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The Ukrainian Weekly 1990 ublished by the Ukrainian National Association inc., a fraternal non-profit association rainian Weekly vol. LVIII No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25,1990 50 cents 1 million in Ukraine Democratic Bloc scores impressive victories in run-offs suffer in aftermath of Chernobyl by Dr. David Mar pies in mid-February, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR held an impor– tant meeting on the ecological situation in Ukraine. That the focus of this meeting was largely devoted to the effects of Chornobyl was hardly sur– prising given some of the recent revela– tions about the long-term effects of that disaster. Also, it followed closely upon the publication of a "Complex Program for the Liquidation of the Consequences of the Accident of Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian SSR"one week earlier. At the Supreme Soviet meeting, there were comments from both the propo– nents of nuclear power and the op– ponents, with the latter constituting a clear majority. While much bitterness was exhibited, along with calls for retribution against certain individuals, there were at the same time several positive suggestions that reflected a Flags of various nationalities wave at pre-election rally in Kiev, more open debate on this topic. Preliminary results further impressive victories in the Ukrainian Helsinki Union and other The tone of the Supreme Soviet Sunday, March 18, run-off elections, independent groups) are reported to meeting was set by a remarkably candid give 25 percent to DB reported Radio Liberty's Ukrainian have won 15 out of the 21 contested speech by Yuriy Spizhenko, the Ukrai– in Ukrainian Parliament desk on Monday, March 19. seats. nian minister of health. Appointed Despite complaints about election Among those elected were former only in November 1989, Mr. Spizhenko JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - First reports malpractice by the authorities, in Kiev, political prisoner and Ukrainian Hel– has emerged as either a man prepared from Kiev indicate that democratic candidates from the Democratic Bloc sinki Union activist Oles Shevchenko, to accept more realistic viewpoints candidates in Ukraine have scored (an alliance formed by Rukh, the (Continued on page 2) about Chornobyl - i.e., to change with the times - or one whose own opi– nions have recently undergone a signifi– cant transformation. Child of Chornobyl dead at 3, He has become deeply involved in the international effort to assist youngsters 1 Hanusia Sverstiuk loses to cancer suffering from the effects of radioactive m fallout, known as "children of Chor– PHILADELPHIA - After almost two years of fighting nobyi," and at the session of the debilitating brain cancer Hanna Andriyivna Sverstiuk died in Supreme Soviet was evidently pre– her Philadelphia home on Friday, March 16, only weeks pared to demand that the key problems before her fourth birthday. should be transferred to republican, Born in Kiev on May 2,1986, one week after the Chornobyl rather than all-union,jurisdiction. nuclear reactor disaster, Hanna and her mother, Maria in all honesty, declared Mr. Spi– Sverstiuk, were evacuated from the Ukrainian capital to zhenko in his speech, he was obliged to Luhanske two weeks later. She was diagnosed as having a acknowledge that the effects of the cancerous tumor on her brain stem at age 2 in June 1988 at a disaster were already manifesting them– Kiev hospital, where physicians told her mother that treating selves adversely on the health of chil– Hanna would be too costly. She was told this despite the fact dren. Under conditions of raised radia– that her father, Andriy, and her maternal grandparents are tion background are currently living 1 doctors. million persons, he added, including Hanna's grandfather, the noted Kiev literary critic, 250,000 children. philosopher and former political prisoner Yevhen Sverstiuk in 1986, which appears to be the only then turned to friends in the United States in an effort to bring year for which complete data have been the toddler here for urgent medical treatment. Mother and provided by medical specialists, 5,800 child arrived in July 1988 at the invitation of St. Luke's children and 7,000 adults suffered doses Hospital in Bethlehem, Pa., where doctors reconfirmed the of radiation to the thyroid gland that original diagnosis and transferred Hanna to the Children's were dangerous to their health, in Hospital of Philadelphia for surgery and radiation therapy. addition, some 200,000 former clean-up She was treated at no cost by that facility until her death. workers currently living in Ukraine are Hanna's arrival in Philadelphia attracted wide public also said to require increased attention. attention and her strong will and determination to live information about the accident's endeared her to many in the Ukrainian American community, consequences has been solely in the as well as anyone who came in contact with her. (Continued on page 12) (Continued on page 2) Hanusia Sverstiuk with her mother, Maria. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25,1990 No. 12 Democratic Bloc... Lithuania appeals to world's nations Lviv group seeks (Continued from page 1) Rukh activists Serhiy Holovaty and The Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania issued an appeal to the business ties Larysa Skoryk, the controversial thea– world's nations , calling for international pressure against the USSR's ter director Les Taniuk, and the out- threatened use of force in Lithuania, reported the New York-based An initiative group in Lviv has Lithuanian information Center. A complete text of the telexed appeal, expressed an interest in forming spoken poet, Rukh and Ukrainian Language Society activist Pavlo Mov– received at 6:05 p.m. (EST), and transmitted to The Weekly just before press business ties with Western indivi– time, follows. duals and groups in the fields of chan. marketing, management, interna– Democratic Bloc candidates were Appeal to the world's nations, governments and people of good will: also reported to be doing well in the tional relations, etc. The independent Republic of Lithuania has existed legally and peacefully Below, we print their appeal, elections to the Kiev region's local Soviets. since March 11. which asks all interested individuals in Lviv oblast five contested seats are Unfortunately, during the past few days it has become more and more and companies to establish contact evident that another state is preparing to use force against the Republic of with this group in order to assist reported to have been captured by Democratic Bloc candidates. The vic– Lithuania and its citizens. them in establishing business courses in the presence of this threat, we turn with hope to the nations of the world, in Lviv. tors include the head of the Committee in Defense of the Rights of the Ukrai– governments of nation states and all people of good will, to request that ivan Franko University in Lviv nian Catholic Church, ivan Gel, Lviv protests be made against the possible use of any form of coercion and violence has initiated the founding of an mayor Bohdan Kotyk, Lviv oblast against a peaceful member state of the world community, Lithuania, and its international school of management Memorial head Yevhen Hryniv, Lviv citizens. in this western Ukrainian city. The Writers' Union chairman Roman Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania institute envisions conducting be– Lubkivsky and Rukh member Mykhailo Yilnius, March 22, 1990 ginners' courses in organizational Batih. 50 percent of the vote and had to face a rate, overwhelmingly Russian-speak– techniques and international rela– The only non-Democratic Bloc vic– tions, business skills, such as market– re-run on March 18 against Mr. Kvas. ing, elected deputies representing the tor in Lviv oblast was Yakiv Pohreb– in the Kiev Oblast, the bloc won in wishes of workers' strike committees. ing, manufacturing operations, op– niak, first secretary of the Lviv oblast portunities for joint ventures with less than half of the 16 seats, in the rest in Central Ukraine (the oblasts of Communist Party. of central Ukraine, only about 10 to 70 Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Khmelnytsky, Western companies, and the func– The state of Soviet politics is such tioning of free economic zones. seats went to the bloc. vinnytsia and Zhytomyr) with 109 that no one yet has a clear idea of the seats, the bloc took less than half of the The lack of qualified specialists in scope of the opposition victories in the The bloc did poorly in the 109 seats of these above-mentioned fields impedes eastern Ukraine. The only exception seats, it scored a dramatic victory only thousands of republic and local govern– in the capital city of Ukraine, Kiev. Out the development of international ment posts that were at stake in elec– was in the city of Kharkiv, where the economic cooperation and the pro- bloc and other democratic forces swept of 22 seats, 16 went to the bloc. tions and run-offs the past two weeks in in the western Ukrainian oblasts of cess of economic reform. the western half of the USSR, observed to victory. However in Kharkiv Oblast Courses will be conducted in the and the other oblasts of eastern Ukraine Chernivtsi and Transcarpathia, the bloc The New York Times on Thursday, did exceptionally poorly, one out of English and Ukrainian languages. March 22. (Dnipropetrovske, Poltava, Sumy and The initiative group, whose mem– Zaporizhzhia) the bloc received only eight and two out of 11,respectively. The However, according to the London- bloc should had swept to victory in most bers are listed below, appeals for about a fifth of the seats, according
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