Belarus suggests International Chernobyl Remembrance Day

Belarus suggests the UN General Assembly declaring an International Chernobyl Remembrance Day. Head of the Irish charity organization "Chernobyl Children International" Ms Adi Roche spoke on behalf of Belarus at the Assembly"s commemorative meeting. It was for the first time in modern history of the UN General Assembly official proceedings that a foreign citizen spoke on behalf of a delegation of another UN member state. Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that Belarus has granted this honorary right to the representative of Ireland to show both the global nature of the Chernobyl consequences and also the absence of boundaries for multinational cooperation to deal with the consequences of such disasters and help victims.