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Don't make the Pacific a nuclear dumping ground! (1981)

Auteur	Jishu-Koza
Datum	1981
Classificatie	4.26.0.00/01 (PACIFIC - ALGEMEEN/REST)
Voorkant

Appeal to All the People of the World

For a World-wide Petition Campaign Against French Nuclear Testing 
andJapan's Nuclear Waste Dumping Plan in the Pacific Ocean

September 1, 1981

I appeal on behalf of the Peoples of the Pacific to all the citizens of the world to 
help us in our campaign against the nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean, in 
particular, the French testing at Moruroa Atoll in Polynesia, and the Japanese 
government's plan to dump its unwanted nuclear wastes in the Pacific Ocean.

For too long the Peoples of the Pacific have been denied the right to live in peace 
and harmony in our homeland environments because of the nuclear testing and 
similar activities. For instance, before the war our lands were confiscated by foreign 
powers for use as military bases, and during the war our islands were converted into 
a battlefield by foreign military powers. After the war some of the islands have been 
used by the United States, Great Britain and France as nuclear testing grounds. As a 
direct result of the war and nuclear tests, many people have been killed and many 
more are dying of cancer, leukemia, and other related incurable diseases.

The peoples of the Pacific have united in our campaign against nuclear testing and 
nuclear waste dumping in the ocean, and many Pacific Island Nations have taken 
positive and concrete steps in this campaign. The Republic of Belau has recently 
adopted a constitution that completely bans the use of nuclear power, nuclear 
testing, nuclear weapons, and other highly toxic chemicals within the land or 
water territory of Belau.

Nuclear waste dumping by Japan or any other country, and nuclear testing by 
France or any others in the Pacific Ocean are criminal acts of genocide committed 
upon the Peoples of the Pacific. Any destruction of the Islands or Ocean is an 
attack upon the Peoples, as we depend on our islands and surrounding waters 
for our daily survival.

Therefore, on behalf of the Peoples of the Pacific, I strongly appeal to all the 
citizens of the world to join in our campaign. We are counting on your support, 
for it is only with your support that we can stop these nuclear activities so that
our children can live in peace.

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