-6Thus, this Trusteeship Agreement which was written by

the Executive and approved by the Congress, gives rise to
an affirmative obligation on the part of the Executive Branch

to fulfill the purposes of the Trusteeship Agreement.

For

a failure to do so, the Executive can be held accountable
to the Micronesians, in the federal courts.
We believe that sections 102, 103, and 104 of H.R. 3756,
if enacted, will make an important contribution to fulfillment
of the obligations of the United States under the Trusteeship
Agreement.

SECTION 103 RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL
MONITORING PROGRAM
We applaud the inclusion of this radiological health
and environmental program in the legislation and strongly
recommend its approval by this Committee, with some relatively
minor modifications which we offer in the hope of improving
the program somewhat.

The plight of the peoples of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap
and Utirik is very well known to this Committee and need not
be recounted by us in any detail.

It may be helpful, however,

if we briefly describe the circumstances of each as it relates
to this program.
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The atolls of Bikini and Enewetak were used by the United

States in its nuclear weapons testing program during the

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