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President Lai hosts state banquet for President Surangel Whipps Jr. of Republic of Palau
TAIWAN, May 20 - Details 2025-05-20 President Lai and President Surangel S. Whipps, Jr. of Palau hold bilateral talks and witness signing of cooperation agreements On the afternoon of May 20, following a welcome ceremony with military honors for...

President Lai and President Surangel S. Whipps, Jr. of Palau hold bilateral talks and witness signing of cooperation agreements
TAIWAN, May 20 - Details 2025-05-20 President Lai hosts state banquet for President Surangel Whipps Jr. of Republic of Palau On the evening of May 20, President Lai Ching-te, accompanied by Vice President Bi-khim Hsiao, hosted a state banquet at...

Sustainable Tourism in UNESCO World Heritage Marine Sites
On 5 December 2024, managers from the 51 UNESCO World Heritage marine sites convened online with experts from UNESCO and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to share best practices in managing tourism sustainably across...

Climate Change Forum, 5-6 December 2024, InterContinental le Grand Hotel
PARIS, FRANCE, November 28, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The much-anticipated XI edition of the CC Forum «Investment in Sustainable Development» will be held on 5–6 December 2024 at the iconic InterContinental Le Grand Hotel in Paris. As one of...

President Lai addresses Palau National Congress
TAIWAN, December 5 - President Lai addresses Palau National Congress On the evening of December 5 local time (earlier in the evening of December 5 Taipei time), President Lai Ching-te addressed the National Congress of the Republic of Palau as...

President Lai hosts appreciation luncheon in Palau
TAIWAN, December 6 - President Lai hosts appreciation luncheon in Palau On the afternoon of December 6 local time (noon the same day Taipei time), while on a series of state visits to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and the Republic...

President Lai attends ribbon-cutting ceremony for One Stop Shop Building in Palau
TAIWAN, December 6 - President Lai attends ribbon-cutting ceremony for One Stop Shop Building in Palau President Lai attends ribbon-cutting ceremony for One Stop Shop Building in Palau On the morning of December 6 local time (morning of December 6...

President Lai observes Taiwan-Palau joint maritime rescue drill
TAIWAN, December 6 - President Lai observes Taiwan-Palau joint maritime rescue drill On the morning of December 6 local time (earlier in the morning of December 6 Taipei time), President Lai Ching-te proceeded to Malakal harbor to observe a...

President Lai issues remarks after returning from state visits to the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau
TAIWAN, December 6 - President Lai issues remarks after returning from state visits to the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau President Lai issues remarks after returning from state visits to the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau On the evening...

Secretary-General Pan visits Palau National Aquaculture Center
TAIWAN, December 6 - Secretary-General Pan visits Palau National Aquaculture Center On the morning of December 6 local time (morning of the same day Taipei time), as part of the itinerary during President Lai Ching-te’s state visits to the...

President Lai delivers remarks before departing for Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau
TAIWAN, November 30 - President Lai delivers remarks before departing for Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau President Lai delivers remarks before departing for Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau On the afternoon of November 30, President Lai...

President Lai delivers remarks aboard aircraft en route to Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau
TAIWAN, November 30 - President Lai delivers remarks aboard aircraft en route to Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau President Lai delivers remarks aboard aircraft en route to Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau At 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, November...

President Lai to lead delegation on visit to the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau
TAIWAN, November 22 - President Lai to lead delegation on visit to the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau President Lai to lead delegation on visit to the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau On the morning of November 22, the Presidential Office...

Ilham Aliyev met with President of Palau
AZERBAIJAN, November 18 - On November 18, Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, met with Surangel Whipps, President of the Republic of Palau. The President of Palau expressed his gratitude to the Azerbaijani leader for the...

LEAP, globally popular software for energy, climate mitigation, and air pollution planning, to be offered free to an additional 54 countries
Screenshot from LEAP: Emissions variations by location. The countries eligible for free LEAP licenses now include all upper-middle-countries and most Small Island Developing States (SIDS), making the tool freely available to governments,...

President Lai congratulates Surangel Whipps Jr. and Raynold Oilouch on election as Palauan president and vice president
TAIWAN, November 7 - President Lai congratulates Surangel Whipps Jr. and Raynold Oilouch on election as Palauan president and vice president President Lai congratulates Surangel Whipps Jr. and Raynold Oilouch on election as Palauan president and...

Role of Indigenous communities recognised at world’s first-ever ‘nature positive’ summit
08 October 2024, Sydney, Australia - The critical role of Indigenous peoples in addressing the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and plastic pollution was recognised at the inaugural Global Nature Positive Summit (GNPS)...

Climate risks projected to affect fish biomass around the world's ocean, FAO report says
Rome – New projections highlight potential climate risks to exploitable fish biomass for nearly all regions of the world's ocean, including top producer countries and those with high reliance on aquatic foods, according to a report released today...

PRESS RELEASE – Palauli 1 District Development Council (DDC) partners with Methodist Church and Satuiatua Village Council to co-finance Satuiatua Multipurpose Hall.
The Satuiatua Multipurpose Hall was officially opened by the Palauli No.1 Member of Parliament (MP) and Minister of Women, Community & Social Development (MWCSD), Hon. Mulipola Anarosa Ale-Molio’o, on Friday 27 September 2024. Total cost of the...

Deputy Under Secretary Farrell to Travel to Australia, Fiji, Palau, and Papua New Guinea to Promote Inclusive Economic Growth
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 30, 2024 Contact: Office of Public Affairs Email: publicaffairs@trade.gov Phone: 202-482-3809 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Diane Farrell will travel to...