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President Lai delivers 2025 New Year’s Address
TAIWAN, January 1 - Details 2024-10-10 President Lai delivers 2024 National Day Address President Lai Ching-te on the morning of October 10 attended the ROC’s 113th Double Tenth National Day Celebration in the plaza fronting the Presidential...
Two Pacific SIDS submit first Tentative Lists
The Cook Islands and Tuvalu, two SIDS State Parties in the Pacific, submitted their first Tentative Lists in January 2024, marking a significant step in their continuing efforts on preserving their unique heritage. The Cook Islands officially...
President Lai presides over second meeting of Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee
TAIWAN, December 26 - President Lai presides over second meeting of Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee President Lai presides over second meeting of Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee On the afternoon of December 26,...
President Lai attends luncheon hosted by overseas community in Guam
TAIWAN, December 5 - President Lai attends luncheon hosted by overseas community in Guam At noon on December 5 local time (morning of December 5 Taipei time), President Lai Ching-te attended an expatriate luncheon in Guam while on a transit stop...
President Lai attends banquet hosted by overseas community in Honolulu
TAIWAN, December 1 - President Lai attends banquet hosted by overseas community in Honolulu On the evening of November 30 local time (noon of December 1 Taipei time), President Lai Ching-te attended an expatriate banquet in Honolulu while...
Pacific Islands and the Climate Crisis: Challenges, Injustices, and Pathways Forward
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, November 29, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Pacific Islands, some of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, have once again found themselves overlooked on the global stage. As COP29 concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan,...
President Lai meets delegation led by Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt
TAIWAN, December 9 - President Lai meets delegation led by Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt On the morning of December 9, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt. In remarks, President Lai thanked Governor...
President Lai holds reception for traveling press corps
TAIWAN, December 6 - President Lai holds reception for traveling press corps At noon on December 6 local time (morning of December 6 Taipei time), President Lai Ching-te held a reception in Palau for the press corps traveling with his delegation....
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 visits Guam Legislature
TAIWAN, December 5 - President Lai visits Guam Legislature On the morning of December 5 local time (also morning of December 5 Taipei time), President Lai Ching-te visited the Guam Legislature while transiting through Guam during his itinerary of...
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...
Presidential Office briefing on President Lai’s itinerary during transit stops in Hawaii and Guam
TAIWAN, December 6 - Presidential Office briefing on President Lai’s itinerary during transit stops in Hawaii and Guam Presidential Office briefing on President Lai’s itinerary during transit stops in Hawaii and Guam On November 30 and December 4...
President Lai meets President Hilda C. Heine of the Marshall Islands and her cabinet
TAIWAN, December 3 - President Lai meets President Hilda C. Heine of the Marshall Islands and her cabinet President Lai meets President Hilda C. Heine of the Marshall Islands and her cabinet On the afternoon of December 3 local time (morning of...
President Lai addresses Nitijela of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
TAIWAN, December 3 - President Lai addresses Nitijela of the Republic of the Marshall Islands On the afternoon of December 3 local time (morning of December 3 Taipei time), President Lai Ching-te addressed the Nitijela (parliament) of the Republic...
President Lai visits Bishop Museum in Hawaii
TAIWAN, December 1 - President Lai visits Bishop Museum in Hawaii On the morning of November 30 local time (early morning of December 1 Taipei time), President Lai Ching-te landed at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport to transit through Hawaii...
COP29 Concludes: Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, November 28, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan, marking another milestone in the global fight...
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,...
Pacific Tourism Organisation team up with National Tourism Organisations to explore Japanese Geoparks and Heritage Sites
From October 22nd to November 1st, the Pacific Tourism Organisations (SPTO) Division of Sustainable Tourism embarked on a study tour of Japan’s Geoparks. Joined by representatives from the National Tourism Organisations of Fiji, Samoa, Tuvalu and...
17 November 2023: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese at PIF, Falepili Union with Tuvalu announced, Albanese attends APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, Marles in Indonesia, diplomatic announcements, Judge Charlesworth re-elected to ICJ, and more. Prime...
Tuvalu launches State of Environment Report and National Environment Management Strategy
The Government of Tuvalu launched their State of Environment (SOE) Report 2022 and the National Environmental Management Strategies (NEMS) 2022-2026 during the national Environmental Week which was held on the 27 June 2022. Derived from the...