In September 1994, the United Nations Coordinator on International Cooperation on Chernobyl convened an expanded meeting of the quadripartite committee for coordination on Chernobyl. The meeting assessed the results of ongoing United Nations activities relating to Chernobyl and discussed the need for initiatives to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the accident in April 1986 and, in that connection, to draw attention to the continued need for funding of programmes to overcome the effects of the Chernobyl accident. Members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Chernobyl continue their efforts to bring Chernobyl projects to fruition, but the lack of funds has brought several programmes to a halt. However, the implementation of phase II of the project, as well as other related projects, will depend on the possibility of raising additional funds. As a result of the projects, large areas that were hitherto regarded as unsafe can now be used for agricultural production.
Plans are now under way for events to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Chernobyl accident.
WHO will arrange a conference at Geneva in November on the health aspects of the accident, the United Nations will participate in a conference to be arranged at Minsk by the Government of Belarus and EU, while IAEA will arrange a summing-up conference at Vienna from 8 to 12 April 1996. A further meeting of the quadripartite committee will be held in the autumn of 1995 and will have as its main objective to identify those projects which remain of vital importance to the affected population and to agree on ways to ensure their funding. The United Nations consolidated inter-agency appeal for Kenya launched in February 1994 covered the period from January to December of that year, targeting a population of 1,620,000. The food situation remains mixed, as agricultural conditions in some regions have improved while others remain uncertain. Good rains and high world prices for coffee are helping to maintain recovery in agriculture.