In the 1973 report on Medical Aspects of the March 1, 1954 incident, the Special Joint Committee made certain recommendations. what follows is a listing of those recommendations and what action--or lack of action-has taken place. This material has also been included in a summary of that past report which has been translated into the Marshallese language, to better inform the people of Utirik and Rongelap of what the Committee has suggested and what has been done. United Nations The Committee recommended that a committee of the United Nations which works with scientific matters issue an annual report on such exposed people as the people of the Marshalls, the Americans and the Japanese. Also that scientific meetings on this subject be held, which was recommended by Dr. Kumatori. The Joint Committee has forwarded this recommendation to the United Nations, but has not had an answer.