Conference
Scientific and Humanitarian Initiatives for Support ofLiquidators 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 – 11.30IPart.
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.LaurentGerbaud, 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,PetrikovCentralDistrictHospital, 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 – 11.45Discussion.
11.45 – 12.00Coffee Break.
12.00 – 13.40II 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 ofthe Republic of Belarus
BénédicteBelgacem, HealthServicesHospital
Prof. Dave Sheehan, ClermontGraduateSchool 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 – 13.40Discussion.
13.40 – 14.30 Lunch.
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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