Pacific Community

Pacific Community
Pacific Community
	SPC 2016 member map
Headquarters Location	Nouméa, New Caledonia
Membership	27 countries and territories American Samoa ; Australia ; Cook Islands ; Fiji ; France ; French Polynesia ; Guam ; Kiribati ; Marshall Islands ; Micronesia ; Nauru ; New Caledonia ; New Zealand ; Niue ; Northern Mariana Islands ; Palau ; Papua New Guinea ; Pitcairn Islands ; Samoa ; Solomon Islands ; Tokelau ; Tonga ; Tuvalu ; United Kingdom ; United States ; Vanuatu ; Wallis and Futuna ;
Leaders
• Committee of Representatives	Annual Chair Rotation
• Director-General	Stuart Minchin
Establishment
• as South Pacific Commission	1947
• as the Pacific Community	2016
Time zone	12 time zones UTC ; +8 ; +9 ; +9:30 ; +10 ; +11 ; +11 ; +12 ; +12 ; +13 ; +14 ; -10 ; -9:30 ; -9 ; -8 ;
	Website; spc.int/

The Pacific Community (PC), formerly the South Pacific Commission (SPC), is an international development organisation governed by 27 members, including 22 Pacific island countries and territories around the Pacific Ocean. The organisation's headquarters are in Nouméa, New Caledonia, and it has regional offices in Suva, Pohnpei, and Port Vila, as well as field staff in other locations in the Pacific. Its working languages are English and French. It primarily provides technical and scientific advice, and acts as a conduit for funding of development projects from donor nations. Unlike the slightly smaller Pacific Islands Forum, the SPC is not a trade bloc, and does not deal with military or security issues.

The SPC's regional development issues include climate change, disaster risk management, fisheries, food security, education, gender equality, human rights, non-communicable diseases, agriculture, forestry and land use, water resources, and youth employment.

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