The history of Nauru has been intrinsically linked with the extraction of phosphate.

Nauru has yet to develop a plan to remove the innumerable coral pinnacles created by mining and make those lands suitable for human habitation.

* Intensive phosphate mining during the past 90 years has left the central 80 % of Nauru a wasteland and threatens limited remaining land resources.

The tiny equatorial island of Nauru has been inhabited for about 2, 000 years.

The population of Nauru has an average life expectancy ranging from 62 years, depending on the sources used.

Another health challenge has been the increase in the rate of alcoholism in Nauru.

The phosphate supply has virtually all been exhausted in recent years and as such, the future of the people of Nauru is uncertain, and the challenge for the country's policy makers will be to determine a path of continued economic prosperity, without the benefits of this resource.

The government has also invested in property on other islands and the United States through its Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust.

Nauru, as a result, has been a casualty of this movement.

As noted above, offshore banking has been one arena into which Nauru has traversed, however, the rewards are limited by growing concern about the ethical parameters of this business.

Taiwan and Nauru had shared diplomatic ties for 22 years ; Taiwan has enjoyed diplomatic ties with several Pacific countries even in the face of the " One China policy " by Beijing.

The author of the report has offered Nauru economic advice in the past.

Nauru has one government-owned radio station and two television stations.

The UNCCD has 194 country Parties: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, the People's Republic of China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d ' Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

It has High Commissions in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.

Australia administered Nauru as a dependent territory from 1914 to 1968, and has remained one of Nauru's foremost economic and aid partners thereafter.

Widely grown as an ornamental, the species has become naturalised in the Southern United States, Christmas Island, the Cook Islands, Galapagos Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Sri Lanka and Tonga amongst many other locales.

* Nauru: Nauru, a tiny country of only, has no distinct capital city, and thus has a capital district instead.

Nauru has established diplomatic relations with a number of nations, including most of its Pacific neighbors with which it maintains economic, cultural and administrative ties with its regionally.

: Includes five archipelagoes ; Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean-the others are Banaba ( Ocean Island ) in Kiribati and Nauru

The country also is one of the eight signatories of the Nauru Agreement Concerning Cooperation In The Management Of Fisheries Of Common Interest which collectively controls 25-30 % of the world's tuna supply and approximately 60 % of the western and central Pacific tuna supply.

Kiribati is one of the eight signatories of the Nauru Agreement Concerning Cooperation In The Management Of Fisheries Of Common Interest which collectively controls 25-30 % of the world's tuna supply and approximately 60 % of the western and central Pacific tuna supply.

Money gained from the exploitation of phosphate was put into the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust and gave Nauruans the second highest GDP Per Capita ( second only to the United Arab Emirates ) and one of the hightest standards of living in the Third World.

Nauru is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean — the others are Banaba ( Ocean Island ) in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia.

His second Administration of 2004-2007, however, is increasingly regarded by some observers as one which was characterized by relative stability for the Republic of Nauru in contrast with the political upheavals and crises which occurred before and after this Administration.

For example, Nauru is one of only three UN-recognized nations with a sea border that is not a member of the International Maritime Organization ( the others are the Federated States of Micronesia and Niue ).

Similarly, the Nauru is one of only seven UN members that is not a member of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, one of 8 not part of the International Monetary Fund, one of 12 UN not part of the International Finance Corporation.

Australia administered Nauru as a dependent territory from 1914 to 1968, and has remained one of Nauru's foremost economic and aid partners thereafter.

In the document, the Government of the Republic of Nauru recognised that, "... that there is but one China in the world, that the Government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China and that Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory.

" The declaration also contained an undertaking by Nauru to close its embassy in Taipei within one month, which was curious because Nauru had never had a diplomatic mission in Taiwan.

There are two hotels in Nauru, one the newly refurbished Menen Hotel.

Tuvalu is one of the eight signatories of the Nauru Agreement Concerning Cooperation In The Management Of Fisheries Of Common Interest which collectively controls 25-30 % of the world's tuna supply and approximately 60 % of the western and central Pacific tuna supply.

Tonga is, however, notably not one of the eight signatories of the Nauru Agreement Concerning Cooperation In The Management Of Fisheries Of Common Interest which collectively controls 25-30 % of the world's tuna supply and approximately 60 % of the western and central Pacific tuna supply.

Notably in certain complex colonial units within the British Empire, the High Commissioner to whom was given the highest ' regional ' supervision ( either residing in one of the constitutive territories, e. g. in the British Western Pacific Territories ( BWPT ), first by the Governor on Fiji, then from 1952 onwards on the Solomon Islands ; or even in a neighbouring colony, e. g. the Governor of the Straits Settlements as High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States ) would commonly be represented in territories not comprising his residence by a Resident Commissioner, though in some places ( including some of the Federated Malay States ) similar officials were formally styled as Residents, a more diplomatic title ; otherwise another type of official was also possible ( e. g. the British Consul in the protected state of Tonga, a Polynesian kingdom ; an Administrator on Nauru ; a mere Chief Magistrate on tiny Pitcairn ).

Ubenide is one of the constituencies of Nauru and is made up of the four districts: Baiti, Denigomodu, Nibok, and Uaboe.

The Moqua Well is not well known, one of a few attractions in Nauru.

In the confusion, the Nauru government did not respond to the ultimatum, which was extended an additional 24 hours, and the ROC followed through with its threat, breaking ties that had existed since 1980 on 23 July 2002.

Russell Effaney Kun ( b. May 24, 1966 ) is a political figure from the Pacific nation of Nauru and former powerlifter.

A conference of the neighboring states ( Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, Nauru, Samoa, and territory of Cook Islands ) met on 24 February 1972 at which Tonga made a claim over the Minerva Reefs and the rest of the states recognized its claim.

A 2006 Report by the Australian Human Rights Commissioned showed that of the 1509 Asylum Seekers sent to Nauru by that time, 586 were granted Australian resettlement ( 39 %), 360 resettled in New Zealand ( 24 %), 19 resettled in Sweden ( 1. 2 %), 10 in Canada (< 1 %) and 4 in Norway (< 1 %).

On 16 May 2006, OzJet was announced as taking over operating the regular service from Australia to Norfolk Island, replacing Air Nauru from 24 May 2006.