French Polynesia (PF) |  Tokelau (TK) |  Timor-Leste (TL) | |
 Wallis and Futuna (WF)[10] |  Guam (GU) | |||
 United Nations | Commonwealth of Nations | |||
| Asian Development Bank | WCPFC | |||
 American Samoa (AS) |  Northern Mariana Islands (MP) | |||
| For abbreviations, see ISO 3166-1. | ||||
| Dialogue partners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Canada |  China (CN) |  Europe |  France |
 India |  Indonesia (ID) |  Japan |  Italy |
 South Korea |  Malaysia (MY) |  Philippines (PH) |  Thailand |
 United Kingdom |  United States (US) | ||
The Republic of China has asked to be recognised as an official dialogue partner of the Forum. That status is currently awarded to the People's Republic of China. The two governments compete for diplomatic recognition in the Pacific.
Tuiloma Neroni Slade (Samoa)[13] 13 October 2008 - present---Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum
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