UN agrees to charity’s call for Chernobyl Day

The United Nations agreed last night to an Irish charity’s call to designate April 26 as UN International Chernobyl Day as a lasting reminder of the world’s worst nuclear accident.

The announcement was hailed by Chernobyl charity crusader, Adi Roche, who made the suggestion during her address to the UN General Assembly earlier this year to mark the 30th anniversary of the accident.

Her call was backed by the Belarusian government, and subsequently by 30 other countries, and the move was finally sanctioned by the UN yesterday.