Nago citizens appeal to UN to stop new US base construction

Nago citizens appeal to UN to stop new US base construction

At a press conference held at the Okinawa Prefectural Government’s correspondents club on March 26, Zenzi Nina, the head of the Teima district of Nago, announced that Nago residents had sent documents to the UN to oppose the new base construction.


March 26, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo

Zenzi Nina, the head of the Teima district of Nago, and Fujiko Matsuda, president of the Association of Residents of the Districts North of Futami Opposed to the Construction of a New Base at Henoko, Oura Bay, held a press conference at the correspondents club at the Okinawa Prefectural Government office on March 26. They announced that they have sent documents to three United Nations organizations opposing the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to Henoko, Nago.

The Nago citizens sent the documents to the Office for Disarmament Affairs, the Human Rights Council, and the Environment Programme. The documents state that the governments of Japan and the United States are ignoring Okinawan people’s opposition and forcing through building a new U.S. military base, which could lead to　environmental destruction of local communities and ecosystems.

Nina said, “We originally thought the governments of Japan and the United States would give up the construction through negotiations. However, they will not. So, we have had no choice but to ask the UN to work on the issue.”
They said they have sent the documents, written in English, to the UN through fax, e-mail, and mail.

(English translation by T&CT)
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