The ICSID has yet to rule on this jurisdictional issue, but when lawyers for the Salvadoran government pushed previously to have the case dismissed onthe grounds that Pacific Rim has no right to an exploitation permit, the ICSID ruled in favor of Pacific Rim.
In alternative energy news, the remote Pacific Island territory of Tokelau (population: 1, 411), which previously relied on diesel generators for electricity, officially became the world's first solar-powered nation.