“The Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, Andriy Melnyk, presented a draft resolution to the General Assembly dedicated to international cooperation in studying and mitigating the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. He called on the states to support the document. This was reported by the correspondent of Ukrinform in New York. Melnyk recalled that the accident at the Chornobyl NPP on April 26, 1986 became “the largest nuclear disaster in the history of mankind” and had devastating”, — write on: ua.news
The Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, Andriy Melnyk, presented a draft resolution to the General Assembly dedicated to international cooperation in studying and mitigating the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. He called on the states to support the document.
This was reported by the correspondent of Ukrinform in New York.
Melnyk recalled that the accident at the Chornobyl NPP on April 26, 1986 was “the biggest nuclear disaster in the history of mankind” and had devastating consequences for Ukraine. He noted that over 145,000 sq. km of territory and “more than 2,200 cities, towns and villages” were contaminated with radionuclides, and “many thousands of Ukrainians died due to exposure”. According to him, about 600,000 participants in the elimination of the consequences of the disaster received “extremely high doses of radiation” and suffered long-term health damage, primarily oncological. He estimated the total economic losses of Ukraine at “tens of billions of US dollars.”
Postpred emphasized that the Chernobyl disaster “was the result of a reckless experiment” organized by the leadership in Moscow in violation of basic safety rules. He also stated that the Soviet authorities had committed a “second crime” by hiding the true scale of the tragedy and forcing people in Kyiv and other cities to hold May Day parades under radiation pollution. Melnyk noted that among the children who were forced to go to the parade was his wife, who “was forced to spend hours under the scorching sun, exposing herself to mortal danger.”
Melnyk stated that the Chornobyl NPP and the exclusion zone are completely located on the sovereign territory of Ukraine, therefore only Ukraine has the “exclusive sovereign right” to initiate draft UN resolutions regarding Chernobyl.
He sharply criticized Belarus for submitting an alternative draft resolution without consulting Ukraine and stated that Minsk “has lost any moral authority” to initiate documents on the Chernobyl issue.
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