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UN launches study of Japan's nuclear disaster

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has launched a broad study of the implications of the accident at Japan 's Fukush
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"The UN has a clear role to play in facilitating this discussion," Ban told heads of UN agencies during a video conference on Friday.

"To advance this agenda, I will convene a high-level meeting on 22 September on nuclear safety and security."

The UN head said he would "present a UN system-wide study on the implications of the nuclear accident at Fukushima.

 

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011

 

 

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011