Summary Top UN court announced verdict in Marshall Islands' nuclear case.
The Hague (AFP) - The UN’s highest court Wednesday threw out a bid by the tiny Marshall Islands to sue Britain for "failing to halt the nuclear arms race", moments after rejecting similar cases against India and Pakistan.
The International Court of Justice found that in none of the cases had the tiny Pacific Island nation proved there had been an existing dispute with the three nuclear powers, and therefore it had no jurisdiction to hear the allegations.
The tiny Pacific island nation was ground zero for a string of nuclear tests on its pristine atolls between 1946-58, carried out by the United States as the Cold War arms race gathered momentum.
So the country of 55,000 people maintains it can testify with authority about the devastating impact of such arms.
