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Pacific Members and Associate Members

ESCAP has 21 Pacific Members and Associate Members

Members in the Pacific	Associate Members in the Pacific
Australia	American Samoa
Fiji	Cook Islands (the)
Kiribati	French Polynesia
Marshall Islands (the)	Guam
Micronesia (Federated States of)	New Caledonia
Nauru	Niue
New Zealand	Northern Mariana Islands (the)
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

Member Countries in the Pacific
	Name: Australia Independence: 1 January 1901 Capital: Canberra ESCAP/UN membership: 28 March 1947
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	Name: Fiji Independence: 10 October 1970 Capital: Suva ESCAP/UN membership: 3 August 1979
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	Name: Kiribati Independence: 12 July 1979 Capital: Tarawa ESCAP/UN membership: 26 July 1991
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	Name: The Marshall Islands Independence: 21 October 1986 Capital: Majuro ESCAP/UN membership: 31 July 1992
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	Name: Federated States of Micronesia Independence: 3 November 1986 Capital: Pohnpei ESCAP/UN membership: 31 July 1992
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	Name: Nauru Independence: 31 January 1968 Capital: Yaren ESCAP/UN membership: 20 July 1971
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	Name: New Zealand Independence: 26 September 1907 Capital: Wellington ESCAP/UN membership: 8 March 1948
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	Name: Palau Independence: 1 October 1994 Capital: Koror ESCAP/UN membership: 18 July 1996
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	Name: Papua New Guinea Independence: 16 September 1975 Capital: Port Moresby ESCAP/UN membership: 27 August 1976
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	Name: Samoa Independence: 1 January 1962 Capital: Apia ESCAP/UN membership: 5 July 1963
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	Name: Solomon Islands Independence: 7 July 1978 Capital: Honiara ESCAP/UN membership: 3 August 1979
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	Name: Tonga Independence: 4 June 1970 Capital: Nulu'alofa ESCAP/UN membership: 20 July 1971
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	Name: Tuvalu Independence: 1 October 1978 Capital: Funafuti ESCAP/UN membership: 26 July 1985
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	Name: Vanuatu Independence: 30 July 1980 Capital: Port Villa ESCAP/UN membership: 27 July 1984
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Associate Member Countries in the Pacific
	Name: American Samoa Territory of the US Capital: Pago Pago ESCAP/UN membership: 28 July 1991
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	Name: Cook Islands Self-governing in free association with New Zealand Capital: Rarotonga ESCAP/UN membership: 11 July 1972
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	Name: French Polynesia Overseas territory of France Capital: Papeete ESCAP/UN membership: 31 July 1992
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	Name: Guam Territory of US Capital: Agana ESCAP/UN membership: 24 July 1981
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	Name: New Caledonia Overseas territory of France Capital: Noumea ESCAP/UN membership: 31 July 1992
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	Name: Niue Self-governing in free association with New Zealand Capital: Alofi ESCAP/UN membership: 3 August 1979
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	Name: Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth in political union with US Capital: Saipan ESCAP/UN membership: 22 July 1986
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