positions fiIled by nationals resulted in the ternination of operational assistance expert8 as well as those provided under various bilateral assistance programnes. tNDP continued to provide expert advisers and United Nations volunteers. 398. During 1984, the UNDP field office at Suva, Fiji, which covers Vanuatu, undertook three separate missions to Vanuatu to monieor and revien ongoing LrNDP country and regional projects and to co-ordinate chird-party coat sharing and otheri multi-bilateral arrangements with bilateral donors. 399. INDP spent an estinated $2071000 in country IPF funds for Vanuatu in 1984 for six projects and expended an additional $224r000 for five non-IPF-funded proiects. this assistance continued to be supplemented by the Governnent of Vanuatursparticipation in the UNDP-supported Pacific Island InEercountry Programme, which provided support toeards meeting the priority needs referred to above as nell as assistance in such other priority areas as rootcrop cultivation, energy development and manpower planning. Interregional advisors of the United Nations were also utilized ln a co-ordinated manner. Assistance to Vanuatu in 1984 nas facilit,ated by the nove of the United Nations Developnent Advisory Team (tNDAT) from Fiji to Vanuatu phere it was combined with the Pacific Office of the Economic and Social Cornrnission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) to form the new ESCAP Pacific OperatlonE Centre (EPOC) now headquartered at Vila, the capital of Vanuatu. 400. In June 1984 the Inter-Agency uission to Vanuatu recommended, jglgIb, improvements in the countryrs national disaster preparedness structure.A/40/439 English Page 62 subsequently, the Governnent requested ttNDRo to Provide the services of an exPert in disaster management. ttNDRO has since made arrangements to provide the nec::sary help. with respect to the stormE of 1985 total contrlbutlons reported to IINDRO as of mid-lgg5 were $46113I. ttNDRO ltEelf provided an emergency grant of 010,000. 401. UNFPA assistance to Vanuatu ia through the following proiectss
**Analysis**
The text primarily discusses the assistance provided by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other organizations to Vanuatu in 1984. The assistance focuses on providing expert advisers, United Nations volunteers, and funding for various projects, including disaster management, rootcrop cultivation, energy development, and manpower planning. These projects seem to be aimed at improving the country's overall development, particularly in the areas of agriculture, disaster preparedness, and human resources.

**Category**
Economic development, Humanitarian aid and relief, Health