Chernobyl - Looking Back to Go Forwards
International Conference: Chernobyl - Looking Back to Go Forwards
Towards a United Nations Consensus on the Effects of the Accident and the Future, Vienna, 6-7 September, 2005
The objective of this conference was to inform governments and the general public about the Chernobyl Forum’s findings regarding the environmental and health consequences of the Chernobyl accident, as well as its social and economic consequences, and to present the Forum’s recommendations on further remediation, special health care, and research and development programmes, with the overall aim of promoting an international consensus on these issues.
Overview
The Conference, chaired by Dr. Burton Bennett, RERF, Japan, was comprised of three sessions, a panel discussion and a general discussion.
Opening Session
The statements were made during the Opening Session by the following speakers:
- M. ElBaradei, Director General, IAEA
- V. Tsalko, Chairman of the Committee on Problems of the Chernobyl Catastrophe, Belarus - presentation in Russian
- N. Gerasimova, Deputy Minister, Russian Ministry for Emergencies -
presentation in English and Russian - T. Amosova, First Deputy Minister, Ukrainian Ministry for Emergencies and Affairs of Population Protection from the Consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe - presentation in Russian
- T. Taniguchi, Deputy Director General, Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, IAEA
- M. Danzon, World Health Organization, European Regional Office
- K. Mizsei, Assistant Secretary General and UNDP Assistant Administrator, Director of UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS
Session 1: Environmental and Health Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident
- The Chairman's opening address
- The Environmental Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident and their Remediation: Twenty Years of Experience
- Cancer Effects of Radiation Exposure from the Chernobyl Accident
- Non-Cancer Diseases
- Recommendations to the Governments of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine
- Recommendations on Health Care and Medical Monitoring to the Governments of Belarus, Russian Federation and Ukraine
Session 2: The Way Forward
- Making sense of science: Meeting the public’s information needs
- Poverty, not radiation: A new policy paradigm for Chernobyl
- Community-driven development in Chernobyl regions - The case of Zamhlay village, Ukraine
- Reviving self-reliance: Community-driven development in Chernobyl regions
- The CORE program in Belarus: A new approach to the rehabilitation of living conditions in the contaminated areas
- Community-driven recovery in Chernobyl regions - The case of Borodianka rayon Kyiv oblast, Ukraine
Conclusions and recommendations
The Chairman's closing remarks
Main conclusions of the Chernobyl Conference in English and in Russian
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