Tuvalu: Cyclone Pam shows we are still ‘least developed’

Tuvalu should still be considered one of the world’s “least developed countries” despite rising wealth, its UN ambassador is arguing in the wake of Cyclone Pam.

Aunese Makoi Simati wrote to the UN’s economic and social council (Ecosoc), asking for the low-lying Pacific island state’s vulnerability to climate disaster to be taken into account.

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Source: RTCC