And a hearty congratulations to the President-Elect of Palau, Johnson Toribiong, after winning Tuesday's poll in the North Pacific republic. The outgoing vice-president, Elias Camsek Chin, conceded defeat on Friday.

The Pacific Magazine website has the latest unofficial count for the presidential, senate and lower house elections.

The question is, however, begged... will Palau, along with the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, remain the lapdogs of Israeli interests in the UN General Assembly?