The Agency is about to participate in a conference in Kiev, Ukraine, entitled: "Chrysotile Asbestos: Risk Assessment & Management". Our agreement to participate has caused some concerns to which the Agency is sensitive...Agreement to participate in the conference has been made on the basis that IARC will not take part in or be signatory to any resolution emanating from the conference. The peer-reviewed work to be presented...is an analysis of data...from around the world which concludes that most types of asbestos fibres kill at least twice as many people through lung cancer as through mesothelioma...The Agency is aware of concerns about its participation in the conference but is convinced that the best science needs to be communicated to all stakeholders...