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Nauru's President Lionel Aingimea addresses the UN General Assembly by video link, 23 September, 2021. Credit - United Nations
October 1, 2021
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A Pacific government which has sought to expedite deep sea mining used its UN platform to make a pitch for an industry that is unpopular with ocean peoples. There's great interest among advocates of the fledgling sector in the polymetallic nodules found on the deepest seabed of the Pacific, but few regional countries are on board.

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