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“Semipalatinsk: From Rehabilitation to Development”

Prominent academics, scientists, international officials, diplomats and activists convened in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 26 August 2010, on the eve of the first global celebration of the United Nations-designated International Day against Nuclear Tests (29 August), to issue a strong call to the international community to take more resolute steps towards banning nuclear tests. The delegates gathered for an international conference entitled “Semipalatinsk: From Rehabilitation to Development” and jointly organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and the…

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Helping Hands – International Cooperation in Disaster Operations Interview with Nawaf Al-Sleibi, Secretary-General of the International Civil Defence Organization (ICDO)

Nawaf Al-Sleibi is a modest and a practical man who likes to see concrete results …He is here to make the world a safer and better place for everybody by providing a well developed civil defence system. The Secretary-General of ICDO has a long and impressive record having developed the civil defence system in his native Jordan – one of the best in the region. The forerunner of ICDO was founded in 1931 when the French Surgeon-General, Georges Saint-Paul,…

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