Australia has also recently reopened an offshore processing centre on Nauru, as it puts back in place a controversial policy it ended four years ago.

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Speaking during the interactive discussion were the representatives of Spain (on behalf of the European Union), Nauru (on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States), Equatorial Guinea (on behalf of the African Group), Canada (also on behalf of Australia and New Zealand), Nepal (on behalf of the least developed countries), Bolivia, Australia, Colombia, Russian Federation and Venezuela.

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Nauru is on its third president in a week.

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Phosphate mining revenues on the Pacific island of Nauru have been squandered.

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Something similar, but on a much smaller scale, is happening in Nauru.

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The report focuses on five countries - Angola, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Kazakhstan and Nauru.

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Only two countries, Guatemala and Nauru, have no legal system for the exchange of tax information, although they are working on it.

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