UN Stresses Need to Revive Areas Affected by Chernobyl Disaster on 24th Anniversary

by Gary Kopycinski on April 26, 2010

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NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2010 – Marking the 24th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster – which exposed more than 8 million people in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia to radiation – today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his commitment to reviving sections of the three nations still coping with the catastrophe.