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Presidential Office welcomes Tuvaluan delegation led by Parliamentary Speaker Samuelu Penitala Teo
TAIWAN, January 8 - Presidential Office welcomes Tuvaluan delegation led by Parliamentary Speaker Samuelu Penitala Teo Presidential Office welcomes Tuvaluan delegation led by Parliamentary Speaker Samuelu Penitala Teo On January 8, Presidential...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
Saint Lucia joins Commission of Small Island States in legal efforts to seek climate justice
Castries, Dec. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a bid to seek climate justice for Small Island Developing States, with the utilization of the international legal system, Saint Lucia has joined the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change...
President Lai receives credentials from new Belize Ambassador Katherine Vanessa Meighan
TAIWAN, September 12 - Details 2025-09-12 President Lai receives credentials from new Paraguay Ambassador Darío Filártiga Ruiz Díaz On the morning of September 12, President Lai Ching-te received the credentials of new Ambassador Extraordinary and...
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President Lai receives credentials from new Paraguay Ambassador Darío Filártiga Ruiz Díaz
TAIWAN, September 12 - Details 2025-09-12 President Lai receives credentials from new Belize Ambassador Katherine Vanessa Meighan On the afternoon of September 12, President Lai Ching-te received the credentials of new Ambassador Extraordinary and...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Tsai and Prime Minister Kausea Natano of Tuvalu hold bilateral talks
TAIWAN, September 5 - President Tsai and Prime Minister Kausea Natano of Tuvalu hold bilateral talks On the morning of September 5, after welcoming Prime Minister Kausea Natano of Tuvalu, his wife, and delegation with military honors, President...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
Tuvalu: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2021 Article IV Mission
April 26, 2021 A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual)...
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HON. FALEOMAVAEGA TITIMAEA TAFUA, ASSOCIATE MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT AT THE SECOND ANNUAL INTRA-CLIMATE SERVICES AND RELATED APPLICATIONS (CLIMSA) FORUM
SAMOA, September 26 - Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentelmen, It is my honor to address this Second annual Intra-Climate Services and Related Applications (ClimSA) forum on behalf of the Government of Samoa and would like to...
Owner: Samoan Government
Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Tuvalu Prime Minister Natano
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman met with Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano to discuss shared priorities for the Pacific region in Honolulu, Hawaii. Deputy Secretary Sherman...
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President Tsai hosts state banquet for Prime Minister Kausea Natano of Tuvalu
TAIWAN, September 5 - President Tsai hosts state banquet for Prime Minister Kausea Natano of Tuvalu On September 5, President Tsai Ing-wen, accompanied by Vice President Lai Ching-te, hosted a state luncheon in honor of Prime Minister Kausea...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Tsai welcomes Prime Minister Kausea Natano of Tuvalu to Taiwan
TAIWAN, September 4 - President Tsai welcomes Prime Minister Kausea Natano of Tuvalu to Taiwan A delegation from Taiwan's Pacific ally Tuvalu led by Prime Minister Kausea Natano, accompanied by his wife, has arrived in Taiwan on a state visit at...
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President Tsai officially welcomes Prime Minister Kausea Natano of Tuvalu with military honors
TAIWAN, September 5 - President Tsai officially welcomes Prime Minister Kausea Natano of Tuvalu with military honors President Tsai officially welcomes Prime Minister Kausea Natano of Tuvalu with military honors President Tsai Ing-wen officially...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
UNICEF’s Pacific representative formally introduced to Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare.
UNICEF’s Pacific representative formally introduced to Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare. PM Hon. Manasseh Sogavare discussing with UNICEF’s Pacific representative Mr. Jonathan Veitch. The new United Nations International Children’s Emergency...
Owner: Solomonese Government
President Tsai receives credentials from new Tuvalu Ambassador Bikenibeu Paeniu
TAIWAN, June 20 - President Tsai receives credentials from new Tuvalu Ambassador Bikenibeu Paeniu On the morning of June 20, President Tsai Ing-wen received the credentials of new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tuvalu to the...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
Bezos Earth Fund Invests $37.5M USD to Accelerate Pacific-Led Ocean Protection
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A groundbreaking effort led by Pacific Island leaders to safeguard the ocean took a major step forward today, with the Bezos Earth Fund announcing $37.5 million USD in grants to support marine...
2021 Pacific Regional Aviation Minister’s Meeting proceeding
SAMOA, December 14 - PASO NEWS PORT VILA: Regional preparations are underway for a virtual Regional Aviation Minister’s Meeting (RAMM) in April 2021 to progress Pacific aviation solutions, after the planned March 2020 RAMM in Papua New Guinea was...
Owner: Samoan Government
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE; Australian Government – COVID-19 vaccine access for our region
SAMOA, August 26 - • Senator the Hon Marise Payne, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Women • The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health • The Hon Alex Hawke MP, Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Assistant Defence...
Owner: Samoan Government
U.S. Government Assistance to Help Protect Samoan Communities Against COVID-19 and Other Disasters
SAMOA, August 25 - (US Embassy Apia, Samoa); The U.S. government, through the USAID – US Agency for International Development, is launching two new projects in Samoa to help communities to prepare for and respond to COVID-19 and other disasters....
Owner: Samoan Government
U.S. Government Launches Project Management course in Samoa
SAMOA, September 30 - (US Embassy Apia, Samoa) – U.S. Embassy Charge d’Affaires Jon Yoo today presented completion certificates to participants who successfully completed the Project Management Practice course supported by the United States Agency...
Owner: Samoan Government
U.S. Government Provides Additional US$9.9 Million to Support COVID-19 Efforts in the Pacific Islands Region
SAMOA, May 21 - 21st MAY 2020, Apia, Samoa – The U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional US$9.9 million to help Pacific Island countries respond to COVID-19, bringing the...
Owner: Samoan Government
Address by the Honourable Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi at the Global Focus Summit, Auckland New Zealand.
SAMOA, February 24 - It is an honour for me to be invited to speak at this Global Focus Summit to present the perspective of a small country’s response to the enhanced global geopolitical power shifts, so evident in the region now more than ever....
Owner: Samoan Government