World Information Transfer gratefully acknowledges the Government of Croatia and the Government of Ukraine and H. E. Valery Kuchynsky for their assistance in co-organizing our 14th International Conference.

We are also most obliged for the continuous assistance of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), H. E. Kenzo Oshima, Permanent Representative of Japan and H. E. Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Under-Secretary General and High Representative for LDCs, LLDCs ands SIDS.

WIT gives special thanks to Walden Media and the Chornobyl Center in Slavutych, Ukraine, for their collaboration in preparing the Video Conference with the Chornobyl Center.

Finally, we thank the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of Bahamas, Fiji, Lithuania, Serbia and Montenegro, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Thailand and Uganda, and the IAEA for their support of this year’s Conference.