PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM

About:

• The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru and Palau “have agreed to temporarily rescind their withdrawal” from the Pacific Islands Forum.
  
  
• The five territories announced a year ago they were quitting the group after their nominee lost the vote for a new forum secretary general.
  
  

Pacific Islands Forum

• The Pacific Islands Forum is the region’s premier political and economic policy organisation.
  
  
• Founded in 1971, it comprises 18 members: Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.