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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL CHERNOBYL DISASTER REMEMBRANCE DAY

New York, 26 April 2021

Today we mark the thirty fifth anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 26 April 1986 – one of the most serious nuclear accidents in history.

Hundreds of thousands of people were affected by radiation. Some 350,000 people were forced to leave their homes in severely contaminated areas, with a deeply traumatic and lasting impact on...