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Information Evening on Chernobyl in the United World College of the Adriatic On May 4, on the initiative of the Office for a Democratic Belarus (Brussels), the united World College of the Adriatic (Triest, Italy) organized an information evening dedicated to the 22nd anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe. The presentation was held in the framework of extra curriculum student activities called Focus. The United World Colleges is a unique net of educational establishments founded in the UK in 1962. The main goal is to promote peace through understanding among young people from all over the World. During the discussion on May 4, the following issues were raised: the scale of the Chernobyl catastrophe, the Soviet government’s policy in regard to the disaster in the first days after the explosion, current situation in Belarus regarding the environmental issue and public heath, situation with the liquidators (the servicemen and civilian emergency workers involved in containing the disaster and subsequent cleanup operations). Attention was paid to the international coverage of Chernobyl problem. In this context, suggestion of the EPP-ED group in the European Parliament to annually organize hearing on Chernobyl was mentioned and highly welcomed.

• Месца выхаду: Brussels
• Дата выхаду: 2008-04-29
• Выдавец: Office for a Democratic Belarus
• Copyright: © 2008 by Office for a Democratic Belarus
• Кнігазбор: Kamunikat.org
• Дадатковая даведка: http://www.democraticbelarus.eu Выданьне публікуецца тут за ласкавай згодай Office for a Democratic Belarus