International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expressed concerns about the dangers of the conflict in the area. On 26 April, IAEA Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi, headed an expert mission to Ukraine’s Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant to step up efforts to help prevent the danger of a nuclear accident during the current conflict in the country . The IAEA provides daily updates on the situation in Ukraine. More information is provided in the resources below: Nuclear Safety and Security in Ukraine | IAEA IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine on Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day | IAEA | 26 April 2022 IAEA finds normal radioactivity at Chernobyl on disaster’s anniversary | The Washington Post | 26 April 2022 IAEA mission at Chernobyl, as anniversary is marked | World Nuclear News | 26 April 2022 Heightened security fears on Chernobyl disaster anniversary | UN News | 26 April 2022 IAEA Chief Grossi to Head Assistance Mission to Ukraine’s Chornobyl Nuclear Pow...

Many count the year 1990 as a crucial point in the United Nations’ involvement in the Chernobyl recovery. The Soviet Government acknowledged the need for international assistance. As a result, the General Assembly adopted Resolution 45/190, which called for “international cooperation to address and mitigate the consequences at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant”. This Resolution also entrusted one of the Under-Secretary-Generals with the task of coordinating the Chernobyl co-operation and called for the formation of an Inter-Agency Task Force. The Quadripartite Coordination Committee, which consists of ministers from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, as well as the United Nations Chernobyl Coordinator, became part of the coordination mechanism at the ministerial level. In 1992, a year after the Task Force was established, the Department of Humanitarian Affairs, which came to be called the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( OCHA ) in 1997, began to coordinate international...