Chernobyl

Better prevention and response systems needed to avoid another "Chernobyl": UN

26 April 2001
Marking the 15-year anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the President of the United Nations General Assembly today stressed the importance of better preventing and managing such disasters in the future.

15 years after Chernobyl, more help needed for disaster victims: UN

25 April 2001
Fifteen years after the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said that the devastating accident continued to affect millions of people, and that the international community must "do far more" to help ongoing humanitarian efforts in the region.