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Secretary-General Visits the Site of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:48:04 GMT

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and pays tribute to those who lost their lives during the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 25 years ago.

Secretary-General Visits the Site of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:48:04 GMT

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and pays tribute to those who lost their lives during the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 25 years ago.

Secretary-General Visits the Site of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:48:04 GMT

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and pays tribute to those who lost their lives during the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 25 years ago.

Assessing the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

Tue, 01 Apr 1986 12:48:04 GMT

A helicopter moves in to help experts check the damage to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant reactor.

Photo courtesy of the Ukrainian Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.

[April 1986]

Secretary-General Visits the Site of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:48:04 GMT

Aerial view of an area near the Chernobyl site. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and pays tribute to those who lost their lives during the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 25 years ago.

25th Anniversary of Chernobyl Marked with Peace Bell Ceremony

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:48:04 GMT

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon rings the UN’s iconic peace bell to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine. An explosion at Chernobyl's nuclear plant on 26 April, 1986, released unprecedented amounts of radioactive contaminants into the air, caused several deaths and mass evacuations.

Assembly Marks 25th Anniversary of Chernobyl, Discusses Minimizing Consequences of Disaster

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:48:04 GMT

Yuriy Sergeyev, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, addresses a meeting of the General Assembly commemorating the 25th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, on the theme “Strengthening of International Cooperation and Coordination Efforts to Study, Mitigate and Minimize the Consequences of the Chernobyl Disaster”.

Secretary-General Visits the Site of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:48:04 GMT

Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon visits Chernobyl and pays tribute to those who lost their lives during the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 25 years ago. (From left) Dr. Hans Blix, Former-Director-General of IAEA; and Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine.

Secretary-General Visits the Site of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:48:04 GMT

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses an event marking the 25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Mr. BAN Ki-moon visits Chernobyl and pays tribute to those who lost their lives during the disaster. (From left) Mr. Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine, and Mr. Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General.

Secretary-General Visits Site of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:48:04 GMT