Asia Regional Integration Center

The South Pacific Commission, as the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) was formerly known, was founded in 1947 under the Canberra Agreement by Australia, France, New Zealand, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and the United States (US), countries that administered territories in the Pacific. All 22 Pacific nations and territories (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna) are full members, along with Australia, France, New Zealand, and the US. In 1997 the members adopted the name Pacific Community, and the organization became the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.