For information only - not an official document
UNIS/MA/51
28 March 2014
MEDIA ADVISORY
The United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna and the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR)
invite you to a
Press Briefing
To launch and present the main highlights of the Report
"Levels and Effects of Radiation Exposure due to the nuclear accident after the 2011 great east-Japan earthquake and tsunami"
on
Wednesday
2 April at 10:30 (CEST)
in the
Vienna
International Centre (VIC)
, C-Building, Room C-4, 7
th Floor
Speakers include:
Malcolm
Crick
Secretary of UNSCEAR
Carl-Magnus
Larsson
Chair of UNSCEAR (via video-link)
Jane
Simmonds
Contributing Expert/ Lead writer, Exposure from food
Wolfgang
Weiss
Chair, UNSCEAR Fukushima Assessment
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Please register for the press briefing, even if you hold a permanent press access card to the VIC, by writing to press@unvienna.org before 14:00 (CEST) on Tuesday, 1 April 2014.
The press briefing will be available as a live webcast at http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/en/webcast.html
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UNSCEAR was established in 1955, reporting to the UN General Assembly on levels and effects of exposure to ionizing radiation. Its scientific assessments underpin international standards for radiation protection.
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For more information, or to arrange interviews with the speakers, please contact:
Jaya
Mohan
Communications Consultant, UNSCEAR
Telephone: (+43-1) 26060-4122
Mobile: (+43) 699-1459-4122
Email: jaya.mohan[at]unscear.org
