person should be fully quaranteed oppartunities for the exercise of individual civil, political, economic, social, cultural and other riqhts, includinq those provided for in the oovenan ts on human r iqh ts. The Byelorussian SSR has continually and sucessfully made efforts to achieve those qoals. Yet, in the oourse of the last four years, the solution to those tasks has becone far more difficult owinq to the need to overcome the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear pawer plant accident. The consequences of that _accident for the Byeloruss ian SSR have been enormous. One fifth of the entire population- 2.2 million PeoPle- inhabit areas that were exposed to radiation of various intensity. Twenty per cent of arable lands that could yield safe radionuclides-free foodstuffs, as well as 15 per cent of the forests, were lost. In the wake of the catastrophe, 25,000 people have had to be resettled, and the process of resettlement is continuinq. Due to medical and social reasons, another ll8,000 people from 526 towns and villaqes are to be resettled to radiation-free areas in the near future. We are not able to c:b all of this at the same time. A State programme for the elimination of the aftermath of the Chernobyl catastrophe for 1990-1995, with more than 17 bill ion rubles allocated to the programme has been elaborated, adopted by the Supreme Soviet and put into operation in the Republic. Its appropriations are equal to two annual budqets of the Republic. The proqramme provides for public health, particularlY for children, resettlement, construction of new settlements and the creation of job opPOrtunities, the develoPment of full social structures -schools, hosbitals, BHS/td A/S-18/PV:.B 69-70 (Mr. Gurinovich, ~elorussian SSR) cultural centres and so forth -research studies, decontamination of the affected areas, prevention of the spread of radionuclides into other territories, 
**Analysis**
The text primarily discusses the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident and its impact on the Byelorussian SSR. The consequences of the accident are described in terms of population displacement, loss of agricultural land and forests, and the need for resettlement and decontamination. The text also mentions a state program to address the aftermath of the accident, which includes provisions for public health, education, and employment. Given the focus on the environmental and humanitarian impacts of the accident, it is likely that the text falls under the categories of Natural resources and environment, Health, and Humanitarian aid and relief.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, Health, Humanitarian aid and relief