List of member states

The 46 Member States

Altogether, there are 46 Member States covering the Pacific and its marginal seas. Official Member States of the ICG/PTWS are those who are members of UNESCO and the IOC, and who have officially designated Tsunami National Contacts and Tsunami Warning Focal Points through formal channels.

PTWS MEMBER STATES: 46 (53 countries and sub-jurisdictions)

All countries, except Democratic Republic of Korea, have provided Tsunami Warning Focal Point and Tsunami National Contact information. Cambodia, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, and Tokelau are Associate Member States of the IOC.

ICG/PTWS Member States with formal official designations (bold): 25
Member States that are not IOC Member States marked with *: 4
Member States with no recent information marked with +: 1

PACIFIC RIM MEMBER STATES (27):
Brunei Darusalaam, Cambodia *, Canada, Chile – including Easter Island and Juan Fernandez Islands, China - mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, Colombia, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of Korea +, Ecuador – including Galapagos Islands, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru,  Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, United States of America – including States, Territories of American Samoa and Guam, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana, Islands, and US Minor Outlying Islands (Baker, Howland, Jarvis, Johnston, Kingman Reef, Midway, Palmyra, Wake), Vietnam

PACIFIC ISLAND MEMBER STATES (19)
Australia – including Territory of Norfolk, Coral Sea, Cook Islands (free association New Zealand), Fiji, France – French Polynesia, New Caledonia,Wallis and Futuna, Kiribati – Gilbert, Phoenix, Christmas, Marshall Islands (free association USA) – Kwajalein, Majuro *, Micronesia,Federated States of (free association USA) * – Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Yap, Nauru *, New Zealand – including Kermadec Islands, Niue (free association New Zealand), Palau (free association USA), Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, UK – Pitcairn, Vanuatu

*page edited 5 Dec 2014