Bharat on Narendra Modi's G20 Summit Nameplate

In my blog post “WHO See Concerning Covid Trends” published September 07, I had asked “India or Bharat?” 

 

Well, Group of 20 host Narendra Modi's nameplate at the summit in New Delhi, India on September 09-10, 2023 reads "Bharat", not “India”, as the prime minister promoted the country's Hindi name. 

 

Even the G20 dinner invitations sent in the name of the "President of Bharat", rather than the customary "President of India". 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slamming Japan's sophistry over its nuclear-contaminated wastewater dumping, the Chinese permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Li Song said on Monday that it is Japan who is politicizing the issue with its impassiveness to the furies of their own people and neighboring countries while making every effort to whitewash themselves. 

 

Exploiting the IAEA's assessment report is a serious damage to the reputation of the agency, Li added. 

 

Li, who is the permanent representative of China to the UN and other International Organizations in Vienna, spoke at the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna that history will remember August 24, when the Japanese government, disregarding strong international questioning and opposition, unilaterally initiated the discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from Fukushima. 

 

It is a significant nuclear safety issue with cross-border and long-lasting implications, and is by no means Japan's private matter alone. 

 

"If the Fukushima wastewater is safe, why must it be released into the ocean? If it is not safe, it should never be discharged into the sea", Li noted. 

 

The Japanese side did not seek a comprehensive and inclusive assessment by the IAEA of options other than ocean discharge; instead, they unilaterally imposed the decision to discharge on the world. The IAEA's assessment of the wastewater, conducted at Japan's request, falls under the nature of technical assistance and advisory evaluation, and does not possess the force of international law, Li said, adding that the conclusions of the assessment report did not get consensus within the technical working group. 

 

However, Japan has heavily exploited the agency's assessment report to forcefully initiate the discharge plan, seriously undermining the IAEA's credibility and posing a significant detriment to the safety and development interests of the global nuclear energy industry.

 

No matter how Japan attempts to justify its actions, it cannot alter the fact that a significant amount of harmful substances have been discharged into the Pacific Ocean, potentially causing unpredictable risks to marine ecosystems and human health.