(U.S. Embassy to Palau) Charge Bezner, Palau First Lady Valeria Toribiong, President Johnson Toribiong, and Charge Bezner’s wife, Kuniko Yasuda, at the inauguration of President Toribiong on January 15, 2009. "Palau will declare its territorial waters and extended economic zone to be the first officially recognized sanctuary for sharks," Palauan President Johnson Toribiong told the Associated Press in an interview Thursday.
