posted on Jan, 8 2014 @ 12:34 AM
Here's a snippet from the page:
8. Dissemination of Information
The Parties will support the widest possible dissemination of unclassified information provided or exchanged under these Practical Arrangements and,
as appropriate and if circumstances so require, any subsequent separate arrangements including agreements referred to in Paragraph 5, subject to the
need to protect proprietary
information. The Parties will ensure the confidentiality of information classified by the other Party as restricted or confidential. (Emphasis
added)
According to the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper if either the prefectures or IAEA decide to classify information because “they contribute to worsening of
the residents’ anxiety,” there is a possibility that such information as the accident information, as well as radiation measurement data and
thyroid cancer information may not be publicized.
In short, if the IAEA doesn't want Japan telling something to the public, the IAEA can simply declare that information "restricted" and
vice-versa!
Both the Fukui Prefectural Government and the IAEA are paid for - in one form or another - by TAX dollars; these entities exist to serve the public.
How do they justify agreeing in writing to conceal information from the very public who makes their existence possible? Download the PDF of the
Prefectural Goverment / IAEA agreement HERE
MEDICAL SCHOOL AGREES TO SECRECY TOO
In a separate and perhaps even more outrageous step, Mr. Daud Mohamad, Deputy Director General,Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and
Applications of the IAEA signed another agreement, this one with Mr. Shinichi Kikuchi, President of the Fukushima Medical University located at 1
Hikariga-oka, Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture 960-1295, Japan, wherein the two agree to cooperate as follows:
2. Scope of Cooperation
The Parties have identified the following areas and activities in which cooperation may be pursued:
· Health management survey: IAEA will assist the University in implementing the Fukushima Health Management Survey project;
· Capacity building and research: the Parties will collaborate in capacity building and research on human health programmes, including radiation
emergency medicine;
· Enhancement of public awareness: the IAEA will endeavour to organize conferences, seminars and workshops, in cooperation with the University, with
the aim of enhancing public awareness of radiological effects on human health and addressing the issue of “radiation fear” and post-traumatic
stress disorders in the Fukushima population; and
· Exchange of expert support and information: the Parties may exchange expert support, information data and materials in carrying out the
aforementioned collaborative activities.
As well-intentioned and reasonable as all that sounds, Part 8 of the agreement takes a dramatic turn to secrecy. Specifically, it states:
8. Dissemination of Information
The Parties will support the widest possible dissemination of unclassified information provided or exchanged under these Practical Arrangements and,
as appropriate and if circumstances so require, any subsequent separate arrangement including agreements referred to in Paragraph 5, subject to the
need to protect proprietary
information. The Parties will ensure the confidentiality of information classified by the other Party as restricted or confidential. (Emphasis
added)
The Fukushima Medical University is a public school, created by the Prefectural Government. It is therefore funded by TAX dollars and accountable to
the public. How can the University, which teaches young people to be Doctors and is allegedly concerned about public health, agree to conceal from
the public (which pays for the school's existence) the health effects of radiation? Download the PDF of the Fukushima Medical University / IAEA
agreement HERE