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President Peter Christian of the Federated States of Micronesia. Credit - Makereta Komai, PACNEWS
July 13, 2017
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The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and Marshall Islands have used the UN Oceans Conference underway in New York to amplify their long –standing concerns about nuclear contamination and pollution from World War 2 wrecks. President Peter Christian of the Federated States of Micronesia said nuclear contamination is a serious threat for small island countries in the north Pacific because of claims that the fall-out from the nuclear tests conducted in the Marshall Islands may have reached as far as Palau. Original Article below