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Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs

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Website
  
www.state.gov/p/eap/

Annual budget
  
323.9 million USD (2012)

Number of employees
  
194 (2013)


Preceding bureau
  
Office of Chinese Affairs

Bureau executive
  
Daniel R. Russel, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Parent department
  
U.S. Department of State

Headquarters
  
Washington, D.C., United States

Jurisdiction
  
Federal government of the United States

Profiles

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In the United States Government, the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP, originally the Office of Chinese Affairs) is part of the United States Department of State and is charged with advising the Secretary of State and Under Secretary for Political Affairs on matters of the Asia-Pacific region, as well as dealing with U.S. foreign policy and U.S. relations with countries in that area. It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, who reports to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.

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Assistant secretary russel on the fy 2015 budget for the bureau of east asian and pacific affairs


Organization

The offices of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs direct, coordinate, and supervise U.S. government activities within the region, including political, economic, consular, public diplomacy, and administrative management issues.

  • Office of Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island Affairs – Coordinates policy on Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu
  • Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs – Coordinates policy regarding the People's Republic of China and Mongolia
  • Office of Regional and Security Policy
  • Office of Public Affairs – Coordinates the bureau's media engagement and domestic public outreach, and prepares press guidance for the Department Spokesperson in the Bureau of Public Affairs
  • Office of Japanese Affairs – Oversees Japan–United States relations
  • Office of Mainland South Asia Affairs – Coordinates policy on Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam
  • Office of Maritime South Asia Affairs – Coordinates policy on Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Timor-Leste
  • Office of Korean Affairs – Coordinates policy towards North Korea and South Korea
  • Office of Public Diplomacy
  • Office of Multilateral Affairs – Coordinates policy regarding the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific, and the ASEAN Regional Forum
  • Office of Taiwan Coordination – Oversees Taiwan–United States relations
  • Office of Economic Policy
  • Office of the Executive Director – Oversees the bureau's human resources and resource management

    • References

    Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Wikipedia
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