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POLITICAL INFLUENCE ON HEALTH

AND ENVIRONMENT POLICIES

18th International Conference

on Health and Environment:

Global Partners for Global Solutions

UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, April 15-16, 2009

H.E. Mr.Ban Ki-moon

The Secretary-General of the United Nations

Written Message to 18th International

Conference on Health and Environment

It is a pleasure to greet all the participants in this interna-

tional conference.

You gather to mark 23 years since the Chernobyl disaster.

In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, our minds were on the lives lost and

damaged, and on the environmental impact. But the incident also imposed a terri-

ble long-term health burden. In the three countries surrounding epicenter of the

incident, more than 5,000 additional thyroid cancers in children can be attributed

to radiation from Chernobyl.

Such fallout caused support for nuclear power to plummet, at both the popu-

lar and political levels. Yet now, with the threat of climate change and the search

for low- or no-carbon energy sources, nuclear power is again in the headlines. It is

clear that viable alternatives to fossil fuels are needed - and soon. We must weigh

carefully all considerations, from science to public health and safety, taking into

account the full range of benefits and risks involved. This conference and its sub-

ject matter are, therefore, very timely indeed.

Chernobyl led to revised safety standards in all operating nuclear power plants.

The international community also learned that nuclear emergencies require the

highest level of coordination among a wide range of agencies and actors. We saw

that we do indeed need global partners for global solutions.

We are also beginning to learn more about alternative sources of energy. Biofu-

els, for example, which seemed so attractive at first, may have important negative

consequences, such as diminished food security, since land given over to biofuels

is land taken out of food production.

In developing policy for health and the environment, we should be driven not

only by the goal of avoiding harm to human health, vital as that objective is. We

should go further and adopt environmental policies that promote health benefits.

We have done this successfully in the architecture of new cities. We should do the

same as we tackle the inter-related challenges of climate change, public health,

food security and growing energy demands.

I thank the Government of Ukraine and all others involved in making this con-

ference possible. Please accept my best wishes for the success of your deliberations.