UN countries urged to 'go the extra yard' for Fiji

Fiji has made a plea at the UN for immediate assistance from member countries as it says it can't handle the effects of Cyclone Winston alone.

Fiji's Permanent Representative to the UN Peter Thomson told UN member countries nearly half of the population had been affected by the storm, a third of them children.

Mr Thomson told the briefing in New York Fiji had to start from scratch.

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Source: Radio New Zealand International