The president of the small Pacific Island nation of Palau called on Taiwan to be allowed to join efforts to protect the world’s oceans after Taiwanese nationals were blocked from attending a U.N. event in Portugal.
The event focused on the sustainable use of oceans and marine resources, a key concern for Pacific Island nations.
“We need all of humanity, including the 23 million people in Taiwan, to be part of the solution,” President Surangel Whipps Jr. said on the first day of the U.N. Ocean Conference held from June 27 to July 1.
The president’s comments were part of a media release put out by the U.N. on June 27 and were followed by more critical comments attributed to a delegate at the conference’s closing ceremony as reported by Reuters….