Samoa

Hon Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi (PM of Samoa)

FORUM MEMBERSHIP : 1971

INDEPENDENCE DAY: 1 January 1962

CAPITAL: Apia

AREA: 2,830 sq km

EEZ: 120,000 sq km

POPULATION: 193,000 (2015)

LANGUAGE: English, Samoan

CURRENCY: Tala

ECONOMY: Agriculture, fisheries, tourism

STATUS: Republic

HEAD OF STATE: HH Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi

HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: Prime Minister The Hon Tuila’epa Lupesoliai Neioti Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi

WEBSITE: www.samoagovt.ws

Nauru

H.E Baron Divavesi Waqa (President of Nauru)

FORUM MEMBERSHIP: 1971

INDEPENDENCE DAY:31 January 1968

CAPITAL: Yaren

AREA: 21 sq km

EEZ: 320,000 sq km

POPULATION: 10,800 (2015)

LANGUAGE: English, Nauruana

CURRENCY: Australian dollar

CURRENCY: Australian dollar

ECONOMY: Phosphate mining, fishing, revenue from offshore processing centre and service providers

STATUS: Republic with an Executive President

HEAD OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT: President HE Baron Divavesi Waqa

WEBSITE: www.naurugov.nr

Federated States of Micronesia

H.E Peter M. Christian (President of FSM)

FORUM MEMBERSHIP: 1987

INDEPENDENCE DAY: 3 November, 1986

CAPITAL: Palikir, Pohnpei

AREA: 702 sq km

EEZ: 2.9 million sq km

POPULATION: 103,000 (2015)

LANGUAGE: English, Micronesian languages

CURRENCY: United States dollar

ECONOMY: Agriculture, tourism, fishing, services

STATUS: Constitutional Confederation in free association with the USA

HEAD OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT: President HE Peter M. Christian

WEBSITE: www.fsmgov.org/ ; www.fsmpio.fm