Chernobyl

Chernobyl: UN switches assistance efforts to focus on economic self-reliance

19 November 2007
More than two decades after the world’s worst nuclear accident occurred in Chernobyl, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says it is working to end the “culture of dependency” that had emerged among people living near the site and to promote greater economic self-reliance and prosperity.

Marking 21 years since Chernobyl, Ban Ki-moon says world cannot forget loss and pain

26 April 2007
On the 21st anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the worst nuclear power plant accident in history, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that although the world should never forget the loss and pain caused by the tragic incident, it is imperative to move forward.