The Ukrainian Weekly, 2020
INSIDE: l Ramifications of critical water shortage in Crimea – page 3 l Interview: Ambassador Valeriy Chaly – page 9 l Online exhibit: Internment of Ukrainians during WWI – page 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXXVIII No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2020 $2.00 UCCA postpones XXIII Congress Ukraine enters second stage of Ukrainians in America to 2021 of quarantine easing UCCA The decision to schedule a UCCA con- vention outside of a U.S. presidential elec- NEW YORK – The Ukrainian Congress tion year was made due to the conditions Committee of America (UCCA), the repre- affecting the United States as result of the sentative organization of nearly 2 million global pandemic of COVID-19. As the health Americans of Ukrainian descent, on May 14 and well-being of the Ukrainian American convened an extraordinary session of community is, and should always be, a pri- UCCA’s National Council, UCCA’s highest ority for the leadership of that community, ruling body. The purpose of the meeting, and whereas individual states, including held over the Zoom video and audio confer- the state of New York (where the XXIII encing platform for the first time, was to Congress is to be convened), have closed discuss the planned XXIII Congress of most if not all businesses, schools and pub- Ukrainians in America, UCCA’s quadrennial lic facilities, the UCCA’s National Council convention. Scheduled to coincide with U.S. decided that the XXIII Congress will not presidential election years, the XXIII convene in 2020.
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