Nuclear Legacy Week, 2025
The Marshallese Educational Initiative hosts a series of events to educate the public
about the nuclear legacy and to honor and advocate alongside
nuclear affected frontline community members.
MEI, along with the Republic of the Marshall Islands Permanent Mission to the United Nations, hosts
Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day
at the Riverside Church in New York City on March 1 from 1 to 4:30 PM.
The event included a commemorative ceremony with speakers followed by
an interactive panel, Seeking Nuclear Justice.
All are welcome.
NVRD Image Gallery
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Exhibits
"Most of the women had jibun (miscarriages), including myself who gave birth to something that was not like a human being. Some women gave birth to things resembling grapes...and some women even stopped having children, including me."
-Nine Letobo, 1981
Interview by Glenn Alcalay
Faces of people of Utrōk
a photo essay from the collection
of Glenn Alcalay
Relevant documents for Seeking Nuclear Justice Panel:
HRC Resolution 51/35: “Technical assistance and capacity-building to address the human rights implications of the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands.”
HRC Resolution 57/26: “Technical assistance and capacity-building to address the human rights implications of the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands.”
Report A/HRC/57/77: “Addressing the challenges and barriers to the full realization and enjoyment of the human rights of the people of the Marshall Islands, stemming from the State’s nuclear legacy - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.”
General Assembly Resolution 78/240: “Addressing the legacy of nuclear weapons: providing victim assistance and environmental remediation to Member States affected by the use or testing of nuclear weapons.”
End of Mission Statement by the SR on IDPs: “Country visit to the Republic of the Marshall Islands.”
EU Statement: “Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the report by OHCHR on addressing the challenges and barriers to the full realization and enjoyment of the human rights of the people of the Marshall Islands, stemming from the State’s nuclear legacy.”
Video – Beginning of EID: “39th Meeting - 57th Regular Session of Human Rights Council.”
Press Release - Visit of the SR on Toxic Waste in 2012: “Nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands: “Nomads in their own country” – UN Expert.”
Report A/HRC/21/48/Add.1: “Report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, Calin Georgescu.”
Comments A/HRC/21/48/Add.2: “Mission to the Marshall Islands: comments by the State on the report of the Special Rapporteur.”
World Health Organization, World Health Assembly, 36 (A36/INF.DOC. /18) (1983). “Effects of nuclear war on health and health services.”
Testimonies for No-Nukes
a Conversation with South Korean Nuclear Survivors and Experts
Feb. 26, 2025
5:30 PM
A team from South Korea, including three nuclear survivors, will join MEI for a conversation about their experiences.
Also, EAST Program students from Sonora Middle School, Morene and Hayden, will be giving a special presentation on Runit Dome.
Seeking Nuclear Justice
Panel
March 1, 2025
2:30-3:45 PM
Assembly Hall, Riverside Church
Panelists: RMI Government, MEI, ICAN, PANG, IPPNW, Human Rights Council
Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day
Ceremony
March 1, 2025
1:00-2:15 PM
Assembly Hall, Riverside Church
Keynote speaker: H. E. Ambassador John Silk, RMI Permanent Mission to the United Nations
Marshallese Nuclear Legacy
Presentation by MEI staff at Springdale High School about US nuclear testing, the ongoing consequences, and Marshallese resilience in diaspora.
March
TBD
Nuclear Legacy Week 2025 Events
Thank you!
MEI thanks our collaborators and supports: the RMI Permanent Mission to the UN, RMI National Nuclear Commission, the Nuclear Truth Project, Ploughshares, and Prospect Hill. We also extend our heartfelt gratitude and admiration for our friends within other frontline nuclear affected communities, and greatly appreciate our advocates and allies for all your support.
