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Motion · S6M-06369 · 18 Oct 2022

Human Rights Council Resolution to Address the Human Rights Implications of the Nuclear Legacy in the Marshall Islands

Lodged by Bill Kidd Standard Motion 23 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament recognises the United Nations Human Rights Council 51st session's adoption of resolution 51/35 on "Technical assistance and capacity-building to address the human rights implications of the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands"; understands that the resolution was the first time the matter of the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons had been brought to the Human Rights Council, referencing the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment; considers that this development aligned with the humanitarian focus of the First Meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons held in June 2022; notes the resolution's reference to Sustainable Development Goal 12.4 on achieving sound management of chemicals and waste, reducing their release to air, soil and water in order to minimise the adverse impact on human health and the environment; recalls what it sees as the devastating impact of the 67 known nuclear tests carried out between 1946 and 1958 on the Marshall Islands; highlights findings from the UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights that this nuclear testing had immediate and continuing effects on human rights that resulted in fatalities and serious health complications, and that Marshallese women and girls suffered disproportionately from thyroid and other cancers, and from reproductive health problems; considers that there is a need for the safe storage of radioactive materials in the sea-level dome on Runit Island to be resolved, for contaminated environments, flora and fauna, to be detected, and for the provision of medical treatment for cancers, and believes that the resolution's support will help to enable the Marshall Islands, in collaboration with the United Nations, deal with these human security threats. 

Supporters (23)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.