Conference
Scientific and Humanitarian Initiatives for Support of Liquidators and Victims of Catastrophe in Chernobyl
Under the auspices of the Member of the European Parliament Dr. Laima Andrikienė
9 October 2008 Vilnius
Organizer Institute of Democratic Politics, Lithuania
Sponsors National Endowment for Democracy, USA Democracy and Development Assistance Fund, Lithuania
Partners Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania NGO “Union Chernobyl – Belarus”, Belarus British Association of Hirudotherapy, UK International Family Association, UK
Program
09.00 Conference Opening. Greeting of conference participants
09.30 – 11.30 I Part. Modern problems of demography and health condition of population living on the territory that suffered from radiation factor exposure during the years of USSR existence. Creation of international scientific research center “Ecology and Health”.
Moderators Mikhail Marinich, Belarus Prof. Laurent Gerbaud, Clermont-Ferrand University, France
Panelists Prof. Yuri Bandazhevsky, Belarus Radiation, ecology and health of people, creation of international scientific research center “Ecology and Health”
Prof. Gilles Eric Séralini, Prof. Frédérick Lemarchand, Caen University, France Project for an Institute for Sustainable Environment in Normandy
Prof. Ivan Nikitchenko, Science Academy, Belarus Economic and socio-demographic consequences of Chernobyl catastrophe in the Republic of Belarus
Prof. Danutė Marčiulionienė, Institute of Botany, Lithuania Radioecological situation in Lithuania after the Chernobyl accident (1993-2007 years)
Prof. Chris Busby, UK Radioactive contamination of the atmosphere and the health of the population of Great Britain
Dr. Galina Bandazhevskaya, Belarus Condition of health of liquidators and victims of accident in Chernobyl nuclear power plant
Valentina Smolnikova, Doctor/Pediatrician, Belarus Condition of health of adults and children living on the territory polluted with radioactive elements (Buda-Koshelevsky region of Gomel district of the Republic of Belarus)
Alexei Duzhy, Elena Bulova, Petrikov Central District Hospital, Gomel State Medical University, Belarus Assessment of the severity of the defeat of the cardiovascular system of the people living in areas contaminated with radioactive elements (Petrikovsky region of Gomel district of the Republic of Belarus)
11.30 – 11.45 Discussion.
11.45 – 12.00 Coffee Break.
2 12.00 – 13.40 II Part. International support of liquidators and victims of accident in Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Creation of an international syndicate of liquidators of accident in Chernobyl nuclear power plant
Moderators José Bové, President of the Institute of social and ecological alternatives (Institut pour des alternatives sociales et écologiques), France Prof. Yuri Bandazhevsky, Belarus
Panelists Alexander Volchanin, Chairman of Nongovernmental Organization “Union Chernobyl – Belarus”, Belarus Social-economical problems of liquidators of accident in Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Republic of Belarus
Garry Pogoniaylo, lawyer, human rights defender, Belarus Legal protection of population of the Republic of Belarus
Bénédicte Belgacem, Health Services Hospital Prof. Dave Sheehan, Clermont Graduate School of Management, ESC France Perspective of creation an international syndicate of liquidators of accident in Chernobyl nuclear power plant
Jean Francois Rivalain, political analyst, Belgium International humanitarian initiatives in support of democracy and rendering of assistance to people who suffered from the accident in Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Republic of Belarus
Prof. Albert Krasheniuk, Russia Physiotherapeutic and non-medicamental methods of health improvement of liquidators and victims of Chernobyl catastrophe
13.30 – 13.40 Discussion.
13.40 – 14.30 Lunch.
3 14.30 – 16.30 III Part. Social-economical, moral-ethical and ecological problems of construction of nuclear power plant in Belarus
Moderators Yuriy Voronezhcev, Belarus Eduard Melnikov, Belarus
Panelists Prof. Georgiy Lepin, Belarus Consequences of ecological, social and economical plans of prospective construction of a nuclear power plant in Belarus
Dr. Egor Fediushin, Belarus Perspectives and consequences of creation of a nuclear power plant in the Republic of Belarus
Yuri Melishkevich, Belarus Organization of movement for nuclear-free Belarus
15.30 – 16.30 Discussion.
16.30 – 16.50 Conclusion Prof. Yuri Bandazhevsky, Belarus
16.50 – 17.00 Passing of the conference resolution in support of liquidators and victims of accident in Chernobyl nuclear power plant, creation of scientific research center “Ecology and Health” in Lithuania, establishment of international syndicate of liquidators of accident in Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
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