Chernobyl forum refers to an assembly of organizations that was formed in 2003 on 3-5 February in Vienna, which is the headquarters of international Atomic Energy Agency. It was founded so as assess and to give reports concerning the environmental and health consequences of Chernobyl (Clark, 2006).
Organizations involved in the Chernobyl Forum
There are various organizations that came in to give hand after the Chernobyl accident occurred. Their aim was to fully get over the stigma that was brought by the tragedy. Though there are several organizations that came in we will concentrate on two only.
This organization works very closely with International Chernobyl Research and Information Network (Chykin, 2007). It concentrates on rehabilitation of the areas that were affected during the accident and upgrading public capabilities so as to manage public exposure.
UNICEF: This organization specializes on ensuring that mothers, young people and children have good health. At the same time UNICEF emphasizes on human development. The organization also concentrates on other functions like ensuring a resourceful system for preventing diseases that come up as a result of iodine deficiency.
UNICEF always has got an internal preparedness and a plan to respond to problems once they occur. When there is a case of emergency such as floods or earthquakes this organization comes in immediately to help. The common means in which this organization responds to emergencies is giving help to diverse departments of country program. The organization supports the government in addressing problems with a view of taking back those particular people to their normal lifestyle (Clark, 2006) .
IAEA: One thing that this organization does in preparedness of a disaster is researching a lot and keeping in touch with the scientist. The second great thing is that they put a lot of focus on how they would deal with the disaster in case it occurs and especially the unavoidable such as earth quakes. In response to disaster the organization sees to that the environment of the disaster goes back to normal. A good example of this is how they came in during the Japan earth quake
What IAEA should do to promote international cooperation?
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