The Group of Asia and the Pacific Small Island Developing States (often shortened as Asia and the Pacific or Asia-Pacific Group) is one of the five United Nations regional groups and is composed of 53 Member States from Asia and Oceania.^[1]

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Group of Asia and the Pacific Small Island Developing States

Formation	1964; 60 years ago (1964)
Type	Regional group
Legal status	Active
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The Group, as with all the regional groups, is a non-binding dialogue group where subjects concerning regional and international matters are discussed. Additionally, the Group works to help allocate seats on United Nations bodies by nominating candidates from the region.^[2][3]

The following are the Member States of the Asia and the Pacific Group:^[4][5]

At its creation, the Group was known as the Asia Group or Asian Group.^{[clarification needed]} However, by the 1970s, Pacific island nations were gaining independence and joining the group. By the mid-2000s the number of Pacific island nations in the group had reached over one fifth of the membership, so they began to advocate for a change of name of the Group.^[6]

These efforts were met with success in 2011 when the United Nations agreed to include "Pacific" in the name of the Group, changing it to the Group of Asia and the Pacific Small Island Developing States at China's insistence. This change in name recognises the growing role Pacific island nations play in the United Nations System.^[7]

As the Group of Asia and The Pacific Small Island Developing States changed significantly over time, the number of its members had also changed.

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