AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 minutes agoDeep-Sea Mining Legal Fight: The UN’s top maritime court refused to stop an International Seabed Authority inquiry into whether The Metals Company’s subsidiaries, including Nauru Ocean Resources Inc (NORI), breached UN exploration contract duties, while TMC also welcomed ITLOS provisional orders requiring due process protections for NORI and TOML. Offshore Processing Food Crisis: Asylum seekers and community detainees on Nauru say Australia’s $260-a-fortnight allowance can’t cover food or clean water, with a new Asylum Seeker Resource Centre survey finding 99% couldn’t afford enough food and most rarely had fresh produce or reliable drinking water. Nauru Policing Powers Under Scrutiny: A quiet change to Nauru policing powers—expanding community monitoring officers’ restraining and search abilities—has raised fears it was designed to blunt legal challenges tied to the NZYQ cohort. Pacific Security Tensions: Coverage links China’s July 6 submarine-launched nuclear-capable missile test near Nauru to rising regional alarm, with Nauru’s PM Fakafanua saying it “caused a stir” and increased tension. Regional Air Connectivity: Nauru Airlines ended scheduled services to Koror and Pohnpei on its North Pacific Connector route, leaving questions over future connectivity.
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