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will not position nuclear weapons on the territories ofits new members. In addition, there are various enumer-ations of specific means and areas of consultation andcooperation, including a provision that Ukraine willhave a military liaison mission as part of the Ukrainianmission in Brussels, where NATO has its headquarters.

After the signing ceremony, President Kuchmaexplained that the most important item in the charter, inhis opinion, is NATO’s explicit recognition of Ukraineas a Central-Eastern European nation. “This is a keyissue of the document,” he said, according to Interfax-Ukraine. The charter wording reads: “.. . NotingNATO’s positive role in maintaining peace ... and itsopenness for cooperation with the new democracies ofCentral and Eastern Europe, an inseparable part ofwhich is Ukraine.”

Later that day President Kuchma expounded on whatsuch recognition meant. “As President Jacques Chiractold me,” he said, “ ‘We cannot allow anything to hap-pen to Ukraine. We will defend it both by political andeconomic methods.’ ”

All 16 leaders of NATO as well as NATO SecretaryGeneral Javier Solana spoke at the charter signing, rec-ognizing Ukraine’s integral role in maintaining securityin Europe and urging Ukraine to continue its economicreform effort. All were generous with praise in theirstatements.

According to Interfax-Ukraine, Canada’s PrimeMinister Jean Chrétien noted that more than 1 millionCanadians are ethnically Ukrainian, and that Canadawas the first country to recognize an independentUkraine. He said that what now needs to be done inUkraine-NATO relations is to create the machinery forconsultations. “Ukraine has strengthened her position inthe Euro-Atlantic space and presents today a corner-stone of security,” said Mr. Chrétien.

France’s President Jacques Chirac said, “We areholding our hand out to a new partner,” and praisedUkraine’s peacekeeping effort in Bosnia.

INSIDE:• Text of NATO-Ukraine Charter on a Distinctive Partnership — page 3.• Ukrainian women’s federation active in UNICEF — page 7.• Graduations and our community schools — centerfold.

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by Roman WoronowyczKyiv Press Bureau

KYIV — Ukraine’s Minister of Justice SerhiiHolovatyi on July 8 accused factions within the Cabinetof Ministers of attempting to sabotage his anti-corrup-tion effort. He also made public a feud between himselfand Acting Prime Minister Vasyl Durdynets, who hadpublicly chastised the justice minister at a Cabinet ofMinisters meeting over the pace of reforms.

“The battle against corruption has hit a critical point.Inaction by government leaders tells me that there is nodesire to see the program implemented,” Mr. Holovatyitold reporters.

He said he could not state specifically who wasderailing the process. “I am not able to give youspecifics because of the position I hold,” said Mr.Holovatyi, but declared that after a meeting he hasrequested with President Leonid Kuchma he may bemore forthcoming.

Mr. Holovatyi is the father of the “Clean Hands”anti-corruption program, which he conceived and thendeveloped after President Kuchma expressed supportfor it. The program foresees a step-by-step implementa-tion of programs to ferret out the corrupt elements ingovernment and to reorganize various sectors of gov-ernment to make them more accountable for theiractions and less susceptible to criminal activity.

Minister Holovatyi said many government ministrieshave moved slowly to meet target dates for reviewingworker performances and implementing guidelines thatwere developed in the anti-corruption campaignlaunched by President Kuchma on April 10. Of the 21targets that were to have been met by July 1, seven havenot.

“Government funds are not being allocated, officialsin the executive branch are providing only superficialresponses to our inquiries, and the implementation ofmany measures has been delayed,” explained the justiceminister.

Mr. Holovatyi said he has been stymied in his effortsalmost from day one.

Drafts of the document had been disseminated to thevarious Cabinet ministries for review and feedback in


KYIV — Ukraine and NATO entered into a historicspecial relationship on July 9 when President LeonidKuchma and the leaders of the 16 NATO countriessigned the “Charter on a Distinctive Partnership betweenthe North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Ukraine.”

It was a “day for Ukraine,” said Anton Buteiko,Ukraine’s vice minister for foreign affairs, speaking at apress conference in Kyiv. “I cannot remember a day inhistory when all the political leaders of Europe, theUnited States and Canada spoke extensively only aboutUkraine,” explained Mr. Buteiko, who played a key rolein the negotiations that led to the charter.

The signing occurred at the summit in Madrid, wherethe prime ministers and presidents of the NATO coun-tries gathered on July 8-9 for their annual consultations.It followed by a day the equally historic invitation toPoland, Hungary and the Czech Republic to become fullNATO members.

President Kuchma, speaking to Ukrainian reportersupon his arrival in Madrid, said “Ukraine has obtainedwhat it wanted,” according to Interfax-Ukraine.

But the four-page document does not give Ukrainemilitary treaty status with NATO, which Ukraine hadoriginally pushed for. It does, however, carry the statusof a politically legal document much like the HelsinkiAccords, signed by 35 countries in August 1975 tomonitor human rights enforcement. “The charter makesthe 16 subjects that signed it responsible for its enforce-ment,” explained Mr. Buteiko. He also said that docu-ment will not need ratification by any Parliament.

The charter re-emphasizes the obligations and com-mitments undertaken by the NATO countries andUkraine in the United Nations Charter, the HelsinkiFinal Act and by the Organization for Security andCooperation in Europe (OSCE), which arose from theHelsinki Accords. Most notably, the document readsthat NATO members and Ukraine recognize that “thesecurity of all states in the OSCE area are indivisible,that no state should pursue its security at the expense ofthat of another state.”

The charter also mentions the Budapest Accord of1994, in which NATO members, the United States, theUnited Kingdom and France, along with Russia, gaveUkraine security assurances against nuclear attack.However, the charter does not offer such assurancesfrom NATO itself.

Furthermore, the charter assures Ukraine that NATO

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KYIV — Ukraine has experienced a precipitousdecline in its population since independence, accordingto Ukraine’s chief health official.

“During the last six years Ukraine’s population hasdeclined by 1.15 million,” said Andrii Serdiuk,Ukraine’s minister of health, on July 8.

Speaking at a Verkhovna Rada “Government Day”session dedicated to the state of Ukraine’s health, Dr.Serdiuk blamed the decline on a steady rise in the mor-tality rate and a simultaneous decline in the birth rate.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Statistics puts Ukraine’s cur-rent population at 50.9 million.

Minister Serdiuk said that in the past six years theaverage life expectancy at birth for males had

declined by 3.5 years down to 61.2 years of age, andfor females to 72.7 years. Almost one-quarter (24.3percent) of reported deaths in that time are amongworking-age individuals. The most prevalent causesof death among able-bodied individuals are varioustraumas, accidents, malignancies and disorders of thecirculatory, respiratory and digestive systems.

The health minister underscored the adverse effectson health that low-grade food stuffs and the popularityof moonshine distilled spirits were having on the pop-ulation.

Also on the increase is the incidence of infectiousdiseases; 8.5 million cases were registered last year,said Dr. Serdiuk.

He also pointed out that there are 1.3 million disabledpersons in Ukraine today – 60 percent of whom are ofworking age. Disabled children number 135,000.

U k r a i n e ’s population drops precipitously

Justice Minister at oddswith acting prime ministerover anti-corruption drive

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N A T O Secretary General Javier Solana and PresidentLeonid Kuchma of Ukraine during a recent meeting in

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Kravchuk tapped for advisory panel

KYIV — President Leonid Kuchmaon July 7 authorized the creation of aState Committee on AdministrativeReform and appointed former PresidentLeonid Kravchuk as chairman. The com-mittee’s mission is to develop conceptsand strategies as to administrativereforms, introduce rational administrativedivisions and propose ways to restructurethe state financial system. Mr. Kravchukhinted that entire ministries and depart-ments could be dissolved and that thecommittee’s proposals should be readyby the end of the year. (EasternEconomist)

NATO-Ukraine Crimea exercises moved

KYIV — The Defense Ministryannounced on July 7 that Ukraine hasdecided not to hold land exercises withNATO on the Crimean peninsula inAugust. A ministry spokesman told jour-nalists that the military had decided tomove the exercises elsewhere becauseCrimea lacks the necessary infrastruc-ture. A spokesman for the U.S. SixthFleet confirmed that the U.S. has agreedto the change. He said he was unaware ofthe reason for the switch. Pro-Russiangroups in Crimea have recently protested

the plan to hold land exercises there. Atone point, an anonymous spokespersonclaiming to represent Crimean prostitutessaid that her colleagues would refuse toaccept NATO soldiers and sailors asclients. The U.S. Sixth Fleet and otherNATO navies will still carry out seamaneuvers off the Crimean coast in anoperation named “Sea Breeze.” (RFE/RLNewsline)

Interest rates lowered to record 18 percent

KYIV — The National Bank ofUkraine on July 8 lowered interest ratesfrom 21 percent to 18 percent. The moveis seen as a positive one and the rate nowstands lower than at any time in the lastfew years. Lower interest rates may helpUkrainian businesspeople obtain sorelyneeded credit, according to NBU offi-cials. (Eastern Economist)

Camp children struck by mystery illness

KHARKIV — Fifty-six children andone adult were hospitalized on July 7 as aresult of poisoning at the “Lisova Kazka”children’s camp near the city. The causeof the poisoning has not yet been deter-mined. The camp has been isolated andthe Kharkiv procurator has started anofficial investigation. No fatalities werereported. (UT-2, Eastern Economist)

by Taras Kuzio

A July 2 presidential decree releasedPavlo Lazarenko from the post of PrimeMinister of Ukraine after only one yearin office. He is the sixth prime ministerto have led the Ukrainian governmentsince it became an independent state inJanuary 1992 – roughly one new primeminister each year. None of them, includ-ing outgoing Mr. Lazarenko, were radicalreformers. During the same period oftime there were 11 first vice prime minis-ters and 28 vice prime ministers.

This rapid turnover in personnel hasdamaged Ukraine’s economic transitionin two areas. First, through a lack of con-sistency on the part of government andstate policy in the socio-economic fields.Secondly, it has served to damageUkraine’s credibility vis-à-vis interna-tional financial institutions and potentialforeign investors. That credibility wasalready severely damaged by theVerkhovna Rada’s cancellation of taxbenefits for joint ventures, removed fromthe company profit tax law, which wentinto effect on July 1.

The entire saga of Mr. Lazarenko’sdismissal reflected a scenario reminiscentof the Soviet era. On June 19, the sameday that an International Monetary Funddelegation arrived in Kyiv to discuss anew loan for Ukraine and only a fewdays after the prime minister returnedfrom a tour of Canada in search of busi-ness contracts, President Leonid Kuchmaissued a decree appointing First VicePrime Minister Vasyl Durdynets as act-ing prime minister “for the duration ofPrime Minister Lazarenko’s illness.”This was curious because only the daybefore Mr. Lazarenko had seemed per-fectly healthy meeting striking coal min-ers in Kyiv.

The claim that Mr. Lazarenko was tooill to perform his duties enabledPresident Kuchma to avoid demandinghis immediate resignation which wouldhave led to the resignation, of the entireCabinet of Ministers. Although Mr.Lazarenko was diagnosed with vein vari-cosity and chronic thrombophlebitis, hiscondition was never described as serious.The manner in which Mr. Kuchma tack-led the PM’s dismissal reflected his fearof openly sacking Mr. Lazarenko andthereby causing a rupture with a power-ful regional clan tied to the energy sectorwhose support the president may needduring the elections. Hence the decreereleasing the PM was only issued after ameeting last Saturday failed to patch uptheir differences and Mr. Lazarenko him-self then petitioned for his own resigna-tion.

Mr. Lazarenko will not disappear fromthe political scene: he remains a nationaldeputy in the Verkhovna Rada and chair-man of the Dnipropetrovsk OblastCouncil.

Between June 19 and July 1 Messrs.Kuchma and Lazarenko attempted toreach a “gentleman’s agreement” where-by Mr. Lazarenko would remain as primeminister, provided he showed greaterloyalty to the president. Mr. Kuchma wasquite prepared to keep Mr. Lazarenko asprime minister, despite widespread criti-cism of him both at home and abroad,but only on condition of his absolute loy-alty. Throughout most of this periodPresident Kuchma continued to both crit-icize Prime Minister Lazarenko for past

mistakes as well as deny that there wereany grounds for a change of government.After being unable to reach a “non-aggression treaty,” as the Kyiv newspa-per Zerkalo Nedeli put it, the presidentialdecree merely talked of Mr. Lazarenko’shealth as the reason for his resignation.

Now there are two major questions:Who are the likely candidates for primeminister? Will they introduce anythingradical in the socio-economic field? Anynew prime minister, coming in on the eveof parliamentary and presidential elec-tions, must have three qualities: loyaltyto the president, acceptability to theParliament and loyalty to the Kuchmapolicy since 1995 of a “state-regulatedtransition to a social-market economy.”These conditions will be difficult to ful-fill because most Ukrainian prime minis-ters since 1992, Mr. Kuchma included,had also used their posts as presidentialcampaign headquarters. It is difficult tofind any candidate with the support ofover 220 members of Parliament.

Serhii Holovatyi, the young, energeticand reformist minister of justice, hasbeen touted as a candidate. But he, likeBoris Nemtsov in Russia, is still too radi-cal for most national deputies.

Acting Prime Minister Durdynets,head of the State Committee onCorruption and Organized Crime, couldbe another logical candidate, although heis considered to be rather weak.

Four other potential candidates areOleh Diomin, chairman of the KharkivOblast State Administration; VadymHetman, head of the Interbank CurrencyExchange (and a close ally of ViktorYushchenko, chairman of the NationalBank of Ukraine); Volodymyr Horbulin,secretary of the National Security andDefense Council; and Ivan Pliushch, for-mer chairman of Parliament (1990-1994).

Of these potential candidates, Messrs.Diomin and Pliushch are both membersof the pro-presidential NationalDemocratic Party. The Verkhovna Radawould be unlikely to approve of Messrs.Holovayi and Hetman, because of theirsupport for radical reform, or Mr.Horbulin, whose appointment would sig-nal that the government had come underthe control of the powerful SecurityCouncil. Messrs. Messrs. Durdynets,Diomin or Pliushch would all be accept-able to the Parliament.

President Kuchma – who, according tothe Constitution, has to appoint a newPrime Minister within 60 days –promised to present a new prime ministerwithin the next 10 days.

Why had Mr. Kuchma waited so longto dismiss Mr. Lazarenko? The NationalDemocratic Party and pro-reform parlia-mentary factions had openly called for theprime minister’s dismissal, as did theFederation of Trade Unions, whose leaderis allied with Socialist Party Chairman andVerkhovna Rada Chairman OleksandrMoroz. Since early June most visitors tothe presidential administration haddemanded Mr. Lazarenko’s removal. Thegrowing wage arrears had brought coalminers and communists out into thestreets of Kyiv to protest government poli-cies. A majority of the members of theCouncil of the Regions also had voted forthe PM’s dismissal. There were also fivecompelling factors that finally led to Mr.Lazarenko’s resignation.

• First, the growing perception both athome and abroad of Ukraine’s poor recordon combating corruption and of a govern-ment tainted by corrupt practices. The

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Below is an appeal from the Dnipropetrovsk City Administration for aid related tothe June 6 landslide in that city, which left thousands of persons homeless and manyothers without basic utilities. It was submitted by the City Administration through theEmbassies of Ukraine to the United States and Canada.

A terrible disaster took place in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, on June 6, 1997. Due to alandslide, a multi-story apartment building, a nursery and a school were completelydestroyed. A number of other apartment houses were also damaged. More than 2,500people were left homeless, many of whom are at present left without clothes and fur-niture. Utilities and communications facilities were destroyed.

A special state committee has been created to liquidate the consequences of the dis-aster. The city is working on the problem 24 hours daily and the victims have beengiven temporary housing and food.

The people who were left homeless need immediate financial help and also have tobe fed and clothed. The city is in urgent financial need to buy housing facilities, forthe immediate construction of buildings and the reconstruction of utilities and com-munications. There is a need for construction materials. Special technical equipmentis needed to build a dike and reinforcing wall and for deep earth observation in thevicinity of the catastrophe.

Any help and assistance will be very much appreciated. Please accept our gratitude.

Mykola ShvetsMayor of the City of Dnipropetrovsk

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Following is the text of the Charter on a DistinctivePartnership Between the North Atlantic TreatyOrganization and Ukraine, signed in Madrid on July 9.

I. Building an Enhanced NATO-Ukraine Relationship

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and itsmember-states and Ukraine, hereinafter referred to asNATO and Ukraine,

• building on a political commitment at the highest level; • recognizing the fundamental changes in the security

environment in Europe which have inseparably linked thesecurity of every state to that of all the others;

• determined to strengthen mutual trust and cooperationin order to enhance security and stability, and to cooperatein building a stable, peaceful and undivided Europe;

• stressing the profound transformation undertaken byNATO since the end of the Cold War and its continuedadaptation to meet the changing circumstances of Euro-Atlantic security, including its support, on a case-by-casebasis, of new missions of peacekeeping operations carriedout under the authority of the United Nations SecurityCouncil or the responsibility of the OSCE;

• welcoming the progress achieved by Ukraine and look-ing forward to further steps to develop its democratic insti-tutions, to implement radical economic reforms, and todeepen the process of integration with the full range ofEuropean and Euro-Atlantic structures;

• noting NATO’s positive role in maintaining peace andstability in Europe and in promoting greater confidence andtransparency in the Euro-Atlantic area, and its openness forcooperation with the new democracies of Central andEastern Europe, an inseparable part of which is Ukraine;

• convinced that an independent, democratic and stableUkraine is one of the key factors for ensuring stability inCentral and Eastern Europe, and the continent as a whole;

• mindful of the importance of a strong and enduringrelationship between NATO and Ukraine and recognizingthe solid progress made, across a broad range of activities,to develop an enhanced and strengthened relationshipbetween NATO and Ukraine on the foundations created bythe Joint Press Statement of September 14, 1995;

• determined to further expand and intensify theircooperation in the framework of the Euro-AtlanticPartnership Council, including the enhanced Partnershipfor Peace program;

• welcoming their practical cooperation withinIFOR/SFOR and other peacekeeping operations on the terri-tory of the former Yugoslavia;

• sharing the view that the opening of the Alliance to newmembers, in accordance with Article 10 of the WashingtonTreaty, is directed at enhancing the stability of Europe, andthe security of all countries in Europe without recreatingdividing lines;

are committed, on the basis of this Charter, to furtherbroaden and strengthen their cooperation and to develop adistinctive and effective partnership, which will promotefurther stability and common democratic values in Centraland Eastern Europe.

II. Principles for the Development of NATO-Ukraine Relations

NATO and Ukraine will base their relationship on theprinciples, obligations and commitments under internationallaw and international instruments, including the UnitedNations Charter, the Helsinki Final Act and subsequentOSCE documents. Accordingly, NATO and Ukraine reaf-firm their commitment to:

• the recognition that security of all states in the OSCEarea is indivisible, that no state should pursue its security atthe expense of that of another state, and that no state canregard any part of the OSCE region as its sphere of influ-e n c e ;

• refrain from the threat or use of force against any statein any manner inconsistent with the United Nations Charteror Helsinki Final Act principles guiding participating States;

• the inherent right of all states to choose and to imple-ment freely their own security arrangements, and to be freeto choose or change their security arrangements, includingtreaties of alliance, as they evolve;

• respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity andpolitical independence of all other states, for the inviola-bility of frontiers, and the development of good-neighbor-ly relations;

• the rule of law, the fostering of democracy, politicalpluralism and a market economy;

• human rights and the rights of persons belonging tonational minorities;

• the prevention of conflicts and settlement of dis-putes by peaceful means in accordance with UN andOSCE principles.

Ukraine reaffirms its determination to carry forward itsdefense reforms, to strengthen democratic and civilian con-trol of the armed forces, and to increase their interoperabili-ty with the forces of NATO and Partner countries. NATOreaffirms its support for Ukraine’s efforts in these areas.

Ukraine welcomes NATO’s continuing and active adap-tation to meet the changing circumstances of Euro-Atlanticsecurity, and its role, in cooperation with other internationalorganizations such as the OSCE, the European Union, theCouncil of Europe and the Western European Union in pro-moting Euro-Atlantic security and fostering a general cli-mate of trust and confidence in Europe.

III. Areas for Consultation and/or Cooperation between NATO and Ukraine

Reaffirming the common goal of implementation of abroad range of issues for consultation and cooperation,NATO and Ukraine commit themselves to develop andstrengthen their consultation and/or cooperation in the areasdescribed below. In this regard, NATO and Ukraine reaf-firm their commitment to the full development of the EAPCand the enhanced PFP. This includes Ukrainian participa-tion in operations, including peacekeeping operations, on acase-by-case basis, under the authority of the U.N. SecurityCouncil, or the responsibility of the OSCE, and, if CJTF areused in such cases, Ukrainian participation in them at anearly stage on a case-by-case basis, subject to decisions bythe North Atlantic Council on specific operations.

Consultations between NATO and Ukraine will coverissues of common concern, such as:

• political and security related subjects, in particular thedevelopment of Euro-Atlantic security and stability, includ-ing the security of Ukraine;

• conflict prevention, crisis management, peace sup-port, conflict resolution and humanitarian operations, tak-ing into account the roles of the United Nations and theOSCE in this field;

• the political and defense aspects of nuclear, biologicaland chemical non-proliferation;

• disarmament and arms control issues, including thoserelated to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces inEurope (CFE Treaty), the Open Skies Treaty and confi-dence- and security-building measures in the 1994 ViennaD o c u m e n t ;

• arms exports and related technology transfers;• combating drug-trafficking and terrorism. Areas for consultation and cooperation, in particular

through joint seminars, joint working groups and othercooperative programs, will cover a broad range of topics,such as:

• civil emergency planning and disaster preparedness;• civil-military relations, democratic control of the armed

forces and Ukrainian defense reform; • defense planning, budgeting, policy, strategy and

national security concepts;• defense conversion;• NATO-Ukraine military cooperation and interoper-

a b i l i t y ;• economic aspects of security;• science and technology issues;• environmental security issues, including nuclear safety; • aerospace research and development, through AGARD; • civil-military coordination of air traffic management

and control. In addition, NATO and Ukraine will explore to the

broadest possible degree the following areas for coopera-t i o n :

• armaments cooperation (beyond the existing CNADd i a l o g u e ) ;

• military training, including PFP exercises on Ukrainianterritory and NATO support for the Polish-Ukrainian peace-keeping battalion;

• promotion of defense cooperation between Ukraine andits neighbors.

Other areas for consultation and cooperation may be add-ed, by mutual agreement, on the basis of experience gained.

Given the importance of information activities toimprove reciprocal knowledge and understanding, NATOhas established an Information and Documentation Centerin Kyiv. The Ukrainian side will provide its full support tothe operation of the center in accordance with theMemorandum of Understanding between NATO and theGovernment of Ukraine signed at Kyiv on May 7, 1997.

IV. Practical Arrangements for Consultation and Cooperation between NATO and Ukraine

Consultation and cooperation as set out in this Charterwill be implemented through:

• NATO-Ukraine meetings at the level of the NorthAtlantic Council at intervals to be mutually agreed;

• NATO-Ukraine meetings with appropriate NATO

Committees as mutually agreed;• reciprocal high-level visits;• mechanisms for military cooperation, including peri-

odic meetings with NATO Chiefs of Defense and activi-ties within the framework of the enhanced Partnership forPeace program;

• a military liaison mission of Ukraine will be establishedas part of a Ukrainian mission to NATO in Brussels. NATOretains the right reciprocally to establish a NATO militaryliaison mission in Kyiv.

Meetings will normally take place at NATOHeadquarters in Brussels. Under exceptional circumstances,they may be convened elsewhere, including in Ukraine, asmutually agreed. Meetings, as a rule, will take place on thebasis of an agreed calendar.

NATO and Ukraine consider their relationship as anevolving, dynamic process. To ensure that they are devel-oping their relationship and implementing the provisionsof this Charter to the fullest extent possible, the NorthAtlantic Council will periodically meet with Ukraine asthe NATO-Ukraine Commission, as a rule not less thantwice a year. The NATO-Ukraine Commission will notduplicate the functions of other mechanisms described inthis Charter, but instead would meet to assess broadly theimplementation of the relationship, survey planning for thefuture, and suggest ways to improve or further developcooperation between NATO and Ukraine.

NATO and Ukraine will encourage expanded dialogueand cooperation between the North Atlantic Assembly andthe Verkhovna Rada.

V. Cooperation for a More Secure Europe

NATO Allies will continue to support Ukrainian sover-eignty and independence, territorial integrity, democraticdevelopment, economic prosperity and its status as a non-nuclear weapon state, and the principle of inviolability offrontiers, as key factors of stability and security in Centraland Eastern Europe and in the continent as a whole.

NATO and Ukraine will develop a crisis consultativemechanism to consult together whenever Ukraine perceivesa direct threat to its territorial integrity, political indepen-dence, or security.

NATO welcomes and supports the fact that Ukrainereceived security assurances from all five nuclear-weaponstates parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation ofNuclear Weapons (NPT) as a non-nuclear weapon stateparty to the NPT, and recalls the commitments undertakenby the United States and the United Kingdom, togetherwith Russia, and by France unilaterally, which took thehistoric decision in Budapest in 1994 to provide Ukrainewith security assurances as a non-nuclear weapon stateparty to the NPT.

Ukraine’s landmark decision to renounce nuclearweapons and to accede to the NPT as a non-nuclear weaponstate greatly contributed to the strengthening of security andstability in Europe and has earned Ukraine special stature inthe world community. NATO welcomes Ukraine’s decisionto support the indefinite extension of the NPT and its contri-bution to the withdrawal and dismantlement of nuclearweapons which were based on its territory.

Ukraine’s strengthened cooperation with NATO willenhance and deepen the political dialogue between Ukraineand the members of the Alliance on a broad range of securi-ty matters, including on nuclear issues. This will contributeto the improvement of the over-all security environment inEurope. NATO and Ukraine note the entry into force of theCFE Flank Document on 15 May 1997. NATO andUkraine will continue to cooperate on issues of mutualinterest such as CFE adaptation.

NATO and Ukraine intend to improve the operation ofthe CFE treaty in a changing environment and, through that,the security of each state party, irrespective of whether itbelongs to a political-military alliance. They share the viewthat the presence of foreign troops on the territory of a par-ticipating state must be in conformity with international law,the freely expressed consent of the host state or a relevantdecision of the United Nations Security Council.

Ukraine welcomes the statement by NATO members that“enlarging the Alliance will not require a change in NATO’scurrent nuclear posture and, therefore, NATO countries haveno intention, no plan and no reason to deploy nuclearweapons on the territory of new members nor any need tochange any aspect of NATO’s nuclear posture or nuclearpolicy – and do not foresee any future need to do so.”

NATO member-states and Ukraine will continue fully toimplement all agreements on disarmament, non-prolifera-tion and arms control and confidence-building measuresthey are part of.

The present Charter takes effect upon its signature. The present Charter is established in two originals in the

English, French, and Ukrainian languages, all three textshaving equal validity.

FOR THE RECORD: NATO-Ukraine Charter on a Distinctive Partnership

has always hit home runs in all his life’sendeavors,” said Mr. Polche.

The principal speaker was WalterBaranetsky, president of the UkrainianInstitute of America, who spoke elo-quently of Mr. Lesawyer’s special contri-bution to the institute’s success since itsinception in 1954, as well as his manyactivities in the Ukrainian community.

Mr. Baranetsky observed: “Beingborn, raised and educated in the UnitedStates, Joseph Lesawyer retained the loveinstilled in him by his Ukrainian émigréparents to his Ukrainian heritage, whichhe not only preserved and cherished, butenriched by perfecting his Ukrainian lan-guage and involving himself in the orga-nized life of Ukrainian Americans, in thedefense of human rights in Ukraine andthe struggle for the rights of Ukrainianpeople to self-determination.”

Spanning a life of civic and nationalwork for over three-quarters of a century,Mr. Lesawyer’s ability to grasp situationspredictably, has invariably thrust himinto many leadership positions. To men-tion a few, he held positions as an execu-tive in the Ukrainian Youth League ofNorth America, executive vice-presidentof the World Congress of FreeUkrainians, president of UkrainianNational Association for 17 years, execu-tive director of the ShevchenkoMemorial Committee, national chairmanof Ukrainian American Democrats. Hewas also a leader in the real estate busi-ness, and an active member of scores ofother civic American and Ukrainianorganizations. To be fair, however, itshould be noted that Mr. Lesawyer’s suc-cess in these undertakings was not hisalone. Standing faithfully at his sidethroughout the years was his charming

and dedicated wife, Mary.In recognition and appreciation of Mr.

Lesawyer’s services and innumerablecontributions to the Ukrainian communi-ty, two plaques were presented to him,one by Mr. Lozynsky, on behalf of theUCCA, the other by Mr. Baranetsky onbehalf of the UIA.

Presented also by the master of cere-monies were myriad congratulatory lettersand telegrams, among others, warm greet-ings from President Bill Clinton,Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak (who couldnot attend as the main speaker due to illhealth), Bishop Basil Losten, AmbassadorRoman Popadiuk, and Michael Starr, for-mer Canadian minister of the department ofl a b o r .

In conclusion, the honoree expressedhis heartfelt thanks to all the guests forattending and to the speakers for theirkind remarks, and elaborated briefly onsome of his activities and experiencesduring his crusade for Ukrainian causes.As he put it, none of his good workswould have borne fruit without the dedi-cated effort of thousands involved inthose his undertakings.

He also gratefully acknowledged theefforts of Walter Nazarewicz, WalterBaranetsky, Mary Pressey, AndrewPaschak and Harry Polche, dinner commit-tee members, and Jaroslav Kryshtalsky,Natalie Chuma and Bill Chirash for theirhelp in making the event a cherished occa-s i o n .

In closing, Msgr. Leon Mosko, repre-senting Bishop Losten of the UkrainianCatholic Diocese of Stamford, Conn.,expressed his gratitude to the honoreeand his devoted wife, and conferred uponthem blessings for good health and con-tinued good works.


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by Mary E. Pressey

NEW YORK – On June 8, despite aday of graduations, weddings and ceme-tery pilgrimages, the turnout for JosephLesawyer’s testimonial banquet held atthe Sheraton New York Hotel was anoutstanding success as many friends andorganization members came to pay trib-ute to this community leader for his life-long contributions to various Ukrainiancauses. The dinner was sponsored by theUkrainian Institute of America,Ukrainian Congress Committee ofAmerica and Ukrainian NationalAssociation.

The afternoon vibrated with muchinterest, resonating with seriousness andlightheartedness. Walter Nazarewicz, thedinner committee chairman, a member ofthe board of directors of the UkrainianInstitute, opened the program by wel-coming the guests and introduced thepersonable master of ceremonies, JulianKulas, member of the Chicago UCCA’sexecutive board. The invocation fol-lowed by the Rev. Roman Tarnawsky ofSt. Volodymy Orthodox Cathedral, whorepresented Archbishop Antony.

Following a luncheon in an elegantsetting decorated with candelabra androses the guests witnessed a superbmusical program executed by the LesiaHrabova, soprano, Oleh Chmyr, bari-tone, and Volodymyr Vynnytsky, pianist.

The guest speakers constituted a rosterof well-known organization leaderswhose remarks encompassed the work ofthe honoree. One could not help but seethe delight in Mr. Lesawyer’s counte-nance upon hearing all the honorsbestowed upon him, even though he hasbeen awarded numerous prior honors andawards – among them the ShevchenkoFreedom Award, the World Congress ofFree Ukrainians Award and theUkrainian Institute Recognition Award.

Guest speakers Askold Lozynskyj,president of the Ukrainian CongressCommittee, and Stefan Hawrysz, chair-man of the Auditing Committee of theUkrainian National Association, touchedupon the honoree’s invaluable counseland profound dedication to organiza-tions. Their words of praise were a con-stant reminder of how much time andeffort were expended by this public ser-vant and leader.

Speaking on behalf of the DemocraticParty, Marcanthony Datzkiwsky, presi-dent of the Ukrainian AmericanDemocratic Association of Essex County,New Jersey, and Helen Cheloc, chairladyof the Ukrainian American Democrats ofNew Jersey, noted Mr. Lesawyer’s dedi-cation to Democratic causes.

Representing the Ukrainian AmericanVeterans, Sir Harry Polche, a Knight ofSt. Gregory, briefly depicted Mr.Lesawyer’s life in the U.S. armed forcesin World War II and his prowess as abaseball player – careers in which heexcelled by winning a Bronze Star Medalfor meritorious service and hitting homeruns too many to mention. “Mr. Lesawyer

Ukrainian community fetes Joseph Lesawyer

Longtime community leader Joseph Lesawyer (right) accepts a plaque presentedby Walter Baranetsky, president of the Ukrainian Institute of America.

by Oksana ZakydalskyTORONTO – Approximately 15 months

ago, a scholarship fund in honor of Dr.Oleksandra Kopach was established andthe first scholarships from this fund havebeen awarded to Ostroh Academy studentsin Ukraine.

Last year, on April 27, 1996, former stu-dents of the Hryhoriy Skovoroda UkrainianSchool in Toronto held a dinner in honor ofDr. Oleksandra Kopach, a pioneer in thefield of Ukrainian secondary education inCanada. Organized by Dr. Kopach in 1951,the Skovoroda Ukrainian School inToronto, a five-year secondary school, wasthe first of its kind in Canada. In addition toformer students, the dinner’s sponsorsincluded the Shevchenko Scientific Society,the Writers’ Association Slovo, UkrainianWriters for Children and the UkrainianCanadian School Board – all organizationsin which Dr. Kopach has been active.

Although, it has been almost 20 yearssince Dr. Kopach retired from teaching,and the Skovoroda School closed in1978, more than 250 former studentsshowed up at the dinner to honor theirformer director and teacher and lettersand greetings were received from aroundthe world. That evening the Dr.Oleksandra Kopach Scholarship Fundreceived its first donation.

On the recommendation of the rectorof Ostroh Academy, Prof . IhorPasichnyk, the money donated from thefund was divided into $100 scholarships.The recipients were chosen by a specialcommittee which included BohdanKolos from Toronto as the representa-tive of the Dr. Oleksandra KopachScholarship Committee. Sixteen recipi-ents were awarded the scholarships at aspecial ceremony on January 28, inUkraine. The recipients of the scholarshipswere: Hryhoriy Oliynyk, Ihor Pokhleba,Serhiy Hlynianchuk (department of histo-ry); Eduard Balashov, Serhiy Onoshko,Natalia Hrynevych, Halyna Tkachuk,Tetiana Brui (department of economics);Natalia Vetvinska, Oksana Brydko,Roman Tereshchuk, Iryna Krasnovska,Olha Barylko, Tetiana Tovshchuk, NataliaKibita, Iryna Ostrovska.

Located in the ancient town of Ostroh inRivne Oblast, the Ostroh Higher Collegiumwas created in 1994, and renamed theOstroh Academy in 1996, as the successorof the Ostroh Academy founded 420 yearsago by Prince Konstantyn Ostrozsky. Itsworking languages are Ukrainian andEnglish and it attracts students from all ofUkraine. It is an affiliate of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

The Dr. Oleksandra Kopach ScholarshipCommittee (Tania Onyschuk, MarikaHurko and Taras Zakydalsky) hopes to pro-vide scholarships to Ostroh students on anannual basis and invites former studentsand friends of Dr. Kopach to send theirdonations to: Dr. Oleksandra KopachScholarship Fund, 505 Annette Street,Toronto, ON M6P 1S1 Canada.

Ostroh Academy studentsreceive Kopach Scholarships


by Stefan Lemieszewski

VERNON, British Columbia – As children playedsoccer in MacDonald Park next to the Seaton HighSchool here on a recent sunny Saturday morning theywere unaware of the plaque unveiling taking place with-in earshot of their cheers.

On June 7, about 150 people gathered to unveil aplaque commemorating the unjust internment by theCanadian government of 8,579 “enemy aliens” in 24concentration camps across the country in 1914-1920.Over 5,000 of the so-called “enemy aliens” internedwere Ukrainians. Another 80,000 individuals (of whomthe vast majority were also Ukrainians) were notinterned, but were classified as “enemy aliens” andrequired to report regularly to Canadian officials.

The commemorative marker reads: “VernonInternment Camp. Thousands of Ukrainian Canadiansand other European immigrants were unjustly impris-oned as ‘enemy aliens’ during Canada’s first nationalinternment operations of 1914-1920. This plaque is ded-icated to the memory of the men, women and childrenwho were held at the Vernon internment camp, on thislocation, now known as MacDonald Park, betweenSeptember 18, 1914, and February 20, 1920.”

As they played in MacDonald Park, the children doubt-less were also not aware that both the high school and thesoccer field on which they were running were once thesite of an internment camp that imprisoned women andchildren along with their husbands and fathers.

The Ukrainian men had been forced to work as cheaplaborers in the nearby Edgewood and Mara Lake camps.Some refused the heavy road work and as punishment hadtheir food rations reduced and were placed in solitary con-finement. Twelve internees escaped from the Vernon con-centration camp by digging a 100-foot tunnel under thebarbed wire fence. At other camps internees were not solucky, and six paid the ultimate price for their unjustinternment when they were killed trying to escape.

City officials unawarePlaying children are not the only ones ignorant of this

little-known history. As recently as February, Vernoncity officials had denied there were ever any women andchildren in the camp nearby. At the June 7 unveiling,they were no doubt surprised when the Vernon camp’sonly known survivor, Fred Kohse (internee No. 5019),showed up in person to do the honors.

The plaque was consecrated jointly by the Revs.George Podtepa and Peter Blazuk of the UkrainianOrthodox Church and the Rev. Volodymyr Bilous of theUkrainian Catholic Church. Wreaths were laid by mem-bers of the Canadian Ukrainian Youth Association(SUMK) and the Zirka Ukrainian Dancers.

Mr. Kohse was only 1 year old when he and his motherwere interned in 1915. They spent six years in the campalong with his father, Frederick. Mr. Kohse recalls that hisfather’s personal assets, including his fishing boat, wereconfiscated by the Canadian government. To this day, theCanadian government has never returned such wrongfullyconfiscated assets to internees or their descendants.

Communicating with the outside worldMr. Kohse’s mother, Hilda, was an Englishwoman.

Mr. Kohse told The Weekly how she managed to getnews of their predicament to the outside world. First,she wrote a formal protest and presented it to camp offi-cials, who tore it up before her eyes. Then, she hid a let-ter in a tennis ball and hurled it over the barbed wirefence to a friend. This letter eventually made its way tothe Parliament of England – Canada was still considereda “Dominion of the British Empire” at the time – andthe case was raised in the House of Lords in London.

Mr. Kohse expressed his conviction this was the rea-son his family was released earlier, albeit by only a fewmonths, than most others who finally regained theirfreedom in 1920. Nevertheless, for six long years thecamp was all the young child could call home.

As a reminder of those days the octogenarian treasures atwo-foot “swagger stick” given to him by a fellow campinternee. Carved into it are his nickname, “Fritzy,” and theyear 1916. Mr. Kohse brought it with him to the ceremony.

Key organizers of the commemorative plaque’sunveiling were Roman Chez, president of the UkrainianCanadian Congress’s Vernon Branch; Andrea Malysh, aVernon-based researcher; and the Ukrainian CanadianCivil Liberties Association.

Those who attended the ceremony included Liberal

Ve rnon plaque ack n owledges unjust internment of “enemy aliens”

member of the British Columbia Provincial LegislativeAssembly Dr. April Saunders; the acting mayor ofVernon, Councilor Klaus Tribes; Kari Moore, presidentof the Ukrainian Professional and Business Association’sVictoria Branch; Councilor Ron Morgan from theGreater Vernon Parks and Recreation District; BorysSydoruk of Calgary, representing the UCCLA; and JuliaStashuk, representing the UCC’s British ColumbiaProvincial Council.

The official ceremony was followed by a reception atthe local Ukrainian Orthodox church hall across thestreet, where a display of old newspaper clippings andother archival material was set up.

Stories of the internmentGerald Kohse, 69, Fred Kohse’s younger brother,

shared anecdotes about the internment related to him inhis youth by his parents. Ms. Malysh outlined detailsabout the Vernon concentration camp’s operationsgleaned from public archives and periodicals of the day.

Mr. Sydoruk gave an overview of the community’sproject to have plaques placed at internment camp sites(seven of 26 have now been marked). The UCCLA’sdirector of special projects told the audience that

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien’s promise todeal with the issue of redress for internees and theirdescendants remains unfulfilled, despite a unanimousmandate given by Parliament in 1991.

Informative brochures prepared by the UCC’s VernonBranch were distributed to the audience. These containedphotos of the camps and their internees, and provided his-torical information. One brochure was particularly rele-vant; on its cover was a photo of the military police’sbrigade building fronted by a bed of flowers that spelledout “Vernon Concentration Camp – 1916 – B.M.P.” –irrefutable evidence with which to confront anyone whoclaims that these were never called concentration camps.

Ironically, during the night of June 6, even before theplaque was unveiled, the memorial experienced its firstact of vandalism. Someone pulled all the flowers out ofthe cairn that stands behind it. Fresh flowers werereplanted in time for the ceremony. As Mr. Kohse laidanother bouquet by the plaque, one could only wonderwhat was going through his mind during his first visit tothe Vernon camp’s site after 77 years.

For further information about Canada’s nationalinternment operations of 1914-1920, visit the website at:http://www.infoukes.com/history

Clergy officiate at consecration of the memorial plaque.

Fred Kohse (left), a survivor of the internment camp in Vernon, with his brother, Gerald.

Stefan Lemieszewski is a member of the UCCLA inVancouver, British Columbia. His e-mail address is:s t e f a n l @ d i r e c t . c a

Events in Madrid this week marked the start of a new era in Europe as NATO mem-bers voted to offer membership to three Central European states and signed the Charteron a Distinctive Partnership between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization andUkraine. Secretary General Javier Solana called the meeting in Madrid “a definingmoment” for the alliance and said it would be remembered as the time when “NorthAmerica and Europe came together to shape the course of a new century.”

After the current 16 NATO members voted to invite Poland, the Czech Republicand Hungary to join them, President Bill Clinton said “This is a very great day, notonly for Europe and the United States, not simply for NATO, but indeed, for the causeof freedom in the aftermath of the Cold War.” And rightfully so, as the decisionmarked the beginning of the construction of a new framework for security, in what hascome to be called the “Euro-Atlantic area,” based on openness and partnership.

The summit was significant also because, as Secretary of State Madeleine Albrightemphasized, “no European democracy will be excluded because of its position on themap.” (It should be noted that the final communiqué specifically mentioned the coun-tries perceived to be next in line after the first tier of new members: Romania andSlovenia, as well as the Baltic states.)

In a June editorial we had worried that if NATO caved in to Russia’s demand tostop membership at the borders of the former Warsaw Pact, then Ukraine would onceagain be left to fend for itself against its larger neighbor. Now we can worry less.

The NATO-Ukraine charter notes that “an independent, democratic and stableUkraine is one of the key factors for ensuring stability in Central and Eastern Europe,and the continent as a whole,” and emphasizes that Ukraine is “an inseparable part” ofthat region. It affirms that “no state can regard any part of the OSCE region as itssphere of influence,” lists principles for NATO-Ukraine relations, notes areas of con-sultation and cooperation, and provides for practical arrangements for such activity,

And, Ukraine did get what Foreign Affairs Minister Hennadii Udovenko had saidearlier this year it required: confirmation of the openness of the alliance to newEuropean democracies, including Ukraine, and “non-acceptance” of any claims for anew division of Europe into spheres of influence or domination.”

The words of President Clinton in regard to the partnership charter with Ukraine,were well-chosen: “... we have come to Madrid to build a new Europe, where olddivides are bridged by new ties of friendship and cooperation; where we recognize nospheres of influence, but instead the influence of shared ideals. This charter ... wel-comes Ukraine as our partner in building an undivided Europe. ” Here was a strongacknowledgement of the failure of Yalta.

And so, we welcome the results of the Madrid summit, which opened the door tothree new members and to other members in the future, and firmly shut the door on anera that recognized the discredited concept of “spheres of influence.” As PresidentKuchma said: “Madrid ‘97 will undoubtedly go down in history as a city where adividing line left by the Cold War in the very center of Europe was eliminated.”

No more Ya l t a sTH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY

Turning the pages back...July

141995 Two years ago on July 14, Patriarch Volodymyr (Vasyl

Romaniuk), a political prisoner persecuted for his religious beliefsduring decades of Soviet repression who later went on to be elected

primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate died at the age of 69.Patriarch Volodymyr (the name he chose for himself when he was consecrated a

hierarch of the Church in 1990) was a Ukrainian Orthodox priest and member of theUkrainian Helsinki Group. In 1992, when the Ukrainian Autocephalous OrthodoxChurch merged with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church headed by Metropolitan Filaret,he was consecrated archbishop of Lviv and Sokal, and later became metropolitan ofChernihiv and Sumy, and a member of the Church’s Holy Sobor (Council).

Following the death in June 1993 of Patriarch Mstyslav, Volodymyr was elected inOctober of that year as the first patriarch of the newly created Ukrainian Orthodox Church– Kyiv Patriarchate. A promoter of unity between the Orthodox Churches in Ukraine,including the Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Moscow Patriarchate and the UkrainianAutocephalous Orthodox Church, in the last months of his life Patriarch Volodymyr hadappealed to the former to break with Moscow. However, his calls fell on deaf ears.

Vasyl Romaniuk was, born on December 9, 1925, in western Ukraine. He was first arrestedin 1944 at the age 19 for “nationalist and religious activities,” and was subsequently exiled toSiberia for 10 years, along with his family. His father died there and his brother was shot whiletrying to escape. In 1946 he was convicted of “anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda” on testi-mony coerced from other prisoners. After his release, Mr. Romaniuk began his theologicaltraining. He was ordained a deacon in 1959 and five years later became a priest.

As a priest, the Rev. Romaniuk fought against church corruption and state suppression ofreligion. After writing a letter in defense of political prisoner Valentyn Moroz in 1972, theRev. Romaniuk was once again arrested. During his time in labor camp, the Rev.Romaniuk, a Ukrainian nationalist and a devout Orthodox Christian, addressed numerousappeals to Western organizations on behalf of other imprisoned believers – both Christianand Jewish – and human rights activists. He frequently went on hunger strikes and waspunished for his recalcitrance.

In 1976, shortly before he was to go into exile, the Rev. Romaniuk renounced his Sovietcitizenship and declared his desire to emigrate to the West, where he said he could worshipfreely. While in exile, he continued to appeal to Western organizations as a member of theUkrainian Helsinki Group, which he joined in 1979.

In August of 1988, the Rev. Romaniuk and his son Taras (his wife, Maria Antoniuk,died in 1985) emigrated to Canada, settling briefly in Winnipeg. The Rev. Romaniukreturned to Ukraine in 1990, after Ukraine declared sovereignty.

Turning the pages back...

by Dianna Derhak

For me, Ukraine is a place wheredreams have faces. Mine is a privilegedvantage point. I am charged with theresponsibility of finding the innovators,creators and dreamers who take risks inthe face of overwhelming obstacles. Thisisn’t merely a job. It’s a passion. I amconvinced more than ever that theanswers to Ukraine’s big issues areunderfoot, and in the hearts and minds ofher citizens.

I am one of three field coordinators forCommunity Connections, a U.S. govern-ment program financed through theUnited States Information Agency(USIA) and administered by theInternational Research and ExchangesBoard (IREX). Together we are part of alarger IREX/USIA team that believes thisprogram is very significant. We approachour task with the gusto of an IndianaJones and the zeal of a Don Quixote.

The mission of CommunityConnections is to identify and select byopen competition business, law, govern-ment and NGO professionals for short-term, focused internships in the UnitedStates. Candidates receive individuallytailored placements by American hostorganizations. The concept is to targetand support the efforts of individuals inkey sectors who are taking a lead in theprocess of change in their communities.

Community Connections exposes par-ticipants to American practices and givesthem information, know-how and con-tacts. Herein lies the key to action. If theleaders at the top are slow to respond toburning issues, then why not empower awider segment of the population to takeaction and agitate for change?

After completion of the 1996 and 1997recruitment cycles, over 1,100Ukrainians will have participated or willbe slated to participated in the internshipprograms. The exchange process isalready under way. Groups bound forvarious destinations across the UnitedStates began departing in October 1996.American host communities and theirnew Ukrainian friends are in the processof forging personal and professional ties.

It is also significant to note that theprogram is first and foremost focused atthe regions, as Kyiv has been saturatedwith various programs. In the first roundthe following cities were included:Cherkasy, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk,Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Lviv, Mariupol,Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Sevastopol,Symferopol, Ternopil, Uzhhorod andZaporizhia. The next round will includeChernihiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk,Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovohrad, KryvyiRih, Lviv, Luhansk, Lutsk, Rivne,Sevastopol, Symferopol, Slavutych,Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr.

Upon her return from an internship inChicago hosted by HeartlandInternational, Oksana Sapeliak, a Lvivactivist and opinion leader, was so ener-gized by the experience that she immedi-ately recorded a series of broadcasts for“Radio Nezalezhnist” (RadioIndependence) in order to share herinsights. Although she was impressedwith the external trophies of a prosperouseconomy, she was deeply moved by thegenerosity of people, the spirit of volun-teerism, everyday common courtesiesand acts of kindness. Ms. Sapeliakspeaks of her opportunity to live in the

home of Patty Crowley in glowing terms.Her visit put to rest years of Communistprogramming that portrayed America asa greedy and immoral place.

Community Connections gave JudgeBohdan Poshva a new goal: to create “alittle bit of Delaware in Ternopil.” Thejudge was so impressed with the sub-stance of the law program that theUniversity of Delaware set up for hisgroup that he has put together a legal taskforce of program participants. They aremeeting regularly and developing anaction plan to influence legal reform inthe oblast and throughout Ukraine. Hehas even written a draft law for theVerkhovna Rada on criminal law andprocedure based on an American model.

I think a program of this nature isimportant to both Ukraine and the UnitedStates because it touches people’s livesin a deeply personal way. Host organiza-tions knock themselves out to createmeaningful internship experiences forUkrainian participants. Participants,moved by the generosity of their hosts,feel compelled to do something worthyand worthwhile upon their return.

IREX and USIA are vehicles for thisendeavor. It is an endeavor that inspiresall sides to be better and do better.Granted, not every player in the scenariopersonifies the highest ideals and hopesfor this program. Yet the sheer numbersconstitute a critical mass of action-orient-ed voices that can challenge the notionthat things in Ukraine should be done acertain way because that is how theyhave always been done.

The experience of CommunityConnections dramatically changes indi-viduals. It opens people to a world ofpossibilities. Resistance falls away, andinspiration seeps in.

Volodia Dron, manager of the Lviv-based internet service providerInternational Data Systems, says he hasbeen “busy changing everything” sincehis return from a business internship withMegsinet Inc. of Chicago.

The Uzhorod Sewing Factory has beena frenzy of activity since IrynaDiachenko completed her program inSyracuse, N.Y., with Liarbury Clothesand Eleganza Custom Tailoring. It isrumored that personnel training andinformation sessions have become stan-dard procedure in her technology andquality control department.

Community Connections is not a one-way street. Many participants have invit-ed their American families and col-leagues to Ukraine to experience someUkrainian hospitality. Host organizationssuch as Project Harmony hope to estab-lish a presence in Ukraine.

Will the dreams take root or turn todust? Let’s not make the mistake of wait-ing patiently, and idly, for an answer.

IREX and USIA want to tip the bal-ance by creating a follow-up programthat supports the candidates during thevulnerable time after they return. Wehope to develop a mechanism to maintaincommunications links with the Americanhost communities. We hope to build anetwork of working groups in citiesacross Ukraine to create an informal yetdynamic structure to continue the effort.This network can serve as a point to drawmore participants into the changeprocess.

This approach will safeguard and buildupon the initial investment made by theAmerican taxpayer. Although funding forthis phase of the program is limited, wewill do everything in our power to capture

When pigs fly..., or a report from the field


NEWS AND VIEWS

Dianna Derhak is IREX field coordi -nator for Community Connections and isbased in Lviv. (Continued on page 11)(Continued on page 13)

Helmut Kohl, chancellor of Germany,expressed support for Ukraine’s reformefforts and said the NATO-Ukraine part-nership has a greater role to play in theeffort to create a European security struc-ture.

Prime Minister Tony Blair of GreatBritain said the accord gives Ukraine thefull right to completely integrate itselfinto all European structures. “Kyiv was aEuropean city for many years,” he added.

Italy’s Prime Minister Romano Prodiemphasized that “the common objectiveof Ukraine and NATO is to no longer bedivided.”

Spain’s Prime Minister Jose MariaAsnar underscored that the signing of thedocument “would have been impossiblewithout the political and economicreforms in Ukraine.”

And U.S. President Bill Clintonapplauded the recent agreements betweenUkraine and its neighbors, Russia,Poland and Romania.

President Kuchma met one-on-onewith most of the leaders of the NATOcountries, including President Clintonduring the two-day summit.

He did not meet with President BorisYeltsin or Prime Minster ViktorChernomyrdin because the Russian lead-ers decided not to attend the summit toprotest NATO’s expansion. Russiasigned its own special charter withNATO in May.

However, President Yeltsin voiced hissupport for the Ukraine-NATO agree-ment when he signed a treaty of friend-ship and cooperation with Ukraine inJune.

Even Russia’s often anti-UkrainianParliament expressed support for theMadrid accord, although in a rather convo-luted manner. According to Interfax-Ukraine, on July 9, the chairman of the

Russian State Duma, Gennadii Selezne,said: “I believe it correct that Ukraine hassecured such an agreement. It is a sover-eign state beleaguered by the NATO coun-tries, and it must take care of its security.”He said the accord would not change rela-tions between Ukraine and Russia.

But in Ukraine on July 8, scores ofCommunists signed a petition criticizingthe Ukraine-NATO charter. NationalDeputy Yevhen Marmazov, who chairsthe “Ukraine Outside NATO” group inthe Verkhovna Rada said they wereprotesting the signing of the agreementand “expressing their disagreement andindignation with the fact that the decisionhas been made without previous consul-tations with the Parliament. At the July 8daily session of the Verkhovna Rada,Communist deputies proposed that dis-cussion take place that day on the valueand need for the charter, which wasvoted down by legislators.

Before the vote, Communist Partyleader Petro Symonenko read a statementthat said, “One of the most important pro-visions of the Declaration of Ukraine’sState Sovereignty, proclaiming her non-alignment, neutrality and nuclear-free sta-tus, is canceled by a stroke of the pen.” Itcontinues, “Obviously, under this pretext,NATO has reserved for itself the right tomeddle in Ukraine’s internal affairs.”

The following day the Communist fac-tion refused to register; thus, a quorumwas not attained and that day’s sessionwas canceled.

In Madrid, Ukraine also signed on to thenewly created Euro-Atlantic PartnershipCouncil, The council is the representativebody of the 28 member-countries of thePartnership for Peace program. The pro-gram provides for enhanced relationsbetween former Warsaw Pact countries andthe ex-republics of the Soviet Union withNATO through exchanges of information,common military maneuvers and the stan-dardization of military specifications.

the spring after President Kuchma hadgiven an initial okay to the program andhad praised the work of the Ministry ofJustice – only to be extensively markedup by government officials. “Thechanges were not proposed to strengthenand embellish the program, but to weak-en the document,” said Mr. Holovatyi.

He said he went to Vasyl Durdynets,head of the Committee on the Fightagainst Corruption and Organized Crime,and currently acting prime minister, whosupported only the reinstatement of someof the requirements that had been cut.The document was left intact only afterPresident Kuchma intervened.

So Mr. Holovatyi was quite takenaback, he explained, when on July 5 theacting prime minister responded to hisreport on the problems in the anti-cor-ruption effort by attacking him for fail-ing to forcefully implement the anti-cor-ruption campaign. At the meeting Mr.

by Olga Stawnychy

NEW YORK – The World Federationof Ukrainian Women’s Organization(WFUWO), as a development andhumanitarian non-governmental organiza-tion in consultative status with ECOSOC,was informed by the chief of the NGOSection of UNICEF in New York that “inview of objectives of your organization,we take great pleasure in welcoming theWorld Federation of Ukrainian Women’sOrganizations into consultative statuswith UNICEF.”

This consultative status entitles theWFUWO to receive communicationsfrom UNICEF on policy and prioritiesand enables the organization to be repre-sented at executive board sessions bothin New York and Geneva. Prior to thistime, the interests of Ukrainian childrenwere represented by the internationalorganization, World Movement ofMothers and its NGO representatives,Helen Prociuk and lryna Kurowyckyj.

UNICEF, the United Nations children’sfund, was founded in 1946 by special man-date of the U.N. General Assembly tobring food and urgent medical relief to thechildren of war-torn Europe. Today, inaddition to responding to emergencies,UNlCEF’s main focus is long-term devel-opment designed to make families less vul-nerable during difficult times.

In over 140 countries, including thoseof Eastern Europe, UNICEF supportsprograms for children at particular risk.As a U.N. agency, UNICEF works withnational governments and people atevery level to work towards meeting theneeds of their children.

At UNICEF’s executive board meetingin New York on June 2-6, Ukraine wasrepresented by Minister of Families andYouth Suzanna Stanik. The WFUWO’spublic relations chairwoman and NGOrepresentative, Olga Stawnychy met withthe minister to discuss the WFUWO’snew relationship with UNICEF and thedesire to cooperate with Ukraine on behalfof the welfare of Ukrainian children.Minister Stanik mentioned specific needsfor food, clothing, books, vitamins andtoys for the poorest orphanages inUkraine. She will provide the WFUWOwith a list of the most needy institutions ineach oblast of Ukraine.

During her meetings with UNICEFboard members and the WFUWO,Minister Stanik emphasized three criticalareas that need attention from the interna-

tional community: nutrition and cleandrinking water; medical assistance for vac-cinations against preventable diseases; andhalting the alarming growth of AIDS.

AIDS is of particular concern forUkraine because compared to 1994, dur-ing 10 months of 1995 the number ofreported HIV-infected persons increasedsixfold. Most of the HIV infected persons– more than 70 percent – were betweenthe ages of 20 and 29. If little is done now,the spread of infection in cities is destinedto follow the same path as in other parts ofthe world, she underlined. Just like radia-tion, the consequences of HIV infectionare usually invisible at the start.

To reduce the pace of HlV spreadthroughout the country, immediate inter-vention is necessary among intravenousdrug users who spread the disease to theirsexual partners and introduce it into thegeneral community. Minister Stanikexpressed concern that, due to the limitedfinancial resources of the Ukrainian gov-ernment during this period of economicinstability and limited resources of suchinternational agencies as UNICEF, thehealth of Ukrainian children is at great risk.

Its new status with UNICEF will enablethe WFUWO to cooperate with that worldbody in promoting better health and livingconditions for the children of Ukraine, aswell as all children throughout the world.

For more information please contact:Olga Stawnychy, at fax, (201) 933-8609, ore-mail, [email protected]

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NEWS AND VIEWS

Ukrainian women at UNICEF headquarters (from left): Olga Stawnychy andIryna Kurowyckyj; Ellen Mouravieff-Apostol, president of the NGO Committee

on UNICEF; Janet Nelson, chief of the NGO section; and Helen Prociuk.

Suzanna Stanik, Ukraine’s minister of families and youth.

Schaffer, not SchaeferIn The Weekly (July 6) one member of

the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus wasincorrectly identified in the story head-lined “Ukraine’s Embassy to U.S. marksfirst anniversary of Constitution.” Thestory and photo caption wrongly listedRep. Dan Schaefer (R-Colo.-6thCongressional District). The congressmanshould have been identified as Rep. BobSchaffer, also a Republican fromColorado, but from the 4th CongressionalDistrict. (N.B.: Rep. Schaffer was correct-ly identified in the accompanying story,“House of Representatives forms Congres-sional Ukrainian Caucus.”

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Durdynets said the plan that Mr.Holovatyi was pursuing “had essentiallybeen remade, both in its structure and itscontent,” and that Mr. Holovatyi “shouldbe more critical in the assessment of hisactivities,” reported Interfax-Ukraine.

Mr. Holovatyi emphasized at the July8 press conference that the Ministry ofJustice is not responsible for implement-ing anti-corruption policies. “That iswhat law-enforcement bodies do,” hesaid

He explained that Mr. Durdynets hadbeen critical of his work since the initialprogram had begun and especially after apress conference on April 11 in whichthe justice minister had blamed organs ofthe Cabinet of Ministers for resisting thefight against corruption.

“Mr. Durdynets called me thatevening and said ‘any more of that and Iwill smear you against the wall.’ ”

Acting Prime Minister Durdynetscould not be reached for comment.

The pressure on the Ministry of Justicehas continued, said Mr. Holovatyi, mostrecently with a audit by the State Controland Revision Department critical of pur-chases. “They blamed us for buying abook for $300 without obtaining somekind of permission. My God, we bought abook, not a $100,000 Mercedes,”explained Mr. Holovatyi. “This is merelyrevenge from the Cabinet apparat who didnot believe that we would follow throughwith the anti-corruption campaign.”

The justice minister also announcedthat a proposal has been submitted to theCabinet of Ministers for a national con-gress on a long-term anti-corruption pro-gram to be held in September, which Mr.Holovatyi said the World Bank has saidit would endorse, and for which it wouldoffer organizational and technical ser-vices.

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DETROIT – Each spring, the UkrainianLanguage School (Ridna Shkola) ofDetroit honors Ukraine’s literary geniuswith a performance program by theschool’s children. Thanks to the efforts ofa rejuvenated corps of dedicated teachers,talented students and supportive parents,this year’s program, held on May 17,eclipsed all recent artistic performances inDetroit’s Ukrainian community.

A noon time audience was treated to astunning hourlong presentation of the tra-ditional Ukrainian children’s story “KozaDereza.” The operetta, with a cast of over60 students from grades kindergartenthrough 6, included song, dance, humorand mild drama. It featured a repertoire ofcomposer Mykola Lysenko’s traditionalUkrainian songs and melodies as selectedand arranged by Ridna Shkola’s musicteacher, Myroslava Boryschuk.

The play opened with the fifth andsixth grade choir singing a traditionalLysenko selection. As the curtain rises,the young Koza Dereza, played by kinder-garten student Nastusia Novachynska,stands innocently at mid-stage. The audi-ence was immediately taken with thisimpish kid-koza. A young lad, played byfirst grader Demyan Hryciw fell for thegoat-essa and convinced his elders, playedby Lubko Berezovsky (fourth grade) andDimitra Leheta (third) to invest in goatownership, but not before a hilariouslythorough dental inspection that left boththe performers and audience with droppedjaws and wide smiles. As the story goes,the investment soon turns sour as the cutebut chronically exaggerating Koza repeat-edly accuses her keepers of malnourishingher. The casting in this opening scene wassuperb. Lubko Berezovsky and DimitraLeheta were the quintessential “Did iBaba” and the toothless Mr. Hryciwappeared to be thoroughly enjoying hisnewfound friend. Miss Novachynskathrilled the audience with her enchantingperformance and indescribably delightfulgoat-esque voice.

After a brief interlude, a now matureKoza Dereza, played fluidly by fourthgrader Adriana Kuprianchyk, staked herclaim to the home of the meek and soft-spoken Lysychka (fox), played eloquent-

ly by third grader Victoria Krajnc. First agroup of hopping Zaichyky (rabbits)played by second graders AndrijSerediuk, Alex Polansky, RomanBaranyk, Maxim Nestorowich andAdrian Panasiuk; then nimble dancingVovky (wolves) played by fourth gradersStefko Dzul, Victor Polansky, RomanLawrin, Petro Onyskiw and JurkoWoloszczuk; and finally a group of slow-moving, honey-eating Vedmedi (bears)played by third graders Peter Sawka,Bohdan Kindzelski, Oles Slywynsky andAdrian Skalchuk failed to evict the stub-born Dereza from the Lysychka’ s home.With each eviction attempt, the stellarMiss Kuprianchik broke into theoperetta’s trademark “foot-stomping,tailsweeping” song.

The various animal legions were succes-sively forced to back off as the haplessLysychka looks on. The tale’s climax beganswith the arrival of the brightly costumed pro-tagonist Rak-Neborak (crayfish) played byfourth grader Dmytri Hryciw. The Rak’ssuperb dance, song and crustaceous move-ments rallied the animals to finally over-come the pesky Koza Dereza. The full castand choir, including both Derezy, celebrat-ed with a thunderous victory anthem metwith rousing applause from the audience.

The stage decorations were masterfullyprepared and augmented with live swayingtrees (Tolya Zubryckyj, Markian Stakhiv,Marko Thomson) and mushrooms (MykolaMursky, Andrij Loginsky, Pavlo Szkilnyk,Danylo Stakhiv). The operetta included tra-ditional Ukrainian dances performed by theaforementioned wolves and classical dancesby groups of Flowers (Olga Rudichenko,Leeza Kossak, Elizabeth Dzul, NatalkaBohay, Natalka Taras, Lesia Pichurko);Butterflies (Alexandra Beswerchij, LubaTerleckyj, Christina Eliashevsky, LarissaKunynskyj, Maria Lawrin) and Honey Bees(Katherina Stewart, Renee and SaraCholyway, Lesia Onyskiw, Marta Zubar).The tale was masterfully narrated by sixthgraders Julia Kurta and Alexandra Leheta.The “Koza Dereza” operetta was producedand directed by Ridna Shkola teachersMyroslava Boryschuk, Vira Kurta, Liusia

NEWARK, N.J. — St. John theBaptist Ukrainian Catholic School cele-brated the achievements of two graduat-ing classes during the month of June.

On June 2, the parochial school bidfarewell to the eighth grade class ofseven boys: Andriy Brukh, Bobby Cpin,Paul Jarymowycz, Roman Lukiw,Alexander Lyashchenko, Mark Vitvitskyand Bohdan Yaremko.

The commencement program was pre-ceded by a special divine liturgy cele-brated by the Very Rev. Frank SzadiakCSsR, pastor of St. John’s. During a cer-emony in the church hall, the graduates,their families and friends, and facultywere addressed by the school’s principal,Sister Chrysostom OSBM, and the Rev.Szadiak, who presented the diplomas.

The valedictory address was deliveredin the Ukrainian language by Mr.Yaremko, while the salutatorian, Mr.Jarymowycz, spoke in English. Bothgraduates recalled their days at St. John’swith both sentiment and levity. A partic-ularly touching moment came when theentire class of young men sang the well-known theme song “Where EverybodyKnows Your Name” as a tribute to theiralma mater. Their teacher, HelenMilanytch, proudly looked on.

Several days later, on June 10, St.


Newark school graduates eighth graders and kindergartners

Kindergarten and eighth grade graduates of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School with faculty and clergy.

Detroit Ukrainian Language School’s children present “Koza Dereza”

Koza Dereza Adriana Kuprianchyk (right) addresses a pack of wolves.



The duo who played the lead role in “Koza Dereza”: Adriana Kuprianchuk and Nastusia Novachynska (right).

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. – Commence-ment exercises for the 35th graduatingclass of Immaculate Conception UkrainianCatholic High School began after a divineliturgy celebrated by Bishop InnocentLotocky OSBM, the Rev. Roberto LucaveiOSBM and the Rev. Basil SalkovskiOSBM on Sunday, June 1, at ImmaculateConception Church in Hamtramck, Mich.Msgr. Stephen Chrepta served as chaplainto the bishop.

Bishop Lotocky reminded the class of1997 to be goal-oriented but to choosetheir paths wisely with dedication andcommitment. He said, “Do not be trickedinto the temptation of the moment ... bediscriminating. Great changes may comeinto your life when only Christ maycome to your rescue.”

The pastor and superior at ImmaculateConception Parish, the Rev. Lucavei,greeted the 18 seniors as Bishop Lotockyconferred diplomas.

Michaeline Weigle, principal ofImmaculate Conception High School,congratulated the students on theiraccomplishments and distributed schol-arships to the seniors.

Special honors were conferred onValedictorians John Fedynsky, KatherineKorbiak, Petro Lisowsky and LarissaStacey, and on Salutatorian Natalia


Immaculate Conception High School honors 35th graduating class

Syracuse School of Ukrainian Studiespresents diplomas to two graduates

Parma parish school gra d u a tes 17

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Members of thelocal Ukrainian community gathered forthe graduation ceremonies of the LesiaUkrainka School of Ukrainian Studies onJune 7.

The school, which has an enrollmentof almost 50 students in kindergartenthrough Grade 12, presented diplomas totwo graduates. Ulana Chmara andAndrea Nedoshytko were honored at cer-emonies held at the Ukrainian NationalHome in Syracuse.

The two were congratulated for theiraccomplishment by Lesia Fensor, direc-tor of the school, as well as representa-tives of various Ukrainian organizations,

among them was the Ukrainian NationalAssociation, which was represented byAdvisor Walter Korchynsky.

Mr. Korchynsky congratulated thegraduates for their hard work and dedica-tion, and presented each of them with agift from the UNA. He encouraged themto continue their studies and to remainactive in Ukrainian American life.

The graduation ceremonies included avery enjoyable concert featuring theschool’s teachers and students.Celebrations continued with a banquetand “zabava,” at which everyone dancedthe night away to lively Ukrainianm u s i c .

PARMA, Ohio – Seventeen eighthgraders processed into St. JosaphatUkrainian Catholic Cathedral here, asthey graduated from the parish school onJune 10. Msgr. Michael B. Rewtiuk, pas-tor, and the Rev. Andrew G. Hanowsky,associate pastor and school administrator,concelebrated a divine liturgy of thanks-giving for the graduates, their parents,members of the faculty and staff, andfriends of the families.

Students who read the scripture forliturgy were Vsevolod Horodyskyj inUkrainian and Nadia Peskar in English.

Diplomas and awards for the gradu-ates were presented by Msgr. Rewtiuk,the Rev. Hanowsky, and Sister MiriamClaire OSBM, principal.

Students were honored in the follow-ing areas:

• academics – Peter Moysaenko andNicholas Jurkiw (courtesy of Men’s Club);

• citizenship – Joanna Wankewycz andYuriy Firmanchuk (courtesy of the St.Josaphat PTU);

• music – Jennifer Oseredczuk (cour-tesy of Luba Trusz);

• art – Mr. Horodyskyj, Olena Gudzand Christina Stachur (courtesy of theRev. Hanowsky);

• religion – Mr. Jurkiw (courtesy ofMsgr. Rewtiuk);

• outstanding altar boy – Mr. Jurkiw(courtesy of St. Josaphat Parish).

The graduation ceremony concludedwith all assembled singing “MnohayaLita.”

A reception for the graduates andguests followed in Sheptytsky Hall. Classadvisor and eighth grade teacher MariaPocztar, as well as all other teachers andstaff, were presented with flowers inappreciation for guidance and loving sup-port to all St. Josaphat students.

Nicholas Juriw receives awards from the Rev. Andrew G. Hanowsky and Msgr. Michael B. Rewtiuk.

U N A Advisor Walter Korchynsky congratulates graduates Ulana Chmara and Andrea Nedoshytko.

(Continued on page 12) Graduates during the commencement ceremony at Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church.


MINNEAPOLIS – Leonid Kravchuk,the first president of independent Ukraine,will attend the annual convention of theAssociation of American Youth ofUkrainian Descent. ODUM/AAYUD willhost its annual convention in Minneapolison August 29-31.

The weekend will feature the theme“Chervona Kalyna” and will include athree-day schedule of events beginningwith an opening social evening with musicprovided by the musical group Trubkafrom Edmonton. Saturday’s events includea golf tournament and lakeside recreationalactivities.

A fund-raising forum will feature adiscussion session with Mr. Kravchuk.This forum, to be held at St. Michael’sUkrainian Orthodox Church, will offerlimited seating for an interactive discus-sion with Mr. Kravchuk. Saturdayevening’s highlight will be a banquet,featuring Mr. Kravchuk as the keynotespeaker, to be followed by a dance to themusic of Trubka.

On Sunday, church services will beheld at St. Michael’s Ukrainian OrthodoxChurch, followed by a “defiliada.” A con-cert and lunch will follow at the UkrainianAmerican Community Center. The week-end will conclude with a starlight boatcruise through Minneapolis on theMississippi River, featuring the musicaltalent of Charivnyky of Minneapolis.

In addition to participating in conventionevents, Mr. Kravchuk will meet with econom-ic and business leaders in the Twin Cities com-munity. Since Minnesota is home to manycompanies with business interests in Ukaine,part of his visit will be coordinated with thesupport of the World Trade Center located inSt. Paul.

T h e Minneapolis Hilton has been desig-nated the host hotel for the convention.Rooms may be reserved at AAYUD con-vention rates prior to August 8 by calling(612) 376-1000 or 1 (800) HILTONS. Formore information, contact Valentina Yarr,(612) 378-1676, or Christina Pasichnyk,(612) 560-4644.

Ukraine’s first president scheduledto attend ODUM’s annual convention

SUDBURY, Ontario – The 28thInternational Physics Olympiad, a presti-gious competition for high school stu-dents from around the globe, will be heldin Sudbury, Ontario, on July 13-20. Thisevent has been held annually since 1967.Teams from over 50 countries will par-ticipate this year, including a five-mem-ber group from Ukraine.

Ukraine has been taking part in thePhysics Olympiad since 1992. Its membershave done very well at these competitions,winning one gold, three silver and onebronze medal at the 1992 Helsinki compe-titions. The Ukrainian team was third inover-all standing behind China and Russia.

At the 1993 Physics Olympiad held inWilliamsburg, Va., the Ukrainian teamwon one gold, two silver and one bronzemedal, as well as a certificate of merit. Itwas seventh in over-all standings, justahead of the team from the U.S.

Beijing was the venue for the 1994Olympics. The Ukrainian team was sixthover all, two places ahead of Russia.

In 1995 Ukraine’s team won one silverand two bronze medals in Canberra,Australia.

Only individual achievements, not teamstandings, have been acknowledged offi-cially since 1995. The most recent compe-tition was held in Oslo, Norway, in 1996.Competitors from Ukraine won one gold,one silver and one bronze medal, as wellas two certificates of merit.

This year’s Ukrainian participants havebeen chosen through country-wide compe-titions that were held during the past fewmonths. The 1997 squad from Ukraine ismade up of the following: KostyantynZakharchenko, 17, from the town ofZhovti Vody (the site of Khmelnytsky’sfamous victory over Polish forces in1648); Oleksander Solovyov, 17, fromKyiv; Bohdan Lozynskyj, 17, from Lviv;Andrij Didovych, 16, from Vinnytsia; andOleh Miroshnychenko, 15, fromD n i p r o d z e r -zhynsk.

They will be accompanied by threesupervisors: Ihor Pinkevych, professor ofphysics at Kyiv State University;Oleksander Liashenko, professor of ped-agogy at the same institution, and BorysKreminskyi of Ukraine’s Ministry ofEducation, who is an official observer atthe Olympiad. The Ukrainian Ministry ofEducation is covering the cost of partici-pants’ airfare, while the Canadian orga-nizing committee is responsible for localarrangements in Sudbury.

The five-man team and their supervisorswill spend six days in the Toronto area, onJuly 21-26, immediately following theSudbury Olympiad. Their stay in Torontois being sponsored by the Canadian Friendsof Ukraine, Toronto Branch.

Further information about the visit ofthe Ukrainian team may be obtainedfrom Jurij Darewych at (905) 848-6997,or fax, (905) 270-1530.

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On a personal note, it is my secretthrill that so many Ukrainians will beexposed to American optimism. Thatcrazy notion and “can do” attitude that isso uniquely American and so misunder-stood by many in the rest of the world.Americans are different in some ways.We dream big. We stubbornly refuse togive up. We naively pick ourselves upwhen we stumble, regroup and try again.If 10 percent of our program participantsunderstand and adopt this approach, wewill have been part of the start of a revo-lutionary change in thinking.

America is unique, but so is Ukraine. Iam convinced that Ukraine’s strugglesand uneasy transition to democracy and amarket economy will ease. I believe thatduring these critical years Ukraine willrise to the challenge of dealing with itsmost vexing problems with a soulful zestthat will both please and inspire itsAmerican mentor and partner. Ukrainehas already had some victories that con-found her detractors: five peaceful yearsof independence, adoption of a constitu-tion, introduction of a national currency,formation of a constitutional court, stabi-lization of the inflation rate and a rathersmooth transition to non-nuclear status.

In many towns and cities, shops, cafesand mini-factories are springing up likemushrooms after the rain. People feelcomfortable complaining loudly aboutdifficulties. Public officials are startingto acquire some experience and savvywithin the new political system and arefeeling pressure from the citizenry toshow results. “Made in Ukraine” labelscan be spotted at stores in the U.S.

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Certificates of recognition awarded by theMichigan State Board of Education and theMichigan Higher Education AssistanceAuthority recognized Mr. Fedynsky, MissKorbiak, Mr. Lisowsky, Miss Meyette, MissPszenycmy, Miss Stacey, Miss Tarnavsky,Orest Tarnavsky and Emily Twomey for out-standing academic achievement in the State ofMichigan Competitive Scholarship Program.

Additional city, county and academicscholarships were awarded. Private scholar-ships granted by numerous Ukrainian organi-zations included the Buhay Chapel, UkrainianFuture Credit Union, Ukrainian SelfrelianceCredit Union, Women’s Association for theDefense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine,Frank and Frances Krcek, Mrs. Liskiwsky,the estate of Ann Horbush, the UkrainianNational Association, ImmaculateConception Ukrainian Catholic HighSchool Parents Club, St. JosaphatUkrainian Catholic Parish, UkrainianEngineers’ Society, ImmaculateConception Ukrainian Catholic High

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Prior to the “Koza Dereza” operetta, theseventh, eighth and ninth grades, under thedirection of teachers Tania Kindzelska,Valentyna Boyko and Ridna Shkola’sPrincipal Dr. Jaroslaw Berezovsky, present-ed a montage of renowned Ukrainian his-torical figures and read works by Ukrainianpoets, Lesia Ukrainka, Taras Shevchenkoand Ivan Franko. The afternoon’s perfor-mance was brought to a close with Dr.Berezovsky thanking the students for theirdiligence, the teachers for their tirelessefforts and the parents for their support.The performance program culminated ahighly successful school year which wit-nessed growth and enhanced programs ofstudy. Detroit’s Ridna Shkola is indeed onan upswing with even greater achievementsforeseen for the 1997-1998 academic year.

School Alumni Association, UkrainianNational Women’s League of AmericaBranch 76 and the Order of St. Basil theG r e a t .

This was the 35th graduating class toleave Immaculate Conception UkrainianCatholic High School. As 18 seniorsleave, 24 freshmen have registered forthe upcoming 1997-1998 school year.

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John’s School marked yet another mile-stone, with the graduation of its kinder-garten class of 16 boys and two girls.

The graduates — most of whom willreturn next year to St. John’s as firstgraders — were: Adam Boyko, DillanGawlik, Paul Hadzewycz, Daria Hapon,Michael and Roman Jablonskyj,Alexander Kleban, Mark Kochan,Markian Martynetz, Patrick McNally Jr.,Joanna Podberezniak, Justyn Pyz,Sviatoslav Serediak, Justin Stasiuk,Dennis Torielli , Taras Varshavsky,

Volodimir Vlasyuk and Lev Wolansky.During the graduation program in the

school auditorium, the littlest graduatesof St. John’s demonstrated some of whatthey had learned during their first year offull-day schooling thanks to the guidanceof their teacher, Olga Stasiuk. The pro-gram took the audience around the worldvia a series of skits, dances and songspresented in English and Ukrainian bythe children attired in appropriate hatsand costumes.

The program ended with the distributionof diplomas to the children, now dressed inwhite caps and gowns, as their schoolmatesfrom the higher grades applauded.

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Ukrainian media had been full of reportsof government members involved in pri-vatizing dachas, ensuring very preferentialloans and holding foreign accounts.

• Second, the IMF had threatened tocancel a crucial $2.9 billion loan toUkraine because of the lack of a 1997 bud-get, remaining export restrictions, a longlist of small-and medium-sized firmsexempted from privatization, the failure toadopt tax laws and reform of pensions.President Kuchma had promised to ensurethat these would be fulfilled by July.

• Third, Mr. Lazarenko was not per-ceived as a committed reformer which,coupled with accusations that he himselfwas corrupt made it difficult for reform-ers to support his government.

• Fourth, Mr. Lazarenko’s arrogance andunwillingness to work and cooperate withthe Verkhovna Rada had hindered the adop-tion of the 1997 budget. It cannot be anycoincidence that this budget, which had beenintroduced initially as a draft in late 1996 andthen was again introduced as a new draft onthe day the IMF delegation arrived in Kyivand Mr. Lazarenko became “ill,” was finallyadopted only eight days later. The budget,with a projected deficit of 5.7 percent of theGDP, was welcomed by the IMF, but theIMF insisted on passage of the tax lawsbefore the loan was released.

• Finally, Mr. Kuchma was reluctantto dismiss Mr. Lazarenko because of theapproaching elections and the possibleusefulness of his clan. President Kuchmais preparing a decree postponing the par-liamentary elections until 1999 – thesame year that the presidential electionsare to be held. Mr. Kuchma is still themost popular politician in Ukraine with a26 percent approval rating, with otherlikely candidates polling only 2 to 6 per-cent. Mr. Kuchma was reluctant torelease the PM also because of closebusiness ties in the energy sector whichhave national security ramifications.

There are others factors at work also.Yevhen Marchuk, whom Mr. Lazarenkoreplaced as prime minister, is likely to bePresident Kuchma’s main opponent in the

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Mr. Kuchma, whose presidential can-didacy in 1994 was backed by Russia,may now be concerned that history willrepeat itself and Moscow will back Mr.Marchuk, his main rival, in 1999.

* * *Patriarch Volodymyr’s funeral on July

18 in Kyiv was marred by violent clashes— first at the intersection of ShevchenkoBoulevard and Volodymyr Street, and laterat St. Sophia Square — between riot policeand some 3,000 participants of the funeralprocession. At issue was the clergy andlaity’s wish to bury the remains of theirpatriarch at St. Sophia Cathedral, despitethe decision by the Presidium of theCabinet of Ministers that PatriarchVolodymyr be interred at either BaikivCemetery or on the grounds of St.Volodymyr Cathedral. A grave was dug inthe sidewalk next to the main gates of St.Sophia, and the body was interred there.

A memorial to the patriarch was laterconstructed on that site.

Source: “Ukrainian Orthodox PatriarchVolodymyr Dies”; “Riot police and mournersclash” by Khristina Lew; The UkrainianWeekly, July 23, 1995 (Vol. LXIII, No. 30).

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Ian AlexanderRainey, son of Roma (Babiuk) and HughRainey, graduated from the United StatesNaval Academy at Annapolis on Friday,May 23.

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Ensign Rainey has been assigned tothe U.S. Embassy in Paris.

His grandfather, Roman Babiuk, was amember of the UNA and a well-knownUkrainian community activist.

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CLEVELAND – Vsevolod Horodyskyjan eighth grade student at St. JosaphatUkrainian Catholic Cathedral School inParma, Ohio, was honored recently at theCleveland Bar Association’s AwardLuncheon at The Renaissance ClevelandHotel.

Mr. Horodyskyj and ChristinaStachur, another eight grade student atSt. Josaphat’s who was honored, alongwith principal Sister Miriam Claire andart teacher Judith Mincek, heard the1997 Law Day Address given by attor-ney Daniel M. Petrocelli. Mr. Petrocellirecently obtained a jury verdict and judg-ment for the plaintiffs in the wrongfuldeath action against O.J. Simpson.

Karen L. Jackson, chair of the StudentArt Contest, presented awards that wereco-sponsored by The Cleveland BarAssociation, The Cleveland BarFoundation, The Plain Dealer and TheCleveland Indians for students in grades6-12.

Mr. Horodyskyj won first place for hisdrawing “Freedom of Expression.” Forhis efforts, he was presented with a $100bond, a $50 gift certificate from aCleveland art store, a plaque and fourtickets to an Indians home game.

St. Josaphat School received a plaque tobe displayed in the trophy case denotingthe achievement of both Mr. Horodyskyjand Miss Stachur.

Mr. Horodyskj also was recognized byThe Cleveland Regional Council ofScience Teachers for his excellent sci-ence project in physics and was present-ed with the Sanford Eisler MemorialAward for Physical Science, which isgiven in memory of Sanford Eisler, alifelong science teacher and supervisorfrom the Cleveland area.

Mr. Horodyskyj will display andexplain his project at the CRCSTConference for science teachers onOctober 18, at the Cleveland Museum ofNatural History along with two othermajor winners from the area.

Mr. Horodyskyj is the son of Mr. andMrs. Ivan Horodyskyj of North Royalton,Ohio. He is a member of UNA Branch 472.

Student honoredby bar association

DETROIT – The Ukrainian communi-ty of the Detroit area had an opportunityto see one of its members, IrynaShamray, receive the 1997 award for out-standing contributions in music on April20. The presentation was made by theWarren Cultural Commission at a con-cert of the Warren Symphony Orchestra.

Ms. Shamraj is the music director atImmaculate Conception UkrainianCatholic School in Warren, Mich., teach-es private piano lessons and is a memberof the Ukrainian Music Institute ofAmerica. Her select choir and private

piano students often perform at commu-nity functions and events.

She has been music director andaccompanist for musical productions of“West Side Story,” “Oklahoma,” and“My Fair Lady” in California and Detroitarea schools, and participates in everyaspect of production, including setdesign and choreography.

She also is involved in other aspectsof Ukrainian cultural life and recentlyappeared on TV 2 news in an exclusiveinterview about the Ukrainian art ofmaking pysanky. Among Ms. Shamraj’svaried contributions are her dynamicChristmas and spring concerts, which aremet with great anticipation every year.

She is a member of UNA Branch 174

Receives awardfor music activity

Vsevolod Horodyskyj and Christine Stachur (seated) during the awards luncheon held by the Cleveland Bar Association.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gov. George V.Voinovich of Ohio appointed MartaLiscynesky, a Republican from Parma,Ohio, to the Credit Union Council for aterm ending on June 30, 2001.

The Credit Union Council advises andmakes recommendations to theSuperintendent of Financial Institutionsor the Deputy of Credit Unions on mat-ters relating to credit unions. Membersare compensated for expenses only.

Gov. Voinovich continues to workclosely with the leadership of Ohio’s var-ious nationality communities in an effort

to increase representation from thosecommunities.

“We are very proud of the fact that Ms.Liscynesky has agreed to serve on theCredit Union Council,” stated August B.Pust, special assistant to the governor formulticultural affairs and international rela-tion. “Ms. Liscynesky brings valuableexperience to her new position on thecouncil. Ms. Liscynesky is well known notonly in our Ukrainian community but alsoaround many northeastern Ohio nationalitycommunities. She is a great role model forour young generation as a professionalwho makes a difference in Ohio.”

Ms. Liscynesky is a prosecutor withthe City of Parma Prosecuting Attorney’sOffice. She is a member of UNA Branch240.

Named to councilof credit unions

WEST HURLEY, N.Y. – HalynaBarannik of Ulster, N.Y., was appointeddirector of the West Hurley Library inFebruary.

Born in Germany, Ms. Barannik cameto the United States after World War IIand grew up in Wellesley, Mass. She grad-uated from Smith College with a degree inRussian literature. She received a master’sdegree in Slavic languages from BrownUniversity, and in 1986 received a mas-ter’s of library science from the StateUniversity of New York at Albany.

Ms. Barannik has worked at theLibrary of Congress, the HarvardUniversity medical library, the MaristCollege catalogue library, as a translatorand freelance writer, and, most recently,as director of the medical library atKeller Army Hospital in West Point,N.Y.

As the new director of the WestHurley Library, Ms. Barannik plans tobar code the library’ s entire collection.She is also organizing a collection ofphotographs of the building of theAshokan Reservoir, which she andHurley town co-historian Dave Bakerwant to see preserved.

Ms. Barannik is a member of UNABranch 88.

Appointed librarianin West Hurley, N.Y.

HOUSTON – In November of 1994McDonnell Douglas won a contract withMotorola to design and build the OrbitalServices component of the ground controlcenter for the Iridium satellite system.Motorola was impressed with the manyyears of NASA experience the McDonnellDouglas team could bring to the Iridiumproject. The Iridium satellite system is aconstellation of 66 satellites in 11 differentorbital planes destined to provide world-wide cellular telephone service.

Dr. Lubomyr V. Zyla was part of aMcDonnell Douglas team responsible fornavigation, vehicle ephemeris and eventgeneration, ground back-up, ascent andstation keeping guidance, and vehiclestate vector maintenance. Dr. Zyla wasthe chief technical engineer responsiblefor design of the ground-based trackingnavigation system, vehicle drag state esti-mator, vehicle maneuver efficiency factorestimator and onboard clock maintenance.

Other members of the McDonnellDouglas team were responsible for soft-ware architecture, real-time softwaredevelopment issues, guidance and maneu-ver planning and system testing and verifi-

cation. A large technical and softwaredevelopment project of this magnitude(over 300,000 lines of software code) isvery much a team effort with all membersof the team performing a vital function.

The first launch of the Iridium satellitesystem occurred on May 5. The launch wasa success and the Orbital Services compo-nent of the Iridium ground control centerhas performed well. There have been sometechnical problems to solve in the initialvehicle acquisition, ascent and station keep-ing phase, but this is to be expected in theearly flights for a system of this complexity.

Dr. Zyla has had 20 years of experi-ence at NASA and with commercial con-tractors designing navigation systems forspacecraft and ground support facilities.He first began work at NASA JohnsonSpace Center in 1977 when he wasinvolved in developing changes to theMission Control Center in Houston tosupport Space Shuttle Operations.

He later went on to make significantcontributions as part of the NASAMcDonnell Douglas, Draper Laboratoriesteam responsible for the design of the shut-tle on orbit and rendezvous navigation sys-tem. That system is still flying today andsuccessfully bringing the shuttle to a ren-dezvous with the Russian space station Mir.

Dr. Zyla is a member of UNA Branch25.

Marks 20 yearsof work for NASA

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For the convenience of present and future members of the UNA and guests of the resort, this summer at Soyuzivka we have a resident representative of the UNA sales department.

He is Lon Staruch. He is ready to serve you with the latest information about UNA Life Insurance,Annuities, Health Insurance for visitors from Ukraine, membership and other programs.

Through his services you can obtain insurance coverage and become a member of the UNA.Look for an information table at Soyuzivka’s Main House and ask for Mr. Staruch,

or call him locally at 914-626-2058. From home, you can call him toll free at 1-800-673-5150.

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Monday, July 14CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The HarvardUkrainian Summer Institute is sponsoring alecture and slide presentation, “UkrainianParticipation in the Glory of Byzantium,”by Dr. Olenka Pevny of The MetropolitanMuseum of Art. The presentation will be atHarvard University’s Emerson Hall, Room210, at 7:30 p.m. For information call (617)4 9 5 - 4 0 5 3 .

Thursday, July 17CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The HarvardUkrainian Summer Institute is sponsoringa literary evening with readings by notedauthors Askold Melnyczuk andVolodymyr Dibrova. Titled “Here’sLooking at You, Kid!” the evening willconsist of Messrs. Melnyczuk and Dibrovareading from their latest books, respective-ly, “Sustainable Losses” and “Burdyk”.The presentation will be at HarvardUkrainian Research Institute, SeminarRoom 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 7:30p.m. For information call (617) 495-4053.

Saturday, July 26PRIMROSE, Pa.: St. Michael’s UkrainianCatholic Church invites all to the 63rdannual Ukrainian Seminary Day, to be heldfrom 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at St. NicholasGrove, off Route 901. The event is heldannually to raise funds to benefit the St.Josaphat Ukrainian Seminary inWashington. It will begin at 11 a.m. with adivine liturgy at the grove. The St.Michael’s Ukrainian Dancers of Frackville,Pa., and the Kazka Ukrainian FolkEnsemble of McAdoo will perform at1:30-3:30 p.m. Burya, known as “the bestUkrainian band in North America,” willthen perform at 4-8 p.m. The picnic willalso feature ethnic foods, vendors, craftsdisplays and rides for children. Admission

and parking are free. For more information,call (717) 874-3777.

Sunday, July 27TUCSON, Ariz.: The newly formedTucson chapter of the Ukrainian NationalWomen’s League of America will hold anindoor beef barbecue dinner at 2 p.m. atthe Heidelburg, 4606 E. Pima, at Swan.Donation: $6 per plate. The event willbenefit UNWLA charities. For reserva-tions call Irene Drewnicky, (520) 795-6689, or Pauline Farrell, (520) 294-1835.

Saturday-Sunday, August 17-18LEXINGTON, Pa.: The UkrainianHomestead on Route 209 is proud to hostits annual Ukrainian Folk Festival, celebrat-ing Ukraine’s independence and vibrantculture. Events both days include live enter-tainment, arts and crafts vendors, ethnicfoods, refreshments, sports and swimming.The gates open at noon on Saturday withthe main stage show at 3 p.m., featuring theVoloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble ofPhiladelphia, the Toronto Ukrainian DanceSoloists, The Luna Orchestra of New York,and the Kazka Ukrainian Folk Ensemble ofNortheastern Pennsylvania. The fun contin-ues into Saturday night with the LunaOrchestra playing at a dance from 8 p.m. to1 a.m. Sunday events run from noon to 5p.m. with two main stage shows at 1 p.m.and 3 p.m. Sunday’s performing highlightsinclude the Voloshky Ukrainian DanceEnsemble, Toronto Soloists, KazkaEnsemble, and a special guest appearanceby the Original Male Byzantine Choir fromNortheastern Pennsylvania. Parking is free;admission to the festival is $5 per person,$8 for two-day admission; children 14 andunder admitted free. For information, call(610) 377-4621, (610) 377-7750 or (610)4 3 2 - 0 7 3 4 .

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

KERHONKSON, N.Y. — TheUkrainian National Association Estateinvites all to spend a satisfying weekendin the Catskills Mountains, so similar toUkraine’s Carpathians.

Early birds arriving on Friday, July 18,may taste fare from the sea at OdesaNight, Soyuzivka’s newest addition to itstheme dinners, commencing at 6 p.m. onthe Veselka Patio. Following dinner,guests may bide their time at the fineTrembita Lounge as Lvivyany,Soyuzivka’s house band, strike up thememusic for the evening’s relaxation.

On Saturday, July 19, nature aficiona-dos, culturati, sporty types and loungelizards may all partake in the multi-faceted Soyuzivka experience, whichoffers wooded trails, art and cultureexhibits, tanning at poolside and beach

volleyball, as well as friendly conversa-tion on the Veselka Patio and adjacentTrembita Lounge.

At 8:30 p.m., guests are invited for apresentation of Ukrainian song and musicby Luba and Mykola at the VeselkaPavilion. This pair has charmed countlessaudiences throughout North America withtheir original renditions and compositionsbased on varying musical themes.

Following concert’s end, at approxi-mately 10 p.m., all may dance under thestars as Luba and Mykola provide themusic.

On Sunday, July 20, before departing,guests may take full advantage of ChefAndriy Sonevytsky’s brunch and all ofthe resort’s other amenities.

For room reservations and generalinformation, call (914) 626-5641.

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1. 9:30 a.m. Opening of Games2. 9:45 a.m. Track and Field Events; Tennis Tournament3. 10:00 a.m. Volleyball Tournament begins4. 1:00 p.m. Soccer Tournament begins5. 3:00 p.m. Swimming Tournament6. 7:00 p.m. Closing of Games and distribution of prizes and medals

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good contrast). Captions must be provided. Photos will be returned only when sorequested and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope.

• Full names and their correct English spellings must be provided.• Persons who submit any materials must provide a phone number where they

may be reached during the work day if any additional information is required.

Ukraine and NAT O sign partnership charter

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Transcript of Ukraine and NAT O sign partnership charter