SUVA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) — Japan’s proposed motion to dump radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean is a violation of the human rights of all folks of the Pacific, stated the Fiji Non-government group (NGO) Coalition on Human Rights in a current assertion.
“Despite this nuclear waste dumping being deemed safe by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the magnitude of the threat is massive to humans and marine life and the livelihood of millions of Asia and Pacific people who depend so much on our ocean resources, and with consequences for the global food system,” the coalition said.
Calling the report from IAEA “highly-politicized,” the assertion stated it is “not an adequately independent assessment of the Fukushima plan.”
The NGOs known as on Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and growth establishments and all Pacific folks to train all worldwide authorized means doable to cease “this massive ecological injustice.”
The coalition stands in solidarity with all different organizations and social actions calling for a right away finish to the Japanese dumping plan that straight violates the Rarotonga Treaty declaring the South Pacific as a nuclear-free zone, the assertion stated.
It added that the dumping plan additionally contradicts Japan’s personal obligation below the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Law of the Sea, straight violating Articles 192 and 195 and practically all of the articles in Part 12 which addresses the safety and preservation of the marine surroundings.
“We must make a stand and demand for redress by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea,” the coalition stated.
The NGOs additionally appealed to their Pacific neighbours to face with them, urged the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to take heed to their plight, and known as on the assist of different nations to demand an pressing UNGA decision on the subsequent General Assembly to cease this errant plan.
“This is the time for firm national and regional stances of Pacific governments, including our own in Fiji and on behalf of our people, to stop Japan from dumping Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean,” the Fiji NGO Coalition on Human Rights stated.
According to media experiences, Japan is contemplating discharging Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean in late August or early September.