UN Urges More US Action on Marshall Islands Nuclear Legacy
The report says past U.S. payments left out future generations, environmental damage and other harms, and calls for healthcare and declassified records.
- On Thursday, the UN Human Rights Office urged Washington to provide full reparations for the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands, a Pacific nation of approximately 37,000 inhabitants that hosted 67 U.S. nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958.
- The 1954 "Castle Bravo" test at Bikini Atoll and other U.S. military testing between 1946 and 1958 left a legacy of displacement and health consequences, with the UN report describing environmental and social impacts as "severe and lasting."
- Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Awa Dabo told the Human Rights Council that "virtually every Marshallese family" faces enduring health consequences, including cancer and social stigmas, with exposed persons often referred to as "poison people."
- The Nuclear Claims Tribunal previously set compensation at more than $2.3 billion, far exceeding a 1980s agreement of $150 million, while the United States has previously said it settled claims with $600 million.
- Marshall Islands Senator David Anitok appealed directly to the Human Rights Council on Thursday, stating that the "continued denial of an effective remedy" forces residents to seek international help as Washington remains disengaged from the body.
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The archipelago in the Pacific was the scene of 67 American nuclear tests. The consequences are still felt today. It is about a billion compensation.
UN urges more US action on Marshall Islands nuclear legacy
The United States needs to take additional steps to remedy the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands by providing healthcare and releasing secret archives, according to a UN report presented to its human rights body on Thursday.
The United States must take additional measures to address the long-term consequences of nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, including by providing health care for those affected and declassifying documents. This is stated in a UN report presented to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, BTA reports. Between 1946 and 1958, the United States conducted 67 nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands. Among them was Castle Bravo on Bikini Atoll in 195…
The UN Human Rights Office has called on the US to compensate the Marshall Islands for nuclear testing in the years 1946 to 1958. Washington must acknowledge that there has been "no complete and just regulation" of the nuclear program demands, said a report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday. The US must provide comprehensive and effective assistance to the affected residents.
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