In advance of the International Chornobyl Disaster Remembrance Day on 26 April, President Connolly hosted a reception commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster.
On 8 December 2016 the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution designating 26 April as International Chornobyl Disaster Remembrance Day. In its resolution, the General Assembly recognised that three decades after the disaster there remained persistent serious long-term consequences and that the affected communities and territories were experiencing continuing related needs.
This year is a particularly poignant year as we mark the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster.
