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JINR's EXHIBITION
AT UNO GENEVA





        A photo exhibition "Atom for Peace", organized on the occasion of the
   40th anniversary of the  Joint  Institute  for  Nuclear  Research  (Dubna,
   Russian Federation), opened on 21 October 1996 at the Palais  des  Nations
   of the European Office of the United Nations Organization in Geneva.
        In the morning of that date, a press  conference  was  held  for  the
   journalists accredited at the UN. Speaking and answering questions at  the
   press  conference  were  JINR  Director   V.G.Kadyshevsky,   Vice-Director
   A.N.Sissakian, and Adviser to  the  Russian  Mission  at  the  UN  Office
   A.I.Pshenichny.
        The presentation of the exhibition took place  in  the  evening  with
   numerous guests present in the Pas Perdus Hall. Speaking at the opening of
   the exhibition were Deputy Director  General  of  the  UNO  Geneva  Office
   (UNOG) S.Lodgaard, CERN  Director  General  C.Llewellyn  Smith,  and  JINR
   Director  V.G.Kadyshevsky.  The  speakers  emphasized  Dubna's   important
   contributions to  science  and  international  scientific  cooperation,  a
   bright example of which is the collaboration of long standing between JINR
   and CERN.
        Among those present at the opening were large groups of CERN and JINR
   scientists, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the UNO Geneva  Office
   A.I.Kolosovsky, mission and consulate leaders in Geneva  of  a  number  of
   Member States of JINR and CERN, officials of the UNOG, representatives  of
   mass media and companies.
        The exhibition lasted till 31 October and attracted many  guests  who
   expressed in the visitors' book their warm words of appreciation and  best
   wishes for a very successful future of JINR.

© Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Dubna, 1996