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Friday 1 December 2017 | Written by Chris Taylor | Published in Politics

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UN hopes ‘nonsense’: PM
Prime minister Henry Puna clarifies the nation's development status in parliament's Question Time on Wednesday afternoon. 17113005

Prime minister Henry Puna has rejected claims made by Rarotonga resident Papa Williams that the Cook Islands government is aspiring to graduate to developed country status for the purpose of gaining a seat at the United Nations as “nonsense”.

Prime minister Henry Puna has rejected claims made by Rarotonga resident Papa Williams that the Cook Islands government is aspiring to graduate to developed country status for the purpose of gaining a seat at the United Nations as “nonsense”.


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