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02.03.2007 Indonesiassa, Pakistanissa ja Marshall-saarilla toteutettu pilottihanke osoitti, että kehitysmaiden kansalaiset voivat lisäkoulutuksen avulla osallistua nykyistä enemmän julkisten varojen käytön suunnitteluun ja päätöksentekoon. Demokratian ja avoimmuuden kasvattaminen herättivät kuitenkin myös vastustusta.
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From: global.finland
Related topics/regions: [Indonesia] [Pakistan] [Civil rights] [Civil society] [Democracy] [Governance]
Jane Goodall: Many Marshallese Islanders still suffer the consequences of nuclear testing 60 years ago.
04.07.2006 June 30th marked the painful 60th anniversary of nuclear testing on the Marhsall Islands, a date of which many Americans are unaware. Jane Goodall and Rick Asselta write that Americans must acknowledge the damage done to make sure such horrors are not perpetrated again.
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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Image: Jane Goodall: Many Marshallese Islanders still suffer the consequences of nuclear testing 60 years ago. © Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
A Nuclear Weapons Test in 1951
02.03.2006 Sixty years ago, the United States began 12 years of nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands that released radiation dwarfing what the citizens of Hiroshima saw. It's time for the U.S. to properly address the legacy of illness, forced relocation, and social and cultural ills imposed on the indigenous communities there, say activists.
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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Indigenous rights] [Nuclear arms]
Image: A Nuclear Weapons Test in 1951 © Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Nuclear Weapons Test in 1951
24.05.2005 U.S. use of the Marshall Islands as a laboratory for atomic and thermonuclear testing as well as human radiation experiments has irreperably damaged life in the Pacific country. Tony de Brum, a Marshallese indigenous rights activist, told delegates at the Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference how this non-"rogue state" has already done tremendous damage with nuclear weapons.
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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Health] [Indigenous rights] [Geopolitics] [Nuclear arms]
Image: Nuclear Weapons Test in 1951 © Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
22.02.2001 High tides in the low-lying South Pacific island of Kiribati have temporarily flooded the capital Tarawa, while other islands in the region are also in danger.
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From: Inter Press Service
Related topics/regions: [Kiribati] [Papua New Guinea] [Oceania] [Climate change]



 
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