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UN marks 20th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster with calls of ‘never again’

26 April 2006
The United Nations today marked the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the worst nuclear power plant accident in history, with calls for generous aid to help the communities still suffering the consequences and renewed determination to see that such a calamity never happens again.
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Chernobyl on road to recovery 20 years after disaster: UN development official

20 April 2006
While commemorating the victims and vast damage caused by the Chernobyl, Ukraine nuclear disaster 20 years ago, a top United Nations development official has said that the region is embracing the right strategy for economic and social recovery.
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UNICEF says iodine could have prevented cancer among Chernobyl victims

19 April 2006
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today that iodized salt could have significantly lowered the numbers of exposed children who developed thyroid cancer and called for the supplement to be widely used throughout the affected region.
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UN issues landmark health report on Chernobyl: excess cancer cases, deaths

18 April 2006
Some 5,000 people who were children and adolescents at the time of the world’s worst-ever civil nuclear accident at Chernobyl, Ukraine, have so far been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and there may be up to 9,000 excess cancer deaths, according to a new United Nations study, the most comprehensive scientific report so far on the health impact of the disaster.

Poverty, mental health greatest stumbling blocks for Chernobyl survivors, UN

6 October 2005
Among the hundreds of thousands who were exposed to radiation during the Chernobyl disaster 20 years ago, only about 4,000 people will die from acute radiation and cancer, but many more suffer from the lingering effects of poverty, and lack of information on how to live in the contaminated areas and on how to regain their livelihoods, according to a new United Nations report.

Annan urges funding for dramatic growth in aid to Chernobyl disaster victims

26 April 2005
On the nineteenth anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appealed to the world to provide the necessary funds for a dramatic expansion of aid to help communities still suffering the effects of the catastrophy.

Annan urges continued international support for victims of Chernobyl disaster

26 April 2004
On the 18th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl power plant, Secretary-General Kofi Annan led United Nations officials today in urging the international community to continue providing aid to the people and region affected by the world's worst nuclear accident.

Chernobyl victims need coordinated international help, Annan says

15 October 2003
Seventeen years after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station the situation in the area remains "difficult' - as does the coordination of international relief efforts, according to a United Nations report issued today.

Annan urges international community to remember victims of Chernobyl disaster

26 April 2003
The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, today made a special plea to the international community to remember the victims of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion 17 years ago in Ukraine – an event which devastated the lives and health of many people for generations to come.

Launching Chernobyl disaster web site, Annan urges rededicated relief efforts

25 June 2002
Stressing the human dimension of the Chernobyl disaster and the continued suffering of its victims 16 years after the world's worst nuclear accident, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged countries to recommit themselves to an active role in the relief effort.