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ATUC held a round table dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the tragedy which occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

15 Apr 2016

April 15, 2016 the Trade Union Confederation of Azerbaijan held a roundtable discussion on the work done by the trade unions of Azerbaijan to strengthen social protection of victims of radiation work of citizens from the accident occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

The event was opened by the Deputy Chairman of the Confederation of Trade Unions and Alkhasov Javanshir said in his speech, that on 26 April is the worst technological catastrophe of the twentieth century. Exactly 30 years ago - April 26, 1986 after an explosion in the 4th reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the early days suffered ten thousand, fifteen thousand people were killed in the first few months ..
At the end of the event, the President of "Union of Chernobyl veterans" M. Hasanov read out the decision to award the chairman of Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation S. Mehbalieva Honorary Diploma. In turn, M. Hasanov was presented an honorary degree from the АТUC.