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Marshallese Educational Initiative Participates in UN Nuclear Ban Conference

Benetick Kabua Maddison (right) at the Vienna conference with Ambassador Teburoro Tito of Kiribati.
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Benetick Kabua Maddison (right) at the Vienna conference with Ambassador Teburoro Tito of Kiribati.

In June three representatives from the Marshallese Educational Initiative participated in a nuclear weapons ban conference hosted by the United Nations in Vienna, Austria. Benetick Kabua Maddison, assistant director for the organization, spoke with Ozarks at Large about the meeting and the humanitarian cost of nuclear testing on the Marshall Islands today.

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