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On 17 October 2019, the Republic of Palau deposited its instrument of accession to the HCCH Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (HCCH Apostille Convention).

With the accession of Palau, the HCCH Apostille Convention now has 118 Contracting Parties; it will enter into force for Palau on 23 June 2020. Palau joins other small island States of the Pacific as a Contracting Party to the Convention, such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu.

Palau is not a Member of the HCCH yet, and this is the first HCCH Convention that Palau has joined. Palau has thus become the 153^rd Party to be connected to the HCCH. This shows that the Organisation continues to make good progress on its path towards universality and inclusiveness, a central tenet of its operational strategy.