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The EWC delegation with Director-General Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen and Legal Counsel Dr. Pio Manoa, our fellow Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific (CROP) agencies
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EWC President Suzanne Vares-Lum shares aloha with His Excellency President Surangel Whipps, Jr. of the Republic of Palau, host of the Our Ocean 2022 conference
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Our Ocean 2022 Palau Conference
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With Mia Kami (second from right), who shared a letter to future generations in song ahead of the Our Ocean 2022 Palau conference
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Hawai‘i Island Mayor Mitch Roth, Guam Governor Lourdes Leon Guerro, and EWC President Suzanne Vares-Lum
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EWC President Suzanne Vares-Lum with U.S. Department of Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Keone Nakoa
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The EWC delegation with Faustina “Tina” Rehuher-Marugg, one of the Center’s prestigious graduates! Tina has served as Director and Curator of the Belau National Museum for 30 years, promoting Palauan culture and heritage at regional and international venu
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Sulang to the Sonsorol State community for sharing your rich dances and chants with EWC President Suzanne Vares-Lum
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Mahalo nui to John Hennessey-Niland (third from left), United States Ambassador to the Republic of Palau for hosting the opening reception of Our Ocean 2022 Palau
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Secretary John Kerry, United States special presidential envoy for climate and co-host of the Our Oceans 2022 conference and EWC President Suzanne Vares-Lum
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The EWC/PIDP delegation to Our Ocean 2022 Palau was pleased to meet Secretary John Kerry, United States special presidential envoy for climate and co-host of the Our Oceans 2022 conference in Palau
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With the Honorable Siaosi ‘Ofakivahafolau Sovaleni, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga and Fekitamoeloa ʻUtoikamanu, the Kingdom’s Minister of Foreign Affairs