Subregional Office for the Pacific

The ESCAP Subregional Office for the Pacific - formerly known as ESCAP Pacific Operations Centre (EPOC) - was established in 1984 in Port Vila, Vanuatu, by combining the Pacific Liaison Office's operations based in Naoero and the United Nations Development Advisory Team based in Fiji. The office was relocated to Suva in 2005 to enable more effective collaboration with regional partners.

The Office’s guiding mission is to support Pacific island developing countries in their efforts to attain the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and work on priority areas of the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for SIDS (ABAS) to align with the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent.

The ESCAP Subregional Office for the Pacific covers Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Naoero, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, as well as American Samoa, the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, New Caledonia, Niue and the Northern Mariana Islands as associate members.

Priority concerns of Pacific countries are brought to the Commission's attention through The Special Body on Least Developed, Landlocked Developing and Pacific Island Developing Countries. Issues considered at recent Special Body sessions include financing, planning, statistics and environment.

In 2025, the office will focus on the following priority areas, as mandated by the ESCAP Commission:

• Climate change and disaster risk reduction
• Sustainable Management and Use of the Oceans
• Regional Integration and Connectivity
• Social Inclusion
• Data and Policy Coherence