Please read the history of french nuclear tests and vote if you think that France should be punished even if they admit their cruel errors.   

Henri Hiro, a Maohi poet/writer  wrote in 1980 to the Minister of Defence of the time Yvon Bourges: "... I am convinced that maintaining the nuclear tests in Polynesia is a heinous act and criminal whose executives will unfortunately never tried because it is our children that might one day pay madness or inaction of their elders. "

The answer to this gentleman was: "Everything is not the work of the devil."
Our reality is, "at least 250000 people including more than 4000 direct victims, an unclean environment, a serious health condition, a social catastrophe, a saving of consumerism and permanent debt, and so…" Nuclear testing is Certainly finally stopped, but the consequences are disastrous indefinitely. Also, it is our responsibility to demand that full light will be shed on the damage caused by atmospheric and underground tests in our fenua '. "

The installation of CEP and drifts

Since the early 60, the nuclear weapon is at the centre of the French defence policy. In 1945, CEA (atomic testing centre) is created by General De Gaulle in 1958, the Chairman of the Board, Felix Gaillard decided to build and test a plutonium bomb. It's the return of General de Gaulle to power in an atmosphere of Cold War between the USA and the USSR, which led France to establish guidelines for its nuclear policy. It aims to develop and implement a strike force and an independent nuclear deterrence policy based on the principle of massive retaliation in the event of external aggression threatening the interests of France.

While the Americans and the English, whose trials began in 1946 in the archipelagos of Marshall, in the Johnston Atoll and the islands Christmas, sign a treaty with the Soviets banning experience of nuclear weapons (in the 'Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water), France refuses signing the treaty and, in a note circulated to its embassy in New York in 1966, highlights the lack of population in the area decided, within a radius of 250 miles, apart from the 80 inhabitants of Tureia (atoll closest to the site), absent "pleasure trip" in Tahiti in the first shooting atmospheric Moruroa. She says her ambition, after the development of a first generation of fission bombs for Mirages 4, arming ballistic missiles that must equip nuclear submarines. Are then tested bombs in the basement of basaltic Moruroa and Fangataufa whose aim is to miniaturize the charges multiple rocket M4 for submarines and to harden to optimize their resistance to anti-nuclear weapons through the thermo-nuclear warheads more powerful and experienced since 1976.

In April 1992, a moratorium was agreed, but some french national leaders are convinced of the need: the resumption of shooting to qualify warheads to equip missiles M45 will be equipped with the nuclear submarine launchers gear; the development of other tests on the simulation program PALEN (Alternate testing size).
In 1996, a Total Ban Treaty of Nuclear Tests has finally signed between the major players in the Nuclear.

That is why some men of various political, religious, trade unions and associations have, since the beginning of this project, niche mounted to denounce the lack of consideration and respect for our country and ask for the permanent cessation of nuclear testing . Among these men, those of Tavini Huiraatira (including youth of the party), which until the permanent cessation of nuclear testing french, have stepped up actions and reactions in order to be heard by everyone and by everyone. Today, as the tests are interrupted since 1996, the Association Moruroa e Tatou (an association of former workers of Moruroa and Fangataufa and their families, as well as young supporters), is responsible for reminding us that our hard fight , from the effects of nuclear, is not finished and that we all must mobilize so that the State recognizes its french irresponsibility and finally take its responsibilities towards the people of Te Ao Maohi.

For a long time our ancestors had a very rich culture and knowledge developed equally in the fields of agriculture, fisheries and navigation. The establishment of CEA and POC in our country soon and for a long time changed this state of affairs, weighing heavily on the economy, society, culture and political identity of the "soft, smooth, innocent indigenous and hospitable maohi. " Economic history of the territory based on the production and sale of commodities, what has been called "economy counter", is then rewritten. This is the beginning of a consumer economy and services "(to oversimplify) and debt permanent, benefiting oligarchic elite, who will be born and grow a sense of social inequality and injustice at the maohi people.

July 2005, the government TEMARU creates COSCEN

In July 2005, the Assembly of French Polynesia sets up a commission of inquiry into the consequences of air french tests in Polynesia. The latter makes its report Tuesday, January 24, 2006, ten years after the last test conducted at Fangataufa on January 27, 1996.

In their report, the elected Polynesian come forward with evidence that the 46 1966 1974 have, in each shot, caused radioactive fallout on all the inhabited islands of Polynesia, contrary to what always said the French military authorities.

The Ministry of Defense claimed to be a desire for transparency had refused all contact and cooperation with the Commission of Inquiry. To meet this official silence, the Commission of Inquiry decided to help itself to transparency on nuclear testing air. Through contributions independent, the Commission published twenty-five papers military secrets for years 1966 and 1967 in their entirety. These documents demonstrate clearly that not only the military authorities lied about the reality of the radioactive fallout, but they were, in order, respondent silent on the dangers that were exposed inhabitants of the nearby islands and atolls of Moruroa .

Elected officials Polynesian now consider that their population was deliberately abandoned to radioactive fallout from nuclear explosions claimed that the military control. The serious health problems - thyroid cancer, leukaemia and other cancers - suffered today Polynesians are to be examined in the light of these reckless risks to which they were exposed.

The Commission of Inquiry has heard more than thirty-five personalities from the world of politics, medical or professional consulted numerous medical reports and received numerous letters considers that certain promises made to the development of Polynesian elected in part against nuclear tests' have not been honoured. Today, the sustainable development of Polynesia is still needed.

Elected representatives of the Assembly of French Polynesia recommended to the government of Mr. Oscar Temaru to pursue its own analysis of three decades of nuclear tests and implement a means for monitoring the health of former workers of Moruroa and populations of the islands close to the former test sites are insured. They recommended that a dialogue between the government of French Polynesia and state authorities french be held to try to resolve in truth and justice litigation nuclear tests.

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Some dates to remember:

-- 1961: * Start of geological research in the East of French Polynesia.
-- 1962: * July 27, the decision to build CEP in Polynesia.
-- 1963: * Signing of the Treaty prohibiting all nuclear testing experiments between the United States, Britain and the USSR. France has refused signing the treaty.
* Installation of the CEP on the atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa as a forward base with the atoll of Hao as a rear base and the island of Tahiti and condemnation of this decision by the local legislature.
-- 1964: * February 6, vote for the divestiture of Moururoa and Fangataufa to France, toll there, by the Standing Committee of the Territorial Assembly for the construction of CEP.
-- 1966: * July 2, the first shooting atmospheric Moruroa.
-- 1974: * June 8, announced the President Valery Giscard d'Estaing to limit nuclear testing in underground tests.
-- 1975: * Start underground tests.
-- 1977: * Creation of FLP independence party of Oscar Temaru later renamed the Tavini Huiraatira.
-- 1979: * Test missed having caused a tidal wave at Moruroa.
-- 1987: * Announcement of a planned withdrawal of the CEP.
-- 1988: * announcement by the Foreign Minister, Roland Dumas, that France would know every year the number of tests carried out.
-- 1992: * On April 8, 1992, presentation of François Mitterrand moratorium suspending the nuclear tests in Polynesia.
-- 1993: * Establishment of a "Pact of   progress" between the Territory and the state that has led to an orientation law.
-- 1995: * resume underground nuclear tests in response to a riot at the airport in Tahiti-Faaa and in the city of Papeete.
-- 1996: * Signing of the Treaty of Total Prohibition of Nuclear Tests in the world.
* Termination of french nuclear tests in Polynesia.
-- 2005: * Establishment of a commission of inquiry into the consequences of nuclear testing french air by the Assembly of Polynesia.
* Created by the President of the country, Mr. Oscar TEMARU, Council guidance on the monitoring of the consequences of nuclear testing.


Sources:
"History of the CEP" Gilles Blanchet (in Tahiti after the bomb)
Module Moruroa e Tatou
SOS Moruroa (french nuclear testing in the Pacific)
The legacy of the bomb (Bruno Barillot)