Marshall Islands

After almost four decades under United States administration as the easternmost part of the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a [Compact of Free Association]?. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the islands between 1947 and 1962.

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Originally from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the U.S. Department of State website. Not Wikified.