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United Nations Report Reveals the Ongoing Legacy of Nuclear Colonialism in the Marshall Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Robert Jacobs  and
Mick Broderick
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In September of 2012, Dr. Calin Georgescu, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and waste, submitted his report on the legacy of the nuclear weapon testing program of the United States in the Marshall Islands to the Human Rights Council of the UN. This long overdue report offers a harsh assessment of the history of American nuclear testing in the Pacific and the subsequent underplaying of both the health and welfare of the Marshallese, and the radiological contamination wrought by the 67 nuclear weapon tests (atmospheric and underwater) conducted there between 1946 and 1958.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 10 , Issue 47 , November 2012 , e1
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1 “Mission to the Marshall Islands (27-30 March 2012) and the United States of America (24-27 April 2012)”

2 The Nuclear Claims Tribunal website.

3 “Joint Briefing by US Air Force Global Strike Command, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and US Army Space and Missile Defense Command.”

4 “Treaty or Rarotonga.”

5 UNESCO Advisory Body Evaluations: Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands) No 1339.