Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
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URL: https://www.forumsec.org/
Founded
1972-09 Suva Fiji
History
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Encourage and promote regional cooperation among members; facilitate continuing cooperation and consultation among members through trade, investments, development and related areas; act as aid coordinating agency for regional projects; promote collaboration between relatively undeveloped island countries and more industrialized countries; further the establishment of a free trade area in the South Pacific region.
Events
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Set up, May 1979, Sydney (Australia), the E-XE0130 - Pacific Islands Trade and Invest, in cooperation with Australian government. Relationship agreement with: B-XB0971 - FAO. Participates in the activities of: E-XE3381 - UNCTAD. Cooperates with: E-XE4161 - UNEP; E-XE4177 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Accredited by: E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC). Observer member of: E-XE4655 - Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). Official observer of: E-XJ1672 - Pacific Islands Law Officers' Network (PILON). Member of: E-XK1497 - Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG). Instrumental in setting up: U-XK0565 - South Pacific Maritime Development Programme. Under Lomé Conventions, links with: E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC). Adheres to: E-XJ4994 - Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC). Cooperation with: F-XF5942 - Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT).
Links with:
- D-XD0165 - ASEAN;
- F-XF0077 - Asian Development Bank (ADB);
- E-XE9559 - Asian and Pacific Development Centre (APDC);
- E-XE3058 - Bureau de développement des télécommunications (BDT);
- D-XD2685 - Comisión Permanente del Pacifico Sur (CPPS);
- F-XF3936 - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC);
- C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat;
- U-XG8887 - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ);
- H-XD0665 - European Community;
- F-XF4360 - European Development Fund (EDF);
- H-XF0985 - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT);
- E-XE1493 - Institute for Research, Extension and Training in Agriculture (IRETA);
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD);
- B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO);
- T-XT8527 - South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Rarotonga);
- U-XE5320 - South Pacific Regional Shipping Council;
- E-XE1107 - Standing Committee of the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- K-XK0051 - UNESCAP Pacific Operations Centre (UN/EPOC);
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- E-XE8323 - UNESCO Office for the Pacific States;
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- G-XG2898 - United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
E-XE3221 - Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific (CROP), established in the late 1980's, helps minimise duplications, particularly in administration. Through SPOCC, links with:
- D-XD3260 - Pacific Community (SPC);
- K-XF0607 - Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP);
- F-XF9594 - Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA);
- E-XE8300 - Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP);
- E-XD1008 - Pacific Tourism Organization (SPTO);
- F-XF8052 - University of the South Pacific (USP).
Links indicated by: D-XD0031 - Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean; E-XE4453 - Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Centre (PFTAC).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Member of: F-XJ9643 - Effective Institutions Platform (EIP); D-XD6849 - Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association (PITA). Associate member of: E-XE1817 - Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP). Participates in: F-XJ5936 - Global Island Partnership (GLISPA); B-XJ6767 - Global Partnership for Oceans (GPO). Library is member of: A-XA1945 - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Supports: F-XM1577 - Pacific Parliamentary Assembly on Population and Development (PPAPD). Links with:
- G-XG6466 - Association for Promotion of International Cooperation (APIC);
- D-XF6327 - Association of South Pacific Airlines (ASPA);
- G-XF0974 - Counterpart International (FSP);
- G-XG3256 - Foundation for Development Cooperation;
- D-XD0627 - Pacific Islands News Association (PINA);
- D-XD0363 - Pacific Maritime Transport Alliance (PMTA);
- D-XD7535 - Pacific Power Association (PPA).
Links indicated by: D-XD1223 - Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI); D-XD3083 - Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (PIANGO); F-XF6249 - Pacific Islands GOOS (PI-GOOS).
Publications
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- Commerce → Investment
- Commerce → Trade
- Commerce → Conditions of Trade
- Development → Development
- Solidarity → Cooperation
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE4630
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