INSIDE:• Ukraine part of international telecommunications project — page 3. • Toronto’s Vesnivka wins silver at Choral Olympiad — page 14. • Review of Dr. Roman Szporluk’s latest book — page 15.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVIII HE KRAINIANNo. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine WashingtonT conferenceU examines Kuchma dismissesW Tarasyuk, Ukraine’s progress in nation-building names Zlenko as foreign minister by Yaro Bihun Department handle Ukrainian affairs by Roman Woronowycz minister’s tenure at the top of the diplomat- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly through an office with the “strangely Kyiv Press Bureau ic corps. Many analysts have said that Mr. ambiguous” name of “Newly Independent Tarasyuk was far too open in his disdain for WASHINGTON – More than 200 States.” It belongs in the European divi- KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma dis- close relations with Moscow and pushed official and non-governmental represen- sion, he said. missed Borys Tarasyuk, Ukraine’s Western- too hard for closer ties to NATO and the tatives with an interest in developments Dr. Brzezinski currently is counselor oriented minister of foreign affairs, from his European Union. in Ukraine gathered here for a confer- at the Center for Strategic and position on September 30 “in connection His biggest failure, according to some ence on September 19-20 to exchange International Studies (CSIS) and profes- with his transfer to another position.” Two analyses, was that while President Kuchma views on Ukraine’s progress in its sor of U.S. foreign policy at the Johns days later he announced the appointment of made the required overtures to the West, nation-building efforts and external rela- Hopkins School of Advanced career diplomat Anatolii Zlenko to succeed Mr. Tarasyuk could not convince the West tionships. Mr. Tarasyuk. to respond accordingly. The two-day event, titled “Ukraine’s International Studies (SAIS). Dr. Wolfowitz, now dean at SAIS, Mr. Kuchma said Mr. Tarasyuk’s dis- Other analysts, however, have drawn a Quest for Mature Nation Statehood: A missal and the appointment of Mr. Zlenko, Roundtable,” included a dozen panel dis- expressed similar views on how the U.S. (Continued on page 18) government should treat Ukraine inde- who was Ukraine’s first foreign affairs cussions, with more than 70 panelists minister and served in the post through and discussants participating. The con- pendently of Russia and get out of the “Russia must be first” box in developing August 1994, did not portend a change in ference sessions were held at the U.S. Ukraine’s foreign policy. Library of Congress and the Council on trade and other relations with Ukraine. Washington should also not pursue a pol- While Mr. Kuchma praised Mr. Pifer leaves Kyiv Foreign Relations, and were transmitted Tarasyuk’s professionalism and his success- live on the World Wide Web and video- icy that suggests Russia has a veto over Ukraine’s entry into NATO and other es at the United Nations and in expanded taped for cable television by C-Span. relations with Western Europe, he failed to amid controversy matters. by Roman Woronowycz The program featured two keynote adequately explain why he relieved the 51- speakers – national security advisor to He also expressed his disdain for the Kyiv Press Bureau practice of always tying U.S. presidential year-old of his post, except to say that the President Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew situation in the country had changed and Brzezinski, and former undersecretary of visits to Kyiv to Moscow visits. KYIV – Days before his term as U.S that a more diplomatic type was needed. defense in the administration of Dr. Wolfowitz served as undersecre- ambassador to Ukraine was to end, Steven The allusion by the president to Mr. President George Bush, Paul Wolfowitz tary in Richard Cheney’s Defense Pifer became embroiled in a political con- Tarasyuk’s underdeveloped diplomatic – as well as remarks by Ukraine’s Department, which, as be pointed out, flict with the Ukrainian government over a skills only supported assertions by many Foreign Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk successfully fought to shift the Bush letter that he and his fellow ambassador political analysts here that pressure from [who has since been relieved of that post from Canada and representatives from two (Continued on page 4) – see story on the right], Prime Minister Russia had ended the Ukrainian foreign international financial organizations sent to the Ukrainian president. The letter set out Viktor Yuschenko’s Chief of Staff Oleh their misgivings on what have proved to be Rybachuk, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, inaccurate assertions that Ukraine was and Rep. Sander Levin, a co-chair of the ready to allow budget reform to die. Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, one of Ukraine completes Games with 23 medals On September 29 the Ukrainian govern- the conference’s numerous sponsors. by Peter Shmigel ment. As one official put it: “We won ment called in Mr. Pifer and the other for- In his keynote presentation, which he Special to The Ukrainian Weekly a reasonable number of medals, but eign diplomats to chastise them for interfer- titled “Ukraine is not Russia,” Dr. we lost many more opportunities.” ing in the internal affairs of Ukraine, while Brzezinski underscored the various areas SYDNEY – Ukraine added to its pointing out that the diplomats had relied in which Ukraine outshines Russia, overall medal count during the last few Boxers in the limelight on inaccurate information as the basis for among them in protecting human rights, days of the XXVII Summer Olympics Ukraine’s young Olympic boxers their complaint. building a democracy, economic reforms, here in Australia, but gold proved elu- joined the Klychko brothers, The same day Prime Minister Viktor effective use of foreign assistance and in sive for Ukraine’s Olympians in Sydney. Volodymyr and Vitalii, on the world’s Yuschenko told reporters the authors of the its attitude toward Europe, NATO and Team Ukraine completed the boxing stage with a surprise haul of article “were a bit misinformed” about the the United States. Olympics with three gold medals, 10 two silver and three bronze medals. current year’s budget process. He said that Neither is Ukraine “being misguided silver and 10 bronze, for a total of 23 With five medals, Ukraine’s fight- references to the curtailment of budgetary by a historical nostalgia for a past that medals. Boxers led the way with five ers surpassed all expectations and reform were baseless, while adding that the cannot be entirely recreated,” he said, as medals (two silver and three bronze), strongly improved on their previous government was continuing the reform is the current ruling elite in Russia, followed by the swimmers with four international record. In so doing they process “in cooperation with the Parliament which he characterized as “the pampered (two gold and two silver). became the main contributors to and under direct control of the president.” children of a decaying regime” who Two of Ukraine’s three golds were Ukraine’s overall medal count at the the work of individual medley swim- The controversy reflects the increasing yearn for the lost empire and internation- Sydney Games. Ukraine’s boxers frustration the Ukrainian government is al recognition as a superpower, “even ming star Yana Klochkova, who won placed in nearly half of the boxing the 200- and 400-meter events; she feeling as it unsuccessfully continues to though there is no longer a basis for it.” competition’s weight categories. attempt to fulfill requirements of the Dr. Brzezinski stressed that the United earned silver in the 800-meter freestyle. In the 60-kilogram category, Andrii The performance by Ukraine’s del- International Monetary Fund for resump- States should deal with Ukraine as a Kotelnyk made it a contest for the heav- tion of a financial program that was sus- strategically important independent egation met one of the targets set by ily favored Cuban boxer, Mario the National Olympic Committee of pended a year ago. Ukraine has struggled to nation and not tie it to Russia in every Kindelan, but ultimately went down by make its budget ends meet as it awaits IMF level of its relationship, including the Ukraine (NOCU) of winning a total of a score of 14-4 in the gold medal bout. 20 to 25 medals. credit approval. Few international lenders, “symbolic” level. A vastly more experienced fighter, Mr. public or private, are ready to extend “I do not think it is a good practice for However, the NOCU’s other target Kindelan is the current world champion. of a top-10 finish based on gold Ukraine lines of credit without IMF the U.S. president, when he visits Mr. Kotelnyk, 23, the 1999 approval of its reform efforts. Moscow, or for the U.S. secretary of medals was not met (the official European champion, will be bringing Olympic tally is based only on gold The letter was an embarrassment to the state, when the secretary of state visits home Lviv’s only medal of the U.S. and Canadian governments as well as Moscow, to tack on to the visit a few medals, not all medals). Ukraine fin- Sydney Olympic Games. ished 21st overall on the medal table, the European Bank for Reconstruction and hours of a hasty visit to Ukraine, punctu- In the 67-kilogram category, Serhii Development and the World Bank, whose ated by loud slogans pronounced in and the mood in the Ukrainian camp Dotsenko fought a tenacious bout as the Olympic Games came to a chief Ukrainian representatives also signed Ukrainian regarding America’s affection the correspondence, because its criticism for Ukrainian independence,” he said. close was one of general disappoint- (Continued on page 10) Neither, he added, should the State (Continued on page 18) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 No. 41

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BY DAVID MARPLES President: no change in foreign policy (NBU) official Serhii Yaremenko has pledged that the bank will seek to prevent KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma the devaluation of the hryvnia “by all possi- promised on October 2 that Ukraine’s for- ble means,” the Eastern Economist Daily eign policy will not change following reported on October 4. Mr. Yaremenko said Foreign Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk’s the bank is ready to spend up to $120 mil- Hazards of travel in the former USSR dismissal and replacement by Anatolii Traveling in the Soviet Union prior to tarmac. I found myself on the very front lion on the currency market to stabilize the Zlenko, Interfax reported. “Nobody should national currency. Over the past week the 1991 was all-too-predictable. Intourist, seat with a large table in front of me. have any doubts about that,” Mr. Kuchma the only travel agency, ran all the hotels Looking out of the window I saw two bank has spent $34 million to keep the noted, introducing Mr. Zlenko at the hryvnia from falling. The official exchange and supervised foreign groups. figures struggling up the airplane steps Foreign Affairs Ministry. President Kuchma rate is 5.44 hrv to $1. Meanwhile, NBU Facilities, food and internal flights were with a large TV set. To my astonishment said Ukraine’s course toward European Chairman Volodymyr Stelmakh told the uniformly awful. But have things they deposited it in front of me and con- integration also will remain unchanged. He Verkhovna Rada that the devaluation of the changed? Has the new entrepreneurial nected it up. “Men in Black,” dubbed stressed the need to find “an efficient algo- hryvnia in 2001 will be between 8 and 10 spirit brought about dramatic changes into Russian, began to run – a 2-hour rithm” of relations with Russia, adding that percent if Ukraine manages to obtain for- for the foreign traveler? movie for a 40-minute flight. The flight those relations should be based “not [on] Aeroflot (known to Western passen- eign credits, including those from the attendant, who had clearly dipped herself confrontation, but [on] mutually beneficial International Monetary Fund’s suspended gers as “Aeroflop”) has gradually devel- head first into a make-up bag before- cooperation.” Mr. Zlenko said Ukraine oped a new fleet, including several $2.6 billion loan package. (RFE/RL hand, flashed her gold teeth and asked gives top priority to relations with the Newsline) Boeings, but the industry is plagued by me what I would like to drink: “Brandy European Union, the United States and lack of funding and irregular flights. The or vodka?” First class, Belarusian style! Russia. (RFE/RL Newsline) Officials to pay for ‘flop’ at Olympics airline, however, has several spin-offs in Some cities have international airports the newly independent states. At but no facilities. In Lviv, in May, I Moroz comments on Tarasyuk’s dismissal KYIV – Prime Minister Viktor Boryspil airport in the Ukrainian capital Yuschenko on October 2 pledged to hold arrived at an international airport that KYIV – Parliament Chairman Ivan of Kyiv, old Iliushin and Tupolev planes looked like (and probably once was) a some sports officials accountable for have acquired new coats of paint and Air Pliusch said on October 2 that Borys Ukraine’s “flop” at the Olympic Games in deserted museum. After nearly two hours Tarasyuk was ousted as foreign affairs min- Ukraine International markings. They in customs, I emerged to the usual Sydney, Interfax reported. “This is a failure stand visibly rotting away on the tarmac. ister because of his unsatisfactory perform- to some extent. ... We did not expect such a plethora of would-be taxi drivers clamor- ance in integrating Ukraine with Europe In Warsaw recently I bought a ticket to ing for customers. I had no Ukrainian poor performance,” Mr. Yuschenko com- Miensk on Belavia airlines. Because of and promoting Ukrainian trade there, mented. Ukraine’s 239 sportsmen in currency as it is illegal to import hryvni Interfax reported. “We are lagging behind in the price foreign travelers pay for tickets into the country. But there was only one Sydney won three gold, 10 silver and 10 as opposed to locals, I was flying first mutually advantageous economic coopera- bronze medals, as a result of which Ukraine currency exchange office and it was tion [with Europe] on many counts,” Mr. class. However, in Warsaw no one knew closed. What to do? Eventually I per- finished in 21st place. Kyiv had expected Pliusch said. Ukrainian political analyst the Ukrainian team to finish among the top whether there would actually be a plane suaded a cab driver to take me downtown until 30 minutes prior to the departure Mykhailo Pohrebynskyi commented the 10, as it did in Atlanta four years ago, when and find one that was open. time. same day that Ukraine has proved unable to Ukraine won nine gold, two silver and 12 Hotels, however, have caught on more A small 24-seat airplane awaited us. It live up to the high expectations that were bronze medals. (RFE/RL Newsline) quickly. In cities like Moscow, St. opened from the very rear of the plane raised in the West by Mr. Tarasyuk and Petersburg and Vilnius, one can find and our luggage was loaded first, while other Ukrainian politicians. (RFE/RL Chornobyl may become research center hotels that compare with anything in the frantic Polish militia tried to prevent pas- Newsline) West, though prices in Russia are prohibi- KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma sug- sengers from lighting up cigarettes on the tive. In Moscow the old Sovietskaya U.S. envoy bids farewell to Ukraine gested on September 27 that the Chornobyl Hotel near the Belarusian Station has nuclear power plant be turned into an inter- David R. Marples is professor of history been revamped. It is a thing of beauty. KYIV – Steven Pifer, whose term as national atomic energy research center after U.S. ambassador to Ukraine ends next at the University of Alberta in Edmonton The rooms are old with high ceilings, and it is shut down in December, ITAR-TASS week, delivered a speech in Ukrainian to and director of the Stasiuk Program for the the whole place resembles an 18th centu- reported. Mr. Kuchma’s spokesman students of the National University of the Study of Contemporary Ukraine at the ry palace. It even had a Business Center, Oleksander Martynenko said the president Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy on October 3, the has decreed that a committee be set up on which is based at that university. (Continued on page 17) Associated Press reported. Mr. Pifer said the plant’s closure to investigate such possi- the U.S.-Ukrainian contacts are “impres- bilities. Volodymyr Lytvyn , the head of the sive,” and he praised military cooperation presidential administration, is to chair the FOR THE RECORD between those two countries, including group, which is charged with creating jobs Ukraine’s participation in peacekeeping for those who will lose their positions as a efforts in Kosovo and in NATO-sponsored result of the plant’s closure. Meanwhile, a multinational exercises. Ambassador Pifer reactor at the Rivne nuclear plant was re- Helsinki Commission co-chairman noted, however, that Soviet attitudes contin- started on September 27 after being shut ue to remain an obstacle to the development down two days earlier due to a failure in its of the lagging economy. He also stressed turbogenerator. Of Ukraine’s 14 commer- speaks on climate of fear in Belarus that Ukraine must work harder to ensure the Following is the statement delivered in harassment in recent days directed cial nuclear reactors, only 10 are currently freedom of media and the rule of law. “An in operation. (RFE/RL Newsline) the U.S. Senate by Sen. Ben Nighthorse against members of the opposition. We absolutely key aspect of a democratic state Campbell, co-chairman of the have received reports that just last week is a free, diverse and robust press,” he said. Interpol asked to help find Gongadze Commission on Security and Cooperation Anatoly Lebedka, leader of the United Mr. Pifer concluded by saying that in Europe (Helsinki Commission), regard- Civic Party, whom many of my col- Ukraine’s success will also serve U.S. inter- KYIV – Ukrainian police are seeking the ing the “Continuing Climate of Fear in leagues met when he visited the Senate ests. (RFE/RL Newsline) aid of Interpol in locating missing journalist Belarus.” The statement was issued on last year, was roughed up by police after Heorhii Gongadze, the DPA news agency September 28. attending an observance marking the NBU to support hryvnia by all means reported. Mr. Gongadze was last seen leav- first anniversary of the disappearance of Mr. President, as co-chairman of the a leading member of the democratic KYIV – National Bank of Ukraine (Continued on page 22) Helsinki Commission, I take this oppor- opposition, Viktor Gonchar, and his tunity to update my colleagues on the sit- associate, Anatoly Krasovsky. And just a uation in Belarus, as I have done on pre- few days ago, we were informed that FOUNDED 1933 vious occasions. 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Compensation amounts announced Nine countries agree to cooperate for Nazi-era slave laborers from Ukraine on SilkSat telecommunications project by Roman Woronowycz and German officials, which was Kyiv Press Bureau approved by the German Parliament in July, is the largest settlement ever of its KYIV – The Ukrainian National Fund type. on Mutual Understanding and The Ukrainian National Fund for Reconciliation announced on September Mutual Understanding and 26 that Ukrainians who worked as slave Reconciliation is currently accepting laborers in the agricultural sector of Nazi applications from victimized individuals. Germany would receive approximately To receive compensation individuals $750 in a one-time compensation award. must show conclusive documentation Although the amount is much less that they fall into one of the categories than what other wartime slave laborers recognized in the agreement. Although will get in a historic settlement that the Ukrainian organization has extensive Germany agreed to this spring, the agree- records at its disposal, it recommends ment settles one of the central unre- that those who need to obtain hard evi- solved disputes on the issue of who dence of their enslavement by the should receive compensation for their Germans can turn either to Ukraine’s forcible toil in support of Germany’s war Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the machine during World War II. International Red Cross or to local Irene Jarosewich During negotiations that lasted more German city, town and village adminis- than a year a central point of friction was trations, many of which have retained Former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft (left) with Prof. Roald resistance by the German side to provide registration lists of wartime workers in Sadgeev, director of the East West Science Center, at the Silk Road Regional compensation to Eastern Europeans, their areas. Cooperation Summit in New York City. mostly Ukrainians and Poles, who German officials have told their worked as agricultural slave laborers on Ukrainian counterparts that money will by Irene Jarosewich The SilkSat project was initiated joint- German farms and agricultural com- ly in the United States by Prof. Sadgeev be ready for disbursement by the end of NEW YORK — Leaders from nine munes. The German side claimed that October, with the first awards expected and Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), who agricultural workers lived in much more European and Asian countries that span authored the 1997 Silk Road Strategy to take place in December. Victims will the ancient Silk Road trade route attend- humane conditions with sufficient food receive their compensation in two Act. At the core of this plan for regional and proper shelter, and therefore did not ed a very modern summit here on cooperation in telecommunications is an tranches. September 8 with the purpose of com- deserve material reparations. Ostarbeiters who worked in concen- agreement that is intended to enhance the mitting their countries to a new form of After protracted negotiations the par- tration camps or in ghettos, as well as telecommunications infrastructure of regional cooperation. But the presidents ties decided to identify agricultural those who are more than 80 years old or these nine countries by introducing and and foreign ministers from Armenia, workers as a category of slave laborers, are invalids (regardless of the category integrating fiber optic, wireless commu- but left the amount of individual com- into which they fall) will receive priority Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakstan, the nications and small communications pensation up to the national representa- in the release of the awards. The Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine satellite technology throughout the tives who would be assigned to handle Ukrainian fund underscored that all and Uzbekistan meeting at the Regal region. Because of the project’s large the claims. The agreement made it clear wartime slave laborers who were still U.N. Plaza Hotel did not discuss the scale, SilkSat planners need to integrate that the amount given to the agricultural living as of February 15, 1999, are eligi- trade in tea and silk, rather the develop- the resources of multiple partners: pri- workers would come from the general ble. Compensation for those who have ment of modern telecommunications sys- vate investors and corporations, interna- award received by each country, and, passed away since then will be awarded tems. tional organizations, as well experts and therefore, would curtail the compensa- to immediate family only. Whereas the Great Silk Road was existing infrastructure in the targeted tion awarded to members of other cate- While most details of the slave labor once the route for the transport of goods, countries. gories. compensation agreement now have been noted Prof. Roald Sadgeev, former direc- Borys Tarasyuk, Ukraine’s then In the general agreement, which was resolved, some minor disputes remain, tor of the Space Research Institute of the minister of foreign affairs, represented signed on March 28, the German govern- including a requirement that those Russian Academy of Sciences and now Ukraine at the summit. He noted that ment and German companies that existed receiving compensation must sign a dis- director of the East West Science Center “Ukraine has considerable scientific and during World War II agreed to a compen- claimer for any future claims. The of the University of Maryland — which, industrial potential in space research, as sation package of 10 billion DM ($5 bil- Ukrainian fund is questioning the veraci- along with the EastWest Institute in New well as experience participating in inter- lion U.S.) for dislocated slave laborers, ty of such a requirement because the cur- York, was one of the sponsors of the Silk national projects such as SilkSat — mostly Eastern Europeans, who were rent settlement does not include damages Road Regional Cooperation Summit — including Sea Launch, Globalstar and forced to move to Germany to work in suffered by people whose property was this route can now be the venue for the InterSputnik. Therefore, Ukraine is capa- ghettos, concentration camps, prisons destroyed and valuables taken during the transmission of information and human ble and willing to take an active part in and factories, as well as on farms, to sup- war by the retreating German army. communication. the elaboration and implementation of port Germany’s war effort. the SilkSat project.” He added that Germany agreed to pay Ukraine $862 Ukraine, besides having scientific million – the third highest settlement experts and practical experience, has award after Poland and the Jewish research agencies, launch and tracking Claims Conference, which were allotted Tarasyuk outlines Ukraine’s contributions facilities, and capabilities that could be $906 million each. used in the regional project. It is estimated that more than 2 mil- The new Silk Road, noted President lion Ukrainians worked involuntarily as in speech before U.N. General Assembly Eduard Shevarnadze of Georgia, ostarbeiters (workers from the East) dur- by Irene Jarosewich He also called for the enlargement of the encompasses the Eurasian belt, a ing World War II. Today approximately U.N. Security Council. UNITED NATIONS — The general dynamically developing region that 610,000 are presumed alive: 14,488 for- He supported suggestions that the could falter since in this region two ele- mer concentration camp and ghetto debates of the 55th session of the United United Nations hold a special summit on Nations General Assembly began ments essential to modern economic internees, 278,821 industrial laborers and the HIV/AIDS epidemic worldwide, not- growth — oil and telecommunications 303,245 agricultural workers. September 18, and Minister of Foreign ing that Ukraine also is being adversely Affairs of Ukraine Borys Tarasyuk gave — are least developed. “The SilkSat The National Fund for Mutual affected by this disease. project will overcome the digital divide Understanding and Reconciliation, the presentation for Ukraine on September During his presentation before the 19. Among the points highlighted by Mr. that threatens to separate the G-7 from which has been appointed to oversee the General Assembly, as well as during his the rest of the world,” he added. Besides settlement of claims in Ukraine, Tarasyuk were Ukraine’s participation in press conference on September 21, Mr. the United Nations Millennium Summit, economic development, noted other announced that, in addition to the $750 Tarasyuk reiterated Ukraine’s commit- speakers, a project such as SilkSat is for agricultural workers, concentration in particular Ukraine’s role in initiating ment to closing the Chornobyl nuclear the special session of the Security essential to enhance regional and inter- camp and ghetto workers would receive power station by December 15, despite national security. Council, as well as several other ideas that 15,000 DM ($7,500 U.S.), forced indus- the fact that the G-7 countries have not The countries currently in the project Ukraine proposed, including U.N. region- trial laborers would obtain 4,300 DM, come through with the money that was were once republics of the former Soviet al centers for conflict prevention that will while children who were forced to move committed to help ease Ukraine’s energy Union, or its satellite countries. During allow for quicker deployment of peace- with their parents would receive 1,500 crisis. At a press conference for U.N. cor- Soviet times most did not receive any keeping troops to troubled areas and the DM. respondents he also noted that, with the investment from Moscow to develop establishment of regional centers for eth- The organization also announced that closing of Chornobyl, Ukraine will sus- anything other than a very rudimentary another category of ostarbeiters had been nic studies, with one such center to be tain another hit in its chronic energy telecommunications infrastructure. Now recognized to include detainees in located in Kyiv. shortage, and that replacement capacity most of these countries do not have Gestapo prisons, donor points, quaran- Mr. Tarasyuk summarized Ukraine’s for the generation of electricity has not either the capital or the expertise to tine camps and children’s indoctrination involvement in numerous U.N. peace- yet been brought on-line. International develop modern telecommunications net- camps. People who can prove they fall keeping efforts, as well as the necessity funds pledged several years ago have not works on their own. into these categories are eligible to for the United Nations to reform its sanc- yet been given Ukraine to bring on-line The SilkSat project is based on the use receive between 5,000 DM and 12,000 tions policies, which often penalize not nuclear power plants in Khmelnytskyi of small communications satellites and DM. only the transgressor country, but unfair- and Rivne. Both plants are about 90 per- The agreement between the claimants ly penalize neighboring countries as well. cent complete. (Continued on page 20) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 No. 41

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Mr. Tedstrom read a letter to the con- Washington conference... ference from Vice-President Al Gore, in (Continued from page 1) which the Democratic presidential candi- administration’s initial pro-Soviet policy date outlined his strong personal interest against Ukraine’s independence, as in Ukraine and his role in developing the demonstrated in the president’s so-called U.S.-Ukrainian strategic partnership “Chicken Kiev” speech, to that of recog- through the Kuchma-Gore Binational Commission. nition of Ukrainian statehood. Ukraine, he said, still needs a balanced In addition to his position at SAIS, Dr. mix of trade and aid. Wolfowitz also serves as a foreign policy If elected president, Mr. Gore, with a advisor to the Republican Bush-Cheney track record of accomplishments, “won’t presidential ticket. He stressed, however, start from scratch,” Mr. Tedstrom said. that at the conference he was expressing “And,” he added, “there will be no his own personal views. ‘Chicken Kiev’ served up in an Al Gore One of the last panel discussions of administration.” the conference featured foreign policy Foreign Affairs Minister Tarasyuk advisors from the presidential campaigns underscored the accomplishments of the Republican and Democratic par- achieved under what he called the “new ties: William Schneider, president of internal situation” in Ukraine, which International Planning Services, who was boasts a new president, a reformist gov- Yaro Bihun undersecretary of state in the Reagan ernment and a democratic parliament. Foreign Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk describes “the new internal situation” administration, and John Tedstrom, of the Speaking at an evening reception at in Ukraine during a reception at the home of George Chopivsky Jr. (right). Rand Corp. who until recently handled the home of Washington businessman Ukrainian and Russian affairs at the George Chopivsky Jr., an investor in the progress – in looking at Ukraine “as an “Americans should be careful about National Security Council in the Clinton development of Ukraine’s agriculture, he independent entity and not just as still preaching about corruption,” said White House. pointed out that for the first time since part of the old Soviet Union.” Ambassador William B. Taylor, the State Discussing Ukrainian relations with independence there now was an increase Sen. McConnell said he is proud of the Department’s coordinator for U.S. assis- the United States and Europe, Mr. (5.6 percent) in the gross domestic prod- billion dollars in aid the United States tance to the new independent states. His Schneider said that, while granting uct, a 12 percent increase in industrial has given Ukraine over the past nine feeling was echoed by Ronald Ukraine free trade status with the United output, and 260 percent increase in direct years – much of it earmarked in the McNamara of the U.S. Commission on States is “complicated,” the U.S. govern- investment. Senate Foreign Operations Security and Cooperation in Europe, who ment should pursue it and it should move “We know our difficulties; we know Appropriations Subcommittee he chairs. added that “certainly our record is not to help Ukraine’s entry into the European our problems,” Mr. Tarasyuk said, “and The ineffectiveness of past U.S. assis- stellar here.” Union and increase its involvement in we a very grateful to all of you who are tance programs in Ukraine as well as Presenting the business viewpoint, European security. trying with your advice and your expert- such statements as “Ukraine is the third Kempton B. Jenkins, president of the Ukraine’s reliance on the International ise to help us to move ahead.” largest recipient of American assistance” Ukraine-U.S. Business Council, appealed Monetary Fund and the World Bank had Also addressing the reception guests, was criticized by a number of panelists for a measure of “intellectual humility” been a “mixed blessing,” he said, adding Sen. McConnell welcomed these recent and discussants at the conference. from those who are quick to criticize. that what Ukraine needs is more trade, improvements in Ukraine and noted that Some panelists charged that large Corruption, after all, “is not a Ukrainian not aid. the United States, too, has made some amounts of U.S. assistance funds for phenomenon,” he added. Ukraine were wasted on highly paid Mr. Jenkins also took issue, as did American consultants. some other speakers, with those who, for Prime Minister Yuschenko’s chief of example, pillory Ukraine for detaining staff, Mr. Rybachuk, agreed. Ukraine gypsies and other “dark-skinned” persons needs “less consulting and more train- without cause, and fail to see its mirror ing,” he said, especially in the fields of image in the practice of “racial profiling” management and communications. used by many in U.S. law enforcement. Following similar criticism during an During various panels a number of earlier panel by consultant Eugene speakers called on the Kuchma adminis- Iwanciw, Ukrainian World Congress tration to do everything possible to locate President Askold S. Lozynskyj debunked Heorhii Gongadze, an outspoken the oft-repeated representation that Ukrainian journalist, who disappeared Ukraine is the third largest recipient of without a trace on September 16. U.S. aid. He pointed out that Ukraine’s Among the many other experts partici- $190 million to 225 million annual allo- pating in the conference were: Ukrainian cation “pales” in comparison to the $4.5 Constitutional Court Justice Petro billion and $2.5 billion received by the Martynenko, Radio Free Europe/Radio top two beneficiaries of U.S. foreign Liberty President Thomas Dine, Special assistance, Israel and Egypt. And on a per Advisor to the Secretary of State on the capita basis, it amounts to $4.75 – NIS Daniel Fried, Commerce “frankly, a ridiculous amount,” he added. Department Counselor Jan Kalicki, On the question of corruption in Oleh Rybachuk, chief of staff to Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko, answers a ques- Verkhovna Rada National Deputy Ukraine, a number of American partici- Mykhailo Ratushnyi, American Foreign tion from the audience. Next to him is Michael Waller of the American Foreign pants cautioned against being so hasty in Policy Council. criticizing Ukraine. 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“There will be no ‘Chicken Kiev’ served up in an Al Gore administration,” John Justice Petro Martynenko of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine discusses the Tedstrom tells a panel on “Contemplating the Next Administration.” Seated next rule of law in Ukraine as William Taylor of the State Department and Patience to him are Bush-Cheney advisor William Schneider (left) and moderator George Huntwork of the Commercial Law Project, listen. Nesterczuk. No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 5

UKRAINE’S QUEST FOR MATURE NATION STATEHOOD: A ROUNDTABLE Zbigniew Brzezinski’s keynote address: “Ukraine is not Russia”

Following is a transcript of the keynote address by for- Ukraine’s current reality, to somehow or other merge it mer National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski at the with one’s perception or thinking of Russia: to think of it, “Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood: A to some extent, as a seamless continuity, even if it is a sepa- Roundtable” conference in Washington on September 20. rate identity. There is a tendency to associate the two in public perception. I’ve been asked to speak before your conference, and I And I think, in this context, it is important to emphasize asked myself, “What is it that I should say?” I’ve spoken that, first of all, Ukraine’s record on human rights is better many times about Ukraine and about its place in the world, than Russia’s. It’s a very obvious proposition to those who and about American policy towards Ukraine. And every follow Ukrainian internal affairs, but I’m not sure it’s a time I have spoken, I have tried to convey some central proposition that most Americans are conscious of. Yet the theme that struck me as important, and as leading to conclu- fact is that there is no equivalent in the course of the last sions and consequences that are of significance. decade, insofar as Ukraine is concerned, to anything even Some of you may recall that the moment Ukraine remotely approximating Chechnya. Even the very difficult, became independent, I emphasized repeatedly and publicly potentially antagonistic possibility of secessionism in that Ukraine’s independence transforms the geopolitical Crimea was peacefully, positively handled, and handled in a map of Europe in a most significant way. That was a theme way that has contributed to the pacification of the problem. that I felt was important for Americans to understand. On There could have been serious debates and intense social other occasions, I have stressed that Ukraine’s independ- conflicts over language, one of the basic aspects of one’s ence signifies the end of the imperial era in Russian history, own individual identity. And yet it has been handled with and this, too, is consequential not only for Russia’s neigh- skill and self-restraint. bors but for Russia itself. Political killings in Ukraine have occurred, but much On still other occasions I tried to stress that Ukraine’s fewer in number and much less frequently than in Russia. continued independence and security is as important to By and large I think it is fair to say that Ukraine’s record Europe’s stability and to Central Europe’s security as the on human rights has been better than Russia’s; it is, in fact, Yaro Bihun expansion of NATO – a point of view which in some coun- different than Russia’s. Zbigniew Brzezinski tries, particularly those which were then seeking entry into Secondly, and that is closely associated with the forego- NATO, was somewhat controversial because it seemed to ing, Ukraine’s record as a functioning democracy is better engaged while remaining officials. And that’s an important downgrade the importance of NATO expansion. But that than Russia’s. Much has been said, particularly in the course difference. After all, a former prime minister of Russia, who was not the point. The point was that Ukraine’s independ- of this year, about the so-called “first, democratic and was co-chairman of an important commission with the ence itself maximizes security. peaceful transfer of power in Russia’s 1,000-year history.” United States, transformed himself from a relatively modest On still other occasions, I have tried to argue that What has been not said in that context was that the elec- bureaucrat into a multi-billionaire in the course of several Ukraine’s independence is important to Russia’s internal tion’s timing was manipulated, that the electoral process years. evolution, for the fact that Ukraine is independent tends to was much controlled, that conditions were created whereby Now, to be sure, we have as a long-standing guest in one fortify, in my view, those changes in the Russian political viable alternative candidacies did not surface, that a clique, of our American jails, a former Ukrainian prime minister, mindset that are conducive to the consolidation and the in effect, staged a political coup, which was then ratified but this is a case of a former official who is no longer play- expansion of democracy. On still other occasions, my cen- through a plebiscite. ing a constructive and highly visible role in the Ukrainian tral theme has been that Ukraine’s future lies within a larger Ukraine has had a genuinely peaceful, democratic trans- government. In fact, the scale of corruption, official or pri- Europe and a larger trans-Atlantic community, and that it is fer of power from one candidate to another, indeed, from a vate, while disquieting is nowhere near the proportions it to them that Ukraine should deliberately gravitate. candidate who was a president in office, who campaigned has reached in Russia and in our own dealings with Russia. There have been occasions, especially in the course of against another candidate and lost. And that in itself is a Significant, too, is the better attitude of Ukraine towards my visits to Ukraine, where I have stressed that Ukraine very major statement. has been remarkably successful in gaining international And closely connected with that is the relatively better recognition for its independence, but has not matched that record, in terms of mass media freedom, in Ukraine than in with sufficiently sustained, serious, credible efforts to Russia. There has been some manipulation of the mass For the United States the reform itself. media in Ukraine as well, particularly in recent times in implication is quite simple. And last but not least, I have argued on many occasions connection with the referenda that are being discussed, but that, in terms of ultimate self-definition, the Ukrainians by and large, in the area of mass media there has not been If Ukraine is not Russia, should be very deliberate in defining themselves as Central an overt systematic effort to subordinate independent voices then we shouldn’t treat it Europeans, for that is essential to the consolidation of a and to impose some concept of state security on the opera- truly outstanding national self-consciousness. tions of the mass media as, regrettably, is currently taking like Russia. So what can I stress today, particularly to this gathering? place in Russia. What other theme can I advance that might in some respect Thirdly, Ukraine has a better record in handling foreign be useful in thinking about Ukraine? And in reflecting on aid. That may be controversial, and certainly there have that dilemma, and not wanting to repeat everything I have been allegations of mishandling, including even official the whole concept of the future of Europe and its relation- said before, I have concluded to stress a theme which to manipulation of IMF [International Monetary Fund] funds ship with the United States. Ukraine accepts the notion that some of you may appear self-evident, but which I fear is not and their accounting, but by and large, these activities, or Europe should enlarge; it accepts the notion that the trans- self-evident to most Americans, and which I suspect may departures from expected standards, have been less frequent Atlantic alliance should enlarge; and that this is a major fac- not be entirely, at least subconsciously, self-evident to all and much smaller in scale than in Russia. Just in the last tor of global stability. Ukraine has not been engaged in pro- Ukrainians. And it’s a very simple theme, a very simple two days a very senior official in the Russian government viding active assistance to countries whose policies are visi- theme, indeed. And it is that Ukraine is not Russia. has publicly stated that the Russian relationship with the bly directed against the United States, be they Iraq, or And that’s a very important theme because there is a IMF has involved deliberate mishandling, deliberate mis- Serbia, or, at least on the level of joint declarations, the tendency – particularly among Americans, but not just counting, deliberate manipulation of IMF funds – and I’m People’s Republic of China. Ukraine has welcomed the Americans – to have a rather blurred view of Ukraine, and not even speaking of the kleptocratic practice of direct enlargement both of the European Community and of in thinking about Ukraine’s future, in thinking about thievery, in which a variety of senior Russian officials have NATO as elements of a stable international order which consolidates stability and security on the Eurasian main- land, which creates binding and lasting bonds between the United States and Europe. That is important to the future; it is vital to the United States. It is in this context also that Ukrainian forces have engaged in joint maneuvers with NATO, some of which have been held on Ukrainian soil. Last but not least, in terms of the general thrust of pro- claimed, officially sponsored economic reforms, Ukraine has been prepared to tackle some fundamental problems that still await a resolution in the Russian context. And I have in mind particularly the question of land ownership, which is quite fundamental, not only economically, but to the country’s cultural mindset. Confronting that dimension is a very important aspect of creating a pluralistic society, and Ukraine is beginning to tackle that problem. To be sure, Ukraine has a long way to go, and this group is better informed than most on the shortcomings of Ukraine’s domestic policy. But I think in the larger perspec- tive we’re still dealing with a country which in some respects has already made a choice – not as clear on some issues as one would wish, but at least a country which is not being misguided by a historical nostalgia for a past that can- U.S.-Ukraine strategic partnership panel (from left) are: Ted Kontek, State Department Ukraine Desk; John not be entirely recreated, as, unfortunately, is the case near- Lenczowski, Institute for World Politics; Olexander Poteikhin, Embassy of Ukraine; William Miller, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine; Paula Dobriansky, vice-president, Council on Foreign Relations. (Continued on page 16) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 No. 41

Canadian Ps and Bs president calls for stronger Canadian-Ukrainian ties by Christopher Guly ture, through partnerships between the However, the UCPBF wants CIDA to times over the past decade. Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Canadian National Library and National increase its technical-assistance budget “to “If we can’t have a minister, certainly Archives and their counterparts in Ukraine,” more favorably reflect the tax base of some people at the top echelons of government OTTAWA – On the eve of a visit to she explained. 1 million Canadians of Ukrainian descent,” departments that deal with Ukraine, and Ukraine by a Canadian Cabinet minister, “We’ve got about 50 departments and or about 1/30th of the national population, that’s CIDA and the Department of Foreign the president of the Ukrainian Canadian agencies in Canada – all of them should according to a document prepared by the Affairs and International Trade,” she contin- Professional and Business Federation have a look at where it is they should be federation. ued. (UCPBF) is calling on the Canadian gov- interacting with Ukraine because Currently, the annual CIDA budget for She explained that the dream successor ernment to increase its involvement with Ukrainians are a founding people in Central and Eastern Europe amounts to to Mr. Axworthy in the foreign affairs port- Ukraine along the lines of the British Canada,” she added. nearly $90 million (about $61 million U.S.), folio would be Saskatchewan Premier Roy Commonwealth model. About a week before Canadian Minister or almost 5 percent of Canada’s total allot- Romanow, who she said is rumored to be In an interview with The Ukrainian for International Cooperation Maria Minna, ment for international assistance. leaving politics. [In fact, news of the resig- Weekly, Oksana Bashuk Hepburn said who is responsible for the federal govern- The UCPBF, which has nearly 4,000 nation of Mr. Romanow, Canada’s longest Ottawa should forge closer ties with Kyiv ment’s Canadian International Development members across Canada, is also calling on serving provincial premier, was reported in through cultural, educational and sports Agency (CIDA), was scheduled to make Ottawa to provide tax credits to Canadians The New York Times on September 27. – exchanges, as well as beef up its relations her visit to Ukraine, the UBPBF held a who support family members in Ukraine, Ed.] with the Ukrainian government at all levels. roundtable on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. and is asking the federal government to “If that is the case, he might be interested “We have good Canadian-Ukrainian The September 16-17 event included a dis- establish a world-class policy and study in being maybe a super-ombudsman or interactions in place in defense and health, cussion on future Canadian-Ukrainian rela- center on Ukraine in Canada. champion for Ukraine,” explained Ms. but we should also have that in environ- tions, featuring such panelists as Peter In addition, Ms. Bashuk said the federa- Bashuk Hepburn. “There is a role for some- ment, banking, consumer relations, citizen- Daniel, vice-president responsible for tion is lobbying the Canadian government one like Mr. Romanow to lead Canada’s ship, immigration, communication and cul- Central and Eastern Europe at the CIDA. to involve Ukrainian Canadians “with meri- contribution on the international scene in According to Ukrainian-born Ms. torious expertise and language skills” to dealing with Ukraine.” Bashuk Hepburn, Canada should not focus deal with Canada-Ukraine relations “at the Should the Ukrainian Canadian premier exclusively on establishing trade-related ties highest levels.” stick with politics, he would have to make with Ukraine. “Canada needs to be working While Ukrainian Canadians have held the switch to the federal scene, and change from the perspective that Ukraine needs a senior positions in the country, from former party affiliation. fair amount of support in order to not slip Governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn (also Mr. Romanow is leader of back into the Russian sphere of influence the UCPBF’s patron) to the late Supreme Saskatchewan’s New Democratic Party, and not be sucked into the corruption world Court of Canada Justice John Sopinka, the which happens to have formed a ruling that is led by Russia,” she explained. community has never had one of its mem- coalition with the province’s Liberals, Since Ukraine secured its independence bers serve as ambassador to Ukraine. whose federal counterparts hold power in from the former Soviet Union in 1991, “Sometimes the ambassador is not from Ottawa. Canadian aid has focused on supporting the the ranks of Foreign Affairs, sometimes it’s If she were asked to run as a Grit for a country’s transition to a market-based econ- an outside appointment,” said Ms. Bashuk seat in the House of Commons during the omy, promoting democracy and increasing Hepburn. next national election, 59-year-old Ms. Canadian trade and investment links with “And we will help the federal govern- Hepburn Bashuk admitted she would con- Ukraine. ment find the best person,” added Ms. sider the request. As of late 1999, the CIDA has commit- Bashuk Hepburn. However, whether Prime Minister Jean ted more than $280 million (about $190 It just so happens that there will soon be Chrétien’s government responds any time million U.S.) toward bilateral assistance a major job opening. soon to the UCPBF’s own request for more programs. On September 18 Foreign Affairs Ukrainian-Canadian representation in high- During a June visit by Ukrainie’s Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy, who has been to profile positions is anyone’s guess – though Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk to Ottawa, Ukraine and hails from the Prairies (where there appeared to be little interest from the federal government had increased its there are more than a few Ukrainian within his Cabinet in showing up for the contribution to helping his country decom- Canadians), announced he would not stand recent roundtable. mission the Chornobyl nuclear power plant for re-election. While invited to attend, Hedy Fry, secre- to $48 million ($33 million U.S.) and “It would be absolutely delightful to have tary of state for multiculturalism, did not. announced another $10.4 million in new a minister of Ukrainian origin as the new Nor did she send a representative. Canadian Minister for International money for scientific, export-stimulation and foreign minister,” said Ms. Bashuk “We were most disappointed,” said Ms. Cooperation Maria Minna. anti-corruption programs in Ukraine. Hepburn, who has visited Ukraine nearly 20 Bashuk Hepburn.

Rep. Kaptur hails Ukraine’s action to settle business disputes Still in Canada by Roger Szemraj Kuchma in December 1999 during his this year, the USDA had offered to settle Apologies to our Canadian readers for visit to Washington, and to Prime the issue for a payment of just about $1 our inadvertent “annexation” of WASHINGTON – After a private meet- Minister [Victor] Yuschenko early this million, with a portion immediately, and Montreal. A story about events in that ing on September 20 with former year.” the balance over time under an agreed- Canadian city (October 1) appeared in Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs “A few months ago, Ambassador upon payment schedule. error under the overhead used in previous issues, “Ukrainian Independence Day: Borys Tarasyuk and Ukraine’s Ambassador Gryshchenko graciously joined me in Now a satisfactory payment has been to the United States Kostyantyn Celebrations around the U.S.” The over- meeting with U.S. Secretary of made, and a repayment schedule for the Gryschchenko, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D- head should have read: Celebrations Agriculture Dan Glickman to hear for balance has been signed. Rep. Kaptur Ohio), co-chair of the Congressional around North America. himself from Secretary Glickman how stated, “We fully expect the terms of this Ukrainian Caucus in the House of seriously these matters were viewed by agreement to be honored.” Representatives, hailed action by President our Congress and the Executive Branch “Agriculture is Ukraine’s historic Leonid Kuchma to settle business disputes involving U.S. global companies Pioneer of our government,” Rep. Kaptur con- strength. Its land is precious and rich,” and Land O’Lakes dating back to late tinued. “They had to be settled before commented Rep. Kaptur. “The people Quotable notes 1995. further U.S. aid could resume. of Ukraine are not afraid of work, and “I can say nothing bad about oli- “The resolution of these difficulties Ambassador Gryshchenko promised to heaven knows that they do not shy garchs: if someone offers himself for will enable more normal relations take this message back to President away from challenges. If we are now in sale, they buy him. Everything takes between our countries,” said Rep. Kaptur. Kuchma, and now these two able gentle- a position to resume food aid that can place in such a manner – votes and “Further, our U.S. Department of men have made it possible for progress be monetized [sold in Ukraine so as not transfers [of deputies between parlia- Agriculture can now consider how to use to occur.” to disrupt national markets, with pro- mentary caucuses]. This Parliament is its developmental assistance to help In 1995 the U.S. Department of ceeds used in-country for economic, rotting inside so strongly that one can Ukraine continue on its road of economic Agriculture had entered in a food aid social and educational purposes], we smell this from far, far away. A migra- improvement,” added Rep. Kaptur, who agreement with Land O’Lakes under can begin to design economic develop- tion has begun to the pro- presidential serves as ranking member of the which the USDA donated 20,000 tons of ment initiatives of rural credit, infra- majority as well. Each caucus wants Appropriations Subcommittee on soybeans to Land O’Lakes. In turn, the structure improvements, small business to have as many deputies in this Agriculture. commodity was sold in Ukraine. The development and other needed social, majority as possible, in order to be a ‘trendsetter’ there.” “Today, the news we have received local currency obtained was to be used humanitarian and educational initiatives from Ukraine is excellent. I am so to assist Ukrainian agriculture. This did that can help the people of Ukraine – Former pro-presidential parlia- thrilled that at long last we have resolved not occur, nor was Land O’Lakes reim- prosper.” mentary majority leader Leonid these serious obstacles to progress” she bursed the approximately $3 million “I have pledged to Ambassador Kravchuk, explaining in the said. “For the past three years, I have due. Gryshchenko that I am committed to September 21 issue of the newspaper been urging Ukrainian officials to under- The U.S. Department of State and the working with him and Ukrainian authori- Den (Day) how the current majority stand that the U.S. could not extend the USDA worked extensively, both in Kyiv ties to design a workable and transparent might expand to the 300 deputies nec- full weight of our assistance to Ukraine and in Washington, with Ukrainian gov- initiative, and to be a partner with the essary to approve constitutional until the missing dollars were repaid. ernment officials to obtain payment. Ukrainian nation in helping its proud amendments (cited by RFE/RL My pleas were unheard until I made a While promises to pay had been made, people succeed again,” the Ohio con- Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report). personal appeal to President Leonid those promises were not kept. Earlier gresswoman underlined. No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 7 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR FOR THE RECORD

spectives. As a historical verifier of that catastrophe it is unprejudiced and invalu- Committee to Protect Journalists Books expose able. Famine-Genocide Today’s Germany is expressing regret expresses its concerns to Kuchma Dear Editor: and is in the process of somehow com- pensating the Jews, the Ukrainians and Below is the text of a letter regarding the ing from a rope in an abandoned building In your August 6 edition of Myron B. other nationalities for the wrongs com- case of Heorhii Gongadze sent to President in Luhansk on March 13, 1997), and mur- Kuropas enlightens us in his “Faces and mitted by Nazi Germany. Japan is taking Leonid Kuchma by the New York-based dered Vechernaya Odesa editor Boris Places” column about the hunger-famine steps to apologize and perhaps somehow Committee to Protect Journalists. The letter Derevianko (shot in the heart and stomach in Ukraine which peaked there in 1933. compensate China for the military atroci- is dated September 25. on August 11, 1997). He brings to our attention this tragic ties of World War II. And even the United This year alone two journalists have event as described in a novel by Vasily States is trying to do something to correct The Committee to Protect Journalists been beaten after publishing articles about Grossman in his 1972 book “Forever the injustices of internment committed at (CPJ) is deeply concerned about the official corruption, according to CPJ Flowing.” In that book, the chapter on the the onset of World War II against its own recent disappearance of Heorhii research. These cases demonstrate that collectivization and the famine was populace of Japanese descent. Gongadze, the 31-year-old editor of the Ukrainian journalists put their lives at risk Ukraine – so viciously starved by among the most moving written about the news website Ukrainska Pravda when they dare to criticize government dekulakization, collectivization, and de- period. Mr. Grossman, a prize-winning (www.pravda.com.ua). This event has officials and other powerful figures. CPJ nationalization in the 1920s and 1930s by novelist of Jewish descent was the co- alarmed the journalistic community in protested all these attacks in letters to Your Moscow’s communism and Stalin’s editor of the Soviet section of the “Black Ukraine and further eroded your govern- Excellency, but has received no reply. OGPU and NKVD organs – also needs to Book” on the Nazi Holocaust (which was ment’s already limited credibility on As a non-partisan organization of jour- address its cause in a similar manner. never published in the USSR) and the press-freedom issues. nalists devoted to defending the rights of Russia, and its ex-KGB head of state, author of the horrifying documentary Gongadze, whose site has often fea- our colleagues around the world, CPJ calls work, “The Hell of Treblinka.” In sum, Vladimir Putin, needs to look at the tured critical articles about Ukrainian gov- atrocities it has wrought upon its neigh- on the police to investigate Heorhii Mr. Grossman was the Soviet Union’s ernment officials, disappeared in Kyiv on Gongadze’s disappearance thoroughly, and leading writer on Hitler’s holocaust. bor, Ukraine. Today’s Russia owes the evening of Saturday, September 16. to release information about the case in a To this day the world is still disbeliev- Ukraine a big debt of moral and compen- Gongadze had left the home of a col- timely manner. We also urge Your ing of that most inhumane tragedy of satory nature. After all, at least 5 million league at 10:20 p.m. to meet his wife and Excellency to take all necessary measures famine brought on by communism upon died in agony on their rich soil in Ukraine two young children at home. He never to ensure the safety of reporters in Ukraine. the Ukrainian people. And even those of to a government-enforced hunger; anoth- arrived. Thank you for your attention to these us who survived that catastrophe have er 1.5 million of them died as a result of The police launched an investigation, important matters. We await your reply. difficulty understanding and explaining the same cause in the North Caucasus but so far have turned up no leads. the magnitude of cruelty that gripped that region. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Parliament has Sincerely, part of the world by a government against There is no doubt the tragedy was of established a special commission to inves- Ann K. Cooper its own citizens. And this was couched by monstrous proportions. Ukraine, and the tigate Gongadze’s disappearance. Executive Director Stalin’s propaganda from the rest of the rest of civilized world, needs to push According to local sources, there are world so that even to this day some intel- Russia into admission of a terrible wrong grounds to suspect that the abduction was Copies of this letter were sent to: lectuals still disbelieve its occurrence. and realization that the world will not tol- related to the editor’s professional work. Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States For those of you who have the forti- erate that type of unjust brutality against Shortly after Gongadze disappeared, the Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, Procurator-gen- tude to read and really fathom the horrors innocent people. deputy director of the Ministry of Internal eral of Ukraine Mykhailo Potebenko, U.S. of Ukraine’s holocaust-famine, read “The Note: “The Harvest of Sorrow,” is Affairs, Mykola Dzhyha, announced that Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer, Harvest of Sorrow” by Robert Conquest, available in most libraries. Paperback authorities were looking into three possible American Society of Newspaper Editors; which was published in 1986 by Oxford edition (which does not contain photos of scenarios: that Gongadze planned his own Amnesty International, Article 19 (United University Press in New York City. It the famine) may be purchased on the abduction, that he was involved in an acci- Kingdom), Artikel 19 (The Netherlands), consists of 412 pages and is extremely Internet from amazon.com. dent, or that the abduction was related to Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, well-referenced, documented and George V. Mylton Gongadze’s journalism. Freedom Forum, Freedom House, Human indexed. The references alone comprise Boise, Idaho On September 19, however, Vice Rights Watch, Index on Censorship, 45 pages and the list includes writings by Minister for Internal Affaris Mykola International Center for Journalists, Lenin, Stalin, Bukharin, Plekhanov, Dzhyha announced that the police have International Federation of Journalists, Trotsky, Medvedev, Grossman, The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes ruled out any political motive. Police offi- International PEN, International Press Solzhenitsyn, Khrushchev, Rudenko, letters to the editor and commen- cials are now suggesting that the disappear- Institute, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Duranty, Maynard, Chornovil and others; taries on a variety of topics of con- ance was related to Gongadze’s personal for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor the newspapers Pravda, The New York cern to the Ukrainian American life. This conclusion is premature, to say Harold Hongju Koh, Director Alain Modoux, UNESCO Freedom of Expression Times, Visti and many European and and Ukrainian Canadian commu- the least. Communist publications; Communist Gongadze’s disappearance follows sev- Program, The Newspaper Guild, The North nities. Opinions expressed by Party notes, communications, directives eral suspect or inconclusive investigations American Broadcasters Association, columnists, commentators and let- and enforcing methods are dispassionate- into the deaths of local journalists. Sixty Overseas Press Club, Reporters Sans ly cited and brought out. ter-writers are their own and do local journalists expressed their concern Frontières, United Nations High But the majority of the information not necessarily reflect the opinions about this trend in a letter sent to Your Commissioner for Human Rights Mary comes from personal accounts of surviv- of either The Weekly editorial Excellency and the Ukrainian Parliament Robinson, The Society of Professional ing witnesses. The book is very detailed staff or its publisher, the on September 19. The letter cited the Journalists, World Association of and approaches the verity of all events Ukrainian National Association. cases of Kievskie Viedomosti correspon- Newspapers and the World Press Freedom that transpired from many sides and per- dent Petro Shevchenko (found dead hang- Committee. IN THE PRESS ACTION ITEM Letter to Edmonton Journal Star-Ledger story about Krayzelburg A recent article published in New Jersey’s Star-Ledger (September 19) reported on the Summer Olympiad and referred to Ukraine as “hotly anti-Semitic Ukraine.” regardingFollowing is the text of a letterwar to the crimesproceedings. issue Reporting on Lenny Krayzelburg, Mike Vaccaro described the emotions of Lenny editor regarding the war crimes issue in As to the key element of proof, the and his parents, who emigrated from Odesa, during the American swimmer’s gold Canada. It was published in the Edmonton reporter didn’t bother to report that the medal presentation. On the negative side, The Star-Ledger writer described the situa- Journal on Saturday, July 8. Canadian Civil Liberties Association has tion in Ukraine as being “hotly anti-Semitic” and reported that the Krayzelburgs left questioned these trials on the basis that the “the darkness of Russia.” He further wrote that the parents of Lenny made a sacrifice The June 28 article “Growing number prodedure should employ “a higher stan- for their son by leaving Ukraine and coming to the United States to give him opportu- of war criminals turned away” advertises dard of proof than merely on a balance of nities for a new and good life. the recently released report of the justice probability,” which has been the standard These two statements do not add up. If the situation in Ukraine is indeed “hotly department on the “war crimes” prosecu- used throughout. anti-Semitic,” then it would not have been a great sacrifice for the Krayzelburgs to tions and on the reaction of one group – Neither the justice department nor the leave such an odious place. the Canadian Jewish Congress. CJC will admit the obvious – these prose- Mr. Vaccaro should be advised to read the yearly human rights report written by the Neither source is particularly instructive cutions are lobby-inspired show trials U.S. Department of State on Ukraine (and also on other countries) which reports that on the issue, especially not about the 17 reflecting not the administration of justice, all the minorities in Ukraine are treated well and that anti-Semitism there is insignifi- “historical” trials of so-called Nazi war but its politicization. cant. In addition, Mr. Vaccaro should be informed that Ukraine is not Russia and that criminals. there really is a difference between Russia and Ukraine. In three of the seven cases heard to date, Eugene Harasymiw Letters should be sent to: The Star-Ledger, 1 Star-Ledger Plaza, Newark, NJ 07102. Justice Minister Anne McLellan’s prosecu- President tors actually dropped the war crimes accu- Alberta Ukrainian Self-Reliance League – submitted by AHRU (Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine) and UNCHAIN sations, making a complete farce of the Edmonton (Ukrainian National Center: History and Information Network). 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 No. 41

Athens. He lost his final match to Ukraine completes Games... Sweden’s Mikael Ljundberg, the highly (Continued from page 1) experienced 30-year-old European cham- TOP MEDAL-WINNING COUNTRIES against Oleg Saitov of Russia in the gold pion, by a score of 5-2 in the decider. COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL Mr. Soldadze, who is of Georgian back- medal decider. Ultimately, Mr. Dotsenko United States 39 25 33 97 lost on points, 24-16, to the defending ground, demonstrated the significantly mul- ticultural make-up of Ukraine’s delegation. Russia 32 28 28 88 gold medalist and world champion. China 28 16 15 59 This was Mr. Dotsenko’s first major Both the boxing and wrestling squads were among the most disciplined of Australia 16 25 17 58 appearance on the international scene. In Gemany 14 17 26 57 taking the silver medal he impressed Ukraine’s teams at the Sydney Games. They were constantly in each other’s France 13 14 11 38 onlookers not only with his hand speed company and together with their trainers, Italy 13 8 13 34 and strength, but also his sportsmanship undertook a strong program of pre- Cuba 11 11 7 29 and gentle demeanor outside the ring. Great Britain 11 10 7 28 Olympic preparation in Albury-Wodonga In the 51-kilogram category, South Korea 8 9 11 28 and were among the last arrivals at the Volodymyr Sydorenko took bronze Romania 11 6 9 26 Olympic Village. behind Bulat Jumadilov of Kazakstan Netherlands 12 9 4 25 (silver) and Wijan Ponlid of Thailand Other medals and disappointments Ukraine 3 10 10 23 (gold). Mr. Sydorenko lost to the eventu- Japan 5 8 5 18 al gold medalist from Thailand by a tight On September 28, Roman Schurenko, Hungary 8 6 3 17 score of 14-11 in a semifinal bout. 24, of Kyiv, leapt to a bronze medal in Belarus 3 3 11 17 In the 54-kilogram category, Serhii men’s long jump with a jump of 8.31 Poland 6 5 3 14 meters. He trailed Cuba’s Ivan Pedroso, Danylchenko took bronze behind Canada 3 3 8 14 who took gold on his last remaining jump Raimkoul Malakhebov of Russia (silver) Bulgaria 5 6 2 13 of 8.55 meters over Australia’s Jai and Guillermo Ortiz Rigondeaux of Cuba Greece 46 313 Taurima, whose best jump was 8.49. (gold). In another close bout, Schurenko was a surprise medalist. Danylchenko lost to Malakhebov by 15- Indeed, he narrowly beat teammate Oleksii 10 in their semifinal match-up. Lukashevych, who finished fourth with a In the 81-kilogram category, Andrii leap of 8.36 meters. The more highly Fedchuk took bronze behind Rudolf Kraj favored athlete, Mr. Lukashevych placed of the Czech Republic (silver) and UKRAINE’S MEDALS BY SPORT first at the European Indoor Championships SPORT GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL Alexander Lebziak of Russia (gold). in 1998, while Mr. Schurenko’s best result In other action in the final days of the archery 0 1 0 1 thus far had been first at the European Sydney Games, wrestler Yevhen boxing 0 2 3 5 Junior Championships in 1995. Buslovych took a silver medal in the 58- cycling 0 1 1 2 Also in the long jump pit, Inessa diving 0 0 1 1 kilogram freestyle competition. Mr. Kravets – the world record holder and Buslovych, a 28-year-old from Kyiv, lost gymnastics 0 1 1 2 Atlanta gold medalist in the triple jump – judo 0 0 1 1 in the final match to Alireza Dabir of Iran, pulled out of a potential head-to-head the defending world champion. American sailing 0 0 1 1 competition with Marion Jones of the shooting 1 0 0 1 Terry Brands took the bronze medal. United States and flew back to Ukraine. Davyd Soldadze, 22, of Donetsk, took swimming 2 2 0 4 Ms. Kravets, who in 1997 suffered a 30 track/field 0 0 2 2 silver in the 97-kilogram category of percent tear of the left Achilles’ tendon, Greco-Roman wrestling. Mr. Soldadze trampoline 0 1 0 1 had been hampered by a pain in her right wrestilng 0 2 0 2 met the Olympic challenge by signifi- Achilles’ tendon for several weeks leading cantly improving over his 13th place fin- TOTAL 3 10 10 23 ish in the 1999 World Championships in (Continued on page 11) No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 11

UKRAINE’S MEDALS AT A GLANCE (listed by date)

September 16

• SWIMMING Yana Klochkova, women’s 400 m individual medley – GOLD

September 18

• GYMNASTICS Men’s team (Oleksander Beresh, Oleksander Svitlychnyi, Roman Zozulia, Valerii Honcharov, Valerii Pereshkura, Ruslan Mezentsev) – SILVER

September 19

• CYCLING Men’s team pursuit (Oleksander Symonenko, Serhii Matveyev, Oleksander Fedenko, Serhii Cherniavskyi) – SILVER

• SWIMMING Denis Sylantiev, men’s 200 m butterfly – SILVER AP • SWIMMING Ukraine’s Volodymyr Sydorenko (right) fights Mexico’s Daniel Ponce de Leon Yana Klochkova, women’s 200 m individual medley – GOLD Mendez during a 51 kg qualifying bout. Mr. Sydorenko went on to win the bronze. September 20 They finished sixth overall following Ukraine completes Games... several ups and downs of performance. • GYMNASTICS (Continued from page 10) On the one hand they finished second Oleksander Beresh, men’s all around – BRONZE up to the competition. A variety of tests at twice, as well as third and fourth in some qualifying races. On the other hand, they • CYCLING the Olympic Village’s Polyclinic showed Iryna Yanovych, women’s sprint – BRONZE chronic injuries to her leg. suffered more technical disqualifications than any craft in the field of 29. Some delegation members and spon- • JUDO sors questioned Ms. Kravets’ decision to Falling short of expectations Ruslan Mashurenko, men’s middleweight 90 kg – BRONZE pull out. It is uncertain whether the 33- (jointly with Frederic Demontfaucon) year old’s elite competitive sporting As the Olympic Games wound up, career will continue. more celebrated sections of the Ukrainian September 21 In another medal-winning perform- delegation continued to fall short of ance, the women’s 470 class sailors took expectations. Considered a powerhouse • ARCHERY bronze after 11 rounds of competition in of the overall Ukrainian team going into Women’s team (Olena Sadovnycha, Kateryna Serdiuk, Natalia Burdeina) Sydney Harbor. However, Ukraine’s sail- the Games, the track and field squad fin- – SILVER ished the competition with only two ing pair of Ruslana Taran and Olena September 22 Pakholchyk was highly favored before bronze medals in Sydney. the Olympics and no doubt were disap- In general, Ukraine’s medals at the • SWIMMING pointed with their result. Sydney Games were taken by rising Yana Klochkova, women’s 800 m freestyle – SILVER They had started the regatta ranked stars, while many established athletes did first, and skipper Ms. Taran had won not meet the test. For example, most of • TRAMPOLINE world and European championships in Ukraine’s previous and current world Oksana Tsyhuliova, women’s – SILVER champions – including Serhii Bubka in 1997, 1998 and 1999. The Ukrainians September 23 were beaten by a wide margin by the men’s pole vault, Inga Babakova in gold medal-winning Australian pair (pre- women’s high jump, Zhanna Pintusevych • DIVING viously ranked fourth in the world) and in women’s sprint, Denys Gotfrid in Hanna Sorokina and Olena Zhupina, women’s synchronized 3 m springboard by one sailing point by an American pair weightlifting, Elbrus Tadeyev in freestyle – BRONZE (previously ranked 13th). wrestling, Olena Vitrychenko in rhythmic Perhaps because of the strongly variable gymnastics and Serhii Holubytskyi in • SHOOTING wind conditions, the Ukrainians’ regatta men’s fencing – failed to place. Mykola Milchev, men’s skeet shooting – GOLD was characterized by highs and lows. In In preliminary finger-pointing, some September 24 two of the 11 races, the Taran/Pakholchyk officials put the lack of performance of duo finished completely out of the point Ukraine’s elite athletes down to Olympic • TRIPLE JUMP system – beyond 11th place. In two oth- pressure. Blame was placed on trainers Olena Hovorova, women’s – BRONZE ers, they won first and second place. and coaches for inadequate preparations. A further disappointment was experi- Some outside observers expressed their September 26 enced by the men’s 470 sailors who were belief that the overall delegation and sev- defending a gold medal from Atlanta. eral of its squads appeared to lack focus • WRESTLING Yevhen Braslavets and Ihor Matvienko and motivation, with little done to posi- Davyd Soldadze, Greco-Roman wrestling 97 kg – SILVER had an even more inconsistent regatta. tively encourage athletes. September 28

• BOXING Andrii Kotelnyk, light welterweight 60 kg – SILVER Serhii Dotsenko, welterwieght 67 kg – SILVER Serhii Danylchenko, bantam weight 54 kg (jointly with Clarence Vinson of the United States) – BRONZE

• LONG JUMP Roman Schurenko, men’s – BRONZE

• SAILING Ruslana Taran/Olena Pakholchyk, women’s 470 – BRONZE

September 29

• BOXING Volodymyr Sydorenko, flyweight 51 kg (jointly with Jerome Thomas of France) – BRONZE Andrii Fedchuk, light heavyweight 81 kg (jointly with Sergei Mihailov of Uzbekistan) – BRONZE

October 1

• WRESTLING Yevhen Buslovych, men’s freestyle 58 kg – SILVER AP Mikael Ljungberg of Sweden tries to escape from Ukraine’s Davyd Soldadze TOTAL: 23 medals – 3 gold, 10 silver, 10 bronze during the final 97 kg Greco-Roman wrestling match. Soldadze won the silver. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 No. 41 Sheptytsky Institute conducts Ukrainian Chorus “Dumka” of America, Inc. 122 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10003 14th program in Eastern theology

Benefactors of The Ukrainian Chorus “Dumka” OTTAWA – The Sheptytsky Institute communion with each other. conducted its summer intensive program At the Armenian Church, the group “Dumka” Chorus acknowledges all donors with deep appreciation for their outstanding support in Eastern Christian Theology and was greeted with a letter from the of the 50th Anniversary concert and expresses sincere gratitute for their generosity. Spirituality for the 14th year, and in a Armenian primate for Canada, new setting, while attracting students Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, who had $3,000.00 Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union, New York, NY from Ukraine, Italy, Belarus, the United accompanied the late Karekin I, $1,000.00 SUMA Yonkers Federal Credit Union States and Canada. Catholicos of all Armenians, during his Ukrainian Institute of Americva, Inc. Ukrainian Orthodox Federal Credit Union, New York, N.Y. The program was held at a Studite visit to the Sheptytsky Institute headquar- monastery, as in previous years, but this ters at St. Paul University in Ottawa sev- $500.00 Andrey and Vera Kosowycz Bishop Basil Losten time, instead of Holy Transfiguration eral years earlier. Coptic and Ethiopian “Surma” The Ukrainian Shop, New York, NY, Mr. and Mrs. M. Surmach (Mount Tabor) Monastery in northern communities with their very distinct tra- Ukrianian National Home of New York City, Inc. California, the venue was the brand new ditions also welcomed the students and $300.00 Dr. Maria Jaroslawska Monastery of the Mother of God in professors warmly, offering food and Stage Restaurant Orangeville, Ontario, an hour northwest hospitality. The new Greek Orthodox $250.00 East Village Meat Market, New York, NY Myron and Olha Hnateyko of Toronto. This new monastery is home Theological Academy of Toronto was Self Pay Solutions, Inc. to a dozen monks, most in their 20s and visited in the hopes of further coopera- St. Volodimir Ukrainian Orthodox Church, New York, NY 30s, with three from North America and tion in the future. Several beautifully Veselka Coffee Shop, New York, NY “Self Reliance” Federal Credit Union, Jersey City, NJ the rest from Ukraine. The change of decorated Greek and Ukrainian churches $200.00 Larissa Lawrynenko and family location was a definite challenge for both were on the list of places visited, along Lesia Morawsky and daughters Natalka, Sonia and Lesia in memory of Teofil Morawsky) the institute and the young monastery, with such venues as St. John the Mychail and Helen Newmerzyckyj Olha Hayetskyj (in memory of Roman Hayetskyj) but both the monks and the students were Compassionate Mission, a non-ethnic Self Reliance Federal Credit Union, Clifton, NJ quite happy with the results. ministry for the inner-city poor of Yuri and Leocadia Snihur Many of the participants spoke of their Toronto, under the sponsorship of the $120.00 Andrew and Tatiana Tershakovec, M.D. four weeks as a life-changing experience, Ukrainian Catholic Church. $100.00 Alexandra Jablonskyj (in memory of Mychajlo Jablonsky, Maria and Wolodymyr Mencinsky) a real watershed in the way they experi- In addition to the North American Askold S. Lozynskyj P.C. enced their faith and the reality of experience, the Sheptytsky Institute also Bohdan and Olga Mychajliw Bohdan and Daria Kekish Church. The prayerful atmosphere of the has co-sponsored a similar program at the Anonymous donor monastery, the serene beauty of the natu- Studite Lavra Monastery in Univ, western Computoprint Corp. Dorette and Leo Gallan, Gallan Agency ral surroundings high on the Niagara Ukraine, together with the Lviv Dr. Areta Podhorodecki escarpment, with 50-mile views, and the Theological Academy. Over 20 students Dr. George Truchly Dr. Julian Gnoj stimulating courses and field trips made from various regions of Ukraine (and of Dr. Oleh S. Slupchynskyj for a powerful mix of experiences. various religious backgrounds) participat- Dr. W. Odajnyk Dr. Yuri and Iwanna Soltys As in past years, the Catholic Near ed this year. The Sheptytsky Institute sent George Klufas East Welfare Association offered scholar- its associates, Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev Ihor Rakowsky (in memory of Zina Rakowsky) ships for several students or graduates of and Dr. Andrew Sorokowsky, to teach Irene Dorozynsky (in memory of Iwan Dorozynsky) Irina Doroshenko the Lviv Theological Academy to attend. “Byzantine-Slav Liturgical Architecture Jaremko Nestor, Taras, Myron, Hala and Marta (in memory of Father Myroslaw) “This is really the only program of its until the 17th Century” and “Selected Jaremko Halyna (in memory of husband Myroslaw) Kurowycky Meat Products, Inc. kind in the world, and we want to help Topics in Ukrainian Church History,” Lydia Borysiuk the best students from Ukraine to have a respectively. Just as at the monastery in Marta Danyluk (in memory of Roman Danyluk) Mr. and Mrs. Jaroslaw and Olga Chypak chance to participate in it,” explained Orangeville, the students in Ukraine Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Moczula Chorbishop John Faris, assistant secre- earned six university credits through St. Mrs. Katia Czerwoniak Mrs. Stefania Czorny (in memory of Nicholas Czorny) tary general of the association. Paul University in Ottawa, which is the Lydia Choma Students not only have a chance to mix home of the Sheptytsky Institute. Myroslaw and Zenowia Kulynych Nicholas and Anastasia Maksymiuk academic theology courses on a university Every year more persons are interested Oleh Lazirko, Olympic Community Market level with life in the liturgical cycle of a in the institute’s programs (whether dur- Olga and George Pasternak monastery, but they have the opportunity ing the summer or during the regular aca- Olympia and Wolodymyr Rohowsky Roma and George Bohachewsky to visit more Eastern Christian communi- demic year). The Sheptytsky Institute Rawrysz Inc. t/a Big Stash’s – Stanley and Kris Rawrysz ties, Orthodox and Catholic, than most offers fully accredited university pro- Roman and Irene Bidiak Roman and Valentina Lysniak people are exposed to in a lifetime. grams from the one-year certificate to the Roxolana Podpirka Field trips included visits to Coptic, three-year B.A., and the four-year B.Th., Tanasij and Anna Oparyk Teodor and Mary Marsch and family Armenian, Ethiopian, Greek and Russian the M.A.(Th.) and Ph.D. U.C.C.A. churches as well as a host of Ukrainian Those interested in participating or Ukrainian American Soccer Association, Inc. Ukrainian Music Institute, Irvington, NJ Catholic parishes in Toronto and vicinity. making a tax-deductible donation (the Ukrainian National Association, Inc. A number of well-executed iconographic institute’s foundation is a federally regis- Ukrainian National Home, Bayonne, NJ Vera Kushnir (in memory of Dr. Yuri Kushnir) projects were visited in conjunction with tered charity in Canada and the United Volodymyr and Ulana Diachuk the Rev. Andriy Chirovsky’s course, States) may write to: The Metropolitan Yaroslaw Stawnychy, DDS, PA “Theology and Spirituality of Icons.” Dr. Andrey Sheptytsky Institute, St. Paul Zenon B. Masnyj, Esq. Jaroslav Skira taught “Ecclesiology from University, 223 Main St., Ottawa, Ontario $75.00 The Ukrainian Museum, New York, NY Eastern and Western Perspectives,” and KlS lC4; telephone, (613) 236-1393, ext. $50.00 Colonial Pharmacy, Mr. Diduch this was accompanied by visits to various 2332; fax, (613)782-3026; website, Dr. and Mrs. Eugene K. Hrabarchuk Dr. Adrian and Laryssa Dolinsky communities, many of which are not in http://www.ustpaul.ca/sheptytsky. Dr. Taras and Roma Odulak Genya Wolowacz (in memory of Ewdokia Jablonska) Genya Wolowacz (in memory of Stefan Wowczuk and Anna Nalywajko) Yaremko Mykola, Oksana and Danko (in memory of Myroslaw Jaremko) HyGrade Meat Market, Clifton, NJ I. Zwarycz and M. Lopatynsky Jaroslawa Dlaboha (in memory of Osyp Dlaboha) Jaroslaw and Maria Kiciuk Lytwyn & Lytwyn Funeral Home Marc Antony Datzkiwsky Maria Maslowycz (in memory of Myron Maslowycz) Maria Struk (in memory of Mykola Struk) Mary Bartosiewicz Merck-Medco Friends Mr. and Mrs. Leo and Irene Werbyckyj Mr. and Mrs. Mykola Haliw Mr. and Mrs. Steven Maksymiuk Mr. Basil Mysak Mr. Wolodymyr Procyk Mrs. Mary Dushnyk Mrs. Christine Karpewych Mr. Mykola Nychay Mr. and Mrs. Myroslaw and Zoriana Smorodsky Newcastle Fabric Corp. Peter Rychok Insurance Agency, Roman Rychok Real Estate Peter Wolowacz (in memory of Semen Wolowacz) Prof. Petro and Mrs. Lesia Goy Roman Kaniuka Slava and Orest Zahajkewycz Ukrainian Dancers “Syzokryli” Ukrainian Free University Foundation, Inc. $35.00 Orest and Jean Harasymowycz Mr. and Mrs. Roman Mykyta $20.00 Arkady Honchariw (in memory of Kateryna Honchariw) Bohdan and Helene Balaban Irena Korduba $10.00 Emile Rojowsky Professors and students of the 14th annual Sheptytsky Summer Institute’s intensive summer program in Eastern Christian theology. No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 13 Orphans’ Aid Society set to expand its assistance to Ukraine’s children by Roma Hadzewycz Ukraine also see to it that the children are receiving the appropriate schooling and are PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Orphans’ Aid well-cared-for. “We know very well who Society, based on Long Island, in we are helping and how,” Mrs. Jowyk stat- Douglaston, N.Y., may not have a high ed, adding that she travels to Ukraine each profile, but it has high-minded goals. Last year to confer with the organization’s rep- year the charitable organization sent more resentatives there and to visit with children than $210,000 in direct financial assistance who receive OAS assistance. to orphans in Ukraine. The organization raises funds through a This year, and in succeeding years, the program via which donors can support organization hopes to do even better. individual children in Ukraine with dona- Founded in 1992 by a group of ladies in tions of $15 per month. That meager sum is New York who hoped to provide some con- crete aid to Ukraine’s people, the OAS enough to feed, clothe and educate a child. today has 1,100 Ukrainian children on its However, donors can also choose to con- list. “But, many, many more children in tribute larger amounts. Ukraine need help,” said Maria Jowyk, the Donors receive a photo of the children society’s president. “All of us should feel they “adopt,” are regularly informed of the responsible for Ukraine – more than 600 children’s progress, and are encouraged to orphans are now awaiting our help,” she correspond with them. The sponsorship is underlined. set up to continue through the children’s Mrs. Jowyk was accompanied by two 16th birthday, but there is a program for Olha Kuzmowycz fellow OAS activists: her husband, John college students and donors may elect to Orphans’ Aid Society activists (from left): the Rev. Deacon Yourij Malachowsky, Jowyk, who gives his official title as sponsor their children through college and Maria and John Jowyk. “helper” and says he firmly believes in graduation. “sponsoring the children of Ukraine – the One-time donations also are gladly observed, “and, since this one was so suc- first public annual meeting on October 15, future”; and the Rev. Deacon Yourij accepted by the Orphans’ Aid Society as cessful, we plan to organize more such at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. Malachowsky, a member of the society’s these enable the organization to help other camps.” 79th St., New York. The meeting begins at board of directors. children on its growing list. In addition, the society sends aid parcels 2 p.m. and will be followed by a musical The three activists spoke of how the Mr. and Mrs. Jowyk described the suc- to the children of Ukraine – more than 150 program and screening of a film about the Orphans’ Aid Society sends assistance to cess of a three-week educational camp for such large parcels, each weighing approxi- Moloda Ukraina camp. Ukraine through trusted contacts who per- 21 orphaned Ukrainian children held this mately 60 pounds, were sent in 1999 – as Mrs. Jowyk noted that the meeting is sonally visit the children and their summer near Vorzel, outside of Kyiv. The well as gifts for the feast day of St. “an opportunity for all to come and inquire guardians to ensure that aid is delivered, camp was overseen by Washingtonian Nicholas. about our work, and to become involved in underlining that close to 100 percent of George Woloshyn; the camp director was A related program brings ailing children this worthwhile project.” donations collected by the society benefit Olha Moroz, who is the OAS coordinator to the United States for surgery that is For information contact: Orphans’ Aid the children (only 3 cents of every dollar in Kyiv. Dubbed “Moloda Ukraina” by the unavailable to them in Ukraine. Thus far Society, 129 Ridge Road, Douglaston, NY collected by the OAS are spent on adminis- teenage campers themselves, the camp the OAS has brought a dozen children here 11363; phone, (718) 423-4966; fax, (718) trative expenses – that amounts to a tenth focused on Ukrainian studies and culture, and has helped by setting up separate 423-8885. The OAS is a non-profit organi- of what other charitable organizations as well as the English language, taught by accounts under the aegis of the OAS to zation with 501 (c) (3) status as a charitable spend on average). Mr. Woloshyn’s daughter Maya. provide for each child’s medical care. institution, and all donations are tax- The OAS’s contacts in 22 oblasts of “The camp was a first,” Mrs. Jowyk The Orphans’ Aid Society is holding its deductible.

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by Sonia Solomon TORONTO – The year 2000 has been a busy and successful one for the Vesnivka Choir under the direction of Halyna Kvitka Kondracki. A second place at the biennial CBC Choral Competition in May served as a warm-up for the choir’s partici- pation in the first Choral Olympics held in Linz, Austria, on July 10-16. The competition drew 18,000 singers in 350 choirs from 60 countries participating in 28 different categories. Vesnivka represented Canada in the largest category, Folklore a Cappella, which focused on folk choral works representing an ensemble’s home country, language, area or cultural background. Competitors were allowed 15 minutes in which to perform an original folk song and three original compositions or arrange- ments. Ms. Kondracki chose “Vesnianka,” and “Little Cuckoo Bird” arranged by Vsevolod Lystopad, “A Young Maiden’s Garden” arranged by Evhen Stankovych and “A Medley of Lemko Songs” arranged by Sophia Hryca. Choirs were judged on the difficulty of the compositions, choral sound, intonation and artis- tic impression. In addition to competing, choir members had a once-in-a life- time opportunity to hear some terrific choirs from places like Indonesia, Mexico, China and South Africa. Some choirs had to compete for the opportunity to represent their country at these Olympics. Vesnivka as well as other choirs were also invited to give performances in the Linz area. Vesnivka performed a selec- tion of Ukrainian folk songs in the concert hall of the Linz City The Vesnivka Choir in Linz, Austria. Hall. After the close of the competition, the Vesnivka Choir trav- eled to the Czech Republic, where it performed at the Southern Bohemia Music Festival in Bechyne. A performance of Andrij Hnatyshyn’s “Liturgy” was warmly received by the Ukrainian community of Prague at their parish of St. Klement. Vesnivka finished off this tour with a performance of Ukrainian liturgical works at the historic Czech Orthodox Church of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Church in Prague. This church became famous during World War II as the hiding place of the paratroopers who assassinated Heydrich in 1942. Vesnivka’s 2000-2001 season has just begun, and it will be a busy one as Ms. Kondracki constantly seeks opportunities to bring Ukrainian choral music to new and diverse audiences. On November 5 Vesnivka has been invited to perform with the Toronto Children’s Chorus at St. James Anglican Cathedral. Audiences in Detroit and Chicago area will have an opportunity to hear the Vesnivka Choir in a concert of Ukrainian Christmas carols and “schedrivky” with the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus under the direction of Oleh Mahlay. To finish up the season, Vesnivka will perform with the Amadeus Choir under the direction of Lydia Adams in a pro- gram titled “Echoes of the East” at the Ford Center of the Performing Arts. Amadeus will perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Vespers” and Igor Stravinsky’s “Mass,” while Vesnivka will present a selection of Ukrainian Easter liturgical and ritual com- positions. The performance will allow Vesnivka to showcase the beauty of Ukrainian Easter music for mainstream choral audi- Vesnivka director Halyna Kvitka Kondracki and choir president Irene Nabereznyj after they accepted ences alongside Amadeus, one of Canada’s best choirs. the silver medal at the Chorolympiade 2000. Ukrainian Folklore Program announces award winners EDMONTON – The Ukrainian Folklore Program at to the graduate student in Ukrainian Folklore with the Frankivsk, Ukraine; and Roman Shiyan of Zaporizhia, the University of Alberta on September 15 presented best academic record. This year’s award winner is Ukraine. its annual student awards. The ceremony was held in Monica Jensen, a Ph.D. student from San Francisco, An additional assistantship award for graduate stu- conjunction with award presentations in the depart- who is currently researching the lives of Ukrainian dents in Ukrainian Folklore is made available thanks ment of modern languages and cultural studies, where pioneer women in Alberta at the beginning of the 20th to a donation from the Friends of the Chair of the program is housed. century. Ukrainian Culture. This year’s recipient of the award The Ukrainian Folklore Program is the only one if The St. John’s Institute Award in memory of is Sogu Hong of Seoul, South Korea. its kind in North America, and it has attracted students Samuel F. Woloshyn is awarded to a full-time graduate The Ukrainian Folklore Program student awards are from around the world. The University of Alberta student to assist in research related to the study of the administered by the Huculak Chair of Ukrainian offers B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Ukrainian cultural, organizational, and/or social life of Culture and Ethnography, the first endowed chair in folklore, as well as joint programs combined with Ukrainians in Canada. This year’s winner is Anna the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta. The other disciplines tailored to match the goals and Kuranicheva of Cherkasy, Ukraine, who is investigat- establishment of the Huculak Chair was made possible research interests of individual students. The pro- ing Ukrainian pop culture in Canada. by a major donation from Erast and Lydia Huculak as gram’s course offerings explore genres in oral and cus- The Ivan Franko Scholarships in Ukrainian Folklore well as other donors. Dr. Andriy Nahachewsky is the tomary lore, material culture and folk arts and theory are based on the Kuryliw Family Endowment Fund, holder of this special professorial position. In addition and history of folkloristics. established by Wasyl and Anna Kuryliw and their fam- to teaching and research duties, he oversees many Thanks to generous donations from a variety of ily, supplemented with donations from many other projects connected to the Chair: Ukrainian- and sources, a range of awards have been established to individuals. It is specifically designed to support grad- English- language publications; research projects in support the work of students in the Ukrainian Folklore uate students in the Ukrainian Folklore Program Canada and Ukraine; organization of conferences and Program. through graduate assistantships, usually for two aca- seminars; and management of the Ukrainian Folklore The Ukrainian Self-Reliance League Award in demic terms. The assistantships provide basic living Archives. Ukrainian Folklore is presented annually to undergrad- expenses for graduate students and involve some work Those wishing further information about the uate students with the best academic record in as a research assistant Ukrainian Folklore Program may contact: Huculak Ukrainian Folklore courses This year’s award recipi- The Ivan Franko Scholarship recipients for 2000- Chair of Ukrainian Culture and Ethnography, 200 Arts ents are Greg Borovetz, Melanie Hnatiuk and Barbara 2001 are: Andriy Chernevych of Chernivtsi, Ukraine; Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Hergot. Vita Holoborodko of Chernivtsi, Ukraine; Monica T6G 2E6; e-mail,[email protected]; website, The Kawulych Family Award is awarded annually Jensen of San Francisco; Sergiy Morgovskyi of Ivano- www.arts.ualberta.ca/~ukrfolk/. No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 15 BOOK REVIEW: Ukraine and Russia, and the break-up of the USSR “Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union” by Roman Szporluk, come to see themselves primarily not as Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, 2000. ethnic Russians allied with other Russians outside the borders of today’s Russian by Prof. Mark von Hagen In a sobering reversal of the traditional Federation, but as accepting the sovereign- focus on non-Russians, Prof. Szporluk ty of those borders and the multi-ethnic Roman Szporluk, Mykhailo reminds us that the central nationality population that lives within them. Hrushevskyi Professor of History and question for Eastern Europe is the Much of the same is true for post- director of the Ukrainian Research Russian question, by which he means the Soviet Ukraine, which paradoxically Institute at Harvard University, is the urgent imperative for Russian elites to inherited a civic-territorial version of a author of several important books devot- transform their state’s self-identity from Ukrainian nation from Soviet institutions ed to 20th century Eastern and Central an imperial to a national one as a crucial and practice. That achievement, however, European intellectual history. In the vol- component of Russia’s political modern- is threatened today by extremists both ume under review, a selection of Prof. ization. within Ukraine and without (especially in Szporluk’s essays spanning the 25 years What Prof. Szporluk describes as the Russia) who seek to ethnicize politics between 1972 and 1997, he turns to the Soviet Union’s own version of imperial- and identity in ways that Prof. Szporluk histories of Ukraine and Russia, includ- ism has its roots in Stalin’s Russification fears would lead to violence. ing post-Soviet developments. policies; the consequence has been a con- Instead of the ethnic nationalism (or The histories of both states, after a fused and dialectical relationship nationalizing states) that most scholars half-century of Cold War divisions and between Russian-ness and Soviet com- look for (and find), Prof. Szporluk struggles, and with archives opened munism. He insists that while de- devotes several chapters to better defin- wide, are ripe for reconceptualization. Sovietization and shedding the imperial ing what we understand by civic-territori- Perhaps because Prof. Szporluk’s work legacy are two distinct processes, they al identities and loyalties, and how has been so focused on ideas, particularly are also intertwined in complicated ways Ukrainians have been able to think about geopolitical and historiographical ones, because the Soviet Union and Soviet themselves and their state without In a set of writings that are so wide- his reflections are very suggestive of identity, such as it existed, became per- emphasizing ethnicity and even lan- ranging and, in many cases, speculative such new avenues of conceptualization. ceived by non-Russians as Russian, even guage. or provocative, two historians are bound if the ethnic Russian population, or at Among other approaches to identity, Russia, Ukraine, empire, nation to disagree on matters of emphasis and least some of its leading intellectuals, felt Prof. Szporluk traces how Kyiv came to omission. One set of questions revolves Prof. Szporluk’s overarching concern denied national self-expression in the be perceived and accepted by most around the concept of the (Soviet) West has been with the state- and nation-build- Soviet Union. Ukrainians, east, west or south, as their and that region’s crucial contribution to ing history of Eastern and East-Central The new national identity that Prof. historically legitimate capital and major the destabilization of the Russian Empire Europe. The contemporary states he Szporluk clearly prefers for Russia is one city. The status of Kyiv in the rank-order and Soviet Union. How coherent is the highlights in this collection are Ukraine we would call civic or territorial, not eth- of major Ukrainian cities became an concept of a historical Soviet West to and Russia. nic. In other words, citizens of Russia must important factor in Ukrainian citizens’ capacity to imagine a Ukrainian territori- begin with, when the differences and al state. Here Prof. Szporluk demon- similarities are difficult to balance in the strates how important the post-war period end? Estonia and Latvia differ in impor- of Soviet and Ukrainian history is prov- tant ways from Lithuania even among the Roman Szporluk honored with festschrift ing to be in better understanding contem- Baltic countries; all three played a differ- CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Nearly 100 and Slovak nations. porary politics in the region. ent role from Poland and Finland (though faculty, co-workers, friends and students, The volume is complemented by a Estonia has close ties to Finland and The Soviet West and Eastern Europe past and present recently attended a complete bibliography of Prof. Lithuania to Poland). And Belarus seems reception and dinner at the Harvard Szporluk’s published works, as well as a Of course, the Ukrainian-Russian rela- to be an outlyer for most of the important University Faculty Club to celebrate the poem by the honorand’s daughter, award- tionship does not exist nor did it evolve similarities, as suggested by Prof. publication of “Cultures and Nations of winning poet Larissa Szporluk. in a geopolitical and intellectual vacuum. Szporluk’s own diminished treatment of Central and Eastern Europe: Essays in During the special event held on May Another major theme of Prof. Szporluk’s Belarus in comparison to the other cases. Honor of Roman Szporluk” (Harvard 13 William Zimmerman and Irina essays is the enduring importance of both Ukraine, of course, both fits and doesn’t University Press). Livezeanu offered their testimonies about Eastern and East-Central Europe and the fit the Soviet West, reflecting the historic divisions between western Ukraine and Edited by Zvi Gitelman, Lubomyr the work of Prof. Szporluk as an inspira- region he calls Far Eastern Europe, or the the more Russian (or Russified) eastern Hajda, John-Paul Himka and Roman tional colleague and teacher during his Soviet West, for the Ukrainian-Russian and southern Ukraine. Solchanyk, the collection features 35 many years at the University of relationship and for the fate of Empire, Once we agree that there is something contributors on a wide range of topics, Michigan. Edward Keenan of Harvard whether Russian or Soviet. This region that holds together the Soviet West, we reflecting the broad interests and intellec- and former Harvard student Rita Krueger includes the historic “kresy” of Poland, need to think about its geopolitical tual influence of the honorand, who is the offered their reminiscences on the hono- Latvia, Estonia, Moldova and other con- importance as a region or sub-region. Mykhailo S. Hrushevskyi Professor of rand’s distinguished research and teach- tiguous territories contested by Romania, One might argue that in key moments of Ukrainian History at the Ukrainian ing at Harvard’s department of history. Russia and the Ottoman Empire at vari- Research Institute. Former HURI director Omeljan Pritsak modern history, whether in the recent dis- ous points in the past. mantling of the Soviet Union or the revo- Students and colleagues from both the also toasted Prof. Szporluk, while Prof. Szporluk contends that the west- University of Michigan at Ann Arbor Michael Flier, Oleksandr Potebnja lutionary end to the Russian Empire in ern region of the Russian Empire, and 1917, the Caucasus has played an equally where Prof. Szporluk taught for 26 years Professor of Ukrainian Philology, capped later the Soviet Union, proved to be a important role in transforming relations and Harvard University, as well as from the evening with both a toast and a poem constant threat to the imperial order by of power in the region. Ukraine and Poland, wrote on themes composed for the occasion. undermining its legitimacy; the popula- Certainly the Georgians and the ranging from Ukrainian nationalism and To order “Cultures and Nations of tions of this region were more Armenians claimed ancient kingdoms Ukrainian medieval and modern history Central and Eastern Europe: Essays in “European” than the Russians themselves and “rediscovered” their national identity to the historical experiences of the Honor of Roman Szporluk” call Harvard and fit poorly into the Moscow-centered in the 19th century; Armenia shared Hungarian, Romanian, Serbian, Polish University Press, 1-800-448-2242. state. What Prof. Szporluk means by the Ukraine’s fate in being divided between region’s “European” or “Europeanizing” empires, but also in being an imperial character is that it was a conduit for and diaspora population. The Armenians, translator of modern ideas and institu- Azeris, and Georgians all had short-lived tions, especially national ones, from civil war-era states, similar to the Western Europe into the Russian Empire Ukrainian (and to some degree the and Soviet Union. Belarusian) experiences; and particularly After the disintegration of the Russian the Georgians and Armenians were able Empire in the wake of the first world to preserve not only their language and war, the Bolsheviks lost those western literature, but distinctive alphabets (much territories until the start of World War II, as the Baltic republics fought to maintain when, in its moment of greatest triumph their languages and Latin alphabets as in war, the Soviet Union annexed the distinct from the Cyrillicized written lan- western territories and then consolidated guages elsewhere in the USSR). Finally, its empire in post-war Eastern Europe. the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict proved That annexation, however, brought with fatal for the Soviet elite’s efforts to hold it alien political cultures that could not be the multinational state together and entirely Sovietized out of existence. became the first case of inter-ethnic vio- Prof. Szporluk’s very original contri- lence on Soviet territory that could not be bution here is to focus on the period effectively contained. 1939-1947 as a transformative moment, a Admittedly, Prof. Szporluk does not historical turning point, whose contradic- attempt to raise the Soviet West to the tory outcome eventually undermined the prime cause of Soviet collapse, but he Dr. Roman Solchanyk (left) presents Prof. Roman Szporluk (right) with a copy of Soviet solution to the “national question” suggests that region posed the most the Festschrift. Also pictured are Prof. Michael Flier (second from left) and Dr. that had been hammered out in the inter- Lubomyr Hajda (second from right). war years. (Continued on page 19) 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 No. 41

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that type of move much sooner. UNA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Kuchma dismisses... Mr. Pohrebynskyi said the appointment announces (Continued from page 1) of Mr. Zlenko has its advantages in that the direct link between the foreign affairs min- former ambassador to France has European WILKES-BARRE and SHAMOKIN DISTRICTS ister’s dismissal and the scandal surround- contacts and is less a policy-maker and ing the letter of the U.S. and Canadian more a diplomat. In addition, because Mr. FALL ORGANIZING MEETING Zlenko had been out of the country for an ambassadors to President Kuchma, in extended period he was free of much of the to be held on Saturday, October 28, 2000, at 2:00 p.m. which the diplomats took the Kuchma political baggage that another appointment at Ukrainian Homestead, 1230 Beaver Run Dr., Lehighton, PA administration to task for change in reform might have carried. policy that in fact did not occur. Some here Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers, Hennadii Udovenko, who preceded Mr. Organizers and 34th Convention Delegates from the following branches: are speculating that Mr. Tarasyuk may have Tarasyuk in the post of foreign affairs min- been the source of the false information. 1, 7, 9, 31, 78, 98, 242, 305, 382, 389, 164, 169, 236, 282, 333, 409 ister and today is the leader of the National Mykhailo Pohrebynskyi, director of the Rukh of Ukraine Party and a lawmaker, The District Meeting will aim to bring up-to-date information Center for Political Research and Conflict agreed that the change was not as unexpect- about various new insurance plans, sales techniques and organizing goals. Studies, told Interfax-Ukraine that Mr. ed as might have seemed. The diplomat- Proposal to change the Constitution and By-Laws of the UNA will be discussed. Tarasyuk was one of several Ukrainian turned-politician explained that foreign pol- politicians whose actions and dialogues Meeting will be attended by icy is the domain of the president and is with Western leaders had led to the develop- simply carried out by the foreign minister. Martha Lysko, UNA National Secretary ment of false expectations, which have led “Tarasyuk has fulfilled his mission, and Taras Szmagala Jr., UNA Advisor the West to exasperation lately. the president must have decided that he has “The degree of irritation, or even exas- used up his resources for further active Wilkes-Barre District Committee: peration, which we notice in the attitude implementation of the foreign policy Henry Bolosky, District Chairman towards Ukraine by the West, also has sub- course,” explained Mr. Udovenko. Genet H. Boland, Secretary jective causes,” explained Mr. Oleksander Moroz, the Socialist Party Giselle Stefuryn, Treasurer Pohrebynskyi. “The main one, in my opin- lawmaker who remains an arch-foe of the ion, was the false expectation of the West president was much more critical of the Shamokin District Committee: concerning the preparedness of the country, move. He said that Mr. Tarasyuk’s inde- Joseph Chabon, District Chairman its society and its elite, to make a move pendence led to his dismissal. He said he Helen Slovik, Secretary towards a brighter democratic future.” believes President Kuchma simply decided Adolph Slovik, Treasurer The political analyst said he found theo- he needed to find a more “manageable” per- ries that Moscow had a hand in Mr. son for the post of chief diplomat. Tarasyuk’s dismissal “unreasonable,” sim- “[Mr. Tarasyuk] was one of the few min- ply because he had been a thorn in its side isters who would offer an opinion without UNA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE for so long that Moscow would have made reading from policy notes,” said Mr. Moroz. announces the current developments in reform of the NEW YORK DISTRICT Pifer leaves Kyiv... budgetary process, Mr. Mitiukov called on FALL ORGANIZING MEETING (Continued from page 1) the G-7 most developed countries to stop was based on glaringly inaccurate piece of gathering information on Ukraine from sec- to be held on Friday, November 3, 2000, at 6:00 p.m. information. ondary sources. He said that should any of at “Selfreliance” Association, 98 Second Ave., New York, NY On September 29, slightly over a week the ambassadors need accurate information before Ambassador Pifer’s scheduled on the country’s financial situation, the Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers, budget or reforms in general all they had to Organizers and 34th Convention Delegates from the following branches: October 9 departure for the United States the letter appeared in the popular Russian- do was call his office. 5, 6, 8, 16, 86, 130, 184, 194, 204, 205, 256, 267, 293, language Kyiv tabloid Fakty i Kommentari Meanwhile, Presidential Press Secretary 325, 327, 361, 450, 489 alongside a related article. In their letter the Oleksander Martynenko expressed some of the pent-up frustration Ukraine was feeling The District Meeting will aim to bring up-to-date information foreign diplomats expressed concern with towards the West over what it believes are about various new insurance plans, sales techniques and organizing goals. the Kuchma administration for a decision Proposal to change the Constitution and By-Laws of the UNA will be discussed. they stated the president had made to with- Western misperceptions about the state of draw items in the budget bill that referred to reforms in Ukraine when he told reporters Meeting will be attended by inter-budgetary relations reform. According on October 3 that perhaps Western countries Stefan Kaczaraj, UNA Treasurer to the newspaper, the letter expressed con- and organizations finally had learned a les- Taras Szmagala Jr., UNA Advisor sternation that the decision by the president son about being quick with conclusions. Barbara Bachynsky, UNA Advisor reflected a change in the official govern- The following day, during his final pub- Dr. Vasyl Luchkiv, UNA Advisor ment position on economic reform in gener- lic appearance in Ukraine, Ambassador Pifer did not sound repentant as he told a Honorary members of the UNA General Assembly: al and urged him to continue with reforms. crowd of students at the National University Dr. John O. Flis, Joseph Lesawyer, Mary Dushnyk According to Fakty i Kommentari, the letter caused President Leonid Kuchma to of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy that, as long as quickly fire-off a memorandum to Prime Ukraine continues to receive international District Committee: aid, it should expect the advice that goes Barbara Bachynsky, District Chairman Minister Yuschenko asking the head of gov- ernment to take note of the fact the presi- hand in hand with it. Lesia Goy, Secretary In a press release issued the day the John Choma, Treasurer dent had not yet received the 2001 budget bill; that he had made no decisions regard- newspaper article appeared, the U.S. ing the document; and that changes to the Embassy had asserted that “sharing impor- proposed budget and its final approval are tant questions with a host country’s leader- the responsibility of the Verkhovna Rada, ship is a responsibility that senior diplomats have throughout the world.” UNA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE and not the presidential Administration. Mr. Yuschenko responded by directing Mr. Pifer leaves Ukraine after serving in announces Minister of Foreign Affairs Borys Tarasyuk Kyiv since January 1998. He was the third and Minister of Finance Ihor Mitiukov to U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, and will be CENTRAL NEW JERSEY DISTRICT demand a meeting with the four foreign followed by Carlos Pascual, who was FALL ORGANIZING MEETING diplomats “to explain to them the real state recently confirmed by the U.S. Senate. of matters” and to enunciate the position of Mr. Pifer called his three-year stay in to be held on Saturday, November 4, 2000, at 2:00 p.m. the Ukrainian government, which Mr. Kyiv “the most rewarding assignment of at the St. Michael Church Hall, 1700 Brooks Blvd., Manville, NJ Yuschenko made clear was “interference my career” and said that he would definitely Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers, with our country’s internal affairs.” like to return as a visitor. Organizers and 34th Convention Delegates from the following branches: Although Canadian Ambassador Derek He called his biggest achievement in Fraser, World Bank representative Gregory Kyiv his involvement in raising the level of 26, 155, 168, 209, 269, 312, 349, 353, 372 Jedrzejczak and EBRD mission head dialogue on political and security matters The District Meeting will aim to bring up-to-date information Andrew Seton complied, Mr. Pifer failed to between the U.S and Ukraine. His deepest about various new insurance plans, sales techniques and organizing goals. show due to illness and sent his first assis- disappointment: the continued underdevel- Proposal to change the Constitution and By-Laws of the UNA will be discussed. tant instead, according to Interfax-Ukraine. oped level of U.S. private investment in While Mr. Tarasyuk explained in detail Ukraine. 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boundaries farther to the east, he hesi- Ukraine and Russia... tantly draws the line somewhere west of (Continued from page 15) Russia’s current borders. PETER HONCHARENKO intractable dilemmas for the Moscow The relationship of Russia to Europe, leadership. And he attributes much of the however defined, has today once again credit for the relatively peaceful disman- been raised on the policy and intellectual tling of the Soviet Union to the actions of agenda. Martin Malia, at one end of the Russians themselves, particularly those divide, asserts that Russia has returned to led by Boris Yeltsin. its European path of development after On the other hand, Prof. Szporluk’s focus having been derailed first by World War I on the Soviet West offers a far more power- and then 70 years of alien, Soviet rule. ful explanation for the political crises that Prof. Szporluk’s view of Russia, by con- led to the dismantling of the Soviet Union trast, stresses greater continuity from the than much of the analysis that expected the imperial institutions and ideologies to their end to come from the forces of resurgent Soviet, particularly Stalinist, successors. Islam in Central Asia. Still, Prof. Szporluk’s Such a view aligns him more closely intriguing theses await a more comprehen- with an important antagonist of Dr. sive and synthetic treatment of the role Malia’s, Richard Pipes, who also empha- December 11, 1910 – September 19, 2000 played by the “national question” (and indi- sizes Russia’s unfortunate history of failed vidual “national questions”) in the end of nation-building in the pursuit of empire He was a master bandura builder, bandura virtuoso, the Soviet state and political economy. and autocracy. In other words, European soloist and President of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus means post-imperial for Prof. Szporluk, Russia, Eastern Europe and Europe though the histories of at least a couple of for more than 40 years. His dedication to the bandura and Another important theme is Prof. important European powers, France and Chorus laid the foundation for the future generations. Szporluk’s insistence on returning the his- Britain (and with some qualifications He will be deeply missed, his legacy will last forever. tory of Eastern Europe and even Russia to Germany), remind us that decolonization a European history that has been distorted and deimperialization were also reluctantly and misleadingly divided by the geopoliti- undertaken only in the postwar years, and Eternal Memory! cal struggle of the Cold War. The redrawn with often tragic consequences (the boundaries of post-1945 Europe were French-Algerian war, for example). The Executive Board and Members reproduced in the redrawing of intellectu- Still Prof. Szporluk reminds us, in the of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus als’ boundaries that excised Russian histo- final analysis, that Ukraine’s contempo- ry from that of Europe after 1917 and rary state- and nation-building projects, Eastern Europe’s history after 1945. and possibly Ukraine’s basic survival, Although communism was one spatial hinge on the successful transformation and temporal boundary that served to sep- of Russia to a democratic, civic, territo- arate Eastern Europe from the “real” rial nation. 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íéÇÄêàëíÇé ÑéèéåéÉà Memorial plaque to be unveiled ëàêéíÄå Ç ìäêÄ∫çß Á ‡ Ô ð Ó ¯ Û π at Petawawa internment site ÒÔÓÌÁÓ𥂠¥ β‰ÂÈ ‰Ó·ðÓª ‚ÓÎ¥, KINGSTON, Ontario – A trilingual centration camps across the country flÍËÏ ‰ÓðÓ„‡ ‰ÓÎfl ÒËð¥Ú ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌ¥ ̇ memorial plaque recalling the use of the where they were often forced to do heavy Petawawa Militia Camp during Canada’s labor under trying conditions. èÖêòß áÄÉÄãúçß áÅéêà first national internment operations of The militia camp at Petawawa was put flÍ¥ ‚¥‰·Û‰ÛÚ¸Òfl 1914-1920 will be unveiled at Canadian into service for this purpose, housing hun- Forces Base Petawawa on Saturday, dreds of these so-called “enemy aliens” 15 ÊÓ‚ÚÌfl 2000 ð., Ó „Ó‰. 2-¥È ÔÓ ÔÓÎ. October 14, during a ceremony set to from December 10, 1914, to May 8, 1916. ‚ ÑÓÏ¥ ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓ„Ó ßÌÒÚËÚÛÚÛ ÄÏÂðËÍË, 2 East 79th Street, New York, NY begin at 10:50 a.m. Commenting on the forthcoming Organized by the Ukrainian Canadian unveiling, UCCLA’s director of research, èêéÉêÄåÄ áÅéêßÇ: Civil Liberties Association, in coopera- Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk, noted: “This is the á‚¥ÚË ðÂÙÂðÂÌÚ¥‚, ‚Ë·¥ð ÑËðÂÍÚÓ𥂠¥ ‚ÌÂÒÍË Ú‡ Á‡ÔËÚË. tion with the Ontario Provincial Council 15th plaque that UCCLA and its support- è¥ÒÎfl Á‡„‡Î¸ÌËı Á·Ó𥂠ÏËÒÚˆ¸Í‡ ÔðÓ„ð‡Ï‡ Á Û˜‡ÒÚ˛: of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and ers have placed since we began our CFB Petawawa, this commemorative efforts to recall this unfortunate episode éãÖÉ óåàê – ·‡ðËÚÓÌ, service is intended to remind Canadians in Canadian history. Although we have éãÖçÄ ÉÖâåìê – ÒÓÔð‡ÌÓ, about a relatively little known episode in yet to secure an acknowledgement of this ÇéãéÑàåàê Çàççàñúäàâ – Ô¥flÌ¥ÒÚ. their nation’s history. injustice and the restitution of that por- Between 1914 and 1920 thousands of tion of the internees’ confiscated wealth ÇËÒ‚¥ÚÎÂÌÌfl ٥θÏÛ Ukrainians and other Europeans, many of that remains in government coffers to this ◊åéãéÑÄ ìäêÄ∫çÄ – ‚¥‰ÔÓ˜ËÌÍÓ‚ËÈ Ú‡·¥ð ÒËð¥Ú ¥ Ô¥‚ÒËð¥Ú“ them lured to Canada with promises of day, we are confident that what happened freedom and free land, were needlessly to these victims of prejudice and igno- imprisoned as “enemy aliens” in 24 con- rance will not now be forgotten.”

ministers present spoke of their coun- Nine countries... tries’ need to be integrated into a modern (Continued from page 3) system of telecommunications, as well as other shared resources in order to provide of the resources that their countries bring an affordable solution to the telecommu- to the project. Prof. Sadgeev estimated nications needs of countries that are that the initial development phase, unable, or do not need to, commission including fund-raising, design, construc- more expensive conventional-size satel- tion and launch of first satellite, should lites. All of the presidents and foreign take about two and a half years.

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Filikaitis, said that communism “resorted to Newsbriefs terror, violence and the search for enemies, (Continued from page 2) the alleged culprits of their failures, who ing work on September 16. A massive man- were tortured and destroyed,” the ELTA hunt ordered by President Leonid Kuchma news agency reported. (RFE/RL Newsline) has not found any clues about his disappear- Yuschenko predicts pension increase ance. News sources have suggested that articles on Gongadze’s website KYIV – Prime Minister Viktor (http://www.pravda.com.ua) accusing Yuschenko said that some 800 million hrv Ukrainian politicians and businessmen of ($147 million U.S.) will be allocated to corruption are connected to his disappear- increase pensions in 2001, the Eastern ance. (RFE/RL Newsline) Economist Daily reported on September 28. Mr. Yuschenko explained that “the govern- Teachers promised more money next year ment plans to eliminate all current social KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma said debts to the population.” He added that on September 28 that the government will Ukraine will experience substantial eco- raise salaries for all employees in the educa- nomic growth next year and that the gov- tion sector in 2001 and wipe out all wage ernment’s goal is to increase the percentage arrears to teachers by the end of that year, of the budget spent on social services from the Eastern Economist Daily reported. 41 to 46 percent. (RFE/RL Newsline) There are some 500,000 teachers in Ukraine Putin impresses Solzhenitsyn who make an average of 137 hrv ($25 U.S.) per month. Social Policy and Labor MOSCOW – In an interview with Minister Ivan Sakhan said that other state Russian Television on September 21, writer employees will receive 25 percent wage and Nobel Prize winner Alexander hikes next year. He said it is the first time in Solzhenitsyn sang the praises of President three years that wages for those employees Vladimir Putin. Mr. Putin had met with Mr. will be increased. (RFE/RL Newsline) Solzhenitsyn at the author’s home outside Communism found guilty at tribunal of Moscow the previous day. According to Mr. Solzhenitsyn, the Russian president has VILNIUS – An international tribunal a lively mind, is “quick to catch on” and investigating the crimes of communism on “has no personal thirst for power.” He is September 27 announced a verdict of guilty “genuinely and wholly involved in the inter- against Communist institutions. The panel, ests of public affairs” and “fully under- which held hearings in June and September, stands all the colossal domestic and foreign said the aim of the proceedings, which have problems that he inherited and must put no legal force, was for the crimes of com- right.” Some of Mr. Solzhenitsyn’s fellow munism to be aired in public. The panel former dissidents found it hard to accept the said that the various Communist parties and writer’s warm praise of Mr. Putin. their institutions – especially those in Aleksandr Podrabinek, a leading dissident Soviet-occupied states – were criminal in the 1970s, said “Having the greatest organizations whose members carried out respect for Solzhenitsyn and the worst opin- acts of physical, emotional and material ion possible of Putin, I find it really difficult damage and can be labeled as criminals. to explain this,” Agence France-Presse The vice-chairman of the tribunal, Arturas reported. (RFE/RL Newsline) No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 23 Saskatoon’s Voloshky ready to release new recording of Ukrainian music

The Voloshky (from left): Nadya Foty, Marusia Kachkowski and Christina Sokyrka. SASKATOON – The female vocal trio Marusia Kachkowski and Christina Voloshky is releasing its third album of Sokyrka of Saskatoon. All three are Ukrainian music. The album, titled sim- members of Ukrainian National ply “A Christmas Album,” is being pro- Association Branch 444. Soyuzivka duced in conjunction with CBC Radio, regulars will remember their Regina, which sponsored the recording Independence Day concert at the resort session. in 1997. With this third album the vocalists Voloshky have appeared at most major share with music lovers their a cappella Ukrainian venues throughout North renditions of some of the best-loved America, including Canada’s National Ukrainian carols, including a seldom- Ukrainian Festival in Dauphin, heard composition of “Boh Manitoba; Verkhovyna Ukrainian Predvichnyi.” Often described as a “nat- Festival in Glen Spey, N.Y.; Vesna ural blend,” these three voices’ har- Festival and Folkfest in Saskatoon; monies can be truly appreciated in their Hopak in the Park in Edmonton; Jasper Dr. Marko Lutzky purest form on this album, which culmi- Park Lodge Malanka in Jasper, Alberta; nates 10 years of public performances Mosaic in Regina, Saskatchewan. DENTIST for the trio. The trio released its first album, The association with CBC/Radio “Blossoming,” in 1996 and their second, Canada began in 1998 when Voloshky “Fantazia,” in 1999. Voloshky have been 30 East 40 St., Suite 706 were invited to represent Ukrainian cul- featured on the television program ture at a live multicultural Christmas “Kontakt,” as well as CBC radio nation- New York, NY 10016 concert for the benefit of the Children’s ally on the “Max Ferguson Show.” Their Wish Foundation titled “Waiting for the music has also been broadcast on radio Tel: (212) 697-8178 Star.” The concert was later broadcast in Kyiv and Kharkiv, Ukraine. The new Christmas album will be nationally on both English and French VISITS BY APPOINTMENT radio programs. available in both CD and cassette for- The invitation was repeated for the mats at Ukrainian music stores. The 1999 concert, which enabled the trio to album may be ordered by phone by call- prepare more carols for public perform- ing 1-800-265-9858. ance. Bonnie Austring-Winter, performance producer for CBC, stated, “It was a pleasure for us to work with Voloshky. They were definitely one of the high- lights of the two concerts. The beauty of the songs and their exquisite harmonies definitely captivated the audience. In fact, my observation was that people were mesmerized. It was our opinion that this music should be made available to a wider audience.” CBC then took the initiative to pro- duce the album, resulting in the April 2000 recording session at its studios with recording engineer Chris Haynes. The recording will be available at Ukrainian music stores this fall. Tentative plans are being made for a live public performance launch of this album by the Volsohky. Voloshky will be featured this fall singing on the national CBC radio show “Global Village.” In January 2001 Voloshky will present a Ukrainian Christmas tribute on the CBC regional arts program “Gallery.” Voloshky, one of Canada’s best- known Ukrainian popular music vocal ensembles, is composed of Nadya Foty, 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 No. 41 No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 25

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(Continued from page 28) workshop to be presented by Damian zine Borysten. Mr. Suchonis will present a Higgins of Holy Transfiguration video film on the preparations that are Monastery, Redwood Valley, Calif. For being made by Serhii Hordienko in his three days students will be instructed in attempt to be the first Ukrainian to make a the traditional method of egg-tempera icon solo crossing by foot from northern writing. Each participant will learn to use Europe to the North Pole, where he plans the various materials and practice the tech- to place a Ukrainian flag and then contin- niques and disciplines in creating a tradi- ue walking on to Canada. The film will be tional icon and will be able to take home shown in the small church hall next to St. their own completed icon. No previous Andrew’s Memorial Church, at 7 p.m. experience or skills needed. Workshop Light refreshments will be served. Hours: Friday, October 27, 7-9 p.m.; Donations to Mr. Hordienko’s project will Saturday, October 28, 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.; be appreciated. and Sunday, October 29, 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. The workshop will be held at the Basilian Sunday, October 29 Spirituality Center, Sisters of St. Basil, 710 Fox Chase Road, Fox Chase Manor, SKOKIE, Ill.: The Hromovytsia Ukrainian PA 19046. Weekend workshop fee: $275 Dance Ensemble will appear in perform- (includes materials, lunch and refresh- ance in a concert of Ukrainian folk, ballet ments). Overnight accommodations not and modern dance at the North Shore available. Participation limited to 20 atten- Center for the Performing Arts at 3 p.m. dees. Please call (215) 342-8381 for reser- Enjoy colorful costumes, dazzling acrobat- vations by October 11. ics and cultural authenticity as the ensem- ble performs a fascinating array of dances Saturday, October 28 from various regions of Ukraine. Appearing with the ensemble as guest artist will be CHICAGO: The 75th anniversary of the acclaimed violinist Vasyl Popadiuk. Ukrainian National Women’s League of Tickets, at $20 for adults and $15 for sen- America will be celebrated by the Chicago iors and children, are available by calling Regional Council with a banquet at the the North Shore Center for Performing Arts Ukrainian Cultural Center, 2247 W. Box Office, (847) 673-6300. The center is Chicago Ave. There will be a cocktail hour located at 9501 Skokie Blvd. at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. Opening remarks at the banquet will Monday, October 30 be by UNWLA President Iryna Kurowyckyj, followed by a musical pro- EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of gram featuring soprano Lesia Hrabova of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, New York. For tickets please contact is holding a lecture by Nancy Popson, Oksana Melnyk, (708) 456-0188. Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, who will speak on SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J.: St. “Nation-Building and Contested History: Andrew’s Brotherhood, in coordination A Comparison of Contemporary with the Committee to Aid Ukraine- Textbooks in Ukraine and the Russian Central New Jersey, invites the Ukrainian Federation.” The lecture will be held at communities of New York and New Jersey 3:30 p.m. in Heritage Lounge, Athabasca to an evening with Fidel Suchonis, editor- Hall. For further information call (780) in-chief of the Ukrainian monthly maga- 492-2972.

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SHORT HILLS, N.J. – Eleven- year-old Katria Misilo is a real hero. On September 11, she saved a neighbor’s life by performing a pro- cedure that stopped her from chok- ing. Katria was out on her scooter when she saw her neighbor motion- ing for help. She quickly realized the neighbor was choking. Katria ran to her and calmly administered the Heimlich maneuver in an attempt to dislodge the piece of meat that was stuck in her neigh- bor’s throat. On the second attempt the maneuver worked and the chunk of meat popped out. The neighbor credits the quick- thinking youngster with saving her life and said she recommends that all parents learn the procedure and Participants of the Ukrainian folk-singing course held at the Grazhda under the direction of Anna Bachynsky teach it to their children. Katria told (standing in the background). Appearing in recital at the conclusion of the program are (front row): Stefko a local newspaper that she learned Maksymowych, Sofia Ciselska, Kalyna Iwasykiw, Uliana Bilash and Pavlo Temnycky; (second row): Katrina the Heimlich maneuver from movies Kozak, Olesia Bilash, Christina Temnycky, Danylo Maksymowych, Diana Klapischak, Lesyk Hryhorowych, and seeing diagrams in restaurants. Hanusia Hrabovska, Talya Hryhorowych and Oksana Korostil. (Participating in the program, but not pictured in Katria is a sixth grader at the photo, were Christina Bach, and Ivanka and Marko Temnycky.) Millburn Middle School and a mem- HUNTER, N.Y. – As part of the Under the direction of Anna solo performances. ber of Plast Ukrainian Scouting summer program of activities held Bachynsky of New York, who has This year’s 17 attendees hailed Organization. under the aegis of the Music and Art been running the program since from various cities throughout the Her parents, Roksolana and Center of Greene County, a two-week 1992, the youngsters, apart from United States. Their parents tradi- Stephen Misilo, are very proud. “My Ukrainian folk-singing program was singing, acted out a folk tale in styl- tionally spend at least part of their daughter performed over and held at the Grazhda on July 31 - ized animal masks, and took bows summer in this Ukrainian enclave above,” Mrs. Misilo told the town’s August 11 for children age 4-10. for individual poetry recitations and in the Catskill region. newspaper, The Item. The paper published a story about Katria’s feat headlined: “11-year-old saves chok- Hillside parish picnickers welcome Newark’s altar boys ing neighbor.” HILLSIDE, N.J. – During A note from UKELODEON: Kids, the Sunday divine liturgy on do you know what the Heimlich September 10, Immaculate maneuver is? Ask an adult to Conception Ukrainian demonstrate it for you and explain Catholic Parish welcomed how it’s used. several altar boys from St. John’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in nearby Newark, N.J. After liturgy the Hillside parish and the altar boys gathered together at a local park to celebrate at the annu- al Hillside Parish Picnic (as seen in the photo on the right). The children enjoyed a variety of activities, including volleyball, baseball, soccer, fishing and hiking. The adults also had a great time participating in the activities, while younger children were treated to a treasure hunt. day, everyone left with a great sense of enjoyment and The Rev. Leonid Malkov CSsR spent time with the altar camaraderie. It was very gratifying to see the children boys and the parishioners, and he impressed everyone having a great time at the parish event as the spirit of a Katria Misilo, 11, of Short Hills, N.J. with his baseball and soccer skills. At the end of the true Christian community was demonstrated. No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 27 Toronto camp focuses on diverse cultures Mishanyna by Marissa Neave with Irene Wrzesnowskyj, St. TORONTO – St. Vladimir Institute Volodymyr Cathedral with William O A R E W O L F N U S I D Y S whirred this summer with the radi- Sametz, New Pathway weekly news- ance and enthusiasm of kids who paper with Mykhailo Lyakhovych, the A N T U M B L E W E E D S R P Ukrainian Canadian Congress with were eager to embrace a culture per C H E S T N U T R E H T A E H day. From August 9 to 18, Spadina Marika Szkambara, the Ukrainian Summer Adventures camp encour- Credit Union with Lana Maksimishin B S U K B L Y W O L L I W O S aged boys and girls age 6 to 12 to and, finally, the Ukrainian Museum of look at the different cultures found in Canada with Daria Diakowsky. A I T R E O M T D M O L R P Y Toronto, and expanded their knowl- Along the way, Mr. Yonka informed I L R U E P A Z A L E A R O C edge of the history and traditions of campers of once Ukrainian- owned such cultures. establishments such as furniture L V A C C E I K L S T U H P A Apart from exploring other cul- stores and medical centers. O E L L H A O S K O C A U P M tures, Spadina campers took an in- Each day campers were able to depth look at their own history on view several different cultures with N R P W A T E R L E C R E Y O the same interest and intent as they August 11, with the help of Stephen G F O C A T T A I L B R N A R Yonka, in commemoration of 100 had exhibited in the previous week. years of Ukrainians in Toronto. Oriental day allowed the group to cre- A I P N A Y A L L A C E I R E Stops included St. Nicholas ate a three-dimensional dragon which Ukrainian Catholic Church with the was later used in the Bloor West M R K E R R O A Y N E L P A M Rev. Bohdan Winnicki, Future Bakery Village Ukrainian festival parade; H S A S T E R D Y S I D O M O while Caribbean day gave campers the opportunity to make beaded crit- Ahh, autumn. Many people like to enjoy the beauty of nature during the Attention ters with Maria Rypan and Martha fall. This month Mishanyna lists some trees and other plants that may be Ukrainian parochial and high Skrypnik, and to cook up an island found in Ukraine. How many of them have you seen where you live? Do schools, Ukrainian studies schools: storm with Steven J. Kolodij. you know the Ukrainian words for these plants? (Quiz your parents on This two-week-long adventure con- their knowledge.) Want to share news about your cluded at the Bloor West Village Happy hunting and good luck! school? Why not send Ukrainian festival parade, where UKELODEON a school profile? campers and counselors marched ash chestnut pine sycamore Tell us what’s new at your school, proudly, holding banners, placards aster elm poplar tumbleweed who your students are, what they and, of course, the dragon. azalea heather poppy water lily are learning, what unique programs The success of this two-week camp beech magnolia silver fir willow they are involved in ... anything you is proven when campers urgently ask birch maple spruce wheat think is special about your school. when the next program starts. cattail oak sunflower ODP soccer program: a great experience Mykola Myshka’s Halloween by Peter Kasyanenko Practices with the New Jersey state team were held once a week with an The Olympic Development occasional game. My team competed Program (ODP) is a soccer system in the Region I Tournament, which used throughout the country to iden- included state teams from Main to tify talented players. My experience Virginia. After that weekend, all the with ODP started in August of 1999 players on those teams were looking when I entered a tryout for one of the forward to the Regional ID Camp, four area teams in New Jersey. Two which was held at Rider College in weeks later, I received a letter stat- New Jersey for five days. All the par- ing that I had made it. ticipants spent the nights in the dor- I participated in seven vigorous mitory rooms on campus. Here I met training sessions with other competi- people from all over the Northeastern tive players on the area team in West United States. Orange Army. Then on a cold week- Participating on the NJ ODP team end in March, the four area teams of was one of the best experiences of New Jersey faced each other at a my life. I was influenced by my tournament in Fort Dix. That week- older brother, John, who also played end was used as a tryout for the New on the state team when he was Jersey state pool. Mykola Myshka is going trick-or-treating with his cousin Martusia. younger. I was selected to the state pool of They are wondering what treats Babtsia will give them, and little 25 players, which would be reduced Peter Kasyanenko of Maplewood, Martusia says: I hope it’s candy, not holubtsi! to a squad of 18 members after four N.J., is a freshman at Columbia High practices with the head coach. School. Letter to Mykola Myshka OUR NEXT ISSUE: Mykola Myshka received the following answer to the question he posed in the September issue of UKELODEON. UKELODEON is published on the second Sunday of every month. To make it into our next issue, dated November 12, please send in your materials by Dear Mykola: November 3. (Please include a daytime phone number.) The Olympic Games are being held in Australia this year. It’s the sec- Send in your articles, letters, photos, etc. to: The Ukrainian Weekly, ond time Ukraine is participating in the summer Olympics with an inde- UKELODEON, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, N.J., 07054; telephone, pendent team. The first time was in 1996 in Atlanta. (973) 292-9800; fax, (973) 644-9510; e-mail, [email protected]. Lesya Ilyasova, 17, and Roman Duchnycz, 5 1/5, Newark, N.J. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 No. 41

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Saturday, October 14 tional competitions and are currently at the Curtis Institute of Music. Tickets at the door, NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific $20; seniors and students, $15. The theater is Society presents a lecture by Tetiana located at 1611 N. Kent St., (two blocks east Hoshko, assistant professor, Lviv State of Rosslyn Metro Station). Free garage park- University, on the topic “German ing is available in the rear of the building off Colonization and the Spread of the Arlington Ridge Road. The performance Magdeburg Law in Ukraine.” The lecture begins at 8 p.m. For more information, con- will be held at the society’s building, 63 tact Chrystia Sonevytsky, (703) 241-1817. Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets), at 5 p.m. For additional information Monday, October 16 call (212) 254-5130. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Sunday, October 15 Ukrainian Research Institute will present a symposium by Drs. Volodymyr Kravchenko, NEW YORK: Dr. Pavlo Stetsenko, organ- Serhii Kudelko, and Serhii Posokhov of ist, and Beverly Owens, soprano, will pres- Kharkiv State University. The symposium, ent a retrospective program of Max Reger’s titled “The View from the East: Kharkiv organ and vocal works. The concert, which Historians look at Ukrainian History,” will be begins at 4 p.m., is part of St. Andrew held in the institute’s seminar room, 1583 Music Society’s Fall 2000 Keyboard Massachusetts Ave., at 3:30-6 p.m. For more Concert Series, held annually at Madison information contact the institute, (617) 495- Avenue Presbyterian Church, Madison 4053. Avenue at 73rd Street. For additional infor- mation, visit the concert’s website at Saturday, October 21 http://members.aol.com/Regerabend/ BOSTON: Join the Boston Chapter of the Regerabend.htm, or e-mail Dr. Stetsenko at Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund for a [email protected] concert by the Longwood Symphony Monday, October 16 Orchestra to benefit the CCRF. The concert will be held at Jordan Hall at the New ARLINGTON, Va.: The Washington Group England Conservatory, 290 Huntingdon Cultural Fund in cooperation with the Ave., at 8 p.m. Guest conductor will be Embassy of Ukraine presents Solomiya Ronald Feldman, with Jacques Zoon of the ATTENTION YOUNG LADIES Ivakhiv, violinist, and Christina Anum- Boston Symphony Orchestra, guest soloist. Dorhuso, pianist, at The Rosslyn Spectrum Tickets: $20. To order tickets, e-mail boston- Theater in the second concert of a series to [email protected] or call (617) 983-8116. You are cordially invited to participate in our raise funds for musical instruments at the Friday-Sunday, October 27-29 Lviv Conservatory. The program includes works by Kos-Anatolskyi, Liudkevych, FOX CHASE MANOR, Pa.: The Sisters Skoryk and Stankovych, as well as of St. Basil are hosting an icon-writing AnnualAnnual Beethoven, Liszt and Sarasate. Both Ukrainian artists are prize winners of interna- (Continued on page 25)

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CITY: ______STATE: ______ZIP CODE: ______Saturday, November 4, 2000 PHONE (optional): ______Celebrating 50 years of J J UNA member subscription price — $40.00/yr. Non-member subscription price — $50.00/yr. Caring for The Community, Carrying on The Tradition! For info: Tel: 888/RX-UMANA; Fax: 888/55-UMANA UNA Branch number ______E-mail: [email protected] THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE UNA BY-LAWS

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CHARTER Seal. FREQUENTLYASKED QUESTIONS (ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION) 2. The seal of the Association shall bear the inscription in by Taras Szmagala Jr. both the Ukrainian and English languages: “Ukrainian At the Ukrainian National Association Convention held in OF THE National Association, Inc., 1894.” The seal shall bear the May 1998, delegates approved a resolution directing the words and display the emblem as shown in the margin hereof. UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. General Assembly to hold a referendum on whether to adopt Emblem. significant changes to the UNA’s by-laws. These changes would founded February 22, 1894, and officially approved April 21, effectively change the way the UNA is governed, replacing 1898, under an Act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, today’s elected full-time officers with an elected Board of 3. The inscription shall surround the emblem. The emblem entitled “An Act to Incorporate Associations not for Pecuniary of the Association shall consist of three flags, American, Trustees. The Board of Trustees would, in turn, be responsible Profit,” dated February 21, 1907, and filed in the office of the for hiring the full-time officers of the Association. Canadian, and Ukrainian, beneath them two hands in fraternal Secretary of State on February 26, 1907; amended on February grasp and the name of the Association abbreviated in both lan- Prior to submitting the proposed changes for a vote, the 10, 1914, and filed on September 11, 1914; amended on June 14, General Assembly would like input from UNA members. To guages. 1941, and filed on June 17, 1941; amended on October 6, 1954, facilitate this, a complete text of the by-laws changes is being and recorded on November 8, 1954; amended May 9, 1994 and Purposes. published. Also, we provide answers to “Frequently Asked recorded on ______; and amended on ______, and Questions.” recorded on ______. 4. The purposes of the Association are set forth in the Please note that the General Assembly has not voted at this amended certificate of incorporation of the Ukrainian National time to either endorse or oppose the proposed changes. Further, FIRST: The name of the corporation is the UKRAINIAN Association, Inc. and made part hereof. after receiving comments from UNA members, the General NATIONALASSOCIATION, INC. Assembly may amend the by-laws changes before submission Rules of Order. to the Convention delegates for a vote. The General Assembly SECOND: The purposes for which this corporation is formed will finalize the proposed changes, and will determine whether are to promote unity and social relations, to diffuse principles of 5. All Convention proceedings and Board of Trustees meet- to endorse those changes, at its annual meeting in December. benevolence and charity among Ukrainians and their descendants ings of the Association shall be conducted pursuant to Roberts 1. What do the by-laws changes do? In short, the by-laws residing within the United States and its possessions, within Rules of Order. changes being considered would change the manner in which Canada and elsewhere, to secure their moral and mental develop- our full-time executives are elected. Currently, our full-time ment, to educate and instruct them in the principles of free govern- Official Publications. officers are elected once every four years at a Convention. ment, American institutions and laws, and for those purposes to 6. The official publications of this Association are Svoboda Under the new proposal, the Convention would be responsible open, organize and maintain schools, libraries and other education- and The Ukrainian Weekly. for electing an 11-member Board of Directors. This Board al facilities, to arrange and provide for their entertainment and would be responsible for appointing a Chief Executive Officer, amusement, to publish and circulate among them literary and edu- ARTICLE II and approving other full-time positions such as the National cational publications and newspapers in the Ukrainian, English Secretary and Treasurer. and other languages, and to provide and maintain an old-age home CONVENTIONS 2. Why do some want this change? There are members of the for its members under such conditions and in such manner as may General Assembly who believe that this change would improve Legislative Powers. be provided by the Rules and By-Laws of the Association and the manner in which the Association is governed, by increasing allowed by law and to provide recreational, sport, cultural and the Association’s ability to identify and hire talented executive 7. The Convention shall have the following authority and leadership. Supporters also believe that the “Board system” vacation facilities for its members, their families and children. jurisdiction: would increase the accountability of its employees to the mem- It shall also be the purpose of this corporation to provide a fund bership, and allow the Association to react to the ever-changing (a) To enact legislation necessary for the government of the for the relief of disabled and destitute members, their families and Association including the enactment, revision, repeal and life insurance industry in a more efficient and expeditious man- dependents, and to contract with members to pay funeral expenses, ner. amendment of the Laws and By-Laws of the Association. It death benefits, endowment benefits, annuity benefits and such 3. But wouldn’t this destroy the Association’s “Fraternal” shall also have power to do all other acts necessary to accom- other forms of insurance benefits as are legal for fraternal, benefi- status? Absolutely not. The Ukrainian National Association is, plish the objects of the Association as permitted by the laws of ciary associations to issue under and pursuant to the laws of the and will continue to be, a fraternal organization. As such, the the states and provinces and countries, where the Association State of New Jersey and of any other state, province or country, in UNA Convention will retain the authority to determine the is licensed to do business. future of the organization. The power to change the by-laws, which it is doing business, for such sum and under such conditions and to elect the Board of Trustees, will still rest with Convention and in such manner as the Rules or By-Laws may provide. The (b) To act on the reports of the Board of Trustees and delegates. Rules and By-Laws regulating the payment of the funeral expens- Branches. 4. Will we still elect a President? Yes, but the President will es and the benefits herein provided, as well as all other matters, no longer be a full-time employee of the Association. Rather, may from time to time be amended, modified, enlarged and other- (c) To nominate and elect by ballot eleven members of the the President will serve as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. wise changed by a convention of representatives of the members Board of Trustees, of whom at least one shall be a Canadian The President will be elected by the Convention from among in the manner provided in the By-Laws and allowed by law. member. those elected to serve on the Board of Trustees. He or she will THIRD: This corporation shall consist of a Board of Trustees (d) To elect by ballot, from the members of the Board of be an Officer of the Association, and represent the Association and such Branches as may exist or hereafter be established in as its President, but will not be employed by the Association. Trustees elected pursuant to subsection (c) above, a President 5. Does this mean we can have a non-member as CEO? No. accordance with the Rules and By-Laws. The Board of Trustees who shall also serve as President of the Board of Trustees. The CEO and other officers such as the National Secretary and and Branches may be composed of members of this corporation, resident in the State of New Jersey or in any other state, territory (e) To nominate and elect by ballot three members of the Treasurer must still be a member of the UNA. Auditing Committee. 6. Do other fraternals have this type of system? Some do, or possession of the United States, province of Canada, or any and some don’t. Many of the larger fraternals have implemented other country, and this corporation through its Board of Trustees shall have power to organize, establish and maintain in other (f) To act upon such resolutions and recommendations as a “Board system,” while many of the smaller ones have either may be introduced for the well-being of the Association. not adopted that system or are only now examining it. Many states and territories in the United States and in its possessions other Ukrainian organizations, such as Credit Unions, already and in the provinces of Canada and elsewhere, Branches com- Time and Place of Holding; Quorum. have a similar system in place. posed of members of this corporation, which may have their 7. How often will the Board meet? The Board will meet at own officers, subject however, to the supervision and direction 8. (a) Subject to applicable statutory requirements, Regular least three times per year, and may meet by telephone or video of the Board of Trustees. Conventions shall be held once in every four calendar years in conference. the month of May at time and place designated by the Board FOURTH: The places where this corporation is carrying on, 8. Can a UNA employee also serve on the Board? Under the of Trustees at a meeting, due notice of which shall be given to perfecting and consummating and will carry on, perfect and proposed changes, no. The Board can only be comprised of the Branches at least four months before the date fixed. individuals who are not UNA employees. consummate these purposes are the State of New Jersey and 9. Doesn’t this give a good deal of power to the Board? Yes, such other states, territories and possessions of the United A majority of the duly elected and qualified delegates it does. But it represents a decentralization of power from the States, Provinces of Canada, and in such other countries as the attending the Convention shall constitute a quorum for the structure we have today. In fact, most of the Association’s day- Board of Trustees shall determine. The location of its principal transaction of business, but a lesser number may adjourn from to-day and policy-making authority rests with the six-person office in this State is in the City of Parsippany, Morris County, session to session. Executive Committee, with the General Assembly playing a at 2200 Route 10, and the Agent therein, and in charge thereof, minor role. Under the proposed system, the policy-making upon whom process against this corporation may be served is (b) Special Conventions may be called as hereinafter pre- authority would be vested in the Board, with the day-to-day its National Secretary. scribed upon sixty days notice to the Branches, or such notice authority vested in full-time employees accountable to the as is required by law. Board. FIFTH: The Board of Trustees of this corporation is com- 10. Who will vote on this proposal? The delegates to the last posed of eleven members. The President of the Board of Trustees shall issue a call for Convention will have an opportunity to vote on the proposal. Special Convention stating therein the time, place and purpose SIXTH: The Board of Trustees of this corporation shall be Voting will be accomplished by mail, and details will be for- of holding the same, upon demand of two-thirds of all elected by the members, through their representatives, in a con- warded to each delegate in the mail following the General Branches, or upon the call of the Auditing Committee if in its Assembly’s December meeting. The proposal will need 2/3 sup- vention duly constituted in accordance with the By-Laws, which opinion by unanimous vote the financial well-being or stability port to pass. convention may be held in the State of New Jersey, or in any of the Association is threatened, or upon three-fourths vote 11. What if I have other questions? Questions or comments other state of the United States, or in any Province of Canada, or majority of all the members of the Board of Trustees. regarding these proposals may be forwarded to Taras Szmagala in any other place selected by the Board of Trustees. At least sixty (60) days must elapse between the mailing of Jr., who is chair of the by-laws committee. Alternatively, com- BY-LAWS ments or questions can be forwarded to the National Secretary the call and the date of the Convention. of the UNA, Martha Lysko. OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. Contact: Taras Szmagala Jr., 1722 Fulton Road, Cleveland, Special Convention shall consist of members of the Board OH 44113; e-mail, [email protected]; or Martha Lysko, ARTICLE I of Trustees, the Auditing Committee and the delegates to the 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; e-mail, NAME, SEAL, ETC. preceding Convention. [email protected]. The General Assembly appreciates your time in evaluating Name. (c) To the extent permitted by the laws of the State of New these proposals. We encourage you to participate actively in the Jersey, questions and resolutions requiring approval by a discussion process by writing letters to The Weekly and/or 1. The name of this organization shall be the “Ukrainian Convention between Regular Conventions may be considered Svoboda, and making your opinions known. National Association, Inc.” abbreviated “UNA,” herein and voted upon by mail, with such decision having the same referred to as the “Association.” force and effect as if a Special Convention had been convened. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE UNA BY-LAWS

In such case, the Officers shall comply with all applicable pro- Credentials of Delegates; Approval. Association, shall be eligible for membership in the Board of cedures required by law to hold such vote, and the members of Trustees or Auditing Committee of the Association. Any mem- the Board of Trustees, Auditors and delegates to the preceding 14. Although duly qualified and elected by the Branch, no ber in good standing of the Association, over the age of 21, Convention shall have the right to vote on such questions and person shall be seated as a delegate or alternate unless the cre- possessing the qualifications of a delegate as hereinbefore pre- resolutions. Votes are to be counted by a third party which will dentials of such delegate are first duly reviewed by the Chief scribed, shall be eligible to be an Officer of the Association. report to the Auditing Committee. Executive Officer and the National Secretary. No person shall be eligible to any office of the Association, nor shall such person hold office, who believes in, advocates, At least thirty days prior to the opening of the DELEGATES teaches, or practices, or is a member of any organization or Convention the Chief Executive Officer and National group that believes in, advocates or teaches the overthrow by Number of Delegates and Voting Powers. Secretary shall pass upon the delegates and alternates, and force or violence or subversion of the government of which he shall publish in the official publications of the Association is a citizen. 9. Every duly established Branch in good standing in the the names of the elected and approved delegates and alter- Association, having 75 or more members (as members are nates. In the event of the rejection of a delegate, the alter- Bonds and Indemnifications. defined in the Convention Manual) shall be entitled to repre- nate, if qualified, shall serve for his Branch as delegate; but, sentation and vote on all matters to be acted on at the if both the delegate and alternate are rejected, the Branch 19. The President, Chief Executive Officer, National Convention as follows: Branches having 75 to 149 members, shall be forthwith notified and shall thereupon within ten Secretary and Treasurer shall before assuming their duties inclusive, one delegate; those having 150 to 224 members days from notification hold a special meeting to elect anoth- each furnish a bond or bonds in an insurance company inclusive, two delegates; those having 225 to 299 members, er delegate to take the place of the one disqualified. A report authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey in such inclusive, three delegates; those having 300 or more members, of said election shall immediately be made to the Chief amounts as may be determined by the Convention or the four delegates. Each delegate shall be entitled to one vote. No Executive Officer and National Secretary in the manner Board of Trustees, consistent with the requirements of law. Branch shall be entitled to more than four votes. hereinbefore prescribed. The credentials of the newly elect- The premium for these bonds shall be paid for by the ed delegate shall be subject to review by the Chief Association. The bonds shall be approved by the Board of A branch having less than 75 members, for the purpose of Executive Officer and the National Secretary. Delegates Trustees. representation at the Convention, may unite with another elected, qualified and approved shall serve not only at the Branch also having less than 75 members and if when com- next regular Convention but also at any special Convention The Association shall indemnify to the extent permitted by bined, the aggregate membership of the two Branches, shall be which may be held following the regular Convention and the Law of the State of New Jersey, any person who is or was no less than 75, they shall have the right to elect one delegate. until their successors are elected and qualified. a director, trustee, officer, auditor, or employee against liability Unless otherwise agreed by the mutual consent of Secretaries for acts or omissions for performance of their duties. of these Branches, the Branch having the greater or greatest 15. The traveling expenses of the approved delegates, of the number of members shall be entitled to elect the delegate, and Officers, of members of the Board of Trustees, the Auditing The Association shall also indemnify any person who is or the Branch having the lesser number of members, the alternate. Committee and of the Honorary Members, together with such was serving at the request of the Association as a director, offi- per diem allowance as may be determined by the resolution of cer, trustee, auditor, of another corporation, partnership, joint The Board of Trustees when issuing a call for a Convention the Convention, subject to the available funds for Convention venture of any other enterprise or any other director, officer, shall, for the benefit of such Branches, publish a list of all the purposes, shall be paid by the Association. employee, auditor or member of the Board of Trustees or Branches having less than 75 members with the names and Auditing Committee who was or is serving in a fiduciary addresses of their officers. PROGRAM AND COMMITTEES capacity with regard to any act or omission in the performance AT CONVENTION of their duties on behalf of the Association. This duty to A member may vote for a delegate to the Convention only indemnify shall include the duty to defend. The Association once and only in that Branch where the member pays dues to Program. may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any such the Fraternal Fund. individual against liability asserted and incurred by the indi- 16. The Board of Trustees at a special session called by the vidual in his/her capacity as set forth above, arising from Proxies. President, shall prepare a program for the Convention and his/her status as an employee, agent, director, advisor, trustee shall publish the program adopted in the publications of the 10. There shall be no proxy voting by any delegate at the or auditor, regardless of whether the Association is required or Association at least thirty days prior to the Convention. Convention. Votes by delegates may be cast only by the dele- authorized to indemnify or allow expenses to the individual gates personally. The Board of Trustees shall at such special session appoint against such liability. If such insurance is purchased, the the following committees: amounts shall be as determined by resolution of the Board of Qualifications. Trustees. (a) Credentials Committee, composed of five (5) delegates; 11. A member shall be eligible for election and entitled to a ARTICLE IV seat as a delegate to any Convention if he is of Ukrainian or (b) Committee on Revision of By-Laws, composed of five CONFLICTS OF INTEREST other Slavic nationality or descent, has been a member in good (5) delegates; standing of the Ukrainian National Association for a period of Conflicts Policy. not less than one year, and of the Branch which he is to repre- (c) Finance Committee, composed of five (5) delegates. sent to which the member pays dues to the Fraternal Fund for 20. In order to fully protect the best interests of members, a period of not less than six months, next preceding the first The delegates on each respective committee shall be from the operation of the Association’s affairs by the Officers, day of the Convention to which he is elected, is over eighteen different states; they shall elect from among their number a Trustees, Auditors and employees requires that no opportunity (18) years of age, and possesses all the qualifications of an chairperson and secretary and shall meet with one or more should be afforded for a conflict between personal interest and officer of a Branch, and who shall have manifested active par- members of the Board of Trustees. official duty. In order to guide all personnel in this matter the ticipation in organizational and promotional work for the Board of Trustees hereby adopts the following statement of UNA. The Board of Trustees may, at its election, retain profes- sional Convention recorders for the purpose of recording the policy: Any person who at the time of the election or at the time of proceedings of the Convention. Such recorders may be com- The primary obligation of every Officer, Trustee, Auditor or his seating as such delegate is an officer of any other fraternal pensated and need not be members of the Association. employee of the Association is complete loyalty to the benefit life insurance organization or association or any branch Duties of Above Committees. Association. Loyalty to the Association means, among other thereof; or who solicits or sells life insurance for any insurance things, that, company; or who at any time, unjustifiably or maliciously insti- 17. The duties of the aforesaid committees are as follows: tutes or caused to be instituted any suit, action or proceeding (a) No Officer, Trustee, Auditor or employee may knowing- against the Ukrainian National Association either or his own (a) Credentials Committee shall meet at least three days ly compete with the Association in any way: as, for example, behalf or on behalf or any other member, shall be ineligible. prior to the Convention, shall review and investigate the cre- in the acquisition or disposition of securities or other property, dentials of all the delegates or alternates and report to the 12. No member of the Board of Trustees or Auditing Convention those entitled to be seated, furnishing to the (b) No Officer, Trustee, Auditor or employee may receive Committee shall be eligible to serve as a delegate of any Convention as many properly authenticated duplicates of the anything of value from persons or firms negotiating or con- Branch, but he shall have the right to debate and vote on all list of approved delegates or alternates as may be necessary, tracting with the Association or likely to have dealings with matters at the Convention. and at least two lists are to be furnished to the Election the Association. Elections and Reports. Committee when said committee is elected; (c) No Officer, Trustee, Auditor or employee may partici- (b) Committee on Revision of By-Laws shall meet at last pate in any negotiations or dealings on behalf of the 13. When the Board of Trustees shall issue a call for a regular one week before the convention, shall consider the advisability Association with any firm in which such Officer, Trustee or Convention, each Branch shall within sixty days from the date of of the change or revision of any of the By-Laws and shall employee directly or indirectly has an interest through stock- call, at a regular meeting, elect the delegates and alternates to present the same with their recommendation to the Convention holding or otherwise, except a normal investment not signifi- which said Branch may be entitled as herein provided. for action. cant in amount. The same principle shall apply to negotiations Nominations shall be received from the floor and all candidates or dealings with any person. presented to the membership for a vote. The candidate or candi- The said committee shall also consider all pre-Convention dates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected dele- proposals for the good and welfare of the Association submit- (d) Every Officer, Trustee, Auditor or employee owes a gates. Alternate delegates shall be elected by separate vote in the ted by the Branches after the same have been approved or duty to the Association to disclose to the Officer to whom he same manner. All tie votes involving alternates shall be immedi- revised by the Board of Trustees, and shall recommend to the reports (or, if appropriate, to the Board of Trustees) any possi- ately resolved by another ballot for the candidates involved. Each Convention what action should be taken thereon. ble conflict of interest of which he becomes aware, between member shall be entitled to one vote for each delegate and alter- his personal interests and the interests of the Association. nate authorized to the Branch. No vote by proxy shall be allowed. (c) Finance Committee shall meet during the Convention to consider financial proposals such as the budget, salaries of (e) To implement the above stated policy, each Officer, Within ten days from the time of the elections and not later members of the Board of Trustees (if any), compensation for Trustee, Auditor and key employee will be required to fill out than sixty days prior to the Convention, the branch shall send to convention delegates and allocation of a general sum from the annually a Conflict of Interest questionnaire, as designated by the National Secretary for approval, on forms to be supplied by Fraternal Fund for various purposes. the Board of Trustees. the Association, a report of such election, under the hand and seal of the president and secretary of the Branch, stating the (d) The duties of any Convention recorders retained by the ARTICLE V name or names of such delegates and alternates. Any Branch Board of Trustees shall be determined by the Board of BOARD OF TRUSTEES failing to comply herewith shall waive and forfeit its right to Trustees. representation and vote at the Convention unless excused by the Powers and Duties. National Secretary in writing for proper and sufficient cause. ARTICLE III QUALIFICATIONS, ELECTION AND TERM 21. All Executive powers, except as otherwise specifically In the event that a delegate fails or is unable to attend a provided in these By-Laws, shall be vested in a body known as Convention, an alternate shall be seated in his place, and Qualifications. the Board of Trustees of the Ukrainian National Association, remain seated for the balance of the Convention. If a Branch Inc., which shall have the power to implement the objectives has more than one delegate the seats of the absent delegates 18. Any member in good standing of the Association, over of the Association by a majority vote. The President, elected shall be occupied by alternates in the order of the highest num- the age of 21, possessing the qualifications of a delegate as pursuant to Article II above, shall serve as the President of the ber of votes received in the election. hereinbefore prescribed, who is not an employee of the Board of Trustees. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE UNA BY-LAWS

The Board of Trustees shall have all the rights and powers ARTICLE VI Shall process all changes in membership status and in conferred by the Statutes of the State of New Jersey upon the OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES member plans of insurance; directors of a corporation, particularly those powers vested in directors and/or trustees by an Act titled “To Incorporate Officers. Shall issue charters and numbers to new Branches; Associations not for Pecuniary Profits” of the State of New Jersey under which this Association is organized, and under 25. The Officers of the Association shall consist of a Shall, upon recommendation of actuaries, prepare tables of Title 17:44B-1 et seq., to which this Association is subject and President, Chief Executive Officer, National Secretary and premiums, withdrawal values and dividends and shall publish the supplements thereto and the amendments thereof and shall Treasurer as set forth below, as well as such other Officers as rate books containing same for use of Branch Officers and have such other powers as are conferred upon them by law and the Board of Trustees may from time to time determine. organizers; by the Constitution, By-Laws and Manuals of the Association. President. Shall have custody of the seal; shall compile all amend- The Board of Trustees shall have the authority to appoint ments to the By-Laws adopted by the Convention; shall pre- and remove the Chief Executive Officer of the Association, 26. The President shall serve as President of the Board of pare and publish from time to time such pamphlets and docu- and shall determine the term of employment (including com- Trustees. The President shall be an Officer of the Association, ments as may be deemed in the best interest of the pensation and duration) of such Chief Executive Officer. The but shall not be an employee of the Association. He or she Association; and Board of Trustees shall also have the authority to ratify the shall have such other authority as may be delegated to him Shall perform such other tasks and responsibilities as the appointment of the National Secretary, Treasurer, and any from time to time by the Board of Trustees. Board of Trustees may from time to time determine. other Officers as the Board of Trustees may from time to time Chief Executive Officer. determine. Treasurer. 27. The Chief Executive Officer shall serve at the pleasure The Board of Trustees is empowered to require the amount of the Board of Trustees, shall have primary responsibility for 29. The Treasurer shall serve at the pleasure of the Chief of bond of the Officers to be increased at any time or may the day to day operations of the Association, and shall have Executive Officer and Board of Trustees. The Treasurer shall require a new bond when, in its opinion, the sureties are not general supervisory powers. He or she shall enforce the law of have charge of the books of account and the property of the sufficient, but in no event shall this requirement be less than the Association and perform such executive duties as the laws, Association; shall receive all moneys due the Association the amount required by the Insurance Commissioner of the rules and usages of the Association require. He or she shall (including, without limitation, all premium income), issue State of New Jersey. appoint the National Secretary, Treasurer, and any other receipts, shall enter the same in appropriate books; and record the debits and credits of each Branch to the extent necessary. With the approval of the Actuary of the Association, they Officers authorized by the Board of Trustees, in each case sub- He/she shall prepare and render accounts of funds received may waive payment of contributions or assessments on any ject to the ratification of the Board of Trustees. He or she shall form of policy issued by the Association, or authorize the pay- participate at all meetings of the Board of Trustees, but shall and disbursed to the Board of Trustees and Conventions and ment of dividends or the distribution of surplus to members. have no vote. shall publish quarterly in the official publications the financial report of the receipts and disbursements of the Association; The Board of Trustees shall consider and have the power to He or she shall have charge of and manage the affairs and approve, revise or reject, edit and publish all pre-Convention the property of the Association and in the absence of specific Shall prepare a budget, covering a calendar year, and sub- proposals for the good and welfare of the Association submit- direction of the Board of Trustees or when the Board of mit this budget to the Board of Trustees each year for its ted to them in writing by the Branches and present such pro- Trustees is not in session, shall direct the policy of the approval and authorization. Association and may, to the extent permitted by the laws of the posals with their recommendations to the Committee on All moneys received shall be deposited daily in the various Revision of By-Laws, while the said Committee is in session State of New Jersey, exercise any and all of the Association’s corporate powers, except he or she shall not have power to appropriate accounts hereinafter designated in the name of the before the Convention, for its consideration and presentation Association in such banks, credit unions or trust companies as to the Convention. repeal or amend any enactments of the Board of Trustees or the Convention, other than to correct errors or omissions. the Board of Trustees may select. The Board of Trustees may employ, designate or appoint He or she may use any and all ways or means consistent The Treasurer shall fill out and sign all orders for payments any employees, assistants, agents, attorneys, representatives or made in accordance with these By-Laws or the resolutions of organizers that may be necessary for the proper conduct of the with the laws of the State of New Jersey, the Constitution and these By-Laws for the education, culture and enlightenment of the Board of Trustees and shall countersign all checks with the affairs of the Association and to fix the amount of compensa- Chief Executive Officer or National Secretary. The Treasurer tion, terms of employment or engagement. the members of the Association and their children. may, upon due authorization of the Board of Trustees if neces- The Board of Trustees shall constitute a tribunal to consider He or she will be responsible for maintaining regular con- sary, sell any securities or property, and execute and deliver any disputes referred to it by Branches and individual mem- tact with the various Branches, and to ensure that an Officer any necessary and proper instruments of sale, transfer or bers. attend all meetings of Branch district committees that may be assignment; formed pursuant to Paragraph 33 of these By-Laws. The Board of Trustees shall establish personnel policies and Shall file and keep a record of the deaths reported, proofs of grievance procedures. He or she shall have such other authority as may be dele- death, applications for aid and assistance from members. gated to him from time to time by the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees shall oversee the activities of the Shall have the power to invest and reinvest the various National Secretary. Ukrainian National Association in Canada in such manner as it funds of the Association in such securities or investments as shall determine. may be authorized by the Board of Trustees, and the statutes 28. The National Secretary shall serve at the pleasure of the and laws of the State of New Jersey regulating investments of The Board of Trustees may delegate its authority, to the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Trustees. It shall be the life insurance companies, to sell or otherwise dispose of any of extent permitted under the laws of the State of New Jersey, to duty of the National Secretary to carry on the general corre- the said securities, real estate or other property of the such Officer or Officers as the Board of Trustees may from spondence of the Association; to read and submit all reports, Association upon such terms and upon such conditions as the time to time determine. petitions and all other communications received by him or her Treasurer and Chief Executive Officer shall deem for the best addressed to the Board of Trustees or Convention. interests of the Association; and to fix rates of interest on Meetings and Quorum. The National Secretary shall check, approve and process mortgages of the Association. Notwithstanding the above, the Treasurer may not authorize or approve any material transac- 22. The Board of Trustees shall meet no fewer than three applications for membership; shall issue membership policies including additional riders and contracts; shall maintain files tion not in the ordinary course of the Association’s business times per year, at the call of the President of the Board of without the authorization of the Board of Trustees. Trustees; and special meetings may be called by him or her of all membership documents pertaining to vital statistics of upon written request of five members of the Board of Trustees, members and their insurance policies, including additional rid- Shall fix the rate of interest to be charged of members on or when in his or her opinion one is necessary, and the ers and contracts; shall be responsible for mailing all premium policy loans, not to exceed any interest rate approved by the National Secretary shall give each member ten business days’ notices, suspension notices and termination notices to mem- Board of Trustees or statutory requirements, which interest notice by mail or by publication of notice in the official publi- bers; and shall carry on the general correspondence with shall be payable in advance. cations of the Association. Secretaries and other Branch Officers, organizers and individ- ual members in all matters pertaining to Association activities. May transfer and deliver securities and other assets of the A majority of Trustees shall constitute a quorum, but a less- Association as collateral security for loans negotiated or er number may adjourn from time to time. Sessions shall be Shall have the power to accept or reject applications for authorized by the Board of Trustees. open to any member of the Association in good standing, but membership and to organize and admit new Branches and such member shall have no voice or vote in the proceedings, shall have control over the Branches of the Association and the The safekeeping of all securities shall be the responsibility and provided, further, that the Board of Trustees shall have the officers thereof, including the right to suspend or remove from of the Treasurer and Chief Executive Officer; however, the authority to close its sessions to the membership as the Board office, in all matters relating to the business, welfare and Board of Trustees may select another Officer to undertake of Trustees may from time to time determine. Meetings of the administration of the Branches as provided in the Laws and such responsibility. Board of Trustees may take place via telephone or video con- By-Laws of the Association, provided, however, that any sus- ference or by written action to the extent permitted under the pended or removed Branch officer shall have the right of Auditing Committee. laws of the State of New Jersey. appeal to the Board of Trustees; 30. The duties of this Committee shall be to examine books Compensation. The National Secretary shall, at any time that he deems it of record, to audit books of account, to inspect real and per- expedient, have the right to issue such new forms of policies sonal properties of the Association as often as it shall deem 23. Members of the Board of Trustees or Auditing and charge therefore such contributions as in his judgment necessary, and not less than once a year; to examine the bonds Committee attending meetings of the Board of Trustees, seem proper; provided that such new forms of policies are of the Officers; to investigate all petitions and complaints filed Auditing Committee or a Convention or when engaged in approved by the Board of Trustees and are authorized to be by the members against the Officers, and to ascertain whether service authorized by the Board of Trustees, shall be paid the issued under the laws of the States, Provinces or countries in mandates of the past Convention and/or Board of Trustees expense of traveling from their place of residence to and from which the Association transacts business. meetings have been implemented, to publish in the official the place of meeting or service together with the same per publications of the Association the results of its investigations diem allowance that was paid to the delegates at the last Whenever required in order to comply with contract provi- and make full report of its investigation and findings annually Convention. sions or with the insurance laws or regulations of the States or to the Board of Trustees and at the Conventions. Provinces in which the Association transacts business, the Vacancies. National Secretary shall have the power to amend or endorse The Auditing Committee shall prepare and present to the the policies or provisions thereof; to effect transfers among the Convention a motion granting a vote of confidence in the cur- 24. In the event of a vacancy in the Board of Trustees, the funds of the Association; and to correct any error or omission rent Officers of the Association. vacant position shall be offered to the member of the in the Laws and By-Laws. If any such action shall materially Association that received the highest number of votes at the affect the rights or benefits of members, the members shall be Honorary Members. previous Convention who was not elected as a member of the notified by publication in the official publications of the Board of Trustees. In the event such member is no longer able Association. 31. A member of the Association who held an office in the or willing to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees, the Board of Trustees, Auditing Committee or any predecessor recipient of the next-highest number of votes shall be offered Shall prepare and maintain lists and statistics on member- body for an aggregate of twenty years or more may, at such the vacant position, and such process shall continue until the ship policies for valuation purposes and for reports which may member’s election, become an Honorary Member of the Board vacancy is filled. be required by various states and provinces; of Trustees. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE UNA BY-LAWS

Honorary Members shall meet annually in conjunction with required contributions or (2) within the contestable period for Any claim made under a collateral assignment shall be sub- a regularly scheduled Board of Trustees meeting, at which material misrepresentations in the application for membership, ject to proof of interest and the extent thereof. meeting such Honorary Members may submit a written report the member shall have the privilege of maintaining his insur- to the Board of Trustees for consideration. At Conventions, ance in force by continuing to pay the required contributions The rights and privileges of membership are personal to the Honorary Members have all rights of a delegate which include and such other payments or assessments as may be required of insured and shall not inure to the assignee. the right to vote and receive a per diem allowance. They do other members holding insurance policies of the same class. Fiscal Year. not, however, have the right to be elected as delegates to the Appeal. Convention or to be elected to the Board of Trustees or 46. The fiscal year of the Association shall close on Auditing Committee of the Association. Honorary 40. Any member feeling aggrieved by any action of the December 31st. Membership is valid for life. Branch may appeal to the Board of Trustees whose decision Actions Against the Association. Once elected, an Honorary Member is thereafter precluded shall be final. The appeal shall be in such form and manner as from running for membership on the Board of Trustees or prescribed in the Branch Manual, but the taking of the appeal 47. No action in any court of law or equity shall be brought Auditing Committee, even in the event of resignation from shall not affect or suspend the decision unless so ordered by or maintained by any member to remedy any grievance until Honorary Membership. the Board of Trustees. he shall have exhausted the remedies of appeal within the Association as in these By-Laws provided. Transfer of Property. Transfer of a Suspended Member to a Merged Branch. Ukrainian National Urban Renewal Corporation. 32. All members of the Board of Trustees shall, at the end of 41. A member of either of the merged Branches who is the term for which they are elected, or upon an earlier termina- under suspension at the time of merging, may apply to the 48. The Ukrainian National Association is the sole and tion thereof, deliver to their successors or a committee appoint- merged Branch for reinstatement in accordance with the provi- exclusive owner of a corporation known as the Ukrainian ed for that purpose all moneys, books, papers, securities and sions of the laws of the Association. National Urban Renewal Corporation. The Ukrainian National other property of the Association that may have come into their Record and Notice of Suspension. Association shall be represented on the Board of the Ukrainian possession, except such as may have been legally disposed of. National Urban Renewal Corporation by three (3) members of 42. The National Secretary shall notify defaulted members the Board of Trustees and by the Chief Executive Officer and Depositories. by mail at their last known address, and, if such default is not Treasurer of the Association. cured within sixty days thereof, the National Secretary shall 33. Subject to approval by the Board of Directors, the Chief Gender and Language Clause. Executive Officer and the Treasurer shall select the deposito- publish or cause the names of such automatically suspended ries in which the Treasurer shall deposit the funds of the members to be published in the official publications of the 49. For purposes of the Charter and By-Laws of the Association. Ukrainian National Association, Inc. Association, and unless otherwise specified, masculine pro- nouns shall encompass both masculine and feminine, and sin- Funds shall be deposited only in such banks, credit unions, No member shall be entitled to any other notice of such suspension other than as provided in this Section. gular pronouns shall encompass both singular and plural. The trust companies or financial institutions which are either mem- Association may prepare a Ukrainian-language version of the bers of the Federal Reserve System, or otherwise federally ARTICLE IX Charter and By-Laws; provided, however, that in the event of insured, having a capital and surplus of $2,000,000 or more; a conflict between the English-language and Ukrainian-lan- the amounts of said deposits shall be determined by the MISCELLANEOUS guage versions of the Charter and By-Laws, the English-lan- Treasurer, except that a deposit not exceeding the sum of Policy Provisions and Benefits. guage version shall govern. $10,000 may be made and maintained in any other bank or Amendment of By-Laws and Manuals. trust company and/or financial institution, provided that the 43. The various policies issued by the Association shall said bank, trust company, and/or financial institution is insured contain such provisions and benefits, not inconsistent with the by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 50. The By-Laws of the Association may be altered or By-Laws, as are deemed proper by the Association, and which amended at any regular or special Convention called for the comply with the laws of the States in which the Association ARTICLE VII purpose, or by vote held by mail pursuant to Section 8(c) of transacts business. these By-Laws, not less than by a two-thirds vote of the dele- BRANCHES gates of all Branches, provided any proposed amendments are Where the By-Laws of the Association, or any of the privi- submitted in writing signed by one or more members of the Generally. leges or conditions attached to, or embodied or deemed to be Committee on Revision of By-Laws and recommended in the embodied in any policy conflict with the law of any State, or report of said Committee for action at the Convention. 34. A Branch is a body of limited jurisdiction possessing of any Province of Canada, in which a policy if delivered then, Manuals may be amended by a not less than a two-thirds vote only those powers, privileges and duties conferred by Title notwithstanding any provision of those By-Laws, privileges, of the Board of Trustees. Amendments as to the Manuals shall 17:44B-1, et seq., of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated, the or conditions, the law of that state or province shall apply and be effective upon vote or as otherwise set forth in the Board of Charter of the Association, its By-Laws, the Branch Manual of govern in the case of such policy. each Branch and by the Convention and the Board of Trustees. Trustees Resolution. Amendments to the By-Laws, unless oth- Each Branch shall hold monthly meetings. Special Assessments. erwise ordered, take effect the first day of July following the Convention. Branches may form regional bodies called district commit- 44. (a) If the amount of admitted assets of the Mortuary tees for the purpose of coordinating fraternal, cultural and Fund shall be less than 105% of the total liabilities and ARTICLE X organizational activities in a given geographical area, as pro- reserves thereof, the Board of Trustees shall assess against and OATH PRESCRIBED FOR ALL NEWLY-ELECTED vided in the Manual for District Committees. collect from each member a proportionate amount based upon TRUSTEES AND AUDITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS the reserve on his policy, which amount, in the aggregate, shall ARTICLE VIII be sufficient to provide for the deficiency. 51. Every newly elected member of the Board of Trustees MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES or Auditing Committee shall take the following oath, to be (b) In addition to the contributions, dues, and assessments administered by any past President or President of the Board Qualifications. herein provided for, each member of the Association in any of Trustees: country, state, territory, district, province or municipality in 35. Any person of Ukrainian or other Slavic extraction, or which, by public authority, a tax is levied upon the I, ______, swear before Almighty God, and any person related through marriage to such a person of Association, or any requirement imposed necessitating a spe- before you, Honorable Members, that I, Ukrainian or other Slavic extraction, in good health, not over cial expense applicable to only the members therein, may be ______, will honestly and faithfully perform 90 years of age, shall be eligible for membership in this required to pay his proportionate amount of such tax, which and fulfill all my duties and obligations as such Association. shall be payable on or before the first payment of such addi- ______; that I will always observe, comply tional tax or expense, and if the same is not paid by the mem- with and obey the rules and regulations, resolutions and laws Application and Admission. ber as herein provided, he shall stand suspended from the of this ______Branch and of the Ukrainian National Association and his policy shall become null and void, subject, 36. Application shall be made on a form prescribed by the Association; that I will protect and defend the good name of however, to all rights as set forth in his policy and these By- the ______Branch and of the Association; that I National Secretary accompanied by such evidence of insura- Laws. bility, evidence of date of birth, medical examination results will endeavor to promote its welfare, and to the best of my ability work for the general good of the Branch and of the and any other statutory or underwriting requirements. Subject Assignments of Benefit Policies. to approval by the National Secretary and payment of no less Ukrainian National Association. So help me God, Amen. than one month’s premium, the applicant will be admitted to 45. Where not prohibited by law, a benefit policy may be the Association and to the Branch of the applicant’s choice. assigned by the owner/member, provided the form of such assignment is approved by a duly authorized Officer of the Rejection. Association.

37. If a person, after becoming a member, ceases for any The assignees under any absolute assignment become the reason to be a policy holder in the Association, he shall there- owners and have control of the policy. upon cease to be a member of the Branch and be deprived of all rights of membership therein. An assignment shall be valid only when accepted in writing and approved by a duly authorized Officer of the Association, Duties of Members. but after such acceptance or endorsement of the policy if required, the assignment becomes effective as of the date of Mission Statement 38. The first duty of a member shall be to acquaint him or execution by the owner, whether the owner is living at the time The Ukrainian National Association exists: herself with the By-Laws of the Association and implicitly of acceptance or endorsement or not, but without prejudice to obey them; he/she shall be loyal to the Association and the Association on account of any payment made or action I endeavor to promote the progress of the Branch to live an hon- taken before acceptance. to promote the principles of fraternalism; est and moral life and refrain from acts that would reflect upon I or disgrace the Branch or the Association; to display a spirit of The Association shall not be responsible for the validity, to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American fraternity toward every other member of his Branch and the effect or sufficiency of any assignment. and Ukrainian Canadian heritage and culture; and Association; as often as possible to attend the meeting of his I Branch. He shall not disclose the affairs of the Branch or The rights of any assignee shall always be inferior to any to provide quality financial services and products Association to non-members; he shall wear the emblem of the indebtedness to the Association on or secured by the policy, Association and shall attend the funeral of a deceased member, whether such indebtedness is created before or after such to its members. if possible, if a resolution to that effect is adopted. assignment. As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National Penalties Against Members. The interest of any beneficiary under a policy shall be sub- ordinate to the interest of any assignee on record at the Home Association reinvests its earnings for the benefit of its 39. If any member shall be suspended or expelled from the Office of the Association, whether the assignment was made members and the Ukrainian community. Association for any reason other than (1) nonpayment of the before or after the designation of beneficiary.