Membership
| Member states | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | 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) | ||
Taiwan assists in the development of members in the forum, and holds an annual dialogue conference with members of the forum. Participation has been limited however, due to China being an official dialogue partner.
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