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President Lai presides over fourth meeting of Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee
Taiwan President News
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June 26, 2025
TAIWAN, June 26 - Details 2025-03-18 President Lai meets Commander-in-Chief of US Veterans of Foreign Wars Alfred Lipphardt On the morning of March 18, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Alfred Lipphardt, commander-in-chief of the...
SPREP’s Fourth Executive Board Meeting ends on a high
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 18, 2024
Island and Ocean Ecosystems Climate Change Resilience Environmental Monitoring and Governance Waste Management and Pollution Control General News 6 September 2024, Apia Samoa - The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme’s...
Fourth SPREP Executive Board Meeting opens in Samoa
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 5, 2024
Island and Ocean Ecosystems Climate Change Resilience Environmental Monitoring and Governance Waste Management and Pollution Control General News 4 September 2024, Apia Samoa – The crucial role played by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional...
President Lai meets New Zealand delegation from All-Party Parliamentary Group on Taiwan
Taiwan President News
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April 17, 2025
TAIWAN, April 17 - Details 2025-04-15 President Lai meets delegation led by Tuvalu Deputy Prime Minister Panapasi Nelesone On the afternoon of April 15, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Tuvalu Deputy Prime Minister and Minister...
President Lai delivers remarks on US tariff policy response
Taiwan President News
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April 6, 2025
TAIWAN, April 6 - Details 2025-03-13 President Lai holds press conference following high-level national security meeting On the afternoon of March 13, President Lai Ching-te convened a high-level national security meeting, following which he held...
President Lai pens Bloomberg News article on Taiwan’s response to US reciprocal tariffs
Taiwan President News
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April 9, 2025
TAIWAN, April 9 - Details 2025-04-08 President Lai receives credentials from new Tuvalu Ambassador Lily Tangisia Faavae On the morning of April 8, President Lai Ching-te received the credentials of new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary...
One Pacific – One People, One Ocean at CBD COP16.
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 22, 2024
16 October 2024, Apia, Samoa – The Pacific islands contain rich and vast biodiversity, and they hold responsibility over large proportions of global ecosystems, including about a third of all oceans and seas within national jurisdictions. However,...
Ocean Dialogue unites voices on collaborative action for shared ocean priorities
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 15, 2024
Partnerships must become the norm, not the exception. This was emphasised at the Ocean Dialogue convened during the inaugural Global Nature Positive Summit (GNPS) held in Sydney, Australia this week. The dialogue brought together First Nations...
President Lai meets Commander-in-Chief of US Veterans of Foreign Wars Alfred Lipphardt
Taiwan President News
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March 18, 2025
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...
SPREP Members commend progress and work of Secretariat in 2023
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 6, 2024
5 September 2024, Apia Samoa – The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) continues to strengthen efforts to build a resilient Pacific environment. During the past 31 years, amidst many challenges, SPREP has continued to...
Fourth Clean Pacific Roundtable advances journey towards Cleaner Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 28, 2024
9 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu – The Fourth Clean Pacific Roundtable (4CPRT) guided by the theme “Clean Environment. Resilient Oceans. Healthy Communities” has closed with a renewed focus to strengthen regional cooperation, collaboration,...
17 Emerging Leaders from Asia-Pacific Advance Disaster Risk Reduction Skills: UNITAR Training Concludes with Workshop in Fiji
UN International Training and Research Center
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March 14, 2025
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...
President Lai holds press conference following high-level national security meeting
Taiwan President News
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February 14, 2025
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...
RMI Endorses NISSAP to Enhance Effective Management of Invasive Species
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 11, 2024
9 October 2024 Majuro, Republic of Marshall Islands - Invasive species continue to be a costly issue for all countries and particularly for island nations, and with increasing trade and movement of people between countries, the threat of new...
COP29 Concludes: Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region
EIN Presswire
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November 28, 2024
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...
Incorporating circularity for effective management of hazardous waste in the Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 2, 2024
1 October 2024, Port Vila – Hazardous waste generated through industrial activities, energy production, healthcare, agriculture, and from the transport sector is a major waste stream in the Pacific. The challenges faced by the Pacific due to its...
Transformer les déchets en énergie – une autre voie vers l’économie circulaire
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 9, 2024
2 octobre 2024, Port Vila – Les dispositifs existants de transformation des déchets en énergie et la manière dont cela peut contribuer à une économie circulaire ont été discutées lors de l’atelier régional sur l’économie circulaire qui s’est tenu...
Intégrer la circularité pour une gestion efficace des déchets dangereux dans le Pacifique
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 9, 2024
1er octobre 2024, Port Vila – Les déchets dangereux générés par les activités industrielles, la production d’énergie, le secteur des soins sanitaires, l’agriculture et le secteur des transports constituent un flux de déchets majeur dans le...
President Lai pays respects to Pope Francis
Taiwan President News
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April 23, 2025
TAIWAN, April 23 - Details 2025-04-23 President Lai meets US CNAS NextGen fellows On the morning of April 23, President Lai Ching-te met with fellows from the Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Leaders Program (NextGen) run by the...
How Does Ghost Gear Affect Small Island Developing States?
Ocean Conservancy
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September 23, 2024
In 2016, I first traveled to the island nation of Vanuatu with a mission: to understand the real-life impacts of ghost gear(abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear) on the local communities. When you look at Vanuatu’s remote location...