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France’s tardy response to Pacific nuclear test victims

FRANCE RESPONDS TO TAHITI ON NUKE COMPENSATION
French Polynesia outcry registers in Paris, ,PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT, Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center, With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai‘i

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, July 7, 2011) – The French authorities have responded to a claim by a French Polynesian assembly vice president, Hiro Tefaarere, that the territory’s Social Welfare Fund was to seek millions of dollars in compensation for illnesses caused by France’s nuclear weapons tests…..

The defence ministry in Paris says work has been started between the French state and the Fund in Tahiti on how those deemed eligible for compensation can be paid.

The ministry says France is yet to get a response to its initiative.

Two years ago, France recognised for the first time that its weapons tests weren’t clean but to date only one compensation claim has been recognised.

France tested nearly 200 nuclear weapons in French Polynesia before winding up its programme in 1996…..http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2011/July/07-08-14.htm

July 9, 2011 - Posted by | health, OCEANIA

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