INTERVIEW: UN Development Program PNG representative Nicholas Booth

PAPUA NEW GUINEA LANDSLIDE

People working at the scene of the deadly landslide in the province of Enga, Papua New Guinea Source: AAP / Mohamud Omer/PR IMAGE

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The United Nations says the number of people impacted by the landslide in central Papua New Guinea stands at more than 7,800. Authorities are still cautious about giving an exact number of casualties, as international partners including Australia, begin a precarious recovery operation. SBS's Tys Occhiuzzi spoke to Nicholas Booth, who is the United Nations Development Program's Representative in PNG, about the current situation.

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