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- 1Marshall Islands President Addresses UN General Assembly▼Statement by Hilda Heine, President of the Marshall Islands, at the General Debate of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Hilda Heine, President of the Marshall Islands, delivered a statement at the General Debate of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly. As leader of a low-lying Pacific nation, Heine has frequently used UN addresses to press for stronger global action on climate change and rising seas threatening island states. Details of her specific remarks were not available.
- 2Bikini Atoll nuclear legacy: displaced islanders and scientists' giant discovery●23 US nuclear tests forced Bikini Atoll residents from their homes; decades later, scientists found giant
The United States conducted 23 nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, forcing residents from their homes in the 1940s and 1950s. Decades later, scientists surveying the site reportedly discovered something giant there, drawing renewed attention to the lasting environmental and human costs of the testing program.