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 * COCBC (Children Of Chernobyl Benefit Concert C.O.C.B.C)

This year April 26, 2011 marks the 25th Anniversary of Chernobyl. The Children Of Chernobyl Benefit Concert (COCBC) was held at the Minsk Olympic Dynama Stadium in Belarus, Russia on April 23rd and 24th, 1991, Five years after the nuclear reactor’s meltdown. The event featured bands from around the world and served to raise awareness of the terrible legacy of Chernobyl as representatives from the United Nations and AEA met to discuss the causes and effects of the disaster with government officials. A documentary called ‘Playing For Time’ (Let The Requiem Begin) about the concert and related issues was produced by Ian Stewart and narrated by Glenda Jackson.

Russian DJ Dimitri Korziouk became concerned about the aftermath of Chernobyl after visiting relatives in 1989. He solicited the help of Liverpool’s Katharine Watford Cook, and together they came up with the idea to hold a benefit concert. As UK Production Manager, Cook contacted a colleague who managed Guy Pratt and Gary Wallis of Pink Floyd (post Roger Waters era) in return they went to Russia with Korziouk to present the idea to a Mr. Shushkevich, an official head of the Supreme Soviet and acting President of Belarus. Later an agreement was signed between MAAP International and the Belarus Ministry of Culture. At the same time, MAAP International and the Daily Express Newspaper began administering the UK’s Children of Chernobyl Charity.

Although the governments of Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia had a plan for the evacuation and maintenance of the residents living in highly radioactive zones after the disaster, the concert’s organizers believed the efforts to be inadequate, and that there had been misinformation about the real scale of the radioactive pollution.

Dave Stewart from The Eurythmics served as the charity’s chairman, and the UK artists involved included Echo and the Bunnymen, China Crisis, Lindisfarne band, Martin Chambers (The Pretenders), Sian, The Big Still and The Real East. Bands from South Africa and the USA also participated, along with Russian megastars, including, Boris Grebenschikov, DDT and Igor Talkov. Religious charities from the United States were also present.

Through the efforts of this concert and charity, all the children of Chernobyl were safely evacuated.

TV Press Interviews 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZIEy20EVNE

Interviews 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGTtWmPPVp8

Playing for time part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afa5nGX0698

Playing for time part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtyHpuDwNEA

Playing for time part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUqIyGKKea0

Playing for time part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgFnTZ9w6UM Newspapers & Official Documents http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382337/Press-Release-for-Children-Of-Chernobyl-Benefit-Concert

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382333/New-Musical-Express-Liverpool-rock-top-of-the-Chernobyl-3-March-1991

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382330/Graphic-for-MAAP-International-Live-Aid-For-the-Children-of-Chernobyl

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382327/Liverpool-Echo-Eastern-Promise-12291990

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382324/Liverpool-Echo-City-Band-Set-to-go-Popski-11261990

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382319/Live-Aid-For-The-Children-of-Chernobyl-How-It-All-Began

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382333/New-Musical-Express-Liverpool-rock-top-of-the-Chernobyl-3-March-1991

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382324/Liverpool-Echo-City-Band-Set-to-go-Popski-11261990

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382319/Live-Aid-For-The-Children-of-Chernobyl-How-It-All-Began

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382312/Let-The-Requiem-Begin---Chernobyl---page-1

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382314/Let-the-Requiem-Begin---Chernobyl---page-2

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382307/Let-The-Requiem-Begin---Chernobyl---Photo-Graphic

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382304/Daily-Express-Stars-Ready-to-Rock-for-Chernobyl-by-Kim-Willsher

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382303/Chernobyl-Issue-Still-Radioactive-in-Byelorussia-by-Igor-Germenchuck

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382299/Daily-Mirror-Brit-Bands-to-Rock-for-Chernobyl-12281990

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382297/DailyExpress-Stars-Ready-to-Rock-for-Chernobyl-3261991

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382296/Daily-Express-Charity-Gigs-Make-Soviet-Pop-History-by-Paul-Fuller

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382292/Chernobyl---Various-UK-bodies-aware-of-the-problem

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382288/Art-Scene-Everyman-Shares-Arts-Skills-With-Wollton-School-1261990

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382283/Letter-to-Dimitri-Korziouk-from-Alan-Frame-page-1

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70382278/What-it-is-for-and-Where-the-Money-Will-Go---Benefit-Concert-for-Children-of-Chernobyl