Human rights in the Marshall Islands and 1986 Chernobyl leaks combined. In 2012 the Marshall Islands Minister of Foreign Affairs Phillip H Miller said that "much more remains to be done to address the past, present, and future such impacts on the basic human rights" of the Marshallese communities affected by the US's nuclear weapons testing program. Human rights in the Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands is a country in the Pacific spread over 29 coral atolls, with 1,156 islands and islets. It has an estimated population of 68,480 and is one of the sixteen member states of the Pacific Islands Forum. Since 1979, the Marshall
Economy of the Marshall Islands more a social policy than an economic strategy, help reduce migration from outer atolls to densely populated Majuro and Ebeye. Marine resources, including fishing, aquaculture, tourism development, and agriculture, are top government development priorities. The Marshall Islands sells fishing rights to other nations as a source of income. In recent years, the Marshall Islands has begun to offer ship registrations under the Marshall Islands flag. As a small nation, the Marshall Islands must import a wide variety of goods, including foodstuffs, consumer goods, machinery, and petroleum products. On September 15, 2007, Witon Barry, of the Tobolar Copra processing plant in