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The Fijian Government and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Subregional Office for the Pacific, have pledged to strengthen partnership which focuses on advancing shared aspirations on climate change, resilient economic recovery and sustainable development.
In appreciation of this longstanding collaboration, the Permanent Secretary Office of the Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs, Mr Yogesh Karan, formally welcomed and conveyed the best wishes of the Fijian Government to Mr Sudip Ranjan Basu as he assumes his new role as the new Deputy Head and Senior Economic Affairs Officer of the ESCAP Sub-regional Office for the Pacific.
At an introductory meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister on (Wednesday 16 March 2022), Mr Karan congratulated Mr Basu on his new appointment and reaffirmed the Fijian Government’s commitment to work closely with ESCAP Pacific on our common agenda to ensure that, “no one is left behind.”
Mr Karan acknowledged ESCAP’s development assistance to Fiji and the region in key priority areas of National Planning and Policy Coherence, 2030 Agenda and SAMOA Pathway, Social Inclusion and Equality, Climate Action and Resources Management, Data and Statistics.
Discussions were also held on the prospective partnership opportunities that would complement Fiji’s economic recovery efforts and ultimately support our national priorities and build regional prosperity.
Mr Basu commended the Fijian Government’s leadership in raising the climate change and oceans issues in regional and global engagements, and united voices to raise ambition.
He recognised the Fijian Government’s important role in advancing the Pacific sustainable development priorities in the region and beyond.
“UNESCAP stands ready to work together with Fiji and the Pacific region on climate action, oceans, resilience building, post-COVID-19 socio-economic recovery, and data and statistics for better policymaking,” said the Deputy Head of ESCAP Sub-regional Office for the Pacific.
He also spoke briefly on the importance of the upcoming seventy-eighth session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) which would unfold new opportunities to shape the future of regional cooperation centred on a new form of multilateralism.
The session will feature the commemoration of ESCAP’s seventy-fifth anniversary of its establishment in 2022 and it will be held in a hybrid modality from 23 to 27 May 2022 in Bangkok.
The ESCAP Subregional Office for the Pacific covers Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, 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.
