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Ukraine’s Quest For Mature Nation Statehood A Roundtable CONFERENCE BACKGROUND

he genesis of the “Ukraine1s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood: A Roundtable” series Ttook place in April 2000, when a number of Ukrainian/American organizations convened to consider ways to support the 'dialogue' that was unfolding between the U.S. and Ukraine. These deliberations gave rise to a commitment: to convene a conference that would bring together prominent representatives from academia and the governments of Ukraine and the United States to assess Ukraine's prospects for accelerated integration into the Euro Atlantic Community and stronger bilateral relations. To help fulfill the commitment, four key sources were tapped. The Ukrainian Congressional Caucus and the Ukrainian Embassy were asked to garner political support in the U.S. and in Ukraine, respectively. Major American universities, think tanks, and NGOs were invited to lend their good names and to supply important contacts. Major American and Ukrainian-American financial and commercial institutions were invited to provide the necessary financial wherewithal. In September 2000, these efforts culminated in a singular event held at the Library of Congress and at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C. The two-day conference featured 84 speakers representing the most prestigious members of America1s and Ukraine1s representatives in the foreign policy field. Major seg- ments of the conference were web-cast live worldwide; the entire conference was video taped by the U.S. Department of State for subsequent airing at various venues. A complete transcript of the proceedings was pro- duced for purposes of publishing a monograph in both the English and Ukrainian languages. By all accounts the conference was a complete success. The U.S. and Ukrainian governments, the policy for- mulation establishment in both countries, the academic community and NGOs all regarded the conference as having made a significant contribution to the furtherance of U.S./Ukraine relations. Based on the success of their effort, the Ukrainian/American initiators of ŒUkraine1s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood: A Roundtable1 reconvened in November 2000. The meeting led to a second commitment: to convene ŒRoundtable II: Taking Measure of a US-Ukraine Strategic Partnership1.

3 S T ATEMENT OF PURPOSE

"Ukraine's Quest for Mature Nation the role of the U.S. as a countervailing force to external Statehood - Roundtable II: Taking Measure pressures seeking to undermine Ukraine's emergence as of a U.S./Ukraine Strategic Partnership", a member of the Euro Atlantic community may prove October 31/November 1, 2001, crucial. Washington, D.C., will bring together prominent For Ukraine, nothing less than the sustainability representatives from academia and the govern- of its sovereignty and independence is at stake. ments of Ukraine and the U.S. to evaluate For the U.S., the corresponding issue is the relationship between the two coun- whether or not there will be finality tries and the role that their strategic partner- with regard to the possible ship has and will continue to play in promoting reemergence of a hegemonic their common goals and respective national interests. power on the Eurasian Over the course of the last decade, relations between landmass. the U.S. and Ukraine have undergone significant The purpose of "Ukraine1s change. Two principal, overarching factors Quest For Mature Nation have emerged, which today constitute Statehood-Roundtable II: Ta k i n g and justify the strategic nature of that rela- Measure of a U.S./Ukraine Strategic tionship: global security and regional stability. Partnership", is to objectively assess the capac- Beyond these core considerations; there are critical ity of both countries to make the requisite political, direct benefits to be derived from a strong bilateral rela- economic, diplomatic and military commitments to the tionship. realization of these strategic objectives. The prospects for advancing the strategic partnership The goal of the Roundtable is to provide, inter alia, a will, in large measure, depend on Ukraine's ability to valuable cache of information, analysis and insight per- further develop the requisite internal institutional tinent to U.S./Ukraine strategic relations for the new framework to move toward assuming the responsibili- administration in Washington, D.C. and the newly ties of a major player in the region and beyond. In this, appointed Cabinet of Ministers in Kyiv.

R O U N D TA B L E I N V O C AT I O N

O Lord, Master of Heaven and Earth You have graced Ukraine with Liberty We beseech you to help Her sustain Your precious gift

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Congressional Ukrainian Caucus Embassy of Ukraine American Foreign Policy Council International Republican Institute National Democratic Institute Harriman Institute/Columbia University UNSP/Harvard University SAIS/Johns Hopkins University CEREES/Georgetown University SigmaBleyzer Romyr Consultants Corporation the Silecky Firm Merchants of Light World Ukrainian Congress Ukrainian American Freedom Foundation Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Ukrainian National Information Service Ukrainian Academic and Professional Association Ukrainian Central Information Service Air Ukraine

STEERING COMMITTEE

• BOHDAN FEDORAK, CHAIRMAN • MICHAEL BLEYZER, MEMBER •BOR I S POTA P E N K O , EXE C U T I V E COO R D I N AT O R • KYLE PARKER, MEMBER • WALTER ZARYCKYJ, PROGRAM COORDINATOR • GEORGE NESTERCZUK, MEMBER • IHOR DLABOHA, MEDUA COORDINATOR • MYKOLA HRYCKOWIAN, MEMBER • HERMAN PIRCHNER, MEMBER • MYRON WASYLYK, MEMBER • NADIA DIUK, MEMBER • MICHAEL SAWKIW, JR., MEMBER • BARBARA BROOMELL, MEMBER • LUBOMYR KWASNYCIA, MEMBER • OLENA KOZLOVA-PATES, MEMBER • JAROSLAV DUTKEWYCH, MEMBER • VOLODYMYR YATSENKIVSKYI, MEMBER • STEPHEN BANDERA, MEMBER • OLEXANDER POTIEKHIN, MEMBER • MARK SUPRUN • IHOR OSTASH, MEMBER

4 PA T R O N S

Embassy of Ukraine ¨ SigmaBleyzer ¨ UKREXIMNEFTEPRODUCT ¨ Kiev-Atlantic Ukraine/Atlantic Farms ¨ Western NIS Enterprise Fund ¨ Ukraine International Airlines ¨ Selfreliance Federal Credit Union of New York, N.Y. ¨ The Heritage Foundation at the First Security Federal and Savings Bank, Chicago,IL ¨ Ukrainian Cultural Center, Warren, MI ¨ Selfreliance Federal Credit Union, Clifton, N.J. ¨ Ukrainian Future Credit Union, Warren, MI ¨ Ukrainian Selfreliance Michigan Federal Credit Union, Warren, MI ¨ The PBN Corporation ¨ Selfreliance Ukrainian ¨ Federal Credit Union, Chicago, IL ¨ SUMA Federal Credit Union, Yonkers, N.Y. ¨ American Foreign Policy Council ¨ National Democratic Institute ¨ International Republican Institute ¨ Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine ¨ Ukrainian American Freedom Foundation ¨

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Wednesday - October 31, 2001

8:20 AM - 8:500 AM Welcome Coffee and Registration Capitol Building Senate Caucus Room 5

8:50 AM - 9:00 AM

Opening Remarks B. Potapenko — (Steering Committee/ Executive Coordinator)

Roundtable Overview: U.S./Ukraine Relations and the International Community Sponsor: The Heritage Foundation at the First Security Federal Savings Bank, Chicago, IL Chair: S. Larrabee (RAND/European Security Chair) Keynote remarks: P. Dobriansky (Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs)

9:30 AM - 12:20 PM

[I] U.S./Ukraine Strategic Relations: Pondering the General - Three Panels Sponsor: Western NIS Enterprise Fund

(1) Strong U.S./Ukraine Ties and Global Security Moderator: T. Keaney (Johns Hopkins/ SAIS) Panelists: (a) I. Kharchenko (Deputy Foreign Minister)[Ukraine] (b) D. Feith (Under Secretary of Defense for Policy) Lead Discussant: W. Courtney (DynCor/President)

Suggested Topics: American View Point · Ukrainian Viewpoint · Global Perspective

(2) Strong U.S./Ukraine Ties and Regional Stability Moderator: N. Ledsky (NDI/ Regional Director) Panelists: (a) A. Fialko (Head of External Policy/ Presidential Adm.)[Ukraine] (b) C. Munter (NSC/ Director-European and Eurasian Affairs) Lead Discussant: J. Tedstrom (Institute of East-West Studies/Vice President)

Suggested Topics: American View Point · Ukrainian Viewpoint · Regional Perspective

(3) Strong U.S./Ukraine Ties and Bilateral Benefits Moderator: S. Nix (IRI/Regional Director) Panelists: (a) W. Taylor (Coordinator of US Assistance to Europe & Eurasia) (b) K. Hryshchenko (Ukrainian Ambassador to the US) Lead Discussants: A. Cohen (Heritage Foundation/ Research Fellow)

Suggested Topics: American View Point · Ukrainian Viewpoint · Regional Perspective

12:20 AM - 1:00 PM

Roundtable Overview: The Future of U.S./Ukraine Strategic Relations Sponsor: SigmaBleyzer Chair: K. Hryshchenko (Ukrainian Ambassador to the US) Keynote remarks: A. Kinakh (Prime Minister of Ukraine)

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1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Working Lunch: Poland and the U.S./Ukraine Nexus Sponsor: Selfreliance Federal Credit Union of New York, N.Y., N.Y., Chair: B. Bazylevskyi (Consul General of Ukraine/ Chicago) Keynote Remarks: P. Naimski (Former Security Advisor to the Prime Minister) [Poland]

2:20 P.M. - 5:20 P.M.

[II] Exploring the Particular: The Economic Dimension - Three Panels Sponsor: Kiev Atlantic Ukraine/Atlantic Farms

(1) Contemplating Expanded Economic Ties Between the U.S. and Ukraine Moderator: A. Aslund (Senior Associate/Carnegie Endowment) Panelists: (a) I. Mitiukov (Minister of Finance) [Ukraine] (b) A. Larson (Undersecretary of State for Econ. Bus. and Agric. Affairs) (c) E. Segura (Sigma Bleyzer/Chief Economist) Lead Discussant: (a)W. Miller (Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine) (b) N. Jaresko (Western NIS Enterprise Fund/ President & CEO)

Suggested Topics: NPTR · Quotas · Investment

(2) Envisioning a Role for the U.S. in Ukraine's Relations with Multilateral Financial Institutions Moderator: L. Kyj (UCCA/ Executive Vice President) Panelists: (a) V. Stelmakh (Head of the National Bank) [Ukraine] (b) M. Shadman-Valavi (IMF/ Assistant Director - European II Dept.) (c) N. Lee (Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury/ Eurasia) Lead Discussant: T. Solanyk (Alternative Executive Director/ World Bank)

Suggested Topics: WTO · IMF/WB · EBRD

(3) Ukraine's Quest for Energy Independence: Can the U.S. Help? Moderator: G. Laszkiewicz (ComPro/ Vice President) Panelists: (a) O. Todiychuk (Chairman/TRANS NAFTA) [Ukraine] (b) I. Colbert (Director of NIS, Russian and Middle East Affairs /Dept. of Energy) (Texaco/ Director of Government Relations) (c) J. Elkind (University of Maryland/ Joint Global Change Institute) Lead Discussants: (a) A. Bihun (Intl. Trade Specialist/ Commerce Dept.) (b) O. Oliker (RAND/CRE)

Suggested Topics: Infrastructure efficiency · Market reliability · Odessa/Gdansk pipeline project

5:20 PM - 6:00 PM

U.S.-Ukrainian Relations on the Legislative Front: An Overview Sponsors: Selfreliance Federal Credit Union, Clifton, N.J. and The PBN Corporation Moderator: M. Wasylyk(VP/The PBN Corporation) Remarks: (a) Rep. M. Kaptur (b) Rep. B. Schaffer (c) MPM. Ratushny [Ukraine]

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Thursday - November 1, 2001 8:15 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. Welcome Coffee and Registration Senate Hart Office Building Room 902

9:00 AM - NOON

[III] Exploring the Particular: The Security Dimension - Three Panels Sponsor: UKREXIMNEFTEPRODUCT

(1) Contemplating Expanded Security Ties Between the U.S. and Ukraine Moderator: G. Nesterczuk (Global US/ Vice President) Panelists: (a) O. Skipalsky (Former Head/ Military Intelligence)[Ukraine] (b) N. Krawciw (President/ Dupuy Institute) (b) S. Closson (Policy Analyst/ OSD/RUE Department of Defense) Lead Discussant: W. Grycenko (Razumkov Center/ Director) [Ukraine]

Suggested Topics: Direct Relations · PfP/NATO Ops · OSCE/UN Ops

(2) Envisioning a Role for the U.S. in Ukraine's Struggle against Organized Crime Moderator: B. Futey (Justice/ Federal Claims Court) Panelists: (a) I. Bilas (Chair/ Rada Comm. on Law Enforcement)[Ukraine] (b) L. Shelley (Ctr. on Transnat. Crime and Corruption/ American U.) (c) M. Waller (AFPC/ Vice President) Lead Discussant: S. Rahmanin (Dzerkalo Tyzhnya) [Ukraine]

Suggested Topics: Indigenous OC· Bilateral OC· Transnational OC

(3) Enhancing Ukraine's National Security Through 'Democracy Building': Can the U.S. Help? Moderator: J. Dutkewych (Fmr. Country Director for Ukraine/ US Peace Corps) Panelists: (a) I. Zayets (Former Minister of Ecology and Natural Res.) [Ukraine] (b) S. Nix (USAID/ Program Officer (c) N. Diuk (NED/ Senior Program Officer/ Europe and Eurasia) Lead Discussant: (a) O. Haran (Kyiv-Mohylian University) [Ukraine]

Suggested Topics: NGO Development · Mass Media Development · Economic Transparency

NOON - 12:40 PM

(Round Table Overview: Ukraine's Transformation on the European Model/How the US can assist the process Sponsor: Ukrainian Cultural Center, Warren, MI Chair: M. von Hagen (Columbia University/ Harriman Institute) Keynote remarks: B. Hawrylyshyn (Vidrodgenia Foundation)

12:40 - 2:00 PM Working Lunch:Russia and the U.S./Ukraine Nexus Sponsor: Ukraine International Airlines Chair: S. Konopylov (Harvard University/ UNSP) Keynote Remarks: S. Pifer (Deputy Asst Secretary of State/ Europe and Eurasia)

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2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

[IV] Exploring the Particular: The Diplomatic Dimension - Three Panels Sponsors: Ukrainian Future Credit Union, Warren, MI and Ukrainian Selfreliance Michigan Federal Credit Union, Warren, MI

(1) U.S./Ukraine and the Visegrad Group: Strengthening the Links Moderator: J. Micgiel (Columbia University) Panelists: (a) H. Udovenko (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs)[Ukraine] (b) G. Jeszynszky (Hungarian Ambassador to the US) (c) I. Brzezinski (Senate/ Foreign Relations) Lead Discussant: B. Winid (Minister Plenipotentiary/ Embassy of Poland)

Suggested Topics: · Economic Issues · Security Matters · Humanitarian Efforts

(2) U.S./Ukraine and GUUAM: Strengthening the Links Moderator: J. Moroney (DFI International/ Associate) Panelists: (a) I. Ostash (Chair/ Rada Comm. on Foreign Affairs)[Ukraine] (b) A. Pashayev (Azeri Ambassador to the US) (c) G. Peret (State Department/ Moldova-Belarus-Ukraine Desk) Lead Discussant: O. Sushko (CSPCFPU/ Director) [Ukraine]

Suggested Topics: · Economic Issues · Security Matters · Humanitarian Efforts

(3) U.S./Ukraine and the European Union: Strengthening the Links Moderator: J. Van Oudenaren (Library of Congress/ European Division) Panelists: (a) B. Tarasyuk (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs)[Ukraine] (b) E. Koelsch (Embassy of Germany to the US/ Deputy Head of Mission) (c) A. Stent (Georgetown University/ CEREES) Lead Discussants: (a) M. Haltzel (Senate/ Foreign Relations) (b) B. Yaremenko (Foreign Ministry/ US Desk Chief) [Ukraine]

Suggested Topics: · Economic Issues · Security Matters · Humanitarian Efforts

5:00 P.M. - 5:40 P.M.

Roundtable Overview: U.S./Ukraine Relations and the War Against Terrorism Sponsor: American Foreign Policy Council, National Democratic Institute, International Republican Institute Chair: H. Pirchner (AFPC/ President) Keynote remarks: C. Pascual (US Ambassador to Ukraine) 5:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M.

Closing Remarks: B. Fedorak — (Steering Committee/ Chairman)

Tuesday October 30, 2001

7:30P.M. - 9:30P.M. Pre-Conference Receptions: Embassy of Ukraine Sponsor: Embassy of Ukraine

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ANDERS ASLUND Anders Aslund is a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. Dr. Aslund served as an economic advisor to the Russian government from 1991 to 1994, and as an economic advisor to the Ukrainian government from 1994 to 1997. Since 1998, he has advised the government of Kyrgystan.

BORIS BAZYLEVSKYI Boris Bazylevskyi is Ukraine's Consul-General in Chicago. Prior to his posting in the United States, Consul-General Bazylevski served as Secretariat Director of the Ukrainian Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and Relations with the CIS.

ANDREW BIHUN Andrew Bihun serves as International Trade Specialist with the U.S. Department of Commerce. In the mid 1990s, Mr. Bihun held the post of Commercial Attache at the U.S. Embassy to Ukraine.

IVAN BILAS Ivan Bilas has been a member of the Parliament of Ukraine from 1994 to the present and is the Chairman of the Committee on Law Enforcement. He holds the rank of General in the National Guard of Ukraine. Since 1998, General Bilas has been the President of the Union of Ukrainian Officers.

IAN BRZEZINSKI Ian Brzezinski is a Senior Professional Staff Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. In this capacity, he advices the ranking Republican member of the Committee, Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC), on matters concerning U.S. interests in Europe, Russia and Ukraine, including those pertaining to NATO, EU, and the OSCE. Mr. Brzezinski also serves as the Secretary of the U.S. Senate Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

VICTOR CHUDOWSKY Victor Chudowsky is a Program Officer at Meridian International Center, where he has worked on Freedom Support Act programs for political leaders from Ukraine and other newly independent states. In the late 1990s, Dr. Chudowsky was a visiting scholar at the National Institute of Strategic Studies in Kyiv.

STACY CLOSSON Stacy Closson served as the Ukraine Country Manager in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from November 1998 to August 2001. She currently works at the Caucasus Desk. In January 2001, Ms. Closson was the recipi- ent of the Secretary of Defense Award for Exceptional Civilian Service.

ARIEL COHEN Ariel Cohen is the Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Heritage Foundation. Dr. Cohen manages a policy research program on Russia, the New Independent States and Central Europe, consulting Congressional staff members and leading American, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Hungarian and other Eurasian, Eastern and Central European decision makers.

LEONARD COBURN Leonard Coburn is Director of New Indendendent States, Russia and Middle East Affairs at the United States Department of Energy. In his capacity, Mr. Coburn is a key figure with regard to U.S. energy policy vis a vis Ukraine.

WILLIAM H. COURTNEY William H. Courtney is President of DynCorp. From 1998 to 2000, he served as a senior advisor at the Congressionally- chaired U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. In 1997-98, Ambassador Courtney was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director of the National Security Council staff for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia. Previously, he served as Ambassador to Georgia and Kazakhstan.

NADIA DIUK Nadia Diuk currently serves as Senior Program Officer for Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States at the National Endowment for Democracy, a private nonprofit organization funded by the U.S. Congress to strengthen democratic institutions around the world through nongovernmental efforts. Dr. Diuk has supervised NED programs in this com- plex region since 1987.

PAULA DOBRIANSKY Paula Dobriansky is Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs. While her present post requires a focus on U.S. relations with the International Community, Under Secretary Dobriansky is an acknowledged expert on matters relating to the post- Soviet space; from 1981 to 1987, she served in various posts in the Directorate on European and Soviet Affairs at the National Security Council.

JAROSLAV DUTKEVYCH Jaroslav Dutkevych was the first Country Director of the U.S. Peace Corps in Ukraine from 1992 to 2000. He developed and directed one of the largest and most successful U.S. Peace Corps and U.S. assistance programs in Ukraine.

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JONATHAN ELKIND Jonathan Elkind is a Senior Research Associate at the Joint Global Change Research Institute, a collaboration of the University of Maryland and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. From August 1998 to February 2001, Dr. Elkind served on the staff of the NSC as Director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs. His portfolio included energy and environmental issues throughout the post-Soviet states, as well as lead responsibility for relations with the countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia.

DOUGLAS FEITH Douglas Feith is Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. USDPFeith's responsiblities include myriad issues: arms control, multilateral 'threat reduction' conventions of various kinds, NATO matters and, perhaps most critical, the development of new 'security' paradigms.

ANDREW FIALKO Andrew Fialko is Director of the Principal Foreign Policy Directorate in the Administration of the President of Ukraine. From 1996 to the present, Mr. Fialko has served as: Deputy Head of Ukrainian delegations to OSCE Fora, Member of the Ukrainian State Inter-agency Committee on Relations with NATO and Member of Ukraine's Commission on Relations with CEI.

BOHDAN FUTEY Bohdan Futey has served as a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims since 1987. Judge Futey is actively involved with Democratization and Rule of Law programs organized by the Judicial Conference of the U.S., the Department of State and the American Bar Association in Ukraine and Russia.

MICHAEL HALTZEL Michael Haltzel is senior foreign policy advisor to Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-Delaware), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Staff Director of the Subcommittee on European Affairs of the Committee. He is the lead Democratic Senate staffer on NATO and Balkan policy. Dr. Haltzel came to the Senate in 1994 from the Library of Congress, where he was Chief of the European Division.

OLEXIY HARAN Olexiy Haran is both Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for National Security Studies at the University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (UKMA). Dr. Haran is a member of the President's Public Advisory Board [Ukraine] and serves as a member of the advisory board of Kennan Institute [U.S.].

BOHDAN HAWRYLYSHYN Bohdan Hawrylyshyn is the Director of the Vidrogenia Foundation. Dr. Hawrylyshyn serves as special advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Anatoliy Kinakh and the Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Ivan Plyshch.

KOSTYANTYN HRYSHCHENKO Kostyantyn Hryshchenko is the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States of America. Ambassador Hryshchenko also serves as a member of the UN Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters. He served as Ambassador of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and as the Head of the Ukrainian Mission to NATO from 1998 to 2000.

ANATOLIY HRYTSENKO Anatoliy Hrytsenko is President of the Razymkov Center. The Razymkov Center is considered to be one of the most prestigious political think tanks in Ukraine.

ROBERT HUGHES Robert Hughes is the current Chief, Regional Plans and Issues Division for the USAF Director of Operational Plans and Joint Matters. Immediately prior to taking on the current post, Colonel Hughes served as Defense Attache at the United States Embassy in Ukraine.

NATALIE JARESKO Natalie Jaresko was named to the post of President and CEO of the Western NIS Enterprise Fund in February 2001. She is responsible for managing the Fund's strategic development, setting long-term business goals for portfolio companies and attracting capital to expand business opportunities. Prior to the appointment, Ms. Jaresko, as the Fund's CIO, successfully built a $63 million portfolio that included 19 companies in the region.

GEZA JESZENSZKY Geza Jeszenszky has served as the Ambassador of Hungary to the United States of America since I998. Dr. Jeszensky was a founding member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum, (1990), which won the free elections of April 1990. From 1990 to 1994, he held the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Government of J. Antall.

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MARCY KAPTUR Marcy Kaptur is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. Representative Kaptur, among her many responsibilities on the Hill, is a Co-chair of the Ukrainian Congressional Caucus.

THOMAS KEANEY Thomas Keaney is the executive director of the Foreign Policy Institute and senior professor of strategic studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Until 1998, Dr. Keaney was a professor of military strategy at the National War College, Washington D.C., and director of its core courses on military thought and strategy.

IHOR KHARCHENKO Ihor Kharchenko is Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine. From 1992 to 1997, Deputy Foreign Minister Kharchenko, headed the European Sector policy planning staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In July 1997, he was posted as Deputy Head of Ukraine's Mission to the UN and served in that capacity until September 1998. Eberhardt Koelsch Eberhardt Koelsch became Deputy Chief of the Mission of the German Embassy in Washington in September, 1999. Immediately prior to coming to Washington, Dr. Koelsch served at the German Foreign Ministry, overseeing Germany's contribution to the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, first as European Correspondent and later as Deputy Political Director.

ANATOLIY KINAKH Anatoliy Kinakh is the current Prime Minister of Ukraine. Prime Minister Kinakh was serving as a member of Ukrainian Parliament prior to his appointment; he had been elected to the seat in May 1999. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Kinakh held the post of President of the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

SERGEI KONOPLYOV Sergei Konoplyov is Executive Director of the Ukrainian National Security Program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School. The program is geared to offering Ukrainian military officers an opportunity to study in the United States.

NICHOLAS KRAWCIW Nicholas Krawciw is President of The Dupuy Institute (TDI), a military history research center in McLean, Virginia. He is also a consulant on Ukraine in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense - International Security Policy. General Krawciw retired from the U.S. Army in July 1990, after 31 years in command and staff positions.

LARYSSA KYJ Laryssa Kyj is the president of the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, Inc. and the executive vice-president of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. Concurrently, she is a professor in the Accounting and Finance Department at Rowan University in New Jersey. In 1992, Dr. Kyj was a consultant to the IMF on a number of its missions to Ukraine.

ALAN LARSON Alan Larson is the first career Foreign Service Officer to serve as Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs. As the senior economic advisor to Secretary Powell, Ambassador Larson's responsibilities include the entire range of international economic policy.

F. STEPHEN LARRABEE F. Stephen Larrabee is a Senior Staff member at RAND in Washington, D.C. and holds the RAND Corporate Chair in European Security. From 1978-1981, Dr. Larrabee served on the U.S. National Security Council staff in the White House as a specialist on Soviet-East European affairs and East-West political-military relations.

GEORGE LASZKIEWICZ George Laszkiewicz is a Vice President for International Projects and Development at Compro Inc. in its New York office. Dr. Laszkiewicz manages company projects concerning remediation technologies for Chornobyl Exclusion Zone and Dniprodzerzhinsk Radioactive Waste Repository, as well as projects pertaining to new material for the nuclear industry developed in cooperation with Ukrainian research and development institutions.

NANCY LEE Nancy Lee is the U.S. Treasury Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Eurasia, responsible for economic and financial issues in U.S. relations with 28 countries, including Russia, Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Southeast Europe and other transition economies of Europe.

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NELSON C. LEDSKY Nelson C. Ledsky has directed democratic development programs in the post Soviet space since 1992 for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. Ambassador Ledsky served as U.S. negotiator in Germany and U.S. Special Coordinator for Cyprus (1989-92), and as a Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (1987-89).

JOHN MICGIEL John Micgiel is both Professor of Political Science and Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Europe at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Dr. Micgiel brings a good deal of personal knowledge to the subject of contemporary Ukrainian-Polish relations; he has witnessed, first hand, the benefits of academic exchange between Polish and Ukrainian institutions of higher learning.

WILLIAM MILLER William Miller served as the second United States Ambassador to Ukraine. During his tenure, Ambassador Miller was eye- witness to some of the most fundamental transformations of the Ukrainian State, including the ratification of Ukraine's Constitution.

IHOR MITIUKOV Ihor Mitiukov is Finance Minister of Ukraine, having assumed the post in February 1997. From 1995 to 1997, Minister Mitiukov was the Vice Prime Minister of Financial and Banking Affairs. Prior to 1995, he served in the International Relations Department of the National Bank of Ukraine.

JENNIFER MORONEY Jennifer Moroney, as an Associate in DFI International's Government Practice, is a project manager for contracts with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, NATO, European, and Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia offices. Dr. Moroney was a NATO Research Fellow from 1999-2001, and has published numerous articles on Ukraine, European Security, and NATO/EU enlargement and regional security cooperation in Europe/Eurasia.

CAMERON MUNTER Cameron Munter become Director for Central Europe at the National Security Council in December 1999. Director Munter's portfolio covers Ukraine in the east to Germany in the west, Bulgaria in the south the Nordic and Baltic states in the north, a total of twenty one countries.

PIOTR NAIMSKI Piotr Naimski served as Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Poland in the Government of J. Buzek. At present, Dr. Naimski is Director of the International Affairs Department at WSB/ National-Louis University in Nowy Sacz, Poland.

GEORGE NESTERCZUK George Nesterczuk is President of Nesterczuk and Associates, a government relations and management consulting firm located in Vienna, VA. Until recently he was Vice President of Global USA, Inc. Prior to joining Global, Mr. Nesterczuk spent five years as Staff Director of the Civil Service Subcommittee of the Government Reform Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives.

STEVEN NIX Steven Nix is Regional Program Director for Eurasia at the International Republican Institute. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Nix served as Outside Legal Counsel for the Ukrainian Parliament's Committee on Legal and Judicial Reform. Upon his return to the U.S., he accepted a position as Senior Democracy Specialist at USAID, where he assisted in the design and imple- mentation of democracy programs in Eastern Europe and the New Independent States.

OLGA OLIKER Olga Oliker is a Research Associate at RAND Corporation's Center for Russia and Eurasia. Her area of interest has been and remains European security, Russia and Ukraine. Her recent article: Ukraine and the Caspian - An Opportunity for the US is a must read for anyone interested in U.S.-Ukrainian energy relations.

IHOR OSTASH Ihor Ostash has been a member of the Parliament of Ukraine from 1994 to the present and is Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. He is also the Chairman of the Ukraine-Australia Interparliamentary Group and is a member of the Ukrainian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

HAFIZ PASHAYEV Hafiz Pashayev is the first Ambassador of Azeribijian to the United States of America. He arrived in Washington, D.C. in February 1993 and presented his credentials to President Clinton on April 14, 2001. Since assuming his post, Ambassador Pashayev has concentrated on the imperative necessity to develop, broaden, and enhance bilateral U.S.-Azeri relations.

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CARLOS PASCUAL Carlos Pascual arrived in Kyiv on October 19, 2000 as the fourth United States Ambassador to Ukraine. From July 1998 through January 2000, Ambassador Pascual served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia on the NSC. He guided U.S. policy to encourage Ukraine's commitment to democratic and market reform and its integration with Europe.

WILLIAM G. PERETT William G. Perett is Director of the Office of Ukrainian, Moldovan, and Belarusian Affairs at the Department of State. Dr. Perett joined the Foreign Service in 1977 and has served in Iran, India, Portugal, Switzerland and Moldova. He has held a variety of positions in the Department of State, predominantly in European affairs.

STEVEN PIFER Steven Pifer, a career senior Foreign Service Officer (class of Minister-Counselor), is Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. From January 1998 to October 2000, DAS Pifer served as the third United States Ambassador to Ukraine.

HERMAN PIRCHNER Herman Pirchner is founding President of the American Foreign Policy Council. In recent years, in addition to the steady flow of books and articles, the Council has worked with over 100 members of Congress and numerous Executive Branch officials on foreign travel, exchanges and foreign policy briefings. Mr. Pirchner previously served as Director of Legislation for Senator Roger Jepsen (R-Iowa).

SERHIY RAKHMANIN Serhiy Rakhmanin is senior correspondent for Dzerkalo Tyzhnya (Mirror Weekly), one of Ukraine's most highly respected broadsheets . He is considered by his peers to be one of the ten most influental journalists in Ukraine.

MYKHAILO RATUSHYI Mykhailo Ratushyi has been a member of the Parliament of Ukraine from 1994 to the present. He is member of the Parliament's Law Enforcement Committee. He also is the Vice-Chairman of the Ukrainski Narodny Rukh (UNR). Mr. Ratushny served as Vice-President of the Independent Labor Movement in Ukraine from 1990 to 1994.

ROBERT SCHAFFER Robert Schaffer is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado. Representative Schaffer, among his many responsibilities on the Hill, is a co-Chair of the Ukrainian Congressional Caucus.

EDILBERTO SEGURA Edilberto Segura has served as Chief Economist of SigmaBleyzer since 1999. Prior to joining SigmaBleyzer, Dr. Segura was the Head of the World Bank Mission in Ukraine and had a distinguished 27-year career with the World Bank in several senior positions around the world. He is currently a visiting professor at Oxford, where he is teaching a course on Emerging Capital Markets.

MUHAMMED SHADMAN-VALAVI Muhammed Shadman-Valavi is Division Chief/ Assistant Director of the European II Department of the International Monetary Fund. In that capacity, Dr. Shadman-Valavi has headed IMF missions to Armenia, Georgia, Turkmenistan and Ukraine, and supervised mission work on Belarus, Lithuania and the Kyrgyz Republic.

LOUISE SHELLEY Louise Shelley is a Professor in the Department of Justice, Law and Society and the School of International Service at AmericanUniversity. Dr. Shelley is founder and director of the Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), a center devoted to teaching, research and training on these issues. She is a leading U.S. expert on organized crime and corruption in the former Soviet Union, as well as an expert on transnational OC and corruption.

OLEXANDER SKIPALSKY Olexander Skipalsky is Deputy Minister of Emergency Affairs. From 1991 to 1992, General Skipalsky was the Head of the Military Intelligence Directorate in the Security Services of Ukraine (SBU). In 1992, he was appointed to the post of Head of the Intelligence Directorate in Ukraine's Ministry of Defense and served his appointment until 1997. He was assigned to his current position in 1998.

TAMARA SOLANYK Tamara Solanyk was appointed to the post of Alternative Executive Director at the World Bank in June 1999. The countries within the scope of her responsibilities include: Armenia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel, Macedonia, Moldova, The Netherlands, Romania and Ukraine. Prior to her appointment at the World Bank, Ms. Solanyk was the Deputy Head of the National Agency of Ukraine for Development and European Integration.

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VOLODYMYR STELMAKH Volodymyr Stelmakh is the Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine. Concurrently with his present appointment, Governor Stelmakh serves on several Presidential Coordinating Committees and is a member of a Consultative Council that deals with matters of foreign investments into Ukraine.

ANGELA STENT Angela Stent is Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and Professor of Government at Georgetown University. During the academic year 2000-2001, Dr. Stent took an academic leave of absense to serve on the Policy Planning Staff of the U.S. State Department. Olexander Sushko Olexander Sushko is the Director of the Center for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine. Dr. Sushko's CPCF- PU Internet Newsletter, funded in part by the USAID Freedom Support Program, provides timely analysis of key political, economic, security and diplomatic issues facing the Ukrainian political and social leadership.

BORYS TARASYUK Borys Tarasyuk served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine from December 1999 til October 2000. From1995 to 1998, Minister Tarasyuk was Ambassador of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. In 1997, he was appointed as the first Head of the Ukrainian Mission to NATO. At present, Minister Tarasyuk is Director of the Institute for EuroAtlantic Cooperation.

WILLIAM B. TAYLOR JR. William B. Taylor Jr. is the Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to the New Independent States in the Department of State. Before coming to work for the Coordinator's Office in July 1992, Ambassador Taylor spent five years in Brussels as the Special Deputy Defense Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to NATO.

JOHN TEDSTROM John Tedstrom is Vice President for Policy at The Institute for East-West Studies in New York City. From March 1999 through June 2000, Dr. Tedstrom served as Director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council.

OLEXANDR TODIYCHUK Olexandr Todiychuk is Chairman Of TRANS NAFTA. In his capacity, it would not be an exaggeration to state that Mr. Todiychuk holds ultimate responsibility for the energy infrastructure of Ukraine.

J. MICHAEL WALLER J. Michael Waller is vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council and editor-in-chief of GlobalSecurityNews.com, an electronic news and information service on international defense and security issues. Dr. Waller is a senior writer at Insight magazine and is author of four books, including Secret Empire: The KGB In Russia Today.

MYRON WASYLYK Myron Wasylyk is Vice President and Managing Director of the PBN Company. Prior to joining PBN in 1996, Mr. Wasylyk was a full-time advisor to the Chairman of the State Property Fund of Ukraine. From 1993-1994, he served as Executive Secretary of the Council of Advisors to the Parliament of Ukraine.

BOGUSLAW WINID Boguslaw Winid is currently the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Polish Embassy in Washington. From 1992 to 1997, Dr. Winid served initially as First Secretary and later as Counselor for Congressional Relations at the Embassy. Immediately prior to the present posting, he served as Director of the North American Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [Poland].

BOHDAN YAREMENKO Bohdan Yaremenko is U.S. Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Prior to his present posting, Mr. Yaremenko spent several years in the United States as Political Attache at the Ukrainian Consulate in New York.

IVAN ZAYETS Ivan Zayets was Ukraine's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources from January 2000 til May 2001. Prior to his ministerial appointment, Mr. Zayets served as member of Ukrainian Parliament for several years. He is a leading figure in the Narodny Rukh Ukrainy (NRU), having been one of its founding fathers.

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N A M E A F F I L I A T I O N Vera Andrushkiw U.S. - Ukraine Foundation Murad Askarov Embassy of Uzbekistan Anders Aslund Carnegie Endowment Vadim Badaev SigmaBleyzer Stephan Bandera Bandera & Associates Paul Banderiwsky First Security Federal Savings Bank Orest Baranyk Ukrainian Congress Committee of America - Illinois Marion Bartoszyk Hyattsville, MD Elchin Bashirov Embassy of Azerbaijan Victor Basiuk National Security Policy Mykhailo Batig Journalist Borys Bazylevskyi Consul General of Ukraine in Chicago Andrew Bihun United States Department of Commerce Ivan Bilas Committee on Law Enforcement Parliament of Ukraine Taras Bilchuk N ew Ukrainian Modern Organization Nataliya Biletska Lev Bleyzer SigmaBleyzer Michael Bleyzer SigmaBleyzer Olesya Bozhko Embassy of Ukraine-Second Secretary Natalia Brandafil Meest-America Barbara Broomell International Republican Institute Ian Brzezinski Senate Foreign Relations Committee Kateryna Burlyay Martin Butora Ambassador - Embassy of the Slovak Republic Scott Carlson Western NIS Enterprise Fund Michael Celuch Self Reliance (NJ) Credit Unoin Alexander Chapko SigmaBleyzer Victor Chudowsky Tom Clarkson USAID/EE/MT Stacey Closson Policy Analyst, Defense/OSD/RUE Ariel Cohen The Heritage Foundation Leonard Colbert U.S. Department of Energy Tom Cormier National Democratic Institute John Costello Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs Vasyl Danchuk ROMYR Consulting Marc Datzkiwsky Ukrainian American Democratic Association Yuriy Demkovych Transnational Crime and Corruption Center Eugene Demchenko Eustachiy Derzko Lorton, VA Orest Deychakiwsky Security and Cooperation Commission in Europe Jackson Diehl Washington Post Nadia Diuk National Endowment for Democracy Ihor Dlaboha Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Paula Dobriansky Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Richard Drolet Counterpart Community & Humanitarian Assistance Program Eduard Druzhbin Bently College Jaroslaw Dutkewych Former Country Director of Peace Corps/Ukraine Andriy Duzyj Ukrainian Future Credit Union - Michigan Jonathan Elkind Joint Global Change Institute Melissa Eustace United States Trade & Development Agency

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N A M E A F F I L I A T I O N Regina Faranda United States Department of State Bohdan Fedorak Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Donna Fedorak Jaroslaw Fedun Self Relaince (NJ) Credit Union Douglas Feith Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Stuart Ferency Media One Andrij Fialko Head of External Policy - Presidential Administration Ukraine David Fishman International Law Institute Anna Fournier John Hopkins University John Fox Open Society Institute Jaroslava Francuzenko Rockville, MD Shai Franklin NCSJ Bohdan Futey Justice, United States Federal Claims Court Tamara Gallo Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Ihor Gawdiak Ukrainian American Coordinating Council Viktor Gekker igmaBleyzer Myroslave Gongadze Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Magdelena Grabinowska Embassy of the Republic of Poland to the United States Mark Granius Civil Society Division-Counterpart International Andrew Gregorovich Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Center Christopher Grewe Desk of Ukraine - Department of Treasury Anatoliy Grytsenko Razumkov Center, Ukraine Andryj Hajdamacha Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Michael Haltzel Senate Foreign Relations Committee Eugene Hanowsky National Tribune Olexiy Haran Kyiv-Mohylian University - Ukraine Bohdan Hawrylyshyn VIDRODGENIAFOUNDATION John Hewko Carniegie Endowment for International Peace Yevhen Hlobovytskyi Studio 1 Natalia Horodecka McLean, VA Mykola Hryckovian Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Dmytro Hryhorczuk Ukrainian National Credit Union Association - Illinois Natalia Hryhorczuk Ukrainian Naitonal Credit Union Association - Illinois Konstyantyn Hryshchenko Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Robert Hughes Former United States Defense Attache to Ukraine Walter Iwaskiw Library of Congress Natalie Jaresko Western NIS Enterprise Fund Geza Jeszensky Ambassador of Hungary to the United States Alexander Kaganovsky Voice of America Adrian Karmazyn Voice of America Marcy Kaptur United States House of Representatives Tom Keaney Johns Hopkins University/SAIS Bohdan Kekish Selfreliance Ukrainian Federal Credit Union - New York Ihor Kharchenko Deputy Foreign Minister - Ukraine Khomchenko Anatoliy Kinakh Prime Minister of Ukraine Jurij Klufas KONTAKT - Ukrainian Televison Network Yurii Klymenko Embassy of Ukraine Ivan Kobasa Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Eberhard Koelsch Embassy of Germany

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N A M E A F F I L I A T I O N Sergei Konopylov Ukrainian Security Program - Harvard University Sergii Korsunskyi Embassy of Ukraine Nicholas Kosciolek Self Reliance (NJ) Credit Union Petro Koshukov Indiana State University Yuri Kostarchuk Oleksandr Kovtunenko Marianna Kozintseva Nicholas Krawciw The DuPuy Institute Serhiy Kudelia Johns Hopkins University Julian Kulas First Security Federal Savings Bank - Illinois Nick Kulin Executive Partners Kuropiatnyk Oleksii Embassy of Ukraine Larysa Kyj Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Roman Kyzyk Executive Partners Stephen Larrabee RAND/Eurpean Security Alan Larson Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business & Agricultural Affairs George Laszkiewicz Compro - Nuclear Projects Alexander Lebedinsky Georgetown University Nelson Ledsky National Democratic Institute Nancy Lee Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Eurasia Myron Levents Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Mark Levin N C S J Ronia Lozynskyj Women's Ass'n. for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Victor Lychyk U.S. - Ukraine Foundation Eric Lynn Assistant to Congressman Peter Deutsch Amma Makhorkina Old Dominion University Elmar Mamedyarov Embassy of Azerbaijan Anna Mayewsky Arlington, VA Motrya Mayewsky Arlington, VA James McCracken Department of State Bill Mediuch Fordham University Dr. Andriy Meleshevich Allegheny College Adrianna Renata Melnyk New York, NY Robert Menasche REM International Consulting Group Thomas Meusemann Embassy of Germany John Micgiel Columbia University Kathlleen Miller Science Applications International Corporation Willaim Miller Former United States Ambassador to Ukraine Ihor Mitiukov Minister of Finance - Ukraine Mariana Mohlyn INPUT Vince Morelli House Committee on International Relations Frank Morgese Atlantic Council of the United States Jennifer Moroney DFI International Sean Mulvaney Office of Jim Kolbe Cameron Munter National Security Council Borys Mussienko Democracy International Bohdan Mychajliw Selfreliance Association of American Ukrainians Inc. - New York Adam Mycyk Altheimer & Gray Helen Mysiw The Washington Group Hennadii Nadeolenko Embassy of Ukraine

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N A M E Piotr Naimski Former Security Advisor to Prime Minister of Poland Victor Nedopas Embassy of Ukraine George Nesterczuk Nesterczuk & Associates Hans-Jorg Neumann Embassy of Germany Stephen Nix International Republican Institute Oleshczuk Teodor Oraganization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Olga Oliker RAND/CRE Roman Omecinskyj International Tri-Andarost, Inc. Ximena Ortiz Washington Times Ihor Ostash Parliament of Ukraine Olga Ostroverkhova Embassy of Ukraine Irina Palishavi Russian-Ukrainian Legal Group PA Petro Paluch Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Yurii Panasiuk Embassy of Ukraine Vitaliy Panasyuk Studio 1 Kyle Parker American Foreign Policy Council Andrew Paschuk Ukrainian Institute of America Larisa Paschuk Ukrainian Institute of America Hafiz Pashayev Ambassador of Azerbijan to the United States Carlos Pascual United States Ambassador to Ukraine Olena Kozlova-Pates National Democratic Institute Leonid Pelypenko Councelor - Embassy of Ukraine W. Gregory Perett Director for Ukraine, Moldava & Belarus, Department of State Lubomyr Petrenko Journalist Oksana Petriaeva First Secretary - Embassy of Ukraine Bohdan Pidverbetskyy Parliament of Ukraine Steven Pifer Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe & Eurasia Herman Pirchner Jr. American Foreign Policy Council Nancy Popson Kennan Institute Borys Potapenko Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Olexander Potiekhin Embassy of Ukraine Olena Prytula Pravda - Ukraine Serhiy Rakhmanin Dzerkalo Tyzhnya - Ukraine Mykhaylo Ratushny Parliament of Ukraine Walter Raymond Council for a Community of Democracies Anna Romanyshyn Toronto Library System Dr. Oleh Romanyshyn Ukrainian Echo, Toronto, Canada Alvis Ronis Ambassador to the United States - Embassy of Latvia Lydia Rudins Voice of America Michael Sawkiw Jr. Ukrainian National Information Service/UCCA Bob Schaffer United States House of Representatives Eldiberto Segura SigmaBleyzer Yuri Sergeyev Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine Mohannad Shadman-Yalavi International Monetary Fund Peter Shahay West Hartford, CT Yuri Shalak Ukrainian Student Organizatoins of America - S U S TA Angelica Shamerina Counterpart International/FSPUSA Louise Shelley Transnational Crime and Corruption Center Neal Sigda SigmaBleyzer Oleksander Skipalsky Former Head-Military Intelligence/Ukraine

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N A M E A F F I L I A T I O N Oleh Sokhar Journakist - PIK - Ukraine Tamara Solyanyk World Bank Volodymyr Stelmakh National Bank, Ukraine Angela Stent Georgetown University Alex Striltschuk Ukrainian American Youth Assn. - Illinois Mark Suprun Oragnization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Oleksander Sushko CPCFPU - Ukraine David Sweere Kyiv-Atlantic Ukraine/Atlantic Farms Tamara Sweere Kyiv-Atlantic Ukraine/Atlantic Farms Myron Swidersky Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Borys Tarasyuk Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine William Taylor Jr. United States Department of State John Tedstrom Institute of East West Studies - RAND Ouliana Teliuk Voice of America Volodymyr Tkachuk SVOBODA Olexandr S. Todiychuk TRANS NAFTA Gergory Tolkachov Attache Protocol - Embassy of Ukraine Dr. Sviatoslaw Trofimenko Shevchenko Scientific Society Inc. Prof. Marta Trofimenko Shevchenko Scientific Society Inc. Hennadiy Udovenko Former Minister of Foreign Affairs - Ukraine Bohdana Urbanovych Center for Adaption of Historic Cities'Architectual Environment Kyiv, Ukraine Van Horne William Esq. Assistant to Congressman Benjamin Cardin John Van Oudenaren Library of Congress Judy Van Rest International Republican Institute Yaroslav Voitko Councelor - Embassy of Ukraine Mark Von Hagen Harriman Institute - Columbia University Konstyantyn Vorona Ukrainian Student Organizations of America - S U S TA Michael Waller American Foreign Policy Matt Walther Eastern Economist- International Operations Myron Wasylyk The PBN Corporation Eric Westrate Russian-Ukrainian Legal Group PA E. Morgan Williams Ukrainian Market Reform Group Boguslaw Winid Minister Plenipotentiary - Embassy of Poland Kenneth Woodcock The AES Corporation Steven Woehrol Congressional Research Service Lidia Wolanskyj Eastern Economist Orysia Woloszyn Johns Hopkins University Tamara Woroby SAIS John Hopkins University Lida Wroblewski Ukrainian Congress Committee of America - Michigan Leonard Wroblewski Ukrainian Congress Committee of America - Michigan Volodymyr Yakymets SVOBODA Bohdan Yaremenko Foreign Ministry-U.S. Desk Chief - Ukraine Vadym Yashenkov Embassy of Ukraine Volodymyr Yatsenkivskyi Embassy of Ukraine Oleg Yavorsky Marta Kostyk-Zaryckyj HAMALIATRAVEL CONSULTANTS Walter Zaryckyj Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Kateryna Zavadska Former Member of Parliament - Ukraine Ivan Zayets Former Minister of Ecology & Natural Resources, Ukraine

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s a consequence of the horrible terrorist attacks against the United States of America, the decision was taken Ato postpone the Roundtable from September 20/21, 2001 to October 31/November 1, 2001. We share in the indignation and anguish over the massive loss of life that has gripped all Americans and all freedom loving peo- ples around the world. There is no cause or injustice, real or imagined, that can in any way explain or justify these cowardly acts. We condemn the attacks and urge the U.S. government to act swiftly and decisively to bring the perpetrators and all active and passive participants to justice. We stand ready to do what we can to assist the U.S. government in deal- ing with the aftermath of this catastrophe. The Steering Committee stayed in constant communication with the U.S. government since the infamous events of September 11, 2001. Officials at Congress, the Department of State, Department of Defense and the White House all encouraged us to convene the Roundtable at the earliest opportunity. Significantly, the Roundtable includes ses- sions devoted to global security and law enforcement, which, under the circumstances, will figure prominently in the deliberations. Consequently, the Steering Committee has done its utmost to assure that the disruptions, that have occurred and which will continue to impact American society for months to come, will be mitigated to the extent necessary for the Roundtable to be held. The Steering Committee apologizes to the distinguished speakers at the Roundtable for any inconvenience that the delay may have caused. We are deeply grateful to the Patrons of the Roundtable for their understanding and their selfless and essential contributions. We also express our sincere appreciation to the many dedicated volun- teers in the U.S and Ukraine who have work tirelessly with us to assure the success of the Roundtable. We appre- ciate all of these efforts and trust that the confidence and support, from which the Steering Committee has benefit- ed so much, will continue into the future as well.

ur prayers are with the families of the innocent victims O of the terrorist attacks. May those who lost their lives find eternal peace with the Lord and may He grant their families the strength to persevere through these difficult times.

God Bless America

Bohdan Fedorak - Chairman Steering Committee

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