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Between the Local Government Council's dissolution and the Nauru Island Council's creation, there was an interim Nauru Council, which consisted of the cabinet of Nauru and was led by the president. The Nauru Island Council had less power than the Local Government Council, playing more of an advisory role to the national government. [3]
Nauru, [c] officially the Republic of Nauru [d], formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Micronesia, part of the Oceania region in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba of Kiribati about 300 kilometres (190 mi) to the east.
An elected member of the Nauru Island Council cannot simultaneously be a member of parliament. Land tenure in Nauru is unusual: all Nauruans have certain rights to all land on the island, which is owned by individuals and family groups; government and corporate entities do not own land and must enter into a lease arrangement with the landowners ...
The Cabinet of Nauru is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of Nauru, a small island nation in the Pacific Ocean.Article 17 (1.) of the Constitution of Nauru provides for the "executive authority of Nauru" to be vested in "a Cabinet constituted as provided by this Part" with the "general direction and control of the government of Nauru", specified in Article 17 (2.) as being ...
Australia, whose troops had occupied the island in 1914, took control of the island, with Britain and New Zealand acting as co-trustees. The text of the League of Nations mandate, shown here, prohibits forced labor, the establishment of military or naval bases, and “the supply of intoxicating spirits and beverages” to the native population.
The island was previously a United Nations Trust Territory administered by Australia. The Australian government's Nauru Act 1965 created the Legislative Council for the Territory of Nauru , consisting of 15 members – nine elected members, one ex officio member (the Administrator of Nauru ), and five "official members" nominated by the ...
Summarising Nauru's report to the council, he stated that the country was undergoing legal reforms with an aim to improve guarantees on human rights. He drew the council's attention, in particular, to the Nauruan constitutional referendum of 2010, which had aimed unsuccessfully to amend the Constitution and expand its Bill of Rights. Batsiua ...
Nauru – sovereign island nation located in the Micronesian South Pacific. [1] Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in the Republic of Kiribati , 300 kilometres (190 mi) due east. Nauru is the world's smallest island nation, covering just 21 square kilometres (8 sq mi), the smallest independent republic , and the only republican state in the ...