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Tokelau Gets The World's Most Modern Telecommunications System

Tokelau Gets The World's Most Modern Telecommunications System

Tokelau is one of the world's most isolated communities. Composed of three small atolls with a population of 1,600, it takes twenty-eight hours to get there by boat from Samoa. The atolls lack roads, airstrips... even a proper harbor. But, thanks to help from the United Nations Development Programme

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News & Features / Features / UN in Action
Corporate Name
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - UNDP
Subject Topical
COMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SOLAR ENERGY
COMMUNICATIONS
Geographic Subject
OCEANIA
TOKELAU
MAMS Id
UNA0678
Parent Id
UNA0678

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Tokelau is one of the world's most isolated communities. Composed of three small atolls with a population of 1,600, it takes twenty-eight hours to get there by boat from Samoa. The atolls lack roads, airstrips... even a proper harbor. But, thanks to help from the United Nations Development Programme

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