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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVIII HE KRAINIANNo. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine ForeignT Affairs MinisterU Tarasyuk Ukrainian delegationW participates begins Canadian visit in Winnipeg in U.N. session on gender equality WINNIPEG – Ukraine’s by Irene Jarosewich de Belem Roseira, representing the Foreign Affairs Minister European Union, also spoke during the UNITED NATIONS – Leading a dele- Borys Tarasyuk began his opening session on June 5 and stated that gation of 10 women that included repre- June 11-13 visit to Canada “gender equality, sustainable develop- sentatives from both government and for meetings with govern- ment and peace are fundamental objec- non-government sectors, Ukraine’s ment officials and the busi- tives, all of them interlinked, to be Minister of Justice Suzanna Stanik deliv- ness community with a achieved in the 21st century ... the objec- ered the Ukrainian government’s summa- two-day stopover in tive of building gender equality ... is not ry statement on the current status of Manitoba in recognition of just a matter of fairness and justice to women in Ukraine at the opening session the province’s diverse eco- women ... but, above all, is a matter of of the 23rd United Nations General nomic ties with Ukraine. democracy and human rights for all.” Assembly special session, “Women Minister Tarasyuk came The U.N. special session, held June 5- 2000: Gender Equality, Development and to Canada on the invitation 9 and known popularly as “Beijing +5,” Peace for the 21st Century.” of Foreign Minister Lloyd is a follow-up to the Fourth World In her comments, delivered the morn- Axworthy. According to Conference on Women that was held in ing of June 5, Ms. Stanik stated: “We are the Eastern Economist, 1995 in Beijing. The 1995 conference entering the new century, the century of meetings with Canadian developed an international agenda for the humanism and rule of law. Military government officials were advancement of women, The Beijing measures for solving human problems to concentrate on the ful- Declaration and the Platform for Action, have been fully exhausted. There is a ris- fillment of obligations a plan that was adopted unanimously by ing need for modernization of the world undertaken by the G-7 representatives from 189 states. by addressing the global social and polit- countries in funding the Attending the Beijing +5 special ses- ical changes on the basis of generally construction of the sar- sion in New York were close to 10,000 recognized morals and ethics, as well as cophagus over the fourth participants, including 2,300 delegates, legal principles: democracy, human reactor of Chornobyl 2,100 NGO representatives, U.N. staff, rights, equality, justice, freedom and nuclear power station and media correspondents, experts, panelists Ian McCausland humanism. problems connected with and speakers. Of the U.N. member-states, “It is not incidental that the first spe- plant’s shutdown. Other Foreign Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk of Ukraine 178 sent representatives to deliver five- cial session of the General Assembly in issues on the agenda and Manitoba Premier Gary Doer near Winnipeg’s year status reports on their countries’ included Canadian lobby- Shevchenko Monument. the new 21st century is devoted to the activities in implementing the platform ing of the International elaboration of effective strategies for the for action adopted in Beijing. Also giving Monetary Fund to assist Ukraine in Czolij, president of the Ukrainian advancement of women all over the presentations were 28 heads of interna- restoring the Extended Fund Facility pro- Canadian Congress. “The Ukrainian world, the creation of appropriate condi- tional bodies, U.N. commissions, non- gram. Canadian Congress applauds and sup- tions for their life, the enhancement of member and observer states. Seventy- “During his visit to Canada, Minister ports such reforms.” their role in political and economic activ- seven percent of the speakers delivering Tarasyuk presented a ‘new Ukraine,’ with Minister Tarasyuk was welcomed on ities. ... it is the woman who personifies presentations during the 10 plenary ses- a government committed to real changes June 11 with the traditional Ukrainian civil, moral and human approach to sions were women. in politics and economics in order to greeting of bread and salt at Winnipeg addressing the most complex problems of The status reports reflected progress improve the living conditions for International Airport by a delegation the modern world.” (The full text of Ms. made by countries in the 12 critical areas Ukrainians and to create real opportuni- Stanik’s statement appears on page 3.) ties for foreign investors,” said Eugene (Continued on page 6) Portugal’s Minister for Equality Maria (Continued on page 3) Ukraine’s Minister of Energy resigns citing policy differences by Roman Woronowycz inability to institute measures recom- Kyiv Press Bureau mended by his ministry to resolve chaos in the oil, gas and coal segments of the KYIV – Ukraine’s energy sector was economy, which are badly in debt and thrown into further turmoil on June 15 controlled by a few wealthy business- when Minister of Energy Serhii Tulub men. resigned over fundamental disagree- But chiefly he blamed his boss, Vice ments with the government of Prime Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Minister Viktor Yuschenko over restruc- whose determination to regulate the turing of the country’s fuel and energy Ukrainian gas commodity market he sector. could not accept. He said that too often “In this aggressive atmosphere in Ms. Tymoshenko was long on rhetoric which I have found myself and which and short on action. surrounds the ministry, I cannot fulfill the “More than once we discussed the directives that the president has placed biggest problems of the energy sector, before me, and therefore I offer my resig- but our proposals were either ignored for nation,” said Mr. Tulub through his press months, and if accepted only too late,” secretary. said Mr. Tulub, according to Interfax- During a press conference held earlier Ukraine. in the day, he said the specific reason for UNDPI his resignation was the government’s (Continued on page 8) Ukraine’s Minister of Justice Suzanna Stanik speaks at the opening session of the U.N. General Assembly special session “Beijing+5,” June 5, in New York. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000 No. 25

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Chornobyl’s closure means search President submits bill on tax amnesty Human rights activist Yelena Bonner and former Polish President Lech Walesa are Kyiv – President Leonid Kuchma has in attendance, as well as Russian State for storage sites, new energy sources submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a bill on Duma Deputy Sergei Kovalev. Mr. by Tuck Wesolowsky reactor contains [not only] spent nuclear a tax amnesty for citizens who have con- Kovalev told the congress, “It was my RFE/RL Newsline fuel,” he notes, “but also tons of light-, cealed their revenues at home and abroad, nation that tolerated communism, it was medium-, and high-radiated nuclear Interfax reported on June 13. The bill pro- my nation that was fascinated with the PRAGUE – As expected, Ukrainian waste, and this has to be decommissioned poses that private businessmen deposit President Leonid Kuchma announced on idea of communism and welcomed it, and to be stored somewhere .... The financing their concealed cash and property in occupied the Baltic countries – and not June 5 that the last nuclear reactor at for this decommissioning work has been Ukrainian commercial banks, where they Chornobyl will be shut down on only them. I would like to stress that given by the G-7 countries.” would be taxed at a rate of 10 percent. although the main culprits are the December 15. During his visit to Ukraine on June 5 Under the bill, the amnesty offer would be Mr. Kuchma made that statement in Communists, we [Russians] cannot say Mr. Clinton pledged $78 million to valid for one year, but businessmen would either that we had nothing to do with it all. Kyiv during a six-hour visit to the rebuild the sarcophagus entombing the be obliged to declare their revenues dur- Ukrainian capital by U.S. President Bill Please accept my apologies.” By contrast, crippled fourth reactor. Next month in ing the first six months following the Clinton. The United States has been one the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry last Berlin, donors from 40 countries are law’s passage. The bill includes a promise of several countries appealing to Ukraine week issued a statement claiming that the expected to announce they have secured that those who declare their assets will not for years to decommission Chornobyl. USSR sent its troops to Lithuania in 1940 the necessary $700 million to rebuild the be punished for previous violations of tax The nuclear plant was the site of the at the request of that country’s authorities concrete encasement, which was con- regulations and bans officials from seek- world’s worst civilian nuclear disaster, and under “then existing international structed in haste following the 1986 disas- ing information on the origins of income. when the root of the fourth reactor unit law.” (RFE/RL Newsline) ter and now has several large cracks. Mr. Kuchma has asked the Parliament to exploded on April 26, 1986, spewing During Mr. Clinton’s visit no mention Kuchma pushes agro-industrial reform radioactive fallout across Europe. consider the bill urgent and include it on was made of a project that has drawn criti- Although much of the fallout fell on the agenda immediately. (RFE/RL KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma on cism from environmentalists – the con- neighboring Belarus, radiation was detect- Newsline) June 12 urged the government and the struction of two new nuclear reactors, at ed as far away as Japan. Today, only reac- Parliament to provide a legislative founda- Khmelnitsky and Rivne, known as K-Two Kyiv denies allegations of supplying arms tor Number Three is in operation. Number tion for reforming the country’s agro- and R-Four. Ukraine has said the two Two was shut down in 1991, and Number KYIV – The Foreign Affairs Ministry industrial sector, Interfax reported. “The reactors, which are about 80 percent fin- One five years later. has rejected allegations in foreign news state should create transparent rules of the ished, are needed to compensate for the Mils Bohmer, a nuclear physicist work- media that Kyiv supplied weapons to the game in the agro-industrial sector in order energy lost from shutting down ing for the Oslo-based nuclear-monitoring anti-government United Front in Sierra to help farmers stand on their own two Chornobyl. organization Bellona, says it was the fad- Leone last year, Interfax reported on June feet,” he said. Responding to criticism that But there is growing Western reluc- ing likelihood of more Western aid to 13. Those who make such allegations “not agricultural reform in Ukraine was upgrade Ukraine’s rickety energy infra- tance to fund the project. Among the most only attempt to conceal their dirty deeds launched too late, Mr. Kuchma said that “a structure, coupled with growing problems vocal opponents are Germany, Austria and but also want to remove Ukraine from the year and a half ago it would not have suc- at Chornobyl, that prompted Mr. Kuchma Sweden, which have offered to fund non- international weapons market through ceeded.” He added that “the awareness of nuclear alternatives. to act now. “There have been a lot of tech- unfair competition,” the agency quoted a land ownership” has begun to return to the Emmanuel Bergasse, an expert in tran- nical problems with the Chornobyl reac- ministry official as saying. (RFE/RL countryside only recently. Under a presi- sition economies at the Paris-based tor,” he commented. “Since Christmas the Newsline) dential decree issued last December, the remaining reactor has been [stopped] International Energy Agency (IEA), says government has divided the land of some every other week ... because of technical Ukraine will have to choose between three Lazarenko pleads innocent 11,000 collective farms into plots and dis- main fuels. The first choice, he notes, is problems.” SAN FRANCISCO – Former tributed them among the farms’ workers. Tobias Munchmeyer, an anti-nuclear “expensive and environmentally polluting The decree obliges the government to sup- domestic coal, but the reform program of Ukrainian Minister Pavlo Lazarenko has campaigner with Greenpeace, says shut- pleaded not guilty to charges of laundering ply the plots’ owners with ownership cer- ting down the sole operating nuclear reac- the present government calls for less aid tificates by the end of 2002. (RFE/RL to the coal sector. The second alternative some $114 million he allegedly stole while tor at Chornobyl should be relatively in office, Reuters reported on June 13. Newsline) problem-free. The most pressing matter is to put more emphasis on environmen- tally friendly gas – but ... gas is imported Those charges have been brought by the Ukraine, Moldova agree on shipments now, Mr. Munchmeyer says, is finding United States, which is holding Mr. storage for the spent fuel and other at quite a high cost from Russia and other Lazarenko in a federal prison in California, ODESA – Meeting here on June 9, radioactive waste inside the reactor. “The CIS states, and further increases in gas imports would increase Ukraine’s depend- pending the resolution of an extradition Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko ence on its powerful neighbor. request by Switzerland. Mr. Lazarenko’s and his Moldovan counterpart, Dumitru Tuck Wesolowsky is an RFE/RL senior lawyers have vowed to fight the U.S. Bragis, agreed to facilitate transit shipments editor based in Prague. (Continued on page 14) charges, depicting their client as the victim through their countries and to pool efforts in of a political vendetta by his former ally, combating cross-border smuggling, Interfax Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma. reported. Mr. Yuschenko commented that (RFE/RL Newsline) the two sides agreed to modernize customs checkpoints at the Ukrainian-Moldovan Energy issues rise to prominence Anti-Communist congress convenes border in order to make those facilities “more attractive for businessmen as well as VILNIUS – An international congress for ordinary people.” Belarusian Premier after U.S. president’s trip to Kyiv on evaluating the crimes of communism KYIV – “The third reactor of the which entitles only the prime minister to Uladzimir Yarmoshyn was also scheduled opened in Vilnius on June 12, the ELTA to participate in the Odesa meeting but Chornobyl AES will be shut down even if make this type of decision. Mr. and BNS news agencies reported. the G-7 countries do not allocate the funds Yuschenko stated that he is not going to failed to do so. A Belarusian government Participants from 21 countries are attend- spokesman told RFE/RL that Mr. needed for implementation of the Shelter dismiss Ms. Tymoshenko, and that pro- ing the three-day congress, which formed Project” said President Leonid Kuchma fessional qualities and not political Yarmoshyn did not show up in Odesa a nine-member international tribunal to because Belarus and Ukraine have not yet after meeting with U.S. President Bill motives are the main factors in making provide a social, political and legal evalu- Clinton on June 5. “As president, I have decisions about cabinets appointees. ation of the crimes of communism. (Continued on page 15) responsibility for my words. It will be However, if the situation in the fuel done as I said,” he stressed. and energy sector grows worse the About $90-100 million will be needed Council for National Security and per year to purchase alternate fuel includ- Defense will become involved in staff FOUNDED 1933 ing gas due to the closure of Chornobyl, decisions said Mr. Kuchma. The Council said Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko. for National Security and Defense and its HE KRAINIAN EEKLY TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., He added that during the talks with administration will increase their control a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 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Ukrainian delegation... FOR THE RECORD: Statement at U.N. (Continued from page 1) identified in the Beijing final document as obstacles to women’s advancement: by Minister of Justice Suzanna Stanik poverty; lack of access to education and Following is the text of the statement oration of strategies of the international training; inadequate health care; vio- delivered on June 5 by Suzanna Stanik, min- community in the sphere of protection and lence; armed conflict; lack of economic ister of justice of Ukraine, at the special ses- promotion of the rights of women, but also power; lack of political power and deci- sion of the U.N. General Assembly “Women contributes to the creation of a strict mecha- sion-making authority; inadequate insti- 2000: Gender Equality, Development and nism for monitoring the implementation of tutional mechanisms to ensure advance- Peace for the 21st Century.” the set tasks. ment; inadequate safeguarding of human Minister of Justice Stanik delivered her Esteemed Mr. President: rights; poor access to the media and new presentation in Ukrainian. Official English With democratic reforms under way, information technologies; environmental language translation of her text was provid- Ukraine believes that equality is the basis hazards; abuse of the girl-child. ed by the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to for democracy and social justice, as well as Violence against women appeared fre- the United Nations. for appropriate safeguarding of human quently in the reports and it became clear rights. throughout the week that, though poverty Allow me on behalf of Ukrainian women Women make up about 54 percent of the is an enormous problem for women, the and the government of Ukraine to warmly population of Ukraine. Their participation incidence of violence against women welcome this important international forum in public life, their experience and intelli- worldwide is overwhelming. Examples and express our best wishes for the success gence, ability and willingness to work for UNDPI of violence that specifically targeted of its work. the well-being of their nation are guarantees women included: international trafficking Portugal’s Minister for Equality Maria We are entering the new century, the cen- for the formation of a democratic civil soci- of women, most recently women from de Belem Roseira tury of humanism and rule of law. Military ety. Eastern Europe, who are held against measures for solving human problems have Ukraine has ratified the United Nations their will to work as prostitutes; in cer- the Balance Right!” Though women are been fully exhausted. There is a rising need Convention on the Elimination of All Forms tain Asian countries girls as young as 9 about 50 percent of the world’s popula- for modernization of the world by address- of Discrimination against Women, thus con- are sold as slaves; in some African coun- tion, only an average of 13 percent of the ing the global social and political changes firming the principle of unacceptability of tries genital mutilation of young women legislators worldwide and only 7.5 per- on the basis of generally recognized moral discrimination against women and putting is still practiced; in many Muslim coun- cent of government ministers are women. and ethical, as well as legal principles: into life the idea of equality of women in all tries the killing of a woman to defend a In Ukraine less than 8 percent of the par- democracy, human rights, equality, justice, spheres of economic, political and public man’s sense of honor (so-called “honor liamentarians are women, placing freedom and humanism. life. killings”) is still condoned; wife-beating Ukraine in the middle third of East It is not incidental that the first special In Beijing, together with the other mem- is not illegal and in fact is socially European countries and the bottom third session of the General Assembly in the new ber-states of the United Nations, we accepted in a great number of countries; of 180 countries worldwide according to 21st century is devoted to the elaboration of solemnly undertook commitments embrac- women and girls are victims of rape by information from the U.N. Development effective strategies for the advancement of ing advanced national and international invading soldiers in dozens of regional Fund for Women (UNIFEM). women all over the world, the creation of practice. conflicts. Among the delegation members from appropriate conditions for their life, the The decisions of the World Conference During her presentation on Thursday, Ukraine attending the U.N. special ses- enhancement of their role in political and on the Advancement of Women have been June 8, Secretary of State Madeleine K. sion were Dr. Iryna Holubieva, head of economic activities. Participation of women embodied in the social development of our Albright, who headed the U.S. delega- the Division of Family and Women’s in political life is not an end in itself. It is country. tion, stated: “when a woman is raped, Affairs at the State Committee on Youth founded on the fact that it is the woman Guided by the provisions of the final beaten, or mutilated it is not cultural, it is Policy, Sports and Tourism, and Halyna who personifies the civil, moral and human documents of the Beijing Conference on criminal; and no government ... can deny Honcharuk, coordinator of the Kyiv approach to addressing the most complex Women, Ukraine has elaborated a national its responsibility to stop these crimes.” Center for Women’s Issues. problems of the modern world. action plan for 1997-2000 on the advance- She later added, “[The United States] Dr. Holubieva noted that she learned a Five years have passed since the Beijing ment of women and the enhancement of launched a major diplomatic and law great deal from the country reports and, Conference and gender issues have under- their role in society, as well as a declaration enforcement initiative to halt trafficking furthermore, was impressed with the gone fundamental changes. The historic sig- on the general principles of the national pol- in human beings. This rapidly growing determination with which women from nificance of the Fourth World Conference criminal enterprise has gone global, dis- many Asian, African and Latin American on Women is not confined only to the elab- (Continued on page 19) torting economies, degrading societies, countries pursue solutions to the problems endangering neighborhoods and robbing facing women in their countries. She sug- millions, mostly women and children, of gested that their assertiveness and their their dreams. ... we are forging partner- willingness to admit and confront prob- ships on every continent to share infor- lems offers a valuable lesson to women in Ukraine in numbers mation, coordinate legal actions and find Information about Ukraine given women are only paid for piece-work, or Ukraine. She also noted that Ukraine’s below was obtained from sources pro- a per-day wage, or not paid at all for and close criminal networks. ... I invite women are among the most highly educat- everyone here to join in a multi-year, vided in the reports “The World’s labor performed. ed in the world (according to a recent Women: Trends and Statistics 2000,” • Within the block of East European multi-national effort to win the fight UNIFEM report, in 1996, 95 percent of against trafficking.” published by the U.N. Secretariat countries, at 0.43 percent, Ukraine still young adult women in Ukraine received a Division of Statistics; “Progress of the has the highest percentage of the popu- The final document from the special secondary education) and therefore could session, released on June 12, placed spe- World’s Women: UNIFEM Biannual lation infected with HIV/AIDS virus, be, and should be, living better. Report,” published by the U.N. compared to Estonia at 0.01 percent, cial emphasis on actions to be taken by She commented that she was governments and international organiza- Development Fund for Women; and Russia at 0.05 percent and Poland at impressed with the number of countries tions to reduce violence against women. “Global Trends in Women’s Access and 0.06 percent. The rate of infection in the –15 in Western Europe alone – that have The topic of the economic empowerment Leadership,” published by the non-gov- United States is 0.76 percent of the pop- high-level government commissions or of women, finding solutions to lift women ernmental organization International ulation. However, all countries in Sub- ministries devoted exclusively to issues out of poverty, was addressed in part on Foundation for Election Systems. Within Saharan Africa have between 2 percent pertaining to women and children, and June 5 with a three-hour panel, chaired by the U.N. reporting structure, Ukraine is and 26 percent of the population infect- for developing programs in keeping with First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, on included within the group of 20 East ed with the deadly virus; in almost each micro-credit programs – the granting of the critical areas identified in the Beijing European countries. of these countries, 50 percent of those small loans, no more than several thousand action plan; she noted that a similar enti- infected are women. dollars, to begin a business. ty should be established in Ukraine. • Official employment levels for • Ukrainian law mandates that a Micro-credit programs target people who Ms. Honcharuk attended several panels, women have dropped dramatically in woman be given 126 work days have no collateral and, therefore, usually are including one on women and violence. She almost all East European countries (approximately 22 weeks) of paid denied start-up business loans by traditional commented that she was extremely between 1985 and 1999. Furthermore, maternity leave. Norway offers 18 banks. The micro-credit program has impressed with the number of men who women’s salaries have dropped in real weeks at full pay, and an additional 26 proved to be internationally successful in participated in the panel and spoke out in terms, while wage inequality between weeks for either parent. Hungary offers helping people achieve financial stability support of programs and policies to stop men and women has increased. 24 weeks at full pay. In comparison, and independence, and about 75 percent of violence against women in all forms and However, the rate of salaried employ- U.S. law mandates that an employer the close to 14 million people that have the necessity to elevate women in all ment for women in Ukraine in 1990 was offer only 12 weeks of maternity leave, received micro-credit loans in the past five aspects of society in order to achieve gen- 57 percent, 54 percent in 1996 and 50 unpaid. years worldwide have been women. (Also der equality. She recalled that she particu- percent in 1998, still one of the highest • As of June 1999, only 2 percent of on June 5, President Bill Clinton, while on a larly enjoyed the presentation by a group rates for women in the region, and in women in Ukraine expressed satisfac- six-hour visit to Kyiv, introduced a new of men from Canada on a conference they keeping with most developed nations tion with the general living situation in micro-credit initiative, funded by the United had organized on gender equality and (female employment in the Baltic coun- their country. Political corruption is seen States, to begin this year in Ukraine.) promised to take the idea back to Ukraine. tries is between 50 and 54 percent, the as a common and serious problem by 88 Receiving special emphasis in several She stated that the activities of her Czech Republic, 46 percent; the United percent of women. About 58 percent panels was the mandate to improve the center in Kyiv are completely funded by States, 48 percent). Though women’s feel that their vote does not influence political empowerment of women. A new the mayor’s office and the City Council, salaries in Ukraine are low, salaried decisions made by political leaders and initiative was launched by the interna- and believes that in Kyiv there is great employment is an indicator of a more 56 percent do not believe that Ukraine is tional organization Women’s support and understanding among local fully evolved economy; in many coun- a democracy; while 16 percent do and Environment and Development officials for the issues confronting tries with less-developed economies, 18 percent are undecided. Organization titled “50-50 by 2005: Get women. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000 No. 25

Ukraine takes steps Congressional resolutions recognize 25th anniversary of Helsinki Accords by Ben Anderson human rights issues, also provided have been many successes. The task is encouragement and sustenance to coura- still far from complete, and we must con- toward expanding WASHINGTON – Joint resolutions geous individuals who dared to challenge tinue to do our part in championing the were introduced on June 8 in the United repressive Communist regimes,” Rep. values that Helsinki espouses. There is States Congress to commemorate the Smith said. still work to be done,” Rep. Smith said. relations with Iraq 25th anniversary of the Helsinki Final by Roman Woronowycz Sen. Campbell, appointed co-chair- Co-Chairman Sen. Campbell Act, which has played a central role in man of the commission in 1999, said the echoed Chairman Smith’s concern: Kyiv Press Bureau advancing human rights, democracy and Helsinki Final Act, signed by President “Unfortunately, serious human rights KYIV – Ukraine has taken initial steps the rule of law in Europe. Gerald Ford in 1975, has advanced abuses continue in all too many OSCE toward expanded trade relations with the embar- Commission on Security and democracy, human rights and the rule of countries. The main challenge facing goed Iraqi government, Ukraine’s first vice min- Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki law within a framework covering the the participating states of the OSCE ister for foreign affairs announced on May 30. Commission) Chairman Rep. security, economic and human dimen- remains the implementation of the Oleksander Maidannyk said that, during two Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.) introduced sions. “In short, the Helsinki process commitments contained in the Helsinki days of talks in Bagdad with various Iraqi minis- the House version (H.J. Res. 100), while helped make it possible for the people of Final Act and other OSCE documents.” ters, the two sides agreed in principle to acceler- Co-Chairman Sen. Ben Nighthorse Central and Eastern Europe and the for- The OSCE is engaged in standard-set- ate the development of economic ties. Campbell (R-Colo.) introduced the mer Soviet Union to regain their free- ting in fields such as military security, “You can say that it is the first time in 10 Senate version (S.J. Res. 48). The dom and independence,” Sen. Campbell economic and environmental coopera- years of sanctions that the door has opened up in remaining 16 congressional commission- said. tion, and human rights and humanitarian Ukraine-Iraq trade relations,” said Mr. ers are original co-sponsors of the resolu- “The Helsinki process is rightly credit- concerns. In addition, the OSCE under- Maidannyk. tions. ed with playing a contributing role in takes a variety of diplomatic initiatives The possibility for renewed economic ties August 1 marks the 25th anniversary bringing down the Berlin Wall and the designed to prevent, manage and resolve came after Iraq’s strongman leader Saddam of the Final Act of the Conference on Iron Curtain, and in 1991 the Soviet conflict within and among the participat- Hussein gave the go-ahead for trade talks in Security and Cooperation in Europe, Union,” Sen. Campbell added. ing states. response to initiatives by Ukraine as a member renamed in January 1995 as the The identical resolutions request the Membership in the organization has of the United Nations Security Council, to Organization for Security and president to issue a proclamation com- expanded to 55 countries from the origi- have international sanctions against Iraq Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). memorating the 25th anniversary of the nal 35 signatory states (with the Socialist reduced. Baghdad has been diplomatically and In introducing the resolution in the signing of the Helsinki Final Act, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia having economically ostracized by much of the inter- House of Representatives, Chairman reasserting the U.S. commitment to full been suspended since 1992). national community since the Kuwait War of Smith, who has served on the Helsinki implementation of the Helsinki Final Act, The U.S. Congress contributed to 1990. Commission since 1983, lauded the and urging all signatory countries to advancing the aims of the Helsinki Final Mr. Maidannyk emphasized that all trade organization for its efforts to improve abide by their obligations under the Act by creating the Commission on agreements that will eventually be drawn up security and human rights conditions. Helsinki Final Act. Security and Cooperation in Europe to between the two countries will adhere strictly to “The standards of Helsinki, which “In the 25 years since this historic monitor and encourage compliance with U.N. sanction guidelines put into place at the served as a valuable lever in pressing process was initiated in Helsinki, there provisions of the Helsinki Final Act. war’s end. He explained that Ukraine supports the eas- ing of international restrictions against Iraq, especially for humanitarian-related goods like medicine and food, and certain manufactured CSCE outraged over Lukashenka’s threat to Belarusian opposition products. by Ben Anderson sonal safety of opposition members, opposition in Belarus deserves both our “We have taken a position of positive neutral- noting the detention and beating of Mr. moral and material support as they seek WASHINGTON – The chairman of ity, that is, to work to resolve the differences of Lebedka following a March 25 pro- to overcome the legacy of communism the Commission on Security and the various parties,” explained Mr. Maidannyk. democracy demonstration in the and authoritarianism and build a demo- Cooperation in Europe, Christopher H. “It is a constructive position, and we believe the Belarusian capital of Miensk which cratic society firmly rooted in the rule of Smith (R-N.J.), and its co-chairman, Sen. only possible one in this very complex situa- was harshly suppressed by the authori- law.” Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.), tion.” ties. Sen. Campbell stressed the ominous condemned remarks by Belarusian The Ukrainian first vice-minister for foreign “Instead of making threats against nature of the threats, given similar state- President Alyaksandr Lukashenka threat- affairs said that, in addition, Ukraine has joined democratic activists, Mr. Lukashenka ments issued by President Lukashenka Canada as a co-sponsor of U.N. Resolution ening to punish the Belarusian opposition should be seeking to resolve the political prior to the disappearance of a leading 1284, which would change the way international for “seeking money overseas” to over- and constitutional crisis in Belarus by opposition figure last year. sanctions are imposed and carried out in general. throw his government and viewing them respecting human rights and putting an Excerpts of testimony at commis- Mr. Maidannyk explained that the Ukrainian as security threats. end to the current climate of fear,” Sen. sion hearings on Belarus and other government supported the latest U.N. resolution His remarks come on the heels of the Campbell said. “This includes ceasing materials pertaining to Belarus may be on lifting all sanctions against Iraq in return for previous week’s visit to the United States repressions of those who seek to bring found on the commission’s website: U.N. oversight and regulation of certain Iraqi by leading members of Belarus’ demo- democracy to Belarus. The democratic http://www.house.gov/cscs. government facilities and laboratories. Iraq has cratic opposition. The Belarusian opposi- rejected negotiations on such an agreement tion delegation, which met with members because it maintains that it has fulfilled all U.N. of Congress, including Helsinki demands placed before it after its defeat in 1990. Commissioners, government officials Although development of trade with Iraq will and non-governmental organizations, Helsinki Commission members be no easy task, Ukraine has moved to resume consisted of Vintsuk Viachorka, head of contacts with the country for obvious reasons: it the Belarusian Popular Front; Anatol Lebedka, head of the United Civic Party; seeks Albright’s intervention is almost wholly dependent on Russia for its oil WASHINGTON – Helsinki Belarus deserves both our moral and Pavel Zhuk, chief editor of Nasha and gas needs, and would like to diversify. Commission Co-Chairman Sen. Ben material support as they seek to over- Svaboda, an independent newspaper; and Ukraine is not looking at Iraqi oil as a quick- Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.) has come the legacy of communism and Dmitry Bondarenko, a leader of the fix solution to its energy dependence problem, written Secretary of State Madeleine authoritarianism and build a democrat- but it does see a place for Ukraine’s business- Charter 97 human rights group. ic society firmly rooted in the rule of Mr. Lebedka, who is also a member of K. Albright to express “grave concern men in the lucrative oil commodities market. about the personal safety of leading law,” the letter read. “Given the deteri- “Currently it is unprofitable to purchase Iraqi Belarus’ legitimate Parliament, which oration of human rights in Belarus and was illegally disbanded by Mr. Belarusian opposition members” with oil, since it is expensive to bring to Ukraine,” whom he met recently in Washington. in particular repressive measures explained Mr. Maidannyk, “but it is profitable to Lukashenka in 1996, recently testified at Sen. Campbell wrote the letter in against the opposition, support for conclude contracts and then sell them to third a Helsinki Commission hearing on the light of news reports indicating that democratic forces in Belarus is more countries. deterioration of human rights and democ- Belarusian leader Alyaksandr pressing than ever.” Today France and Russia are major players racy in Belarus. In their letter, the senators called on Lukashenka threatened members of in commodity trading in Iraqi oil. Up to 40 per- “Lukashenka’s latest outburst is yet Secretary Albright to release existing the opposition party after their meet- cent of the limited amount of oil that Iraq is another in a long list of threats or worse – State Department program funds “to allowed to export is bought up by Russian mid- including detentions or beatings – against ings with Washington lawmakers in enhance assistance to the democratic dlemen. Mr. Maidannyk estimated that about those who dare to question his democrat- late May. “Similar threats were issued forces in Belarus at this critical junc- 30 percent of that amount eventually ends up in ic legitimacy and criticize his suppression by President Lukashenka prior to the ture.” the United States. He said that indirectly about of human rights in their long-suffering disappearance of a leading opposition “We, therefore, urge you to take all 8 percent of total U.S. oil imports are from country,” said Chairman Smith. figure last year,” Sen. Campbell available steps to help ensure the per- Iraq. Meanwhile, in Ukraine there are currently “Opposition leaders have disappeared wrote. sonal safety of these Belarusian oppo- half a dozen or so firms that have expressed or been imprisoned, and the independent Other signatories of letter were sition leaders and to ensure that ade- interest and are ready to attempt to grab a share media has been harassed. If Mr. Senate Foreign Relations Committee quate resources are made available on of that market. Lukashenka wants to create a climate of Chairman Sen. Jesse Helms (R- an urgent basis to support those pro- Mr. Maidannyk explained that, if certain trust for the fall parliamentary elections, N.C.), Commerce, Science and grams aimed at strengthening inde- restrictions were eased, Ukraine also could ben- as he apparently pledged to do yesterday, Transportation Committee Chairman pendent media, human rights, civil efit from the sale of drilling and excavation treating opposition members as security Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), and society, independent trade unions and equipment, electrical parts and turbines that the threats because of their meetings in Baltic Caucus Co-Chair Sen. Richard the democratic opposition in Belarus,” Iraqi oil industry desperately needs. In addition Washington is outrageous.” J. Durbin (D-Ill.). the senators added. he saw a market for Ukrainian sugar, wheat and Co-Chairman Mr. Campbell “The democratic opposition in – Ben Anderson other food commodities. expressed grave concern about the per- No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000 5

FOR THE RECORD United States-Ukraine Joint Statement signed in Kyiv President Bill Clinton and Leonid tinue to work with Ukraine, the G-7 and Ukraine cooperation in the area of com- Action Plan to Combat Optical Media Kuchma signed a joint statement on the international community toward mercial space launch services, particular- Piracy in Ukraine and welcomed the June 5 during the U.S. president’s visit resolving the remaining tasks associated ly through the Sea Launch Consortium. Ukrainian government’s suspension of to Kyiv. The statement reaffirmed their with the closure of Chornobyl, in particu- They announced that the U.S.-Ukraine the operations of pirate production facili- commitment “to advance and deepen the lar to help provide for stable electricity Commercial Space Launch Agreement of ties in Ukraine until the conditions for strategic partnership” between their generation in Ukraine supported by nec- 1996 had been terminated, noting that ensuring legal production are created. countries, and summarized several new essary energy reforms. The presidents this bold step will allow U.S. firms and President Clinton welcomed Ukraine’s U.S.-Ukrainian agreements on nuclear expressed their support for a successful their Ukrainian partners to enter into progress toward achieving normal trade safety, economic reform, commercial second pledging conference to be held in commercial space launch ventures unfet- relations with the United States on a per- endeavors, and anti-corruption efforts. July in Berlin to obtain the remaining tered by quantity restrictions. The presi- manent and unconditional basis. Following is the text of the joint state- funds needed for the Shelter Fund. dents committed to strengthening com- President Clinton encouraged Ukraine to ment as released by the U.S. Embassy in President Kuchma welcomed the mercial relationships between their two continue with reforms that would allow it Kyiv. announcement of an additional $2 mil- countries’ aerospace firms because of to achieve market economy status. lion from the United States for nuclear Ukraine’s progress in restructuring the President Kuchma emphasized the pri- United States-Ukraine Joint Statement safety work in Ukraine. space sector, its ongoing commitment to ority importance for Ukraine to combat Ukrainian President Kuchma and U.S. The presidents welcomed the initiation market-based principles embodied in the corruption in order to strengthen a demo- President Clinton, during their meeting of the Ukraine Nuclear Fuel Qualification agreement, and to its strong adherence to cratic society and market-oriented econo- in Kyiv on June 5, 2000, reaffirmed their Project, a major technology project to our shared non-proliferation goals. The my. In this regard, the Presidents wel- commitment to advance and deepen the enable Ukraine to evaluate and certify the presidents affirmed their commitment to comed the Program of U.S.-Ukrainian strategic partnership between the United reliability and safety of new suppliers of increase support for small and medium Cooperation for Combating Corruption States and Ukraine in the 21st century. fuel for Ukraine’s nuclear energy sector. private enterprise development in and Organized Crime. The presidents President Kuchma emphasized Ukraine’s With an estimated value of $30 million, Ukraine. President Clinton announced recommitted themselves to strengthening commitment to a democratic and market this project will allow Ukraine to diversi- plans to establish a new micro-enterprise efforts between the United States and economic transformation. The presidents fy its sources of supply of nuclear fuel. credit program in Ukraine, which will Ukraine to combat the problem of traf- agreed that this transformation is the President Clinton expressed support for draw upon the successful Fundusz Mikro ficking in human beings. They welcomed essential basis for fulfilling Ukraine’s Ukrainian participation in the emerging program in Poland, and to initiate a five- the June 21-23 workshop in Kyiv co- European aspirations. President Clinton east-west energy corridor from the year $25 million program to support sponsored by the two governments. praised the leadership of President Caspian region to world markets, within small and medium enterprise develop- As a new century begins, the presi- Kuchma and his new government for the contexts of Ukraine’s energy sector ment. President Kuchma affirmed that dents affirmed that through their strategic early progress on reform, noting the reforms and the United States’ broader the Ukrainian government will ensure as partnership, the United States will sup- importance of accelerated implementa- Caspian energy policy. soon as possible the necessary legal and port Ukraine’s efforts to take its place tion of reforms, which will strengthen the President Kuchma reaffirmed regulatory framework for the new micro- among an undivided Euro-Atlantic com- ability of the United States to support Ukraine’s European choice and its goal credit program. munity of free and stable states. Ukraine Ukraine in its efforts to improve coopera- of achieving associate membership and The presidents declared their contin- will, at the same time, continue to imple- tion with the IMF and other international eventually full membership in the ued determination to support the creation ment its democratic and market transfor- financial institutions. European Union, recognizing the impor- of a business and investment climate in mation, thus contributing to Euro- President Clinton welcomed the tance of continued reforms necessary to Ukraine that will facilitate expanded Atlantic security. announcement by President Kuchma to achieve that end. The presidents empha- trade and investment opportunities Signed in Kyiv, June 5, 2000, in the close the Chornobyl nuclear power plant sized the importance of Ukraine’s dis- between their two countries. They wel- English and Ukrainian languages. on December 15, 2000, noting the impor- tinctive partnership with NATO and comed initial steps toward privatizing the tance of this decision to strengthening agreed to work to deepen Ukraine’s energy sector in Ukraine and the entry For Ukraine: the security of all Europeans, especially cooperation with the Atlantic Alliance. into force of the U.S.-Ukraine Treaty on Signature of the president of Ukraine the Ukrainian people and their immediate They expressed support for their military Double Taxation. The presidents pledged Leonid Kuchma neighbors. President Clinton announced cooperation in KFOR, where American to work together to support steps to the decision of the United States to pro- and Ukrainian soldiers are working to advance their shared goal of WTO acces- For the United States of America: vide another $78 million to the bring peace and security to Kosovo. sion for Ukraine as soon as possible. In Signature of the president Chornobyl Shelter Fund. He noted the President Clinton and President this context, they affirmed their intention of the United States of America commitment of the United States to con- Kuchma praised the success of U.S.- to implement the U.S.-Ukraine Joint William Clinton Several bilateral agreements signed Embassy of Ukraine the Consequences of the Chornobyl BUSINESS IN BRIEF Catastrophe Vasyl Durdynetz signed the Ukraine hopes to enter European space systems WASHINGTON – On June 5, within the Memorandum of Understanding Between framework of visit of U.S. President Bill the Government of Ukraine and the KYIV – The National Space Agency of Ukraine asked the government to support a Clinton to Ukraine, a signing ceremony for Government of the United States of pilot project to integrate Ukraine’s space navigation system into all-European systems, a number of bilateral instruments between America on Cooperation in Natural and EGNOS and Galileo. NSAU has already started talks with the Space Agency of Italy and a Ukraine and the United States took place at Man-made Technological Emergency number of Italian aviation/space companies which will focus on funding for the project. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prevention and Response; According to NSAU experts, Ukraine must join EGNOS and Galileo systems in order to These included the following: • Vice Minister of Justice of Ukraine obtain navigational information needed to run its international transport corridors. (Eastern • Deputy Head of the State Tax Economist) Administration of Ukraine Oleksii Shytria Lidia Horbunova signed the Program of signed the Protocol of Exchange of Ukrainian-U.S. Cooperation for Combating Millions lost in shadow electricity sales Instruments of Ratification of the Corruption and Organized Crime, 2000- Convention Between the Government of 2005; KYIV – Some 150 million to 200 million hrv from the sale of electricity goes to the Ukraine and the Government of the United From the American side, the shadow sector monthly, according to Vice Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. She added States of America for the Avoidance of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary that this explains the resistance to energy sector reform by the top officials of the sector. Double Taxation and the Prevention of Ambassador of the United States to Ukraine (Eastern Economist) Steven Pifer signed the above-mentioned Fiscal Invasion with Respect to Taxes on 10 percent of assets insured in Ukraine Income and Capital; documents. • Minister of Education and Science of There was also an exchange of Notes KYIV – Only 10 percent of existing risk in Ukraine is insured, while in developed Ukraine Vasyl Kremlin signed the Concerning Termination of the Agreement countries this figure is 90 to 95 percent, stated the president of the Ukrainian Center for Agreement Between the Government of Between the Government of Ukraine and Economic and Political Research, Anatol Hrytsenko. The insurance of property is 65 per- Ukraine and the Government of the United the Government of the United States of cent of the total, while health insurance is only 0.6 percent. (Eastern Economist) States of America on Science and America Regarding International Trade in Technology Cooperation; Commercial Space Launch Services signed Ernst & Young tapped as investment coordinator • Minister of Transport of Ukraine Leonid on February 21, 1996, carried out by the KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma has authorized Ernst & Young to coordinate ties Kostiuchenko signed the Air Transport Deputy Director of the National Space between foreign members of the advisory council for foreign investments in Ukraine. The Agreement Between the Government of Agency of Ukraine Eduard Kuznezov and council consists of the chairs of the companies that have made the largest investments in Ukraine and the Government of the United the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Ukraine’s economy. Until now the coordinating role has been performed by Bohdan States of America, as well as the Agreement Pifer. Mysko. (Eastern Economist) Extending the Agreement Between the The ceremony participants emphasized Government of Ukraine and the that the signed documents are called to give Oschadnyi Bank starts home mortgages Government of the United States of America new impetus to the relations between KYIV – Oschadnyi Bank Vice-President Serhii Myshta has started the implementation Regarding Certain Maritime Matters; Ukraine and the United States of America in of the OschchadZhytlo project, providing mortgages for individuals to purchase homes. A • Minister of Ukraine of Emergency development of which both sides are inter- Affairs and Population Protection from ested. (Continued on page 16) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000 No. 25

Foreign Affairs Minister... (Continued from page 1) from the UCC headed by Mr. Czolij. Minister Tarasyuk was accompanied by Dr. Yuri Shcherbak, Ukraine’s ambassa- dor to Canada, and members of the Ukrainian delegation. Later that evening the UCC Executive hosted a private dinner for the foreign affairs minister. The event provided an opportunity for the Ukrainian delegation and the UCC Executive to exchange views on Canada-Ukraine relations and discuss topics of mutual interest, includ- ing agriculture, education and exchanges between the two countries. The UCC president opened the dinner with a formal toast to the foreign affairs minister, congratulating Mr. Tarasyuk for his foreign policy initiatives in bringing Ukraine closer to the West. Minister Tarasyuk, in turn, toasted the UCC by praising its energetic and continuing efforts to advance Canada-Ukraine rela- tions. The minister expressed optimism in the forward direction being undertak- en by Ukraine’s government since its last election, citing the fact that Ukraine’s economic growth has exceeded 6 percent in the first quarter of 2000. The evening concluded with an exchange of gifts and Ian McCausland wishes for successful meetings. Councilor Harry Lazarenko and Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk place a wreath at the Famine monument A breakfast meeting hosted by the in front of City Hall. Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce and Canada Ukraine Business Initiative pro- “As the CUBI/Chamber continues its minister of agriculture and food, joined Minister Tarasyuk completed his stay vided an opportunity to showcase the work towards CUBI 2000 in Kyiv this Mr. Tarasyuk in a wreath-laying ceremo- in Winnipeg by attending a private meet- ongoing economic development of fall, the UCC will continue to assist in ny at the Taras Shevchenko Monument ing of the UCC Executive Committee Ukraine to Canadian business. any way possible in order to ensure its on the grounds of the Manitoba chaired by Myroslava Pidhirnyj, second “CUBI/Chamber is to be commended for success,” he added. Legislature. vice-president and chair of the UCC’s its hard work and effort in promoting Mr. Tarasyuk also met with Manitoba This was followed later in the day Canada-Ukraine Relations Committee. investment in Ukraine,” said Adrian Premier Gary Doer and Deputy Premier with a wreath-laying ceremony at the During this meeting held at the UCC’s Boyko, first vice-president and chair of Jean Friesen. Messrs. Doer and Friesen, Famine Monument with Councilor Harry Head Office, UCC President Czolij high- the UCC Canadian Issues Committee. and their colleague, Rosann Wowchuk, Lazarenko at Winnipeg City Hall. During lighted to Ukraine’s foreign affairs minis- these solemn ceremonies, organized by ter, its ambassador to Canada and mem- the UCC, Minister Tarasyuk paid tribute bers of the Ukrainian delegation, the pri- to Taras Shevchenko and the victims of ority issues on the UCC’s agenda. the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932- “This meeting was very valuable,” said 1933. Ms. Pidhirnyj. “It provided an opportunity Sen. Gildas Molgat, hosting an official for a good exchange of ideas.” luncheon in honor of Minister Tarasyuk, The Ukrainian Canadian Congress on announced that the government of June 14 extended its deep appreciation to Canada would contribute an additional Minister Tarasyuk for his visit to the $18 million to assist Ukraine in its com- UCC headquarters. The visit completed mitment to close the fourth reactor of the two full days of activities for the foreign Chornobyl nuclear power station. affairs minister in Winnipeg prior to his Minister Tarasyuk thanked the senator departure for Ottawa, where he was to and emphasized the special relationship meet with officials of the Canadian gov- between Canada and Ukraine. He also ernment and representatives of the pri- took this opportunity to commend the vate sector. work of the Ukrainian Canadian Summing up the minister’s visit in Congress. Winnipeg, Mr. Czolij noted that “new The official program also included a opportunities have been created through meeting of Ukraine’s minister of foreign this visit which build on the work of the affairs with Canada’s Prime Minister past and allow us to strengthen the Jean Chrétien. prospects of tomorrow.”

Andrew Sikorsky At the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Head Office, (from left) Ukraine’s Ian McCausland Ambassador to Canada Dr. Yuri Shcherbak and Foreign Affairs Minister Borys A view of the wreath-laying ceremony at the Shevchenko Monument on the Tarasyuk are welcomed by UCC President Eugene Czolij and Second Vice- grounds of the Manitoba Legislature. President Myroslava Pidhirnyj. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000 7 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

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THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Two minutes of silence to recall internment Following is the text of the letter to the editor sent to The New York Times by Common dilemma – common cause Dr. Frank Sysyn of the Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Historical Research, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton. New York can make one jaded about numbers: a million people lining the streets for a parade, a half million in Central Park gather to hear a rock concert – what’s an To the Editor: additional 10,000 at the United Nations? Yet that number participated in the recent Under the moving photo of President Bill Clinton standing before the United Nations special session on the status of women throughout the world, known Ukrainian Famine Monument in Kyiv (news article, June 6), a caption mentions as “Beijing+5.” If one listened closely to the more than 200 presentations given during “thousands who died in a famine in 1932 and 1933.” In fact, thousands died the four days and attended even a few of the special panels, it was possible to get a daily in those years, and scholars today are trying to establish just how many concentrated and fascinating glimpse of what is happening to women in every corner millions died. of the globe. And in every corner of the world women had united into trans-national coalitions and organizations to solve similar problems. It is disheartening that The New York Times, which printed the false reporting The panels and country reports on the status of women offered an astounding array of Walter Duranty at the time, thereby unwittingly abetting Stalin in covering up of information: dismal – 1.2 billion people in the world live on less than $1 per day the Famine, has still not come to terms with the magnitude of the tragedy. (See and three-fifths of these are women and children; shocking – black markets exist in Robert Conquest, “The Harvest of Sorrow,” 1986, chapter 17). Asia and Africa where parents sell their girl children for sex and labor; intriguing – Perhaps the present affront to the victims of the Famine will stimulate a women who are not allowed to leave their homes unescorted in some Muslim coun- reassessment of the way the paper deals with its Pulitzer Prize winner Duranty tries are receiving an education through computers via distance-learning; overwhelm- and its own reporting on the Famine. ing – in some African countries one in four people is infected with the deadly HIV/AIDS virus, decimating entire generations; positive – since the mid-1980s the sis. Ms. Tymoshenko rejected Mr. number of women in political office in Latin America and Western Europe has Marchuk’s insinuations the next day, saying increased dramatically; and desperately depressing – according to the report by Minister of Energy... (Continued from page 1) his claims have “nothing to do with reality.” Austria’s delegate, approximately 500,000 women each year, seeking employment “There is indeed a crisis in the fuel and He explained that the little he was able to abroad, are lured out of Central and East European countries under false pretenses to energy sector, but this is not a crisis of the accomplish was due to interventions by Western Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America as part of the worldwide sector itself, but of its oligarchic teams,” President Leonid Kuchma to break political prostitution trade (the United States estimates that approximately 50,000 of these said Ms. Tymoshenko, according to logjams. Mr. Tulub took credit for increas- women arrive here annually). Interfax-Ukraine. “This is a crisis of corpo- ing coal supplies by 2.5 million tons, ensur- This flight of women from their countries for economic reasons illustrates the rations that used to work in the energy mar- dilemma that the East European countries present for the United Nations. The U.N. ing adequate energy supplies to Ukraine’s ket’s shadows and are now losing that shad- Division of Statistics includes Ukraine and 19 other East European countries in their electrical grid during the critical winter ow business.” category of “developed regions.” However, the term “transition country” is used by months and paying back wages owed to She said that until the Energy Ministry, the U.N. Development Fund for Women – and probably better reflects Ukraine’s true nuclear energy sector employees. Naftohaz Ukrainy and Energoatom, which status. Vice Prime Minister Tymoshenko, controls Ukraine’s nuclear energy supplies, The official U.N. poverty level is $360 per year – below that is considered destitu- whose portfolio includes the vast and very is cleansed of people who have “dirty tion – “the poorest of poor” in U.N. parlance. The average salary in Ukraine is only chaotic fuel and energy sector of Ukraine, schemes” the sector will remain in crisis. about $800 per year, not exactly a huge leap from the edge of poverty. However, this has been embroiled in controversy ever “If power remains with the friends of level of poverty does not make sense given the high level of education obtained by since she was named to the post in January. such people as Bakai, Volkov and Surkis, most people in Ukraine. In U.N. equations, increased levels of education usually lead She and Mr. Tulub have been at logger- the government will always be hostage to to increased levels of well-being. heads almost from the beginning, when Ms. certain provocations,” said Ms. A highly educated, literate and trained population and a fairly sophisticated social Tymoshenko announced that Naftohaz Tymoshenko. and political infrastructure combined with economic crisis is a common phenomenon Ukrainy, Ukraine’s major gas wholesaler, Mr. Tulub has said he believes the gas throughout all of Eastern Europe. And, as is common to most economic crises, the owed the Russian government more than $1 market should remain unfettered by govern- brunt in all these countries is being borne by the women and children. billion in gas for some 5 billion cubic ment intrusion, although he has recognized Listening to the reports, it became clear that despite progress or steps taken in any meters of gas it siphoned illegally from that reforms need to be implemented. one country, because of interdependence and borders, these countries would rise and Russia’s Gazprom pipelines, which run During his short press conference he com- fall as a region. However, it was also clear that the women of Eastern Europe, unlike through Ukraine to other parts of Europe. plained that not one of the 37 proposals pre- women from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, even Europe and North At first Naftohaz Ukrainy denied the pared by Energy Ministry specialists on America, were not used to working together, had no regional coalition, told a similar charges, but within days its president, Ihor needed regulatory changes has been accept- tale, but one by one. The next special session is scheduled for 2005. Let’s hope that the Bakai, had resigned and the company had ed by the government. He said he and Ms. women of Eastern Europe recognize their common dilemma and create a coalition begun negotiations with Gazprom on debt Tymoshenko have very differing views on that tells their tale, hopefully a better one by then, in unity. repayment. At the time, Mr. Bakai said he energy sector regulation. was forced to resign under government Mr. Tulub seemed to have the support of pressure induced by Ms. Tymoshenko, who President Kuchma, who recently criticized was looking to restructure the sector more Ms. Tymoshenko for lack of action as well. June to her favor and to wipe out business and On June 8 he accused the Ukrainian gov- Turning the pages back... political opponents who had effectively ernment of failing to review thousands of removed her position in the gas industry government recommendations for reform of 23 after her political mentor, Pavlo Lazarenko, the energy sector. was charged with embezzlement and fled “No use has been made of the 11,000 1999 More than 900 people – among them members of various for the United States. directives from the government committee Ukrainian professionals’ societies and community organizations – Last month more controversy erupted on reforming the fuel and energy sector and participated in the diverse programs that constituted the inaugural when Ms. Tymoshenko proposed a major from the fuel and energy ministry,” said Mr. Joint Conferences of Ukrainian American Organizations held in shake-up of the energy sector and govern- Kuchma in remarks that at the time led and around Washington last year on June 23-27. ment regulation of the commodity market. some to believe that Mr. Tulub had won his From its beginning, a reception at the Embassy of Ukraine on Wednesday evening, to its Today that market is substantially dereg- feud with the first lady of energy and that conclusion, a Sunday afternoon session that focused on “Finding Direction for Our ulated, although the government continues her resignation was imminent. He said that Organizations,” the mammoth event was an uplifting experience for a Ukrainian American to be a key player because it holds substan- Ukraine owed $700 million for gas sup- community that has been changed dramatically – in the process becoming somewhat unset- tial stock in some of the corporations. The plied by Russian companies for merely the tled – since the re-establishment of an independent Ukrainian state. sector’s operations, however, remain glar- first five months of this year. From start to finish, participants of the Joint Conferences heard and saw what the ingly opaque, and many of Ukraine’s so- President Kuchma left for a working visit Ukrainian American community and the Ukrainian nation have to offer, from professional called clans have laid substantial claim to it. to Cuba on the day Mr. Tulub resigned and knowledge in disparate fields to energetic volunteerism and beautiful music. Among the key players in the lucrative gas was not available for comment. The Joint Conferences of Ukrainian American Organizations were seen as more than a trade are Hryhorii Surkis and Oleksander There is a general belief among experts one-shot-deal. They were to be the beginning of a new venture establishing a new frame- Volkov, both of whom are also politicians that the near bankrupt state of Naftohaz work for cooperation among the community’s diverse yet complementary elements. And, with great political influence. Ukrainy, which supplied much of Ukraine’s community leaders and members meeting at an open session at the conclusion of the five- Ms. Tymoshenko has played a prominent gas, and Russia’s intention to close the door day event, spoke nearly unanimously in favor of setting up a mechanism for regular consul- role in the gas business, where she made a on gas credits will lead to a major energy tation among Ukrainian American organizations with the aim of increasing the communi- fortune as one of the first large-scale private crisis in Ukraine in the fall and winter of ty’s effectiveness both internally and in terms of its external relations. traders. She, along with Mr. Lazarenko, this year. Already Russia has announced From all corners of the United States, representatives of younger generations of made millions of dollars selling Russian gas that from June through September it will Ukrainian Americans – the 30-somethings to the 50-somethings – arrived in metropolitan in barter operations in the mid-90s. Today not supply Ukraine with free natural gas, Washington for this milestone undertaking. she has officially distanced herself from the which it has regularly done in payment for The agenda and the mission of the Joint Conferences attracted such major organizations day-to-day workings of her company, its use of the country’s pipelines. as the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America, whose program was split into two United Energy Systems, but her past Ukraine is one of the world’s largest con- full-day sessions, “Advances in Medicine” and “The First International Conference on involvement has opened her up to accusa- sumers of oil and natural gas, ranked in the Health Care in Ukraine”; and the Ukrainian Engineers Society of America, which opted to tions of conflict of interest. top 10 in overall consumption and in the top focus on “U.S.-Ukraine Science and Technology Cooperation: Status and Opportunities.” One such accusation was leveled by five in per capita use. Its energy problems, The Ukrainian American Bar Association and the Ukrainian National Credit Union Yevhen Marchuk, the secretary of the mostly due to its nearly total reliance on Association also held major sessions. National Defense and Security Council, Russian suppliers, are compounded by the who said on June 6 that Ms. Tymoshenko fact that its electricity generation plants are (Continued on page 17) may be artificially inspiring an energy cri- among the world’s most inefficient. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000 9

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

cealed weapons, vowed to resist any PERSPECTIVES attempt to remove Elian. The facts in case Against this background, the attorney BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY general, with the explicit approval of of Elian Gonzalez President Bill Clinton, obtained a federal Dear Editor: warrant authorizing the INS to enter the The Kuropas article concerning Elian house where Elian was held, remove him Gonzalez (“The Fossil Wins, Again,” April from the relatives and transfer him to the Reconnecting with cultural heritage 30) is certainly replete with strongly word- custody of his father. In order to avoid My family came to the United States ”Your valor will ensure such a thing can ed opinions but regrettably devoid of facts potential violent riots, the warrant was exe- in 1948. Along with other Ukrainians, never happen in Ukraine again,” he said. about the circumstances surrounding the cuted suddenly at night. The INS agents my parents were political refugees with a From Zhytomyr, we went to “snatching of Elian by the combat-geared approached the house, knocked on the door, strong attachment to their homeland. For Berdychiv. There the mayor took us to stormtroopers.” Please allow me to cite the identified themselves and stated their pur- them it was critical to retain their identity another massacre site. “Victims of 1937,” known facts concerning Elian. pose. When the inhabitants would not open, and culture. In America you could do he said quietly. Elian Gonzalez was rescued at sea and the door was forcefully battered down and a that. The community was free to have its Leonid Novokhatko, Ukraine’s vice entered the United States as an undocu- Spanish-speaking agent removed the boy. churches, youth groups, Saturday minister of culture and the other co-chair mented alien. As such, legally he fell under The entire incident was over in about two schools, etc. Still, the pressure to merge of the commission, explained: “These the jurisdiction of the INS (Immigration minutes with the broader culture was overwhelm- were poets, professors, journalists; peo- and Naturalization Service). Relatives in By using inappropriate comparisons, ing and my parents used every trick they ple who were working on behalf of Miami then cared for him. A custody hear- Dr. Kuropas shows, at best, an ignorance could think of to motivate their children Ukrainian culture. That was their crime.” ing took place where the relatives could of the workings of the Nazi to identify as Ukrainians. Caught between Communist oppres- argue their case and where his natural Sturmabteilung and the Soviet KGB. But, “Look at the Jews,” they often said. sion and Nazi genocide, Jewish and father, upon being interviewed by authori- even allowing for the poetic license to “They’re not ashamed of who they are. Ukrainian cultures in Ukraine faced ties, was awarded custody. The Miami rela- exaggerate, such comparisons are ludi- They maintain their identity. Take a les- extinction; then the Soviet Union miracu- tives refused to accept the court verdict and crous. My former mathematics professor, son from them.” Usually this lecture lously collapsed in 1991. Three years stated, more than once, that the authorities world-renowned in his field, once stated came with some unpleasant task – work- later the United States and Ukraine will have to use force to retrieve Elian. that it is possible to come to most any con- ing your way through seven cases and signed an Agreement on the Protection Legally, the relatives were guilty of forced clusion if one chooses to pick only the three genders of Ukrainian nouns or and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, detention, a rather serious offense on the facts that confirm the thesis and to ignore going to a requiem service for fallen and the Joint Heritage Commission came level of kidnapping. those that do not fit. Oh, how true! Ukrainian heroes instead of a baseball into existence. The commission’s general In the meantime, the neighborhood Let me remind Dr. Kuropas that this game. mandate is to help Americans of Jewish around the Gonzalez house became a set- country is based on the rule of law. We use A couple weeks ago, I was in Ukraine and Ukrainian origins reconnect with ting for a media circus with demonstrating courts to settle disputes – not street demon- as a member of the American delegation their heritage. Cuban Americans parading in front of cam- strations or outbursts of rhetoric. Citizens to the U.S.-Ukraine Joint Heritage A year and a half ago, the commission are expected to obey the laws and court eras; in some instances the demonstrators Commission. Among our visits was a asked the Ukrainian Museum-Archives decisions, for doing otherwise they simply would disperse as soon as the reporters Jewish school in Zhytomyr. There my (UMA) in Cleveland to prepare a pilot promote lawless anarchy. went elsewhere. parents’ 40-year-old lesson was delight- project. With the commission’s blessing After weeks of negotiating, the attorney Ivan Pelech fully turned on its head. The leader of and assistance, the UMA developed a general concluded that the relatives were Parsippany, N.J. Ukraine’s Jewish Association, Illya partnership with Ohio State University stalling and had no intention to give up Levitas, speaking in Ukrainian to a group (OSU) and the Lviv Academy of Art. Elian. Deadlines passed and there was still The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters of 9- and 10-year-olds, advised them to Working with the Ukrainian Museum- no result – just a new set of demands. In the to the editor. Letters should be typed (dou- never forget their Jewish heritage. Archives, OSU is now offering a dis- meantime, the mayor of Miami stated on ble-spaced) and signed; they must be origi- “Just look at Mr. Fedynsky, who’s tance learning course in Ukrainian histo- record that Miami authorities would not nals, not photocopies. here with us today,” he said. “He grew up ry and culture. Rostyslav Shmahalo, a cooperate with the INS. Furthermore, The daytime phone number and address in America, but he speaks Ukrainian and dean at the Lviv Arts Academy, organ- groups of Cuban Americans, some of them of the letter-writer must be given for verifi- respects the culture of his ancestors.” ized an exhibit of Lviv artists at known to authorities to carry legal con- cation purposes. Asked to say a few words, I encour- Cleveland’s UMA and lectured at OSU. aged the children to respect their Jewish OSU Prof. Myroslava Mudrak recipro- heritage in Ukraine just as my parents in cated by going to Lviv for a conference The Ukrainian Weekly introduces a new special section America had taught me to respect my on Ukrainian culture. We’ve now work- own Ukrainian heritage. It had all come ing to expand the Cleveland UMA model full circle. Who could have imagined? to other cities and universities. Congratulations,Congratulations, Graduates!Graduates! For more than a thousand years, As for Jewish Americans, the commis- Ukrainians and Jews have lived side by Every year tens of thousands of students throughout North America sion deals, above all, with the rehabilita- side on the territory of Ukraine. Both receive undergraduate and graduate degrees at colleges tion and preservation of long-neglected peoples developed rich, colorful cultures, and universities, cresting a pinnacle of personal achievement. cemeteries. Starting in the late 1800s but rarely interacted with each. Although many Jews left Ukraine to seek a better separate, both peoples have similar, life in America. Their ancestral villages This year The Ukrainian Weekly introduces a new special section – painful histories punctuated with and towns were largely forgotten. The Congratulations, Graduates! – where readers of The Ukrainian Weekly appalling atrocities: for Ukrainians, cen- Holocaust and Soviet anti-Semitism and can place a note congratulating family members and dear friends turies of serfdom and bitter oppression, atheism further destroyed Ukraine’s on their recent achievements. This new, once-a-year, culminating with Stalin’s Great Terror Jewish communities. Entire cemeteries section will be published for the first time on July 2, 2000. and Famine-Genocide; for Jews pogroms were abandoned. and systemic discrimination, reaching its The one in Berdychiv is now over- To place an ad congratulating a recent graduate, height with the Holocaust. grown with thick trees and bushes. The please send us the following by June 23: Long suppressed by Soviet censorship, same mayor who showed us the mass reminders of those grim events are every- grave of Stalin’s victims took us on a • your note of congratulations, in Ukrainian or English, where in today’s Ukraine. Just an hour tour of the overgrown graveyard. At one which should be no more than 50 words, including names; after the meeting with the school chil- time, he noted, Berdychiv was more than • in English, the full name of the graduate, the degree completed dren, Mr. Levitas spoke again at the dedi- 80 percent Jewish. If the cemetery were and date received, list of awards and honors given the graduate, cation of a monument to several thou- restored, American Jews, he suggested, name and location of college or university; sand Jews who were executed by the might want to visit his city to reconnect Nazis in a ravine outside of Zhytomyr. • photo of the graduate (optional); with their roots. He also gave us He reminded the crowd that it was inde- payment for the ad; Ukrainian postage stamps commemorat- • pendence that allowed Ukraine to honor • your daytime phone number. ing the wedding of French writer Honoré Holocaust victims. He also noted that de Balzac in a Berdychiv church. Worth many Ukrainians had risked their lives to a visit, the mayor assured us. The ad sizes for the greeting are a 1/8 page horizontal, for $100, save Jews in World War II and called on or a 1/4 page for $180. Later that evening, at a wonderful din- the citizens of Zhytomyr to collect their ner near a scenic lake, the governor of names so they, too, could be properly Please make checks payable to The Ukrainian Weekly the Khmelnytskyi Oblast echoed the honored. same message. Besides the Jewish ceme- and mail along with above information to: When the monument was unveiled, a The Ukrainian Weekly - Congratulations Graduates! tery and the church, he said, there were Ukrainian army band struck up the all kinds of tourist attractions within an 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 national anthem and an elite unit in blue hour’s drive: monasteries, synagogues, a Parsippany, NJ 07054 berets fired a 21-gun salute. Irv Stolberg, massive network of 14th century forts co-chair of the binational commission and city walls, magnificent scenery and For further information, please call and former speaker of the Connecticut good fishing – not to mention the tomb (973) 292-9800 ext. 3065 (Irene) or ext. 3040 (Maria) House represented the United States at of the Baal Shem Tov, founder of Jewish or visit www.ukrweekly.com the unveiling. He made a point of Hasidism. addressing the Ukrainian soldiers, prais- ing their dedication to their country. 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Alex Szendiuch Rocky Hill, Conn. A huge thank-you to our many contributors for this stu- Michael Ilnickij Jersey City, N.J. John Szpyhulsky Iselin, N.J. Sonia Jarko-Smith Doylestown, Pa Martin Tatuch Washington, D.C. pendous response to our book! Orysia Johnson St. Petersburg, Fla. Michael and Natalia Tegler Clinton Township, Mich. Please note: The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the Victor Kachur Columbus, Ohio Jakym and Alice Teniuch White Plains, N.Y. sole fund dedicated exclusively to supporting the work of Anne Kalynowycz Jersey City, N.J. Virlana Tkacz New York, N.Y. this publication. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000 No. 25 Young dancers demonstrate that the show must go on

NEW YORK – This year’s Ukrainian indoors on Sunday. The spirits of the Bohachevsky and belong to her dance and old who enthusiastically applauded Festival on East Seventh Street – the young performers, nonetheless, troupes in New York City, Astoria, N.Y., and cheered each number. It was obvi- 24th annual sponsored by St. George remained undamped. and Newark, N.J. Rounding out the show ous also that the children and teens who Ukrainian Catholic Church – may have Seen on this page are the members of were students of St. George Academy, danced that afternoon enjoyed the per- been marred by, well, not the best of several Ukrainian folk dance ensembles who are instructed by the ever-energetic formances of their peers and proved weather, as rain forced a cancellation of who performed during the Sunday after- Daria Genza, with the wholehearted sup- themselves to be real troupers. The fes- outdoor performances – the street festi- noon program held in the school auditori- port of Sister Monica, principal. tival’s large outdoor stage may have val’s centerpiece – on Friday and um of St. George. Most are students of The dance concert was well-received been rendered unusable by drenching Saturday, May 19-20, and brought them the renowned Roma Pryma by an enthusiastic audience of young rains, but the show went on.

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DATELINE NEW YORK: Krovytska guest-stars at Ukrainian Institute by Helen Smindak Radiant in a gown of claret red with black-bead embroi- the Denver Theater Center, with Ms. Pawl as one of nine dery and matching stole, soprano Oksana Krovytska Greek women in the chorus. Although she’s left the Great brought her lyric voice to the Ukrainian Institute of White Way, Ms. Pawl is often seen on TV in the original America on May 21 for this season’s gala concert and “Cabaret” commercial and in a commercial showing the reception benefiting the institute’s Crown Jewel Kit-Kat girls ballyhooing a product called “Clean and Endowment fund and the Daria Hoydysh Endowment for Clear.” the Arts. An enthusiastic audience greeted the New York The name Mark Setlock sounds very much like Mark City Opera diva with hearty applause. Sedlak, and readers have been inquiring whether the star of The fund-raising event, initiated last year with an appear- the Off-Broadway comedy “Fully Committed,” playing at ance by Met Opera bass Paul Plishka, affords music lovers the Cherry Lane Theater, is Ukrainian. Mr. Setlock plays an opportunity to become an event sponsor at three dona- the chef and everyone else in this one-man show, described tion levels – platinum ($10,000), gold ($5,000) and silver by Peter Marks in The New York Times as “a mocking dis- ($1,000). All donors receive reserved seats, autographed mantlement of megalomaniacal chefs, coked-up maitres concert programs and recognition in the concert program. d’hotel, food-averse VIPs, strung-out publicity agents and Gold and platinum donors are also granted a private photo customers with exploding bowels.” Besides the Slavic opportunity with the guest star; platinum donors receive an name, the 31-year-old actor seems to have some of the additional bonus: the use of the institute’s second floor for a requirements of Ukrainian ethnicity: he grew up in a mid- day or evening to hold a corporate or personal party. dle-class Cleveland neighborhood and settled into a small Ms. Krovytska opened the program with jewels of music apartment in the East Village when he came to New York in by the Ukrainian composers Stanyslav Liudkevych and 1992. Reached by fax, Mr. Setlock responded with this Vasyl Barvinsky, pouring out glorious sound in courteous note: “Thanks for your interest, but I am Polish, Liudkevych’s “Odna Pisnia Holosnenka” (Loud Song) and not Ukrainian. I do, however, love Ukrainian food!” “Taina” (Mystery) and Barvinsky’s “Misatsiu Kniaziu” Television highlights (Prince Moon). She was ably backed throughout the evening by the refined, intelligent accompaniment of pianist Vyacheslav Bakis. Natalia Shvachko, 23, represented Ukraine in the 49th With Liszt’s “Tri Sonetti di Petrarca” (Three Sonnets of New York City Opera diva Oksana Krovytska with annual Miss Universe Pageant, held last month in Cyprus Petrarch), Ms. Krovytska demonstrated that her voice has Maria Olenska, a “platinum” donor at the Ukrainian and broadcast by CBS-TV. The 5-foot-10-inch brown-eyed become richer and more powerful. Her superb command of Institute of America. beauty says her proudest personal accomplishment is run- phrasing heightened the solemn “Pace non trove” and the ning for membership in the Ukrainian Parliament and plac- poignant strains of the sonnet “Benedetto sia’l giorno,” member of a trio that took the grand prix in the Kyiv ing third out of 19 candidates. Ms. Shvachko, who feels while her consummate artistry and quicksilver notes con- Chamber Competition. He was artistic director and conduc- that pageants broaden horizons, stature and exposure to veyed intense beauty in “I vidi in terra.” tor of the Donetsk Chamber Orchestra and was designated more diverse cultures, intends to run again for political Following intermission, Ms. Krovytska sang arias from a a Distinguished Artist of Ukraine before emigrating to the office in the future. Despite geographical barriers, she number of operas that offer great terrain for a soprano, United States in 1993. Based in New York, he has gained a maintains frequent and close contact with her mother, older including Dvorak’s “Rusalka,” Janacek’s “Katya reputation as an accomplished performer in chamber and brother and sister (her father died when she was a child), Kabanova,” Umberto Giordano’s “Fedora,” Francesco recital venues. and is grateful for her relationship with her mother and Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur,” and Puccini”s “La Bohème” On their toes “how much she sacrificed for me.” Fluent in Ukrainian, and “La Rondine.” Russian, English, French and Polish, she lists art, music, In Fedora’s opening aria she interpreted the role with the travel, literature and athletics among her leading interests. The American Ballet Theater’s Ukrainian foursome con- Some of the music heard on the soundtracks of several same artistry she showed in a recent appearance with the tinues to win raves from critics as the ABT season contin- Palm Beach Opera, a performance that netted this review highly popular TV shows is the work of Ukrainian perform- ues. Reviewing Harold Lander’s “Études” in The New ers. “Dawson’s Creek,” for instance, carries significant con- from Opera News of New York: “Oksana Krovytska York Times, Jennifer Dunning touts the work of Maxim proved a natural in her first attempt at the title role ... The tributions from Winnipeg-born pop music star Chantal Belotserkovsky, who headed the matinee cast with Amanda Krevaziuk, winner of the Best Female Artist prize (beating soprano used (her voice) with great intelligence and expres- McKerrow and Marcelo Gomes on June 7, and Irina sive intent. Her acting, too, was impressive and involving, out Celine Dion and Alanis Morissette) and Best Pop/Adult Dvorovenko and Vladimir Malakhov, who performed with Album prize at the Juno Awards (Canada’s version of the easily suggesting Fedora’s aristrocratic bearing, as well as José Manuel Carreno in the evening’s lead cast. her emotional vulnerability.” Grammy) last March. CBS-TV’s “JAG” and NBC-TV’s Ms. Dunning felt that Ms. Dvorovenko’s dancing had a “Providence” and “Sunset Beach” have carried the musical Ms. Krovytsky’s concluding arias – Cio-Cio San’s weight that made it regal, while Mr. Belotserkovsky entrance aria, a sweetly modulated “Un bel di,” and the stamp of the Baltimore-based band “Love Riot,” fronted by showed “a winning clarity of line and shape.” Mr. New York-born singer Lisa Kruk Mathews. MTV’s final scene from “Madama Butterfly” – were invested with Malakhov, in Ms. Dunning’s opinion, “could be said to be the same emotional energy she gave to Puccini’s heroine in “Undressed” and “Making the Video” also featured music air” in the cast that “stood out on the whole for the glitter of by “Love Riot,” and the new women’s network Oxygen City Opera performances over the past four seasons. An its performing.” He was also complimented for his debut impassioned and vulnerable Cio-Cio San, Ms. Krovytska licensed the band’s entire CD “Heaven Can Wait” for use that same evening in Martha Graham’s “Diversion of on its programming this year. prompted a standing ovation from the audience, just as she Angels.” Wrote Ms. Dunning: “The purest of classicists, did at the City Opera. Mr. Malakhov has obviously paid close and devoted atten- Notes on music Called back for an encore, she responded with Puccini’s tion to the distinctive shapes and propulsive quality of the touching aria “O mio babbino caro” from the opera “Gianni Graham modern-dance technique.” Conducted by Leon Botstein at Lincoln Center’s Avery Schicchi” and Kupchynsky’s “Oy u Poli Tykhyi Viter Mr. Belotserkovsky’s appearances earlier in the season Fisher Hall, the American Symphony Orchestra ended its Viye.” in “La Sylphide” and “Le Corsaire” also elicited praises 1999-2000 season in grand fashion with a performance of Though still recuperating from a respiratory illness, the from Ms. Dunning, who wrote that “Maxim Reinhold Glière’s Symphony No. 3, “Ilya Muramets,” Op. singer was gracious as always and took time after the per- Belotserkovsky was a figure of heroic vigor as James, the 42, featuring lush harmonies and triumphal string writing. formance to meet and greet her fans individually before Scotsman whom the sylph loves.” In the pirate romp “Le The subject of Glière’s last symphony – an epic work that retiring to a third-floor room for private photo sessions with Corsaire,” the reviewer opined that “the clarity and ampli- may never have been performed before in its entirety in this benefactors. She posed with platinum donors Joseph and tude of Maxim Belotserkovsky’s dancing, a high point of country – is Ilya Muramets, known to Ukrainians as Illia Magda Gagliano, Dr. Walter Hoydysh and Mary E. Pressey, the afternoon, made the slave dealer Lankendem unusually Muromets of Chernihiv, the hero of the Kyiv bylyna cycle. and gold donors Ostap and Ursula Balaban. Meanwhile, likable.” In essays included in the concert program guide, Mr. guests moved to the dining room to sample gourmet dishes NYT dance critic Anna Kisselgoff, reviewing the June 9 Botstein, Anthony Burton and Robert McColley refer to the and luscious desserts. opening performance of John Cranko’s “The Taming of the composer as Russian and his work as part of the Russian Benefactors for this fund-raiser also included Maria Shrew,” found Vladislav Kalinin to be marvelous in the culture; they do, however, praise the symphony in glowing Olenska (platinum donor, in kind) and silver donors Drs. leading role of Gremio, becoming “a doddering dolt with- terms and describe Muramets as a “bogatyr” or knight Adrian and Larissa Dolynsky, Zwen Goy, Myron and Olha out overdoing anything.” errant of the 10th century court of Vladimir I of Kyiv who Hnateyko, Dr. Zenovia Kuncio, Walter and Frances Ms. Dvorovenko was a principal dancer in the Kyiv is also given a role in the 13th century battles between Nazarewicz, Andrij and Larysa Paschuk, Peter and Ilona Ballet in Ukraine, as was her husband, Mr. Belotserkovsky. Christian Kyiv-Rus’ and the Golden Horde of the Mongol Shyprykewich, Mykola and Valida Suk, Lydia Zaininger, Also from Kyiv is Mr. Kalinin. Mr. Malakhov, a native of Tatars. and Olha and Teodosij Zazula. Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, who began his dance training there at Glière, of Belgian Jewish descent, was born in Kyiv in Confiding to “Dateline that she has been studying “with the age of 4, appears as a principal dancer with the National 1875 and composed over 500 works in a variety of genres, great coaches” and taking master classes with Renata Ballet of Canada and the Stuttgart Ballet, as well as with the including the symphonic tableau “Zaporozhtsi” inspired by Scotto, Ms. Krovytska said she will be spending a lot of ABT. Ilya Repin’s painting, the symphonic poem “Zapovit” dedi- time on study in coming months. During the 2000-2001 Regards to Broadway cated to Taras Shevcheno, and the ballet “Taras Bulba.” season she is scheduled to sing the title role in Janacek’s During a recent Metropolitan Opera radio broadcast, the “Katya Kabanova” in Montreal and Miami, Amelia in illustrious Ukrainian tenor Ivan Kozlovsky was the subject Verdi’s “Un ballo in maschera” with the Palm Beach Opera Singer/dancer/actress Christina Pawl (Pawlyshyn) has of highly complimentary remarks by Henry Fogel, presi- and the Schumann “Requiem” with the National Orchestra left the cast of the Tony Award-winning production of dent of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, in the intermis- of France in Paris. Returning to the New York City Opera “Cabaret” to take up serious drama in Denver. Ms. Pawl, sion feature “Singers Hall of Fame.” Referring to for her eighth consecutive season, she will appear as Donna who spent more than two years in “Cabaret” as one of the Kozlovsky, who was born in the Kyiv area in 1900 and Elvira in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” in March 2001. six sinuous Kit-Kat girls, is studying acting and voice dur- sang to age 72, as “a throwback to the pre-Caruso era, with Mr. Bakis, who is German-born, studied at the ing a six-month rehearsal period for the Greek epic a stunning variety of innuendos,” Mr. Fogel used the sec- Chernivtsi Music College and Kyiv Conservatory in “Tantalus.” Directed by Sir Peter Hall, the 15-hour produc- Ukraine. An accomplished chamber musician, he was a tion will open in mid-September for a three-month run at (Continued on page 17) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000 No. 25

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been entitled. “This is the dreadful situation Newsbriefs to which we were driven last year,” she With sorrow we announce that on Saturday, June 10, 2000, added. (RFE/RL Newsline) (Continued from page 2) at the age of 57, passed away agreed on regulations regarding the trans- Tymoshenko denies complicity our dearest son, father, brother, grandfather port corridor through Belarus. The same day, Belarusian Television quoted Mr. KYIV – Vice Prime Minister Yulia Yarmoshyn as saying that “the khokhly [a Tymoshenko on June 7 denied she was disparaging term for Ukrainians] are going involved in former Prime Minister Pavlo to fleece us at the border.” (RFE/RL Lazarenko’s money-laundering schemes, as Newsline) reported in the June 6 issue of the Financial Times. “I have never in my life conducted Moldova puts border treaty on hold any operations with money-laundering,” CHISINAU – The Parliament of she told Interfax. “It seems to me that some Moldova has again voted against debating corrupt circles in the shadow energy sector the 1999 treaty with Ukraine on settling in Ukraine ... disseminate various news the border dispute between the two coun- reports in the world in order to get rid of the Bohdan Worobec, J.D. tries. Under that treaty, the two states were government that is putting an end to their A Panakhyda was held on Wednesday, June 14, 2000, at El to exchange small chunks of territory, giv- shady deals,” Ms. Tymoshenko added. Camino Memorial Park and Mortuary, San Diego, Calif. ing Ukraine sovereignty over a portion of a (RFE/RL Newsline) Funeral services were held on Thursday, June 15, at 10 a.m. at highway to Odesa that passes through Life imprisonment replaces death penalty Moldovan territory in exchange for a small Our Lady of Perpetual Help Ukrainian Catholic Church, San strip of land leading to the River Danube, KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on June 8 Diego, Calif. where Moldova wants to build an oil ter- amended the penal code to substitute life minal. The Party of Moldovan imprisonment for the death penalty, Interfax Interment at El Camino Memorial Park. Communists said it has “other constructive reported. The Parliament also ruled that life proposals to make,” while the Popular sentences cannot be handed down to people In deep sorrow Party Christian Democratic called the under 18 or over 65, or to women who are daughter - Kim treaty “a fiasco for Moldovan diplomacy.” pregnant either at time of committing their The Ukrainian Parliament has ratified the crime or receiving the court verdict. The son - Jimmy treaty, and experts cited by the Infotag move followed last year’s ruling by the mother - Zenowia news service said Moldova’s refusal to do Constitutional Court that the death penalty brothers - Andre with wife Christina so might result in Ukrainian lawmakers’ is illegal. Under pressure from the Council and daughters Natalie and Marie refusal to ratify an agreement recognizing of Europe, in March 1997 Ukraine imposed - Myron with wife Helen Moldovan properties on Ukrainian territo- a moratorium on executions. (RFE/RL and sons Michael, Matthew and Adam ry. (RFE/RL Newsline) Newsline) grandson - Devon Vilnius seeks redress for Nazi occupation Kyiv may obtain $1.2 B from World Bank Family in U.S., Canada, France and Ukraine KYIV – Johannes Linn, World Bank VILNIUS – The Lithuanian Parliament deputy chairman for Europe and Central on June 8 passed a resolution demanding In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to: Asia, said in Kyiv on June 9 that Ukraine compensation for the German occupation Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund, 272 Old Short Hills Rd., Short may receive a $1 billion to $1.2 billion during World War II. The resolution criti- Hills, NJ 07078. loan package from the bank in 2000- cizes the current mechanism whereby 2002, Interfax reported. “The level of Lithuanian nationals seeking compensa- support in terms of financial assistance tion are forced to proceed via Moscow, will depend very much on the govern- and calls instead for a compensation ment’s ability to implement its reform mechanism to be a part of Lithuanian- program,” Mr. Linn noted. Final approval German relations and to be handled as a DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS will also depend on the results of an audit bilateral issue. During his meeting to be published in The Ukrainian Weekly – in the Ukrainian of the bank’s previous loans to Ukraine between German Chancellor Gerhard and the government’s success in passing Schroeder, Parliament Chairman Vytautas or English language – are accepted by mail, courier, fax, phone or e-mail. laws the bank considers beneficial for Landsbergis had brought up the issue, economic development. 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Business in brief (Continued from page 5) pilot project is being tested in Kyiv with a planned expansion to the national level. Additionally, Oschadnyi Bank and its subsidiary, OshchadMarket, have announced the introduction of a new service, the sale of goods from a catalogue. The catalogue will be distributed through the over 10,000 Oschadnyi Bank branches. (Eastern Economist) Gas well begins production in Poltava Oblast POLTAVA – A new gas well has begun production in the Poltava Oblast. The well is 4,800 meters deep and is capable of producing 800,000 cubic meters of gas per day. The director of PoltavaGazoVydobuvannia, Volodymyr Artemov, said that this is the most pro- ductive well in the region for the last 15 years. Currently there are 400 well sites in the Poltava Oblast, which produced over 5 billion cubic meters of gas in 1999. The new site alone is expected to bring in an additional 300 million cubic meters of gas in 2000. (Eastern Economist) Oreanda Hotel first for renovation SYMFEROPOL – The first investment project to be carried out in the Greater Yalta Priority Development Zone will be the renovation of the Oreanda, one of the most fash- ionable hotels in the city, said Yalta Mayor Volodymyr Marchenko. According to Mr. Marchenko, Iventa of Switzerland will invest $5.6 million (U.S.) in the hotel renovation, which will give it a 60 percent stake, the State Property Fund of Crimea, 36 percent; and the Yalta community, 4 percent. The Oreanda project will include a large-scale renovation Now available: of all the buildings, construction of a new building, park, parking lot, swimming pool and development of beach infrastructure. Oreanda will become a four-star hotel, according to additional insurance coverage the international classification system. The project is expected to show a profit in six years. (Eastern Economist) for UNA members Antonov and Air Launch sign agreement If you are already a member of the UNA we offer a guaranteed issue of additional mini- KYIV – The Antonov aviation complex and Ukrainian-Russian Air Launch complex mum of $1,000 to a maximum of $5,000 life insurance added to your current policy cover- have signed an agreement, according to which Antonov will assist in launches of telecom- age. If you presently own any UNA Whole Life, 20-Payment Life, P-65 or DP-65 you are munication, navigation and meteorology satellites up to 3.5 tons in weight into low orbits. AN-124-100 Ruslan aircraft will be used as the launch platform, taking the satellite and guaranteed additional insurance. UNA cannot deny you coverage. This offer is not open to the booster to the optimal launch point and launching it from a height of 10 kilometers. members with term insurance, endowment plans, or Universal Life policies. Antonov will develop the system for loading and launching the booster. The first commer- Here is how it works. cial launch is planned for 2003. (Eastern Economist) The UNA will issue the following amounts of the pour-in-rider: National airline plans to fly AN-140s • Ages 0-35, $1,000 to $5,000; KYIV – The National Airlines of Ukraine plans to receive the first AN-140 aircraft by • Ages 36-70, $1,000 to $2,500; the end of the summer, according to the airline’s president, Mykola Plaksii, who spoke at a ceremony for certification of the AN-140. The airline is in talks with Kharkiv Aircraft • Ages 71-90, $1,000. Plant to lease two AN-140 for five years. The price of one aircraft is approximately $8 The rates for the pour-in rider appear in the chart below. million to $10 million (U.S.). The president of Aerosweet airlines, Hryhorii Hurtovii, com- mented that the bigger issue than the price of the aircraft is its operating costs. “If the man- For more information call the UNA Home Office at (973) 292-9800. ufacturer offers a good price Aerosweet will soon also use the AN-140,” stated Mr. Hurtovii. (Eastern Economist) THE RATES FOR THE POUR-IN RIDER ARE LISTED AS FOLLOWS Ikar begins flights of AN-140s in June Issue Premium Issue Premium Issue Premium Issue Premium age per $1,000 age per $1,000 age per $1,000 age per $1,000 KYIV – AN-140 aircraft will begin regular service on the routes of Ikar airways in June, said Ikar Assistant General Director Yulii Kyseliov. According to the contract 063 1 63 26 145 51 349 76 696 Kharkiv Aviation Plant will supply five AN-140s to Ikar. The purchase was financed by a 2 64 27 150 52 361 77 710 loan from Va-Bank. The size of the contract was not disclosed, but Mr. Kyseliov stated 3 66 28 155 53 373 78 724 4 68 29 161 54 385 79 738 that the price of one aircraft was not higher than $8 million. (Eastern Economist) 5 70 30 167 55 397 80 752 6 73 31 173 56 409 81 765 AN-140 production waiting for buyers 7 75 32 179 57 422 82 778 8 78 33 186 58 435 83 791 9 81 34 193 69 448 84 803 KHARKIV – The main problem for the producers of the new AN-140 aircraft is financ- 10 84 35 200 60 462 85 815 ing production since airlines of the Commonwealth of Independent States have a low abil- 11 87 36 208 61 475 86 826 ity to pay, stated Mykhailo Ternov, deputy general director of the Kharkiv Aviation Plant. 12 90 37 215 62 489 87 837 13 93 38 223 63 504 88 848 14 96 39 232 64 518 89 858 Kyiv receives World Bank loan of $18.2 M 15 100 40 240 65 533 90 868 16 103 41 249 66 547 KYIV –The World Bank and the Kyiv City Administration have signed an agreement 17 107 42 258 67 562 18 110 43 267 68 576 for allocation of a loan for $18.2 million (U.S.) to be directed toward energy conservation. 19 114 44 276 69 591 The document was signed by Deputy Mayor Viktor Padalka in Washington. The loan is 20 118 45 286 70 606 21 122 46 296 71 622 allocated for this project under extremely attractive conditions to the city, according to the 22 126 47 306 72 637 head of the Kyiv’s Foreign Economic Relations Department, Mykhailo Pozhyvanov. 23 130 48 316 73 652 (Eastern Economist) 24 135 49 327 74 667 25 140 50 338 75 682 50 percent of Bukovyna airline for sale KYIV – The State Property Fund has approved the cash sale by tender of a 50 percent Complete the following questionnaire and return it to the UNA Home Office: stake in Bukovyna Airlines. The stake’s starting price is 1,036,000 hrv. The successful bid will be requested to pay the airline’s 150,000 hrv debt, keep the airline’s main operations Ukrainian National Association, Inc. and maintain aircraft. (Eastern Economist) P.O. Box 280, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 Insurance industry holds roundtable Tel: (973) 292-9800 KYIV – A roundtable on insurance business in Ukraine was held March 31 by the Name ______Age ______League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine and the Institute for the Transformation of Society. The problems included the deficiencies in existing legislation, state influence on Br. ______Policy #______Amount applied for $ ______private insurance companies, the necessity of introducing new regulations and hurdles to the development of social insurance systems. Many participants complained that the state Address ______does not consider insurance companies as potential investors. As of January, 263 insurance companies were operating in Ukraine, earning 1.164 billion hrv in 1999. (Eastern ______Economist) Tel: ______SS# ______President at opening of Cargill plant Beneficiary (name) ______DONETSK – President Leonid Kuchma attended the opening of the new Cargill sun- flower seed-processing plant in Donetsk on April 4. The president of Cargill Ukraine, Address ______Patrick Bracken, said the company will pay cash for sunflower seeds and the oil will be This offer is valid from June 1, 2000, to September 30, 2000. If your completed form and check are sold on both domestic and international markets with distribution through Cargill’s inter- received by the deadline you will receive a 4 percent discount on the rate quoted on the left. national network. The plant was constructed over two years at cost of over $50 million (U.S.). The new plant is capable of processing 300,000 tons of sunflower seed annually and provides 400 direct and indirect jobs. (Eastern Economist) No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000 17

June 27, at 8 p.m. (rain date: Thursday, June Krovytska guest-stars... 29, at 8 p.m.). (Continued from page 13) Ukrainian baritones Georgy Zastavny ond half of the aria “Pourquoi me reveiller” and Vassily Gerello, and bass Paul Plishka from “Werther” to demonstrate Kozlovsky’s will be featured in upcoming TV and radio remarkable voice. broadcasts. Mr. Zastavny, a member of St. Kyiv Opera soloist Vladimir Grishko, Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theater since 1973, who appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in will be seen and heard in a PBS telecast on “La Bohème” and “Khovanschina” this past June 28 as Fra Melitone in Verdi’s “La forza season, will sing the role of Pinkerton in del destino.” National Public Radio’s World Puccini’s timeless tear-jerker “Madama of Opera broadcasts will feature Mr. Butterfly” during the Met Opera’s annual Gerello, a native of the Chernivtsi region free series in the parks this summer. With who sings with the Mariinsky (Kirov) Julius Rudel conducting, Mr. Grishko will Theater, as Tomsky in a July 8 broadcast of appear with Cynthia Lawrence, Wendy Tchaikovsky’s “Queen of Spades.” Mr. White and William Stone in a concert ver- Plishka’s performance as Don Silva in sion of “Butterfly” (no sets or staging) at Verdi’s “Ernani” with the Opera Orchestra Miller Field in the Gateway National of New York is scheduled for NPR broad- Recreation Area, Staten Island, on Tuesday, cast on September 16. Turning the pages...

(Continued from page 8) A key part of the program – which formed the principal part of the Joint Conferences on Saturday, June 26 – was The Washington Group’s conference “At the Threshold.” That con- ference attempted, in the words of TWG President Orest Deychakiwsky, to provide “five slices of the Ukrainian reality.” Besides separate conferences of Ukrainian organizations, there were several joint events: a reception at the Embassy of Ukraine attended by approximately 275 people in two shifts; a congressional reception on Capitol Hill attended by at least 400 people, and a reception at the U.S. State Department that was filled to capacity by 425 guests. The Joint Conferences’ Saturday evening gala comprised cocktails, a banquet and a ball, with nearly 800 persons in attendance. The keynote address was delivered by Leon Fuerth, national security adviser to Vice-President Al Gore. Mr. Fuerth read a message from Mr. Gore, in which the vice-president greeted the Joint Conferences and thanked organizers for presenting him their Friend of Ukraine Award. Mr. Fuerth offered the Ukrainian American community his personal pledge that he would arrange a meeting with Vice-President Gore. In his remarks at the opening of the banquet, Dr. Goy pointed to the unique nature of the Joint Conferences. “Our motto,” he stated, “is synergy, whereby the action of the whole is greater than that of its parts.” This conference, he continued, “is signifi- cant, not in its perfection, but in the teamwork that it is building for the Ukrainian community. Through this kind of work we will create a better society, not only for our community, but for our country.” Source: “Over 900 attend Joint Conferences of Ukrainian American Organizations” by Roma Hadzewycz, The Ukrainian Weekly, July 4, 1999, Vol. LXVII, No. 27. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000 No. 25

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Mr. Pasicznyk, who likes to point out After this selection the CD suddenly that his surname “means something like goes from 1919 to 1999. “You’ve Gone beekeeper,” was involved with the band Sour on Me” is straightforward rock-n- during the “Ukrainians,” “Vorony” and roll, while “Name on a Wing” is a coun- The Commission of Humanitarian Aid “Kultura” LPs, and the Smiths covers EP. try-style song about intercontinental love at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine He noted that “Ludwig’s Eclectic doomed to failure. The eclecticism is evi- Collection” is meant to be “a representa- dent as “Hard to Hang On” is done in a March 13, 2000 tion of my experience of being of dance/pop style, and “Saturday Will Kyiv Ukrainian-Irish descent, and yet born Never Come” is white reggae. Next come here, a British citizen.” Ludwig, he “So Near and Yet So Far Away” and “Is It The Commission of Humanitarian Aid at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine explained, is the nickname by which he is Too Much to Ask,” both big-band rock-n- attests that the Taras Shevchenko Foundation, an all-Ukrainian charitable known in the British Ukrainian communi- roll. Then there is “Gertrude,” a Bavarian- fund based in Lviv, under the direction of Dr. Vasyl Iwanytzky, foundation ty. style thigh slapping drinking song. president, is authorized to oversee projects dealing with humanitarian aid. “Chaban,” a sheepherder’s song, is The finale is “Miracles,” which, given the Ska treatment juxtaposed with according to the musician, is a celebration During 1998-1999 the foundation distributed approximately 200 computers Ukrainian village folk music and vocals. of everything good about life, especially and 100 photocopying machines to schools, universities, scientific institutions “Halychanochka,” a song about a woman becoming a parent for the first time. and libraries in Ukraine. This distribution program is being continued this year. from the Halychyna (Galicia) region of “My Ukrainian dad bought me an western Ukraine is given “Latino” treat- accordion when I was 9 years old and got The commission at the ministry would like to take this occasion to express its ment. An old Kozak song, “Zasvystaly me involved with the music scene in the gratitude to the businesses, institutions and organizations in Canada that Kozachenky” is given an instrumental British Ukrainian community, and my have donated the above-mentioned technology to the Taras Shevchenko “dance” type treatment. Thus, musician- musical intuition was helped along by my Foundation. songwriter pointed out, the transition from Irish mum, an accomplished fiddle play- whistling Kozaks to dancing Kozaks hap- er,” Mr. Pasicznyk said. “In typical Irish Unfortunately, given the current difficult economic situation in Ukraine, the pens in a few strokes of the keyboard. tradition, our family band comprised my Cabinet of Ministers is unable to provide educational establishments with nec- “Song for Y. Shukhevych” (1984) was mum on fiddle, sister Mariyka on guitar, essary computers and photocopying machines. Therefore, we would like to co-written with musician M. Stebiwka, and myself on accordion playing Irish and ask that those individuals, businesses and institutions in the diaspora that are a.k.a. “Stebs,” of Wolverhampton. It is a Ukrainian music.” in the position to help support this undertaking and actively help the Taras tribute to the well-known political prison- The price of the “Ludwig’s Eclectic Shevchenko Foundation continue its important work. er, and a protest song about Ukraine’s Collection” CD is $16 (U.S.), or $23 plight in the former Soviet empire. (Canadian), shipping included. Checks Mykola Zhulynsky “Carpathian Trickle” is about Ukraine on payable to Stepan Pasicznyk should be Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine one level, but starts out like an Irish lament sent to him at 74 Jackson Road, East – a reflection of the similar histories of Barnet, Herts, EN4 8UU, England. these two nations. “Refugee Nation” The CD is available from: Soyuzivka, addresses tragedies such as Kosovo in a UNA Estate, P.O. Box 529, Kerhonkson, The Taras Shevchenko Foundation of Ukraine, way that a descendant of another “refugee NY 12446; telephone, (914) 626-5641; fax, nation” might relate to it. (914) 626-4638; e-mail [email protected]; and an All-Ukrainian Charitable Fund The Potutory referred to in the the Ukrainian Book Store 10215 97th St. “Potutorsky Waltz” is the home village of Edmonton, Alberta TSJ 2N9; telephone, We would like to issue an appeal to the Ukrainian community in the diaspora Mr. Pasicznyk’s father. Located in the part (780) 422-4255; fax, (780) 425-1439; e- for the generous support of our foundation. Your continued support will enable of Ukraine ruled by Austria-Hungary, at mail, [email protected]; website, us to continue our work and again send much-needed computers and photo- one point during World War I it was on the www.ukrainianbookstore.com. copiers to schools in Ukraine this year, and thereby contribute to the upgrad- front between the Austro-Hungarian and Readers may contact Mr. Pasicznyk via ing of educational facilities. All contributions will be officially acknowledged Russian empires. The village, Mr. e-mail at [email protected]. upon receipt by the foundation. Individuals or institutions donating $250 or Pasicznyk said, is alive with relics of more will have their names inscribed on an honorary plaque at the Taras some of the fiercest fighting in which the Shevchenko Center in Lviv. Donations, with checks made payable to “School Ukrainian Sichovi Striltsi (Sich Riflemen) in Ukraine,” may be sent to: were involved in their struggle for Correction Taras Shevchenko Center in Lviv Ukraine’s independence. The duet reflects Last week’s story about the “Sviato 215 Bloor St. W., Suite 96 this point in history with a Viennese Vesny” for Plast children gave the wrong Toronto, Ontario sounding theme. (The image on the date for the celebration. The event took Canada M6S 1M8 CD/tape cover, by an artist from Ukraine place on June 4, not June 11 (which was named Myron Yatsiv, is of a soldier from the date of the issue in which the article this army.) appeared.)

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national and over 200 regional women’s Statement... NGOs operate in Ukraine and enjoy all- (Continued from page 3) round state support. Full Financial Services icy regarding the family and women. At the same time, the present status of for our Ukrainian Community Under the Constitution of Ukraine the women in Ukraine is fully conditioned by equality of rights of men and women is the changes being experienced by the Illinois - Jersey City - Indiana ensured by providing women with equal Ukrainian state in the process of the devel- opment of a market economy and radical opportunities in social, political and cultural changes in its economic and social struc- activities, obtaining education and profes- ture. All the difficulties of the transition sional training, occupation and remunera- period, social and economic hardships, tion, as well as by special measures for the affect women with particular acuteness. protection of employment and health of In this regard, our state has great expec- women, introduction of pension privileges, tations for this forum, which will compre- ìÍð‡ªÌҸ͇ î‰Âð‡Î¸Ì‡ creation of conditions that render women SELFRELIANCE hensively and thoroughly analyze the situa- äÓÓÔÂð‡Ú˂̇ ä‡Ò‡ Ukrainian Federal the opportunity to combine jobs with moth- tion of women in the world, focus on prob- erhood. lems that require urgent solution, and elabo- Credit Union "ëÄåéèéåßó" For the full realization of these rights rate the strategy for further action on the Ukraine strives to create a national legisla- national and international levels. We believe tive base that would correspond to interna- in consolidation of the women’s movement Main Location: 2351 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60622 tional standards in the field of human rights. in the world. We all understand that today, Tel (773) 489-0520 Toll Free: (888) 222-UKR1 (8571) The president of Ukraine, Leonid without invigoration of international coop- Link to Chicagoland’s Ukrainian Community: www .selfreliance.com Kuchma, and the government of Ukraine eration and without creation of the appropri- attach great attention to the issues of protec- ate international environment, we cannot tion and promotion of the rights of women. achieve noteworthy successes in the sphere The president’s policy in reforming soci- of ensuring rights of women. ety is aimed at the revitalization of social Stabilization of the political, social and relations, realization of constitutional princi- economic situation in countries and ensur- Ukrainian Orthodox Federal Credit Union ples, formation of gender culture. The adop- ing peace and security in the world to a invites all members to tion by the president of Ukraine of a num- large extent depend on the posture of ber of regulations on strengthening the women in public life, on their self-con- social status of maternity, on the provision sciousness, their world outlook, and attitude of favorable conditions for women to com- toward public and state affairs. bine their professional activities with moth- The Beijing Conference made a signifi- Annual Picnic erhood and have real access to all kinds of cant contribution to gender issues, AnnualSunday, June 25, 2000 Picnic at 2:00 p.m. activities, equality of rights and opportuni- addressed the most acute and important ties of women and men on the labor market. problems of women, and marked the ways at Ukrainian Village, 66 Cedar Grove Ln., Somerset, N.J. protection of women’s health, raising their for their solution. I am convinced that the legal awareness concerning their rights, pre- final documents of this special session will * free food, beverages vention of violence against women is a facilitate this process. * raffle to benefit orphans in Ukraine vivid example thereof. We have one common wonderful home Mr. President: – our planet, the Earth. For the sake of If you have any questions call our offices at: The activities of public women’s associa- future generations, for the sake of our chil- (212) 533-0673 – New York, N.Y. tions in forming institutions of civil society dren, we should and we can consolidate our (732) 469-9085 – South Bound Brook, N.J. and elaboration of the state policies as of efforts, we should be wise and strong keep- (732) 802-0480 – Carteret, N.J. today constitute a powerful driving force for ers of our families, our nations, our planet. solving women’s problems. Currently, 29 Thank you, Mr. President. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000 No. 25

Tryzub hosts spring tennis tourney HORSHAM, Pa. – The first Ukrainian (retired due to overheating). tennis tournament of the 2000 season was In the consolation semi-finals Mr. held during the weekend of May 6-7 here Tymkiw won over Alex Olynec 6-2 at Tryzubivka. It was hot and humid, and (retired), and Buhaj beat Oles Kuchma 6- the 90-plus degree temperatures, more 3, 6-3. typical of mid-July rather than early May, Other interesting matches were Walter made playing conditions very difficult. Dziwak’s first-round win over Bohdan The tournament was conducted in the Krawtschuk (6-2, 5-7, 6-1), George men’s group, singles only. This year the Popel’s win against Mr. Kuchma (7-5, 6- tournament winner was George Sawchak, 3) and Boris Tatunchak’s close win over who in the final match defeated last year’s Krawtschuk in the consolation (7-5, 6-4). champion, Steve Sosiak by the score of 2- The tournament consisted of 17 indi- 6, 6-4, 7-6. The last set was decided by vidual matches. playing two out of three tie-breakers. The next Ukrainian tennis tournament In the semi-final matches Sosiak will be held also at Tryzubivka during defeated Ihor Buhaj 6-3, 6-4, and Mr. Ukrainian Diaspora Olympiad 2000. For Sawchak beat Jerry Tymkiw 6-1, 6-3. Mr. information about the tennis competition Tymkiw took third place in the tourna- at the Olympiad contact Mr. Sawchak at ment by defeating Mr. Buhaj in the finals (215) 773-4424 (work) or (215) 576-7989 of the consolation tournament 6-4, 1-0 (home).

To subscribe: Send $50 ($40 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian Weekly, Subscription Department, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 Tryzub tennis tournament winners: (from left) Steve Sosiak, Jerry Tymkiw, Ihor Buhaj and George Sawchak. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000 21 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000 No. 25 No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000 23 Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble invites public to a concert/video shoot

by Peggy Leiby Director Taras Lewyckyj, “Our company is reaching new artistic heights and we JENKINTOWN, Pa. – The Voloshky are very excited with our new choreog- Ukrainian Dance Ensemble invites dance raphy. This will be a ‘best of’ Voloshky afficionados to attend a free concert/video video and, since the audience has always shooting on June 20 at 8 p.m. With over been a big part of our shows, we would SUMMERSUMMER 2000 35 dancers on stage, this exciting show by not even consider leaving them out of 2000 one of the country’s foremost Ukrainian our video production.” dance troupes will be held at the Mandell The event is sponsored in part by the Saturday, July 1 Theater on the Drexel University campus Drexel University Dance Ensemble and 8:30 p.m. – concert – Barabolya, Toronto at 33rd and Chestnut streets in is partially supported by a grant from 10 p.m. – dance – music by BURYA, ZABAVA Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour, a The purpose of this performance is to program developed and funded by the Sunday, July 2 produce a videotape consisting of Vira I. Heinz Endowment; the William selected pieces from the ensemble’s 8:30 p.m. – concert – Barabolya, Toronto Penn Foundation; the Pennsylvania 10 p.m. – dance – music by BURYA repertoire that will be included in its Council on the Arts, a state agency; and 30th anniversary video cassette. The Pew Charitable Trusts; and adminis- Since 1972 Voloshky has been dancing tered by Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation. Saturday, July 8 with art and energy, athleticism and ele- For more information, call Joan 8:30 p.m. – concert – Luba and Mykola Duo gance, turning the culture of the Dobrowolski at (215) 322-7225, or see 10 p.m. – dance Ukrainian people into a performance the website www.phillydance.com/fdc phenomenon. According to Artistic for “Places to Dance.” Saturday, July 15 8:30 p.m. – concert – Promin Vocal Ensemble “Ancestral Voices” presentation 10 p.m. – dance – music by BURLAKY Saturday, July 22 based on Ukrainian songs, poetry 8:30 p.m. – concert – Cheres Ukrainian Folklore Ensemble 10 p.m. – dance – music by VODOHRAI CLEVELAND – “Ancestral Voices,” an (wooden flute), Don Safranek on drums and original dance-theater piece based on Ms. Tarnawsky on bandura. “Bilyi holos”- Saturday, July 29 Ukrainian folk songs and poetry, opens on style singing will be provided by the 8:30 p.m. – concert – Prometheus choir, Philadelphia June 29 at INSIDE art gallery where three Divchata v Kukhni (Girls in the Kitchen) 10 p.m. – dance – music by MONTAGE performances of the piece will be held ensemble. through July 1. The premiere production is directed by Using the theatrical conventions of dance, Michael Flohr, with set design by Saturday, August 5 puppetry and music, “Ancestral Voices” Anonymous 3, musical arrangements by 8:30 p.m. – concert explores a story of two sisters: one is the Divchata V Kukhni ensemble and cho- 10 p.m. – dance – music by LUNA destroyed by her fate, while the other thrives reography by Natalie Kapeluck, a dancer given her good fortune. The story draws its with the Mary Miller Dance Company of Sunday, August 6 text from the poetry of Oleksander Oles, Pittsburgh, and Beth Salemi, an MFA can- UNWLA Day at Soyuzivka Lesia Ukrainka, Taras Shevchenko and didate in dance at Case Western Reserve Mykhailo Drai-Khmara as well as from the University in Cleveland. texts of Ukrainian folk songs. Translations The bilingual piece is easily accessible Saturday, August 12 have been provided by Hélène Turkewicz- to English-speaking audiences and has 8:30 p.m. – concert – Dumka choir, New York Sanko, editor of “Treasury of Ukrainian traditional Ukrainian songs translated 10 p.m. – dance – music by TEMPO Love Poems, Quotations and Proverbs” into English by Ms. Tarnawsky. 11:45 p.m. – CROWNING OF MISS SOYUZIVKA 2001 from Hippocrene Books, and Nadia Performances of “Ancestral Voices” at Tarnawsky, a graduate student in ethnomusi- INSIDE art gallery, 2393 Professor Ave. in Saturday, August 19 cology at Cleveland State University. Tremont, will be held Thursday-Saturday, 8:30 p.m. – concert The piece also features Ukrainian folk June 29, 30 and July 1, at 8 p.m. Tickets are UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS music played live on Ukrainian folk instru- $10. For more information call (216) 749- “Soyuzivka’s Ukrainian Dance Workshop” ments by master musicians: Alexander 0060 or send e-mail to [email protected]. 10 p.m. – dance – music by SVITANOK Fedoriouk on “tsymbaly,” (hammer dul- Seating is limited, so reservations are highly cimer) Andrei Pidkivka on “sopilka,” recommended. Saturday, August 26 8:30 p.m. – concert – Solomiya Ivachiv, violin; 8:30 p.m. – concert – Christina Anum-Dorhuso, piano 10 p.m. – dance – music by VIDLUNNIA

September 1-3 LABOR DAY WEEKEND

PLUS: Enjoy the sounds of Greg and Stefan every Wednesday at Hutsul night at 6 p.m., starting June 28. Dance to the tunes of Vidlunnia every Friday evening starting July 14.

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BLOOMINGDALE, Ill.: St. Andrew CLEVELAND, Ohio: “Ancestral Voices,” Ukrainian Orthodox Church will hold its an original dance theater piece based on annual summer festival on the church Ukrainian folk songs and poetry, will be grounds at 300 E. Army Trail Road with presented for three nights only. The per- fun and entertainment for all. On June formances will fuse modern dance, pup- 24 there will be live entertainment by petry, music and theater in a bilingual pres- Ron Cahute and Burya, Ukrainian folk entation. The story of two sisters draws its dance groups, as well as a 3-on-3 soccer text from the writing of Ukrainian poets tournament in cooperation with the such as Oleksander Oles, Lesia Ukrainka, Chicago Fire Soccer Team and the Taras Shevchenko, as well as Ukrainian FireWorks for Children Foundation. On folk songs. Live traditional music will be June 25, there will be a Barabolya chil- provided for this production by Divchata v dren’s program, kids’ games, over Kukhni – The Girls in the Kitchen. All per- $5,000 worth in raffle prizes, as well as formances begin at 8 p.m. and will take a barbecue and a “Beer Horod.” And, of place at the INSIDE art gallery, 2393 course, Ukrainian food will be available Professor Ave. in Tremont. Tickets: $10. on both days. For more information For more information call (216) 749-0060 call John Jaresko, (630) 682-4106. or send e-mail to [email protected]. PLEASE NOTE REQUIREMENTS: Preview of Events is a listing of Ukrainian community events open to the public. It is a service provided at minimal cost ($10 per submission) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. Payment must be received prior to publication. To have an event listed in Preview of Events please send information, in English, written in Preview format, i.e., in a brief paragraph that includes the date, place, type of event, sponsor, admission, full names of persons and/or organizations involved, and a phone number to be published for readers who St. Vladimir’s College Inc. may require additional information. Items should be no more than 100 words PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL long; all submissions are subject to editing. Items not written in Preview for- mat or submitted without all required information will not be published. www.stvlads.net Grade 9-10-11-12 Preview items must be received no later than one week before the desired 2000 - 2001 Academic Year date of publication. No information will be taken over the phone. Items will be published only once, unless otherwise indicated. Please include payment of St. Vladimir’s College is an independent Ukrainian Catholic High School $10 for each time the item is to appear and indicate date(s) of issue(s) in which unique in North America for young men. the item is to be published. Also, please include the phone number of a person who may be contacted by The Weekly during daytime hours. Information St. Vladimir’s College has a limited number of vacancies available for next should be sent to: Preview of Events, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, year in Grades Nine, Ten, Eleven and Twelve. P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. St. Vladimir’s College – High School provides: • Small class sizes. Student-teacher ratio 10:1; • A disciplined, structured and safe learning environment; The Ukrainian Weekly • A religious and moral climate; • A sports program committed to excellence; • A tradition in culture, music and the arts; • Dedicated, professional teachers and support staff; • An excellent boarding facility in a rural setting near Roblin, Manitoba (4 hours from Winnipeg); • Cost: $9,000.00 CDN (includes room, board and education); WWeddingedding • Obtain an admission package by contacting the school at (204) 937-2173 or in writing: AnnouncementsAnnouncements att: Headmaster, Mr. George Iwasechko will appear in our July 16, 2000 issue. St. Vladimir’s College Inc., P.O. Box 789, Roblin, Manitoba R0L 1P0 This past spring we introduced a new section – The Ukrainian Weekly Wedding Announcements. We’re very excited about this new section, since not only are weddings wonderful events in each of our lives, but we look forward to helping you share your joy with others in our community. WHAT? This section will be published four times a year. YOU DON’T HAVE YOUR OWN For a wedding announcement to be included in the July 16 issue, SUBSCRIPTION? all information must be received in our offices by July 6.

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