‘Never forget’: Pacific countries remember nuclear test legacy as weapons ban treaty debated.

‘Never forget’: Pacific countries remember nuclear test legacy as weapons ban treaty debated.

Supporters of the UN treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons gathered this month in New York to call for wider ratification Jon Letman, Guardian, 21 Mar 25 Growing up in the Pacific nation of Kiribati, Oemwa Johnson heard her grandfather’s stories about nuclear explosions he witnessed in the 1950s. The blasts gave off ferocious heat and blinding light. He told her people were not consulted or given protective gear against bombs detonated by the US an…