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OF THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER

OF THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER

Chernobyl was a problem for the entire world.

AlDS, Iran Contra, the Challenger disaster, Chernobyl.

The findings of the Chernobyl Forum contained a reassuring message on the impact of radiation from the Chernobyl accident.

55 171. Closure of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

I wish to emphasize one further aspect of the Chernobyl problem.

The three countries most affected by Chernobyl Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine continue to shoulder most of the burden of the Chernobyl legacy (for the reports of the three affected States regarding their efforts to overcome the consequences of Chernobyl, see annexes I III).

17. Requests the United Nations Coordinator of International Cooperation on Chernobyl to organize, in collaboration with the Governments of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, a further study of the health, environmental and socio economic consequences of the Chernobyl accident, consistent with the recommendations of the Chernobyl Forum

Requests the United Nations Coordinator of International Cooperation on Chernobyl to organize, in collaboration with the Governments of the Republic of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, a further study of health, environmental and socio economic consequences of the Chernobyl accident, consistent with the recommendations of the Chernobyl Forum

However, Chernobyl is not a thing of the past.

For Belarus, whose territory received some 70 per cent of the radioactive fall out as a result of the Chernobyl disaster, the problem of Chernobyl is the most topical.

The Chernobyl Forum grew out of an understanding that uncertainty and misconceptions about the impact of Chernobyl were widespread, even among the scientific and medical communities in the affected countries.

Other efforts to raise international awareness on Chernobyl

The entire world knows about the tragedy of Ukraine the Chernobyl disaster.

The closing down of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is an urgent priority.

We are therefore putting forward to the Government of Ukraine an action plan for the closure of Chernobyl.

In view of the approaching twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the Republic of Belarus is organizing an international conference on the Chernobyl accident to address issues related to the revitalization and sustainable development of the affected areas.

The Committee had participated in the Chernobyl Forum, whose important mission had covered many aspects of the Chernobyl accident, including the review of radiation health effects.

But look, it can't AIDS, Iran Contra, the Challenger disaster, Chernobyl.

Currently at the Chernobyl industrial site four major projects are being implemented.

Children from the Chernobyl area came to spend their holidays with Slovak families.

Recently, the word Chernobyl has again acquired broad international resonance.

In 2002, the United Nations adopted a new strategy on Chernobyl.

The Chernobyl disaster contaminated the Belarusian territory with long lived caesium, strontium and plutonium radionuclides.

In an instant, hundreds of thousands of ordinary citizens became the victims of the consequences of Chernobyl.

Finally, I want to refer to the problem of Chernobyl, which has long been known to everybody.

Welcoming further the coordination of the activities of the International Chernobyl Research and Information Network and the Chernobyl Forum, and efforts to ensure the substantial integration of the Forum's assessment of environmental and health consequences into the Network process,

The project will intensify discussions between the World Bank and the Government on streamlining Chernobyl expenditures, and also serve as a first step towards other activities focusing on Chernobyl and Belarus.

This work drew heavily on the report entitled The human consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident a strategy for recovery , as well as on the World Bank report entitled Belarus Chernobyl review .

In keeping with the new developmental approach to Chernobyl, it is important that commemorative events are forward looking and focus on identifying solutions to the challenges that Chernobyl affected communities face.

Over the years, much has been done to address the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster.

Following up on the Secretary General's visit to the Chernobyl area in 2002, the United Nations Coordinator of International Cooperation on Chernobyl visited the region from 25 January to 3 February 2004.

We express our gratitude to the IAEA Director General for his call for the creation of the Chernobyl Forum and his support of its activities.

Those findings and recommendations were endorsed by Chernobyl Forum participants under the heading The way forward .

The needs of the Chernobyl affected populations have changed greatly over time.

The aim of the project is to revitalize the Chernobyl areas and increase the social activism and responsibility of the rural population.

These efforts will, in our view, reduce the risk of another Chernobyl type accident.

Bulgaria also hosted the Research Coordination Meeting (RCM) on the biological effect of hot particles from Chernobyl.

The Chernobyl disaster has left an indelible mark on all aspects of the life of the Belarusian people.

In the Ukrainian Parliament I was the head of an interim commission to investigate the causes of the Chernobyl disaster.

31. The time had come to biennialize the discussion of the question of Chernobyl.