World Information Transfer to hold conference on health and environment

NEW YORK - The World Information Transfer will be holding the 15th International Conference on Health and the Environment: Global Solutions at the United Nations. This year's theme is "Living with Radiation in the Modern World: Commemorating Chornobyl, Remembering Hiroshima/Nagasaki."

The event will be held on April 19-20, in Conference Room 2 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The conference is co-sponsored by the government of Ukraine, the government of Croatia and the Permanent Mission of Japan to the U.N. in collaboration with the U.N. Environment Program and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Admission to the conference is free, however, due to U.N. security, pre-registration is mandatory by April 5.

Also, luncheons featuring guest speakers will be scheduled for each day of the conference; the cost is $125 per person. Checks must be made out to World Information Transfer, and sent to 451 Park Ave. S., Sixth Floor, New York, NY 10016. RSVP by fax, (212) 686-2172; phone, (212) 686-1996, or e-mail [email protected]. If inviting guests, please send their names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers on a separate sheet of paper.

For more information on scheduled speakers and times, readers may visit the World Information Transfer website at www.worldinfo.org.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, March 26, 2006, No. 13, Vol. LXXIV

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