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President Lai meets Commander-in-Chief of US Veterans of Foreign Wars Alfred Lipphardt
TAIWAN, March 18 - Details 2025-02-17 President Lai meets former United States Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger On the morning of February 17, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by former United States Deputy...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Lai addresses opening of 2025 Yushan Forum
TAIWAN, March 17 - Details 2025-03-13 President Lai attends Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2025 Spring Banquet On the evening of March 13, President Lai Ching-te attended the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2025 Spring Banquet for foreign ambassadors and...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
Microbix & ACPCC support efforts to eliminate cervical cancer in the Indo-Pacific
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario and MELBOURNE, Australia, March 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Microbix Biosystems Inc. (TSX: MBX, OTCQX: MBXBF, Microbix®), a life sciences innovator, manufacturer, and exporter, and the Australian Centre for the Prevention of...
Pacific Islands gather in Funafuti for first-ever Plastic Dialogue
Gov't Institution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 8, 2024
7 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - With the community of nations deadlocked in international negotiations to conclude a global instrument to end plastic pollution by the end of 2024, a first-of-its-kind Plastic Dialogue was convened today in...
Pacific Islands region waste management challenges under the microscope at Fourth Clean Pacific Roundtable
Gov't Institution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 6, 2024
5 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - Officials and delegates at the Fourth Clean Pacific Roundtable (4CPRT) have been urged to develop tailor-made waste disposal and management measures that are of practical use and application to circumstances in...
Pacific countries and SPREP envision future of work to manage waste and pollution
Gov't Institution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 8, 2024
8 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - Waste management and pollution control remains one of the most pressing environmental issues facing the Pacific, a region already struggling with the impacts of the triple planetary crises of climate change,...
Work to reduce marine pollution in Pacific countries discussed at 4CPRT
Gov't Institution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 6, 2024
6 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - The Pacific Ocean is the lifeblood of our Pacific communities. It sustains livelihoods, cultures, and economies. However, the growing threats of marine pollution as a result of oil spills, marine invasive species,...
Kiribati’s lead-acid battery recycling system highlighted at Clean Pacific Roundtable
Gov't Institution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 7, 2024
7 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - A commercial operation to recycle used lead-acid batteries in Kiribati, where 7000 tonnes of toxic waste has been removed from the island over a twenty year period, could be replicated and used in other Pacific...
How the Kingdom of Tonga is dealing with the scourge of End of Life Vehicles
Gov't Institution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 7, 2024
6 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - The mountain of End of Life Vehicles (ELVs) is an imposing challenge for the Kingdom of Tonga. Statistics show that the main island of Tongatapu has accumulated more than 30,000 ELVs over the years – and with more...
17 Emerging Leaders from Asia-Pacific Advance Disaster Risk Reduction Skills: UNITAR Training Concludes with Workshop in Fiji
Following three months of capacity-building via online learning and virtual classrooms, the in-person workshop allowed the participants to engage in expert-led lectures and study tours for contextualized, experiential and practical learning. At...
Owner: United Nations
Spotlight on work to encourage behaviour change towards waste management
Gov't Institution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 1, 2024
31 July 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - Whether it is dealing with disposable diapers in Vanuatu, improving waste management in Solomon Islands or changing mindsets about how to dispose e-waste at the Ensisi Valley in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the work of...
12 July 2024: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo in Australia for talks; Marles in Washington D.C. for NATO Summit; new assistance package for Ukraine; Australia shares committment to Drone Coalition; Marles meets with...
Owner: Australian Institute of International Affairs (Non-profit)
President Lai holds press conference following high-level national security meeting
TAIWAN, February 14 - Details 2025-01-01 President Lai delivers 2025 New Year’s Address On the morning of January 1, President Lai Ching-te delivered his 2025 New Year’s Address, titled “Bolstering National Strength through Democracy to Enter a...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
UNDP PLEDGED SUPPORT FOR GNUT’S NEC AND DONOR ROUNDTABLE EVENT
UNDP PLEDGED SUPPORT FOR GNUT’S NEC AND DONOR ROUNDTABLE EVENT In a courtesy call today to the Prime Minister honorable Jeremiah Manele MP, the United Nations resident coordinator to Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, Dirk Wagener has...
Owner: Solomonese Government
ADB Appoints Emma Veve as Director General for Pacific
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (3 February 2025) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Emma Veve as Director General of its Pacific Department (PARD), where she will be responsible for the department’s vision and strategy in the subregion....
Owner: Asian Development Bank
Pacific Countries gather to Enhance Climate Information Services
26 March 2023, Koror Palau - Representatives from the Cook Islands, Niue, Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Tuvalu gathered in Koror, Palau, from 19-23 February 2024 to advance and improve climate information and knowledge services,...
10 May 2024: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese addresses Chinese jet manoeuvers; Sanctions against Russian cyber criminal Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev; new investment in Australia-Tuvalu relations; Australia expands connectivity with Palau, and...
Owner: Australian Institute of International Affairs (Non-profit)
President Lai receives credentials from new Guatemala Ambassador Luis Raúl Estévez López
TAIWAN, January 6 - Details 2024-12-19 President Lai meets Brookings Institution delegation On the morning of December 19, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation from the Brookings Institution. In remarks, President Lai stated that Taiwan is...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Lai meets Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute delegation
TAIWAN, January 9 - Details 2025-01-06 President Lai receives credentials from new Guatemala Ambassador Luis Raúl Estévez López On the morning of January 6, President Lai Ching-te received the credentials of new Ambassador Extraordinary and...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
Presidential Office thanks White House for its statement on enduring US commitment to Indo-Pacific region
TAIWAN, January 11 - Details 2025-01-09 President Lai meets Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute delegation On the morning of January 9, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and...
Owner: Taiwanese Government