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750 Foreigners to
Attend International Chernobyl Conference
April 11, 2006
The international
conference “Chernobyl 20 years after. Strategy of rehabilitation and
sustainable development of affected regions” to be held on April 19-21, 2006
in Minsk and Gomel will be attended by 750 foreign representatives, Chairman
of the Chernobyl Committee of Belarus Vladimir Tsalko told reporters today.
According to him, the events of the first and third days of the conference
will host about 1,500 people, the second, a so-called Gomel Day – about
1,700 people. Such international organizations as UN, OSCE, Integration Red
Cross and Red Crescent Organizations, International Atomic Energy Agency,
etc are expected to take part in the conference. So far 70 representatives
of these and other international organizations, 26 heads and employees of
foreign consulates in the Republic of Belarus confirmed their participation.
The UN deputy secretary-general is expected to show up at the event. “This
is another testimony to the importance of the coming event which shows
concern of all the international community towards the Chernobyl problem,”
the chair of the Chernobyl committee said.
The Belarusian scientific forum will be attended by 685 people from the CIS
countries, Europe and also Japan and the USA. Among them will be officials
of the government bodies, scientific community, leaders and members of the
non-governmental foreign organizations.
The conference aims to generalize the 20-year-long track record in
mitigating the Chernobyl consequences and to elaborate recommendations on
long-term rehabilitation and socio-economic development of the affected
regions, expand the international Chernobyl cooperation.
The preparations for the conference are coordinated by the republican
organizational committee headed by deputy prime minister of Belarus
Alexander Kosinets. The international organizational committee is led by the
UN resident/coordinator in this country Ms. Cihan Sultanolgu and Chairman of
the Chernobyl Committee Vladimir Tsalko.
Belarusian Telegraph Agency
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