ocr: TOKELAU e Status: New Zealand dependent territory Claimed: 1926 Capital: None Population: 1,760 Density: 433 per. sq. mile ar ACCORDING TO A19891 UN 172°30' report, this South Pacific island will disappear under the sea in the 21st century unless action is taken to stop global warming. In Atafu Atoll 1990, in another blow for the islanders, a cyclone destroyed crops and wrecked Tokelau's infrastructure. The New Zealand government has, however, made efforts to spur development. A tuna cannery and the sale of fishing Vukunonuk Atoll licenses has raised revenue, and: a catamaran link betwee en th ...