Marshall Islands And Nuclear Disarmament

EDM number 50 in 2014-15, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 05/06/2014.
Categorised under the topic of Arms control.

That this House notes the 67 nuclear weapons tests conducted in the Marshall Islands between 1946 and 1958; regrets the environmental and humanitarian impact of those tests on the Marshall Islands; further notes that the US Atomic Energy Commission in 1956 described it as by far the most contaminated place in the world; expresses support for the Marshall Islands' legal proceedings against nine nuclear weapons states, including the UK, at the International Court of Justice over their failure to comply with Article VI of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; and urges the Government to respond by committing to scrap Trident.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.