That the Parliament notes that the International Day against Nuclear Tests, unanimously adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2010, will take place on 29 August 2018; recognises this day as an opportunity to bring attention to the damage that nuclear testing has done and continues to do; recognises the negative impact of the seven UK nuclear tests at Maralinga, South Australia, in the 1950s; acknowledges the damage done to Indigenous people in the vicinity of the test sites, including displacement, injury and death; notes that the tests caused extensive damage to the surrounding landscape; further notes that the cost of the clean-up was more than AU$100 million; calls on all nations to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which was signed in 1996, and notes the aims of the day, which include the establishment of a comprehensive nuclear test ban, a reduction in spending on nuclear weapons and, ultimately, a nuclear-free world.
Supported by: Emma Harper, Stuart McMillan, Sandra White, John Mason, Stewart Stevenson, Rona Mackay, Richard Lochhead, David Torrance, Fulton MacGregor, Richard Lyle, Jenny Gilruth, Alasdair Allan, Shona Robison, Patrick Harvie, Tom Arthur