France

FORUM DIALOGUE MEMBERSHIP ESTABLISHED: 1989

MOST RECENT STATEMENT TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM:

Statement to the 50^th Pacific Islands Forum (2019)

Statement to the Kainaki II to COP 26 – Pacific Islands Forum High-Level Roundtable on Urgent Climate Change Action (2020)

DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN FORUM MEMBER STATES: 5 (Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Vanuatu). French territories of New Caledonia and French Polynesia are Forum Members.

ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT MECHANISMS:

France-Oceania Summit, established in 2001, last met 2021. The final declaration of the 5^th Summit, held in July 2021, is available here https://www.forumsec.org/2021/07/20/final-declaration-of-the-5th-france-oceania-summit-19-july-2021/.

France is a Member of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).