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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> PIANGO Secretariat <info@piango.org> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 15, 2021 2:33 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Setareki Macanawai <Setareki.Macanawai@pacificdisability.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Japan's decision to Release ALPS Treated Water into the Pacific Ocean is a concern<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020">Dear NLUs and Partners, <br>
Sharing with you the Statement by Dame Meg Taylor, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, regarding the Japan Decision to Release ALPS Treated Water into the Pacific Ocean<br>
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<em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020">Suva, Fiji</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020">: In my capacity as Depositary of the South Pacific
Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Rarotonga), as Pacific Ocean Commissioner, and on behalf of the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific: we note, with deep concern, the decision by the Government of Japan to discharge the Advanced Liquid Processing
System (ALPS) Treated Water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the Pacific Ocean, and wish to highlight and reiterate the position of the Pacific Islands Forum region in relation to this matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020">For decades, Forum Leaders have expressed strong concern regarding nuclear legacy issues. At their last meeting in 2019, Leaders expressed concern for the significance
of the potential threat of nuclear contamination to the health and security of the Blue Pacific, her people and prospects. They acknowledged the importance of addressing the long-standing issues of nuclear testing legacy in the Pacific, and called for the
operationalisation of the provisions of the Treaty of Rarotonga.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020">The Treaty of Rarotonga is determined to keep the region free of environmental pollution by radioactive wastes and other radioactive matter. At the Meeting of the States
Parties to the Treaty of Rarotonga just four months ago on 15 December 2020, Forum Members “reaffirmed unity in our continued commitment to a nuclear free Pacific and a nuclear weapons free world, and further reaffirmed our determination for a region free
of environmental pollution by radioactive wastes and other radioactive matter”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020">In “acknowledging Japan’s efforts to date and its engagement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)”, the States Parties also “recalled concerns of the environmental
impact about the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Reactor accident in 2011, and urged Japan to take all steps necessary to address any potential harm to the Pacific”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020">We are of the view that steps have not been sufficiently taken to address the potential harm to our Blue Pacific Continent, including possible environmental, health, and
economic impacts. Our fisheries and oceans resources are critical to our Pacific livelihoods and must be protected.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020">As required under international law, and as highlighted by the States Parties in December 2020, Japan should take all appropriate measures within its territory, jurisdiction
or control to prevent significant transboundary harm to the territories of our Blue Pacific Continent, including our South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020">These obligations are reiterated under the 1986 Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region (Noumea Convention)
and related Protocols, the 1995 Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region (Waigani Convention).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020">We therefore urgently call on the Government of Japan to hold off the conduct of the discharge of the ALPS Treated Water until further consultations are undertaken with
Pacific Island Forum Members and an independent expert review is undertaken to the satisfaction of all our Members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020">[ENDS]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020">Acknowledgment</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020"><br>
PIANGO acknowledges the tremendous support of our following partners with whose help our work is possible in the Pacific. Vinaka sara valevu, Shukriya, Ko rabwa, Meitaki Maata, Malo ‘Aupito, Fa’afetai lava, Fakaaue, Fakafetai lasi,Tangkyu tumas, Si Yu'os ma'åse',
Kom</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020">̧</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020">m</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020">̧</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202020">ooltata,
Kalahngan, Ke kmal mesaul and Thank you to <a href="https://piango.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=369a3e50155ef6c0719349dfa&id=a3114ab573&e=e1ce1aa936"><span style="color:#007C89">Brot für die Welt</span></a>, <a href="https://piango.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=369a3e50155ef6c0719349dfa&id=112386a521&e=e1ce1aa936"><span style="color:#007C89">Forus
international</span></a>, <a href="https://piango.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=369a3e50155ef6c0719349dfa&id=6eefe314b3&e=e1ce1aa936"><span style="color:#007C89">CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness</span></a>, <a href="https://piango.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=369a3e50155ef6c0719349dfa&id=fbf902b305&e=e1ce1aa936"><span style="color:#007C89">European
Union in the Pacific</span></a>, <a href="https://piango.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=369a3e50155ef6c0719349dfa&id=5af4d8214f&e=e1ce1aa936"><span style="color:#007C89">AFD - Agence Française de Développement</span></a><br>
<a href="https://piango.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=369a3e50155ef6c0719349dfa&id=e0da047100&e=e1ce1aa936"><span style="color:#007C89">#Action4SD</span></a>, <a href="https://piango.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=369a3e50155ef6c0719349dfa&id=3f9e64f16d&e=e1ce1aa936"><span style="color:#007C89">Commonwealth
Foundation</span></a>, <a href="https://piango.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=369a3e50155ef6c0719349dfa&id=e832f86cf3&e=e1ce1aa936"><span style="color:#007C89">UNDP in the Pacific</span></a>, <a href="https://piango.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=369a3e50155ef6c0719349dfa&id=d7ba95bf31&e=e1ce1aa936"><span style="color:#007C89">UNICEF
Pacific</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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