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behalf
fur ther health and
welfare; ther long-term secur:
ty; ther independence and
Integrity asa people
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needed and deeply appreciated.
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prople
will
depend largely upon reducing
the need for continued strat-
egic weapons tests.
Our
response as a global church
must be seen in felation to the
bibfical mandate fur peace-
Issues to be
addressed
making.
2. Ordinary people tn the
Marshall Islands consistently
told us that the regional and
world church must continue to
make peop! more aware of
by the
Ecumenical
what is happening there. The
churches should continue to
play
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both within and outside the
Marshalls, should seeh fo play a
constructive role in this precess, particularly
in ransing
value questiens
4 In light of serious, unique
health problems, a much higher
level of heallh care is needed
for the Marshal! Istands, for the
whole population, and on a
continuing basis,
Consulata-
tion 1s needed to determine
polentially effective ways for
promoting tus.
.
5. Profound moral and tegal
questions are raised in the
matter of the radiation-conlaminated atolis.
Who shall
Strengthening
the accountability of the United States and
the United Nations for what is
happening in the Pacific Island
Trust Terntory.
We should
contmue to seek guidance from
decide and upon what basis
shali they or shall they not be
“cleaned”,
It would seem
appropriate for the churches to
roject such questions, even if
in fulfitling this role.
Long-term questions of
to respond.
political status are especially
critical at this moment in
history.
Unresolved heatth,
land and economic problems
will tend to: influence long:
term political decisians. It ts
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VI. Critical Issues to be
Addressed by the Ecumenical
Movement and the
Internationa! Community
i. While this report is openly
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dependent upon US willingness
6. The Marshallese people will
be living with the reality of
ionizing radiation for a long
time to come.
Efforts at
educating them about it are
extremely important.
Thus
far, however, such elferts have
not been effective.
1 appears
that the devel of trust for the
US Department of Energy ts so
low that this educational task
Should be taken up by some
other, More trusted group.
7.
A
related,
but slightly
different point than 6:
We
found that a serious lack of
iecanical information exists in
the Marshalls about the rariation preblem. It would seem
important that the US Gevernment make an unreserved ef-
fort to supply and Lhe Gove:
ment of the Marshalls t: serve
as Cuslodian for a basre Library
and fite of technical reports
and papers acressible to interested persons and eroups
8 In no way would we jeopardize the effectiveness of the
lawyer seeking to bring « great-
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MARSHALL ISLANDS JOURNAL
important Chat there be a
practice in the Marshall Islands,
The Marshalicse people want
maximum of open public diswe must point our that this
the world le know whal has
cussion on ihe proposed new
Situation 1s in a deep sense just
happened to them. ‘they want
political status. The churches,
a part of the wider problem of
Lhe whole Church to pray for
br
er mewsure of pustice ot the
Marshallese proups engayed in
liligalion against the LS Gov-
emment
for health,
ensiron-
mental and olber claims
At
the same time, Wo might be
hetpful for the Government of
the Marshalls lo establish puidelines for the lawyers, in the
interest of the Marshallese
groups, inctuding guidelites for
lawyer’s fees.
3 Since the sit-in demu istration last year at Kwajales (called "“bperation Homecoming”
by the Marshallese), the F aja
lein Missile Range Base officials
have taken an unnece-:anly
harsh line against the Mur tall-
ese commumiy at Ebeye
We
would hope that even @ ough
many of the basic, long term
questions have not been «-salved, the people, as the miitful
owners of Kwajalein, wili be
treated with dignity and respect, that Hase official will
give seriuus consideration to
their complaints, and neither
limit nor withhold essential services.
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and some histoncal notes may
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