United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime, Regional Office for Central America and the Caribbean in Panama

In September 2009, with the objective of providing greater service to regional Member States, the UNODC made the decision to lend support to the Regional Office in Mexico (regional headquarters at that time), by establishing a Regional Programme Office in Panama (RPOPAN) in June 2010. This office later evolved to become the UNODC Regional Office for Central America and the Caribbean in Panama (UNODC ROPAN) and became functional as such in March 2012. UNODC ROPAN covers 24 countries in Central America and the Caribbean and is operational in three (3) of the official United Nations languages (English, French, and Spanish).