Editing Pacific Community (section)

{{Short description|International development organisation}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox Geopolitical organization
| linking_name           = the Pacific Community
| image_flag             = Flag of the Pacific Community.png
| symbol_type            = Logo
| image_symbol           = Pacific Community logo.svg
| symbol_width           = 130px
| image_map              = Map of Pacific Community, 2016.webp
| image_map_caption      = SPC 2016 member map
| membership             = {{collapsible list
  | titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;
  | title = [[#Present|27 countries and territories]]
  | {{Flag|American Samoa}}
  | {{Flag|Australia}}
  | {{Flag|Cook Islands}}
  | {{Flag|Fiji}}
  | {{Flag|France}}
  | {{Flag|French Polynesia}}
  | {{Flag|Guam}}
  | {{Flag|Kiribati}}
  | {{Flag|Marshall Islands}}
  | {{Flag|Micronesia}}
  | {{Flag|Nauru}}
  | {{Flag|New Caledonia|local}}
  | {{Flag|New Zealand}}
  | {{Flag|Niue}}
  | {{Flag|Northern Mariana Islands}}
  | {{Flag|Palau}}
  | {{Flag|Papua New Guinea}}
  | {{Flag|Pitcairn Islands}}
  | {{Flag|Samoa}}
  | {{Flag|Solomon Islands}}
  | {{Flag|Tokelau}}
  | {{Flag|Tonga}}
  | {{Flag|Tuvalu}}
  | {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
  | {{flag|United States}}
  | {{Flag|Vanuatu}}
  | {{Flag|Wallis and Futuna|local}}
 }}
| admin_center_type      = Headquarters Location
| admin_center           = [[Nouméa]], [[New Caledonia]]
| leader_title1          = Committee of Representatives
| leader_name1           = Annual Chair Rotation
| leader_title2          = {{nowrap|Director-General}}
| leader_name2           = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Stuart Minchin]]}}
| established_event1     = as South Pacific Commission
| established_date1      = 1947
| established_event2     = as the Pacific Community
| established_date2      = 2016
| time_zone              = {{collapsible list
  | titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;
  | title = 12 [[List of time zones|time zones]]
  | [[UTC]]
  | &nbsp;[[UTC+8|+8]] &nbsp;{{flagicon|Australia}}
  | &nbsp;[[UTC+9|+9]] &nbsp;{{flagicon|Palau}}
  | &nbsp;[[UTC+9:30|+9:30]] &nbsp;{{flagicon|Australia}}
  | &nbsp;[[UTC+10|+10]] &nbsp;{{flagicon|Australia}}{{flagicon|FSM}}{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}}
  | &nbsp;[[UTC+11|+11]] &nbsp;{{flagicon|FSM}}{{flagicon|New Caledonia}}{{flagicon|Solomon Islands}}
  | &nbsp;+11 &nbsp;{{flagicon|Vanuatu}}
  | &nbsp;[[UTC+12|+12]] &nbsp;{{flagicon|Fiji}}{{flagicon|Kiribati}}{{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}
  | &nbsp;+12 &nbsp;{{flagicon|Nauru}}{{flagicon|New Zealand}}{{flagicon|Tuvalu}}
  | &nbsp;[[UTC+13|+13]] &nbsp;{{flagicon|Kiribati}}{{flagicon|Tonga}}
  | &nbsp;[[UTC+14|+14]] &nbsp;{{flagicon|Kiribati}}
  | &nbsp;[[UTC-10|-10]] &nbsp;{{flagicon|French Polynesia}}
  | &nbsp;[[UTC-9:30|-9:30]] &nbsp;{{flagicon|French Polynesia}}
  | &nbsp;[[UTC-9|-9]] &nbsp;{{flagicon|French Polynesia}}
  | &nbsp;[[UTC-8|-8]] &nbsp;{{flagicon|Pitcairn Islands}}
 }}
| official_website       = [http://www.spc.int spc.int/]
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| today                  = 
| conventional_long_name = Pacific Community
}}

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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spc.int/about-us/contact-us|title=Contact Us|website=The Pacific Community|language=en|access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://purl.org/spc/digilib/doc/4b5zf Pacific Community Strategic Plan, 2016-2020]</ref> Unlike the slightly smaller [[Pacific Islands Forum]], PaciCom is not a trade bloc, and does not deal with military or security issues.

PaciCom's regional development issues include climate change, [[disaster risk management]], fisheries, [[food security]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=SPC promotes food security|url=https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/spc-promotes-food-security/|access-date=2020-11-06|website=Fiji Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> education, gender equality, human rights, non-communicable diseases, agriculture, forestry and land use, water resources, and youth employment.