Chairman of the Pacific Islands Block ‘needs scientific evaluation’ ‘disagree’ with Japan’s polluted water​

Chairman of the Pacific Islands Block ‘needs scientific evaluation’ ‘disagree’ with Japan’s polluted water

Japan's contaminated water has put the brakes on Pacific Island countries, which account for half of the world's tuna production.
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, Chair of the Pacific Islands Bloc, said science needed to be evaluated in response to Japan's decision to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea. It may not,” he said in a statement.
Regarding the 'support' of some islanders, Reuters said, "Not all Pacific leaders have taken the same stance, and the Pacific Islands Forum may not be able to reach a collective stance." Locals said it was a 'complicated problem', reported on the 23rd.
In the Pacific Islands, the United States tested nuclear weapons in the 1940s and 1950s, and France conducted nuclear tests between 1966 and 1996.
The IAEA visited the Cook Islands in August to present findings at the Pacific Islands Forum, a regional bloc of 18 countries in the Pacific's 400,000-square-kilometer exclusive economic zone, which accounts for half of the world's tuna catches.
A statement from the South Korean government on the 22nd said, "We have been notified of the decision by Japan, and we believe that Japan will carry out the water release according to the plan." .

On the afternoon of the 24th, Prime Minister Han Deok-soo urgently added “South Pacific waters” to “science combination” by announcing, “Completion of the monitoring system for 10 peaks in the waters near Pacific islands next year.”

International environmental groups are holding demonstrations in Fiji against the ocean discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, dpa news agency reported on the 23rd.
On the 24th, the coalition of international environmental and human rights groups announced plans to protest the discharge of contaminated water and urge the international community to intervene through rallies and marches in Fiji in response to the discharge of contaminated water.
"We will march to appeal for international intervention to stop the plan to release contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan," the association said in a statement. announced.
dpa reported, "The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) of 18 member countries has not made an official position on the discharge of contaminated water," and "Vanuatu and Tuvalu have expressed opposition."
Fiji Prime Minister Sitibenny Labuca took the lead in supporting the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) comprehensive report on the plan to discharge contaminated water into the ocean, and support came from Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Cook Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. Fiji's Deputy Prime Minister openly protested, followed by official objections from some countries, so the 'agreement' led by the Fiji Prime Minister failed.
These South Pacific countries agreed to the 1985 Treaty of Rarotonga (South Pacific Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone), which prohibited the use, testing, and possession of nuclear weapons in the region.
The treaty was signed by Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
Fiji Prime Minister Labuca announced 'support for release' prior to the Pacific Islands Forum, but faced opposition from the Deputy Prime Minister. I apologized for expressing my support.