INSIDE:• Embassy of Ukraine statement on 9/11 — page 3. • Yushchenko and Our Ukraine to join mass protests — page 4. • At Soyuzivka on Labor Day weekend — centerfold.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXX HE No.KRAINIAN 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Ukraine joins U.S. and the world in remembering events of 9/11 PresidentT BushU W by Roman Woronowycz The former Ukrainian diplomat to the managed by the Bureau of Educational Kyiv Press Bureau Middle East said, however, that members and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. State sends message of the Islamic faith must do more to Department. KYIV – Ukraine joined most of the allow non-Muslims to better understand Among those present at the opening to all nations world in commemorating the first Islamic traditions, laws and principles in on September 11, held at the National anniversary of the tragic events of order to overcome an ever-stronger nega- Museum of Art in Kyiv, were Ukraine’s U.S. President George Bush sent September 11, including a special con- tive stereotype that is developing regard- First Vice Prime Minister of ference hosted by Islamic Ukrainians, the following message to all nations ing the average Muslim. “It seems that Humanitarian Affairs Volodymyr which on September 9 kicked off a on the first anniversary of the ter- every other bad guy in Hollywood today Semynozhenko, Minister of Foreign weeklong series of memorial events in rorist attacks of September 11. The is either an Ahmed or an Omar,” said Mr. Affairs Anatolii Zlenko, National Kyiv. message was sent to The Ukrainian Kochubyi. “These stereotypes need to be Deputies Hennadii Udovenko and Les The United States Embassy took part Weekly on September 10 by the destroyed by us.” Taniuk, Head Mufti of Ukraine Sheikh in many of the observances, including Public Affairs Section of the U.S. National Deputy Refat Chubarov, a Ahmed Tamin, and Patriarch Filaret of concerts and a photo exhibit, while Embassy in Kyiv. leader of the Tatar community in Crimea, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada issued a spe- which compromises 13 percent of the Patriarchate, along with representatives My country will always remember cial declaration and announced that it peninsula’s population, and a member of of the international diplomatic communi- the outpouring of friendship and sup- would fund a plaque for Ground Zero in the Our Ukraine faction in Parliament, ty stationed in Kyiv. port from nations around the world in Manhattan. said that he was pleased the Ukrainian In opening remarks, U.S. Ambassador the wake of September the 11th. On The week of remembrance in government has maintained its pro-Tatar to Ukraine Carlos Pascual stated that the behalf of all Americans, I thank the Ukraine’s capital, dedicated to the nearly commemoration is actually a celebration millions of people from every nation 3,000 victims of the terrorist attacks on policies and that the country’s mass media have retained their objectivity. “of peace, freedom and prosperity for the who share our grief over the loss of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon entire world.” innocent life, and who share our unexpectedly began with a conference by “We must give due respect to Ukrainian politicians and to the mass “The tragic events of last September resolve to lift the dark cloud of terror the regional branch of the Ukrainian were our fate, but they will not be our media who restrained themselves from from our world. Islamic organization, Arraid, at the destiny,” said Mr. Pascual. primitive reflexes,” said Mr. Chubarov. Many nations and many families Islamic Community Center in Kyiv. He noted that the 3,000 who died as a The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine also have lived in the shadow of terrorism About 2 million members of the Islamic result of the September 11 attacks, organized official commemorations, for decades, and during years of faith live in Ukraine, constituting some 4 included people from more than 90 most prominently an exhibition of photo- mindless and merciless killing. percent of the population. countries. He underscored that the globe September the 11th was not the Ukrainian Islamic political and reli- graphs of the devastation in lower has united in the war against terrorism beginning of global terror, but it was gious leaders, as well as state govern- Manhattan by Joel Meyerowitz titled and said that 160 nations have frozen the the beginning of the world’s concert- ment representatives, discussed “Images From Ground Zero,” which was ed response. History will remember Ukraine’s reaction to the September 11 organized by the City of New York and (Continued on page 3) that day not only as a day of tragedy, terrorist attacks and how the events but as a day of decision, when the affected Muslims in Ukraine. From the civilized world was stirred to anger outset, participants made it clear that no and to action. And the terrorists will one was going to excuse the action of the remember September the 11th as the Al Qaeda terrorists who organized and Voice of America program day their reckoning began. carried out the attacks. We face an enemy of ruthless “We, the Muslims of Ukraine, con- spotlights Soyuzivka’s jubilee ambition, unconstrained by law or demn the terrorist acts and we also con- by Roma Hadzewycz polished accordionist, recalled how he morality. The terrorists who attacked demn extremism in the name of Islamic first came to Soyuzivka as a young on September the 11th despise other principles, said Mufti Suleiman PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Celebrations boy and how his musical career began religions and have defiled their own. Mukhamedzianov, the spiritual head of of the 50th anniversary of Soyuzivka, there. And they are determined to expand Kyiv’s Muslims in opening the confer- the beloved Ukrainian resort in the “Soyuzivka is where I first became the scale and scope of their murder. ence. Catskill region of New York state, acquainted with the Ukrainian commu- The terror that targeted New York and Mufti Mukhamedzianov noted that went international thanks to the Voice nity, learned about Ukraine’s culture Washington one year ago could strike among the dead victims of the four air- of America program “Kaleidoscope of and understood that this was not only any center of civilization. liner attacks were many innocent the Diaspora.” interesting but also important to me in Against such an enemy, there is Muslims as well (a later speaker claimed Aired on August 3, before the resort my life,” Mr. Chudolij remarked. no immunity, and there can be no these victims numbered 500 victims). He officially began celebrations of its That’s why,” he continued, “I mar- neutrality. A mighty coalition of demanded that the Ukrainian and the golden jubilee, the program informed ried a Ukrainian and why my son [7- civilized nations is now defending world’s mass media make a better effort listeners around the globe about the year-old Peter] continues in my foot- our common security. Terrorist to separate the terrorists from the Islamic history of Soyuzivka, owned and oper- steps.” assets have been frozen; terrorist religion. ated by the Ukrainian National front groups have been exposed. A Association since 1952, and presented Yurii Kochubyi, head of the Ukrainian For features on Soyuzivka’s tradi- terrorist regime has been toppled fond reminiscences of the resort and Organization of Foreign Affairs and edi- tional Labor Day festivities, please from power. Terrorist plots have its multifaceted programs as shared by tor-in-chief of the magazine Eastern turn to the centerfold. been unraveled from Spain to World, explained that, counter to the pro- Soyuzivka regulars. Singapore. And thousands of terror- nouncements by many experts and aca- A weekly Ukrainian-language pro- ists have been brought to justice, or demics after the calamitous events of gram about the life of Ukrainians in Daniel Slobodian, one of two co- are in prison, or are running for fear September 11, a “clash of civilizations,” various countries around the world, managers of Soyuzivka after the UNA of their lives. did not begin, as some were quick to “Kaleidoscope” is hosted by veteran purchased the resort on Foordmore In the current stage of our cam- label a new era they said would ensue. VOA correspondents Anya Dydyk- Road, took listeners back to paign, our coalition is not opposing a Instead, the result was more understand- Petrenko and Theofil Staruch. Soyuzivka’s beginnings. “The UNA nation, but a network. Victory will ing and more cooperation than was evi- The first guest on the broadcast was found a 450-acre parcel of land that a former advisor of the UNA (once the come over time, as that network is dent earlier. was reminiscent of Ukraine. ... We built youngest member of the UNA General patiently and steadily dismantled. “Those who predict that the 21st cen- Veselka [the pavilion that comprises a Assembly) and a former band leader at There’s a great divide in our time – tury will be the century of the clash of deck overlooking the scenic Soyuzivka, Alexander Chudolij. Mr. not between religions or cultures, but civilizations also forget that as history Chudolij, today an accomplished and (Continued on page 17) (Continued on page 3) progresses civilizations have tended to coalesce,” explained Mr. Kochubyi. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 No. 37

ANALYSIS Is the president of Ukraine NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Rada pays tribute to 9/11 victims Democratic Party (17), Power of the sincere about political reform? People (18), Ukraine’s Agrarians (16) KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on and People’s Choice (15) – as well as September 11 honored the victims of the some unaffiliated deputies, have been by Taras Kuzio “[Kuchma] was forced to move to this [sup- September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on given blank forms to declare their will- RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report porting political reform] because opposition the United States with a minute of ingness to join a parliamentary majority, forces in parliament had adopted as their silence, the UNIAN news agency report- UNIAN reported on September 11. President Kuchma used the anniversary program the movement toward a parliamen- ed. The Parliament adopted a resolution Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr of the declaration of Ukrainian independ- tary-presidential republic,” Mr. on establishing a memorial plaque in Lytvyn said leaders of the nine pro-presi- ence on August 24 to announce his support Zadorozhnyi said. New York with the names of Ukrainian for political reforms. How genuine was he? dential groups would meet with Our Second, Kuchma had an eye to the 2004 citizens who were killed in the attacks. Ukraine head Viktor Yushchenko later Mr. Kuchma has always supported a parliamentary elections. Mr. Zadorozhnyy (RFE/RL Newsline) presidential system modeled on Russia’s that day to discuss the formation of a argued that Ukraine has no individual to “viable” parliamentary majority. and has opposed a law on proportional elec- whom the extensive range of powers that Opposition mobilizes Kyiv residents tions. The highly flawed April 2000 referen- (RFE/RL Newsline) Kuchma enjoys today could be transferred, KYIV – Some 3,000 people took part dum aimed to transform Ukraine into a i.e., neither to an oligarch nor to Opposition leaders tour regions in a rally on Independence Square in presidential republic and create a smaller, Yushchenko. “That is why these powers Kyiv on September 10 organized by the bicameral, puppet parliament. Last year, require serious modification,” he said. CHERKASY – Yulia Tymoshenko, Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, the Socialist Mr. Kuchma vetoed a law on fully propor- A move toward a parliamentary-presi- Oleksander Moroz and Petro Symonenko Party and the Communist Party, UNIAN tional elections five times. dential republic would reduce the power of met with some 1,000 people in Cherkasy, reported. The three opposition leaders – President Kuchma announced his inten- the next elected president, which, as polls located in central Ukraine, on September Yulia Tymoshenko, Oleksander Moroz tion to launch political reforms because the consistently show, would be Mr. 7 and with 1,000 people in Bila Tserkva, and Petro Symonenko – called on Kyiv opposition plans to hold mass demonstra- Yushchenko. If the Constitution is changed Kyiv Oblast, the following day to seek residents to back the protest campaign tions on September 16, with Our Ukraine by the next presidential elections, the regional support for the opposition holding a forum of democratic forces the Parliament, which has a pro-presidential that is scheduled to begin on September protest campaign “Rise Up, Ukraine!” day before. Worse still for Mr. Kuchma, and majority, would elect the next president by 16 and seeks to oust President Leonid which is planned to start on September a sign of the rising public hostility to his a majority vote, a system in place in Estonia Kuchma. (RFE/RL Newsline) 16, UNIAN reported. Ms. Tymoshenko regime, is the decision by the moderate and Moldova. This would resolve the prob- Sevastopol holds pro-Kuchma rally told journalists in Cherkasy that the business group Razom – the “pragmatic” lem of a pro-Kuchma presidential candidate protest campaign aims at holding early and “constructive opposition” within Our not being subjected to a popular vote and SEVASTOPOL – Some 4,000 people presidential elections and completely Ukraine – to support a referendum on early would deal with the lack of any popular oli- rallied in Sevastopol on September 10 to changing the executive branch in presidential elections. (The speed with garch who could be elected by popular vote express support for President Leonid Ukraine. Some 10,000 people attended a which events are moving can be seen in the as a successor to President Kuchma and Kuchma and his initiative to reform the meeting with the three leaders in fact that a failed referendum drive by Yulia would give Mr. Kuchma immunity from political system in Ukraine, UNIAN Zhytomyr on September 4, with partici- Tymoshenko in spring 2001 was not then prosecution after his retirement. The pro- reported. In an adopted resolution, the pants in the rally voicing “whole-hearted backed by Our Ukraine.) Mr. Yushchenko presidential parliamentary majority would demonstrators condemned “the provoca- support” for the opposition protest cam- also wrote his most critical open letter to simply elect one of its own to replace Mr. tive actions of the so-called opposition paign. Later the same day, the three met date to President Kuchma on August 29. Kuchma. oriented toward discrediting the president with some 9,000 people at a similar rally Mr. Kuchma’s representative in parlia- In Ukraine, the pro-presidential blocs of Ukraine and destabilizing the socio- in Rivne. (RFE/RL Newsline)(RFE/RL ment, Oleksander Zadorozhnyy, admitted fought the elections in support of a presi- political situation in Ukraine.” (RFE/RL Newsline) two reasons for Kuchma’s new policies in dential system and the implementation of Newsline) an interview in the August 31-September 7 Kuchma to accept coalition Cabinet? issue of the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia weekly. First, (Continued on page 13) Yushchenko to participate in protests DONETSK – President Leonid KYIV – Our Ukraine leader Viktor Kuchma told journalists in Donetsk on Yushchenko said during an Internet chat September 6 that he will agree to a coali- Can glasnost policy save hosted by Ukrainska Pravda on tion Cabinet formed by a parliamentary September 10 that he and “his political majority centered on Viktor Kuchma and his regime? partners” will be on Independence Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine bloc, UNIAN Square in Kyiv on September 16 to take reported. “Yushchenko is free to organize part in the anti-presidential protest. a [parliamentary] majority. I will shake by Taras Kuzio death struggle for those such as the Social Commenting on the democratic forum his hand and carry out everything I RFE/RL Newsline Democratic Party-United (SDPU), led by that Our Ukraine plans to hold on promised without waiting for amend- presidential administration head Viktor September 15 in Kyiv, Mr. Yushchenko ments to the Constitution,” Mr. Kuchma Incumbent Ukrainian President Leonid Medvedchuk, which is accused of being said. While last month announcing his Kuchma faces three insurmountable prob- said its goal is to find an answer to the the most corrupt oligarchic clan. question of how to overcome the politi- proposal for constitutional reform, the lems in the 2004 presidential campaign that Second, Mr. Kuchma’s recent actions cal crisis in Ukraine. (RFE/RL Newsline) president had called on the Verkhovna de facto begins next month and heralds the suggest that he is no longer indifferent Rada to form a coalition Cabinet without approach to the post-Kuchma era. (The about widespread public hostility to his Pro-presidential groups prep majority waiting for relevant constitutional Constitution of Ukraine precludes him run- administration. In a poll released on the changes. (RFE/RL Newsline) ning for a third presidential term). 11th anniversary of Ukraine’s independ- KYIV – Parliamentarians of the nine pro-presidential groups – the Party of Thousands mourn airshow victims First, Mr. Kuchma is finding it impossi- ence, the Ukrainian Center for Economic Industrialists and Entrepreneurs-Labor ble to arrange a transfer of power to a cho- and Political Studies (UCEPS) found that LVIV – More than 10,000 people took Ukraine (41 members), Ukraine’s sen successor along the lines of that from 92 percent of Ukrainians feel that they have part in a solemn gathering in Lviv on Regions (37), Social Democratic Party- Boris Yeltsin to Vladimir Putin in Russia in no influence over the authorities. The same September 5 in memory of the victims of United (36), European Choice (18), 1999-2000. Mr. Kuchma has no oligarch number believe human rights are routinely Democratic Initiatives (18), National (Continued on page 8) ally who has any public support. Worse infringed upon and 80 percent feel their still, anybody whom he anointed as his suc- standard of living has worsened since cessor would automatically be discredited. 1990, while 72 percent want the president Ukrainian polls in the last two years have to resign and 52 percent would support his FOUNDED 1933 consistently placed Our Ukraine leader impeachment. Viktor Yushchenko and Communist Party HE KRAINIAN EEKLY For the first time ever, four opposition TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., (CPU) leader Petro Symonenko in the sec- groups – Our Ukraine, the Communists, ond round of a presidential election with a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. the Socialists, and the Yulia Tymoshenko Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. Mr. Yushchenko winning. Bloc – are coordinating mass protests Who then will provide President Periodicals postage paid at Parsippany, NJ 07054 and additional mailing offices. scheduled for September 16 calling for (ISSN — 0273-9348) Kuchma with immunity from prosecution early presidential elections, the second and protection for his family’s business anniversary of opposition journalist empire? And who will protect other oli- The Weekly: UNA: Heorhii Gongadze’s abduction. The Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 644-9510 Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 292-0900 garchs from a bona fide campaign against UCEPS poll found that 43 percent of corruption if Mr. Yushchenko becomes Ukrainians supported the protest. Postmaster, send address changes to: Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz president? Volodymyr Yavorivsky, head of Third, as the opposition has long argued, The Ukrainian Weekly Editors: the Writers’ Union and Our Ukraine a serious crisis of power exists in Ukraine 2200 Route 10 Roman Woronowycz (Kyiv) deputy, said he believes this is a life-or- and there is very low public trust in state P.O. Box 280 Andrew Nynka Parsippany, NJ 07054 Ika Koznarska Casanova (part time) institutions. President Kuchma and his oli- Dr. Taras Kuzio is a resident fellow at garchic allies have little public support and The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com the Center for Russian and East live completely separate lives from the European Studies and adjunct staff mem- population; there is a lack of public The Ukrainian Weekly, September 15, 2002, No. 37, Vol. LXX ber of the department of political sci- Copyright © 2002 The Ukrainian Weekly ence, University of Toronto. (Continued on page 13) No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 3

those countries that have supported the Ukraine joins... war against terrorism, such as Ukraine, if Ukraine stands together with America: (Continued from page 1) they continue to maintain their own accounts of terrorists, while another 90 reform efforts. nations have detained or arrested terror- Earlier that day, Ambassador Pascual Commemorating the tragic events of September 11 ists. He said there have been other suc- met with Ukrainian President Leonid cesses in the last year, most obviously the Kuchma to discuss various aspects of Below is the text of a statement issued nership served as a decisive factor for return of 1.5 million Afghans to their U.S.-Ukraine cooperation in the common on September 11 by the Embassy of providing support for United States fight against terrorism and the results homeland. Ukraine in the United States. endeavors to fight international terrorism. thus far achieved. Mr. Pascual thanked At a press conference that preceded He also expressed the willingness of the the president for Ukraine’s cooperation in the opening of the exhibit, Ambassador The tragic events of September 11, Ukrainian nation to remain an active par- support of the effort. Pascual thanked Ukraine for the role it 2001, made this date one of the saddest ticipant of the anti-terrorist coalition in The Verkhovna Rada commemorated has played in supporting the war in and most tragic anniversaries of terms of its state policy, as well as in the tragic events of September 11 with a mankind. On this solemn day, the terms of Ukraine’s readiness to make a Afghanistan and the effort against terror- moment of silence at the beginning of the ism as a whole. Ukrainian people stand together with real contribution to the fight against morning session that day and the reading American friends in commemorating the international terrorism. “From the early days right after of a proclamation that expressed condo- victims of attacks that took thousands of Today, on September 11, 2002, the September 11, Ukraine was a major part- lences to the American nation and called lives. members of the Parliament of Ukraine ner in the effort in the United Nations to for global solidarity in fighting world- Ukrainians are profoundly impressed opened its first session with a minute of condemn the actions of terror, and more wide terrorism. The Parliament by the dignity and courage of the silence in remembrance of the victims of importantly terror in general,” explained announced that it would fund a plaque to American people who withstood and the September 11 acts of terror in the Mr. Pascual. be placed at Ground Zero in Manhattan responded to the attacks not only against United States. The Ukrainian Parliament The U.S. ambassador also noted the on which would be engraved the names America, but also against universal dem- released a statement on the occasion of more than 3,000 overflights that Ukraine of the dozen Ukrainians and Ukrainian ocratic values and principles. The terror- the first anniversary of those tragic has allowed over its air space by the Americans who perished in the Twin ists challenged not only the United events. United States and its allies fighting in Towers of the World Trade Center as a States, but the whole international com- Taking into account the lessons of the Afghanistan, as well as its own contribu- result of the September 11 attacks. munity. September tragedy, Ukrainian parliamen- tion of a force of military cargo airliners In the last major event of the memorial Today, as a year ago, Ukraine stands tarians drew the attention of the global to the war effort. He also lauded the week, on Friday, September 13, President together with the United States in strug- community to the importance of consoli- extensive exchange of intelligence Kuchma and Ambassador Pascual were between the United States and Ukraine to attend a requiem concert at the Taras regarding terrorist activities and Shevchenko National Opera House in Ukraine’s decision to investigate and Kyiv, where the Ukrainian National At this time of remembrance and mourn- freeze the bank assets of possible terror- Opera Choir and the Russian National ist groups. Orchestra conducted by Volodymyr ing, Ukrainians stand with the great Mr. Pascual announced that the U.S. Spivakov were slated to perform to a full American nation, with all people of good would add $5 billion to its foreign aid house of diplomats, politicians and pay- budget to support the development of ing public. will throughout the world.

broken. When that day comes, many old gle against the international terrorism. dation and reinforcement of efforts to President Bush... conflicts will appear in a new light. Without Since the very beginning Ukraine pro- overcome the global challenges of the (Continued from page 1) the constant fear and cycle of bitterness that vided its assistance to the operations 21st century. between civilization and ruthless violence. terrorists spread with their violence, we will against terrorists in Afghanistan. In Kyiv a series of events were held in see then that old and serious disputes can be People of all cultures wish to live in safety Ukraine opened its airspace to aircrafts commemoration of September 11, settled peacefully, within the bounds of rea- and dignity. The hope of justice and mercy of the international coalition, which among which are a memorial concert and son, goodwill and mutual security. and better lives are common to all humani- crossed Ukraine’s airspace more than photography exhibitions, among them We have a chance to write a new and the photo exhibit “America: Still Life II” ty. Our enemies reject these values, and by 3,000 times. The Ukrainian military hopeful chapter in human history, a story of and transport aviation have been by Ukrainian photographer Ivan Dudkin, doing so they set themselves not only courage defeating cruelty and light over- enabled to accomplish our common which opened in Kyiv yesterday. against the United States, but against the coming darkness. This calling is worthy of goal, and we hope to provide further Countless articles, TV programs and talk entire world. any life, and of every nation. So let us go assistance in this struggle against evil. shows centered on the expression of soli- None of us would ever wish the evil that forward confident, determined and The president of Ukraine, Leonid darity by Ukraine and its people with the was done on September the 11th. Yet out of unafraid. Together we will face the peril of Kuchma, expressed his condolences to United States. The requiem concert that great evil can come great good. I see a our moment, and we will seize the promise the people of the United States of organized by the Embassy of the United day when the threat of organized terror is of our times. America. On September 10, during his States in Ukraine in cooperation with the meeting with Carlos Pascual, the U.S. Ukrainian TV Company ICTV and the ambassador to Ukraine, President newspaper Fakty in commemoration of Kuchma emphasized that these tragic the victims of 9/11 will take place at the Embassy of Ukraine hosts events joined the efforts of advanced National Opera of Ukraine. world in fighting terrorism for the sake At this time of remembrance and of humane values. The president of mourning, Ukrainians stand with the reception on Independence Day Ukraine underlined that Ukrainian- great American nation, with all people of American relations of a strategic part- good will throughout the world.

OSCE statement on solemn anniversary Following is the text of a statement It is, therefore, fitting that we reflect on on the September 11 terrorist attacks these horrible events as the Human on the United States issued on the first Dimension Implementation Meeting, anniversary of 9/11 by the chairman- one of the world’s foremost human ship of the organization for Security rights fora, convenes in Warsaw. We and Cooperation in Europe. recall that the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting adopted a One year ago, terrorists launched the message condemning the attacks on horrendous attacks against New York September 25, 2001. and Washington in which more than If we want to defeat the terrorists, 3,000 innocent people died. Since then, then we must attack them from the high- the world community has committed est moral plane, ensuring that human itself to bringing to justice those rights are protected, and that the univer- responsible for the attacks on the World sal human rights that we all believe in Trade Center and the Pentagon. For its are observed. There is no inconsistency part, the United Nations Security in pursuing terrorists with human rights Council called upon all states to hold in mind – in ensuring that the campaign Yaro Bihun accountable those persons who aided, against terrorism, is neither used to sup- WASHINGTON – The Embassy of Ukraine marked the 11th anniversary of supported or harbored the perpetrators, press legitimate dissent nor to suppress Ukraine’s independence with a reception on Thursday, September 5. Among the organizers or sponsors of those crimes. people presenting their views to their many diplomatic, government, business and Ukrainian American guests who filled During the last year, the world has governments. If we are to prevail over the chancellery’s two receptions halls and courtyard was Steven Pifer (right), for- made progress in fulfilling the task set terrorism then we must do it in a way mer U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and now deputy assistant secretary of state for out by the United Nations, although that respects both human dignity and the European and Eurasian affairs. He is seen here conversing with Ukrainian there is clearly much more to be done. rights of men and women. Ambassador Kostiantyn Gryshchenko. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 No. 37 Yushchenko and Our Ukraine will join mass protests on September 16 by Roman Woronowycz political partners in Our Ukraine clam- Our Ukraine leader. had information that some 35,000 law Kyiv Press Bureau ored for his participation. “We must, “The forum organizers have invited enforcement officials would be ordered however, be aware that a September 17 the president, his associates and cohorts onto Kyiv’s streets to control the crowds KYIV – Viktor Yushchenko and a September 18 will follow and must to take part as delegates,” explained Mr. on September 16, but also to incite them announced on September 10 that he know what we will do then,” he added Symonenko. “We do not understand one into acts of civil disobedience. would join mass protests by the during an Internet press conference. thing – why have we not been invited – “We know they will be trying to provoke Ukrainian opposition movement sched- Mr. Yushchenko has complained bit- unless [Mr. Yushchenko’s] point is to the participants. It is to their advantage to uled for September 16. terly that Our Ukraine was underhanded- compromise us or to force us to give up show the crowd to be unruly,” explained After wavering for weeks on whether ly usurped of political power in the our course.” his political bloc, Our Ukraine, which Verkhovna Rada after pro-presidential The three opposition leaders said they (Continued on page 19) has the second largest faction in the powers illegally twisted arms and offered Verkhovna Rada, should commit to the bribes to ensure that their political bloc, opposition or pursue a political agree- For a United Ukraine, attained a majority ment with Ukraine’s President Leonid in order to elect its own parliamentary Kuchma, Mr. Yushchenko said he would leadership. join the Socialists, Communists and the The Our Ukraine leader has, however, FOR THE RECORD: “Requiem 2002” Tymoshenko Bloc on the streets of Kyiv maintained contact with the pro-presi- on that day. dential representatives and President pens open leter to President Bush Mr. Yushchenko explained that he Kuchma, who have continued to woo Following is the text of a letter to to flourish in their country. Ukraine planned to continue to pursue all avail- him because they need the 110 lawmak- President George W. Bush initiated by can contribute to peace and stability on able political recourse to return the share ers in the Our Ukraine parliamentary fac- the organizers of the mass action and the European continent only if its gov- of power that he believes rightfully tion to establish a strong majority. One vigil “Requiem 2002: Face the Truth.” ernment respects basic democratic val- belongs to the Our Ukraine parliamen- reason is that on August 24 President The following information was ues. Therefore, actively promoting the tary faction. Kuchma said he was ready to cede some excerpted from the website emergence of a truly democratic “We have been proceeding systemati- presidential authority – and to eventually www.gongadze.org. Ukraine is in U.S. vital national inter- cally,” explained Mr. Yushchenko in back it up with Constitutional changes – The Gongadze Foundation is a non- ests. explaining why he delayed his decision if the Verkhovna Rada could form an governmental organization, working to Today, on September 16, 2002, to join the demonstrations even as his effective majority, which he would then protect journalists’ rights, political Ukraine commemorates two years allow to form a government and appoint and intellectual freedoms; provide since the disappearance of the inde- a prime minister. legal assistance; develop continuing pendent journalist Heorhii Gongadze. At the same time, Mr. Yushchenko has education programs for journalists; He vanished without a trace after a kept up his call for a forum of democrat- and help the families of reporters who series of his articles had exposed far- ic political organizations, which is slot- have unjustly suffered while perform- reaching corruption at the highest lev- Opposition leaders ted for September 15-16, to unify ing their professional duties. The els of Ukrainian leadership. Several Ukraine’s democratic movement and set Gongadze Foundation was established months later, a former presidential make their case a united agenda on how to proceed fur- in 2001. At this point its primary goal security officer provided recordings ther. Mr. Yushchenko has called the is to seek a logical conclusion to the that implicate President Kuchma and forum the political solution to the “crisis investigation of kidnapping and mur- other top officials in planning the jour- before the people of leadership” that erupted after the pro- der of the Ukrainian journalist nalist’s murder. The government’s by Jan Maksymiuk presidential lawmakers stole the power Heorhii Gongadze and to create a investigation of the crime instantly RFE/RL Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine Report in the Verkhovna Rada, according to Mr. legal precedent that would prevent fur- turned into a farce, since the primary Last week Ukraine saw a fairly unusu- Yushchenko. He has said all along that if ther crimes against Ukrainian suspects were also the ones overseeing al occurrence: Yulia Tymoshenko (a for- the forum was a failure he would imme- reporters and political activists. The the investigation. mer oligarch) and Communist Party diately join the opposition. leader and founder of the Gongadze Gongadze’s brutal murder and its leader Petro Symonenko (the most The leaders of the three opposition Foundation is Myroslava Gongadze, aftermath touched every Ukrainian in prominent defender of the Ukrainian pro- parties, Petro Symonenko of the Heorhii’s widow. the same profound way that the terror- letariat) stood arm in arm at rallies in the Communist Party, Yulia Tymoshenko of The Forum of Ukrainian Students in ist attacks of September 11 affected Ukrainian provinces and called for peo- the Tymoshenko Bloc and Oleksander America is a non-governmental organ- Americans. However, while the organ- ple to take part in the anti-presidential Moroz of the Socialist Party – and espe- ization that brings together Ukrainian izers of last year’s terror against the protest campaign that is scheduled to cially Mrs. Tymoshenko – had publicly youth studying in the United States. U.S. were uncovered and relentlessly start on September 16. and privately pleaded with Mr. Established in December 2000, the pursued, the assault on the rights of UNIAN reported that last week, Ms. Yushchenko to join their effort. A some- forum’s first initiative was sending an free-thinking Ukrainians remains Tymoshenko and Mr. Symonenko, joint- what less enthusiastic Mr. Symonenko open letter signed by 60 students in unpunished. After two years of empty ly with Socialist Party leader Oleksander suggested during a press conference just America and Europe to Ukraine’s promises, cover-up attempts and pure prior to Mr. Yushchenko’s announcement President Leonid Kuchma, demanding inaction by the Ukrainian authorities, (Continued on page 12) that the opposition could do without the his resignation. The Forum also we come to only one conclusion: the appealed to Ukraine’s students and perpetrators of Gongadze’s murder, as businessmen urging support for demo- well as of numerous other “accidental” Still Available cratic forces during the 2002 parlia- deaths of opposition journalists and mentary elections. The forum’s goals politicians, will never be found as long are: to give students an opportunity to as Ukraine is ruled by a few unac- influence social life in Ukraine while countable individuals bent on keeping THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY studying abroad; to maintain and power at all costs. The regime, which encourage interest in political, eco- denies the people of the second largest nomic and cultural processes in country in Europe basic rights and 2000Volume I – 1933-1969 Ukraine through discussion and human dignity, is incapable of provid- Volume II – 1970-1999 exchange of information; and to main- ing justice. Therefore, we call on you tain a network of students returning to insist on its fundamental transfor- Throughout its history, The from studying abroad to Ukraine. mation, which would give way to the genuine representatives of the people’s Ukrainian Weekly has been a chroni- (Editor’s note: At press time, spokespersons for “Requiem 2002” choice. cler of the times, a reflection of our had not responded to The Weekly’s Mr. President, in your speech in society, a purveyor of information, a queries about the number of signato- Warsaw last year you pledged to ries to the open letter.) reward Ukraine’s aspiration to become leader of public opinion. a European nation. The Ukrainian peo- Price: $25 per two-volume set ple all share this goal and resolutely To mark the end of one millennium Dear Mr. President: (formerly $15 per volume) strive to achieve it. However, they still and the beginning of another, the edi- We, a group of American scholars, remain separated from the rest of tors of The Ukrainian Weekly prepared civic activists and Ukrainian students Europe by a wall of brutal, unchecked studying in the U.S., are writing to power exercised for the benefit of the "The Ukrainian Weekly 2000," a two- Please mail orders to: urge you to support the Ukrainian peo- privileged few. This wall of oppression volume collection of the best and ple in their determination to defend is certainly doomed to fall for, as The Ukrainian Weekly most significant stories published in their rights and freedoms, endangered President Ronald Reagan affirmed 2200 Route 10, P. O. Box 280 by the country’s current regime. We while speaking at the Brandenburg the newspaper since its founding Parsippany, NJ 07054. hope that your administration will Gate, “it cannot withstand faith, it can- through the end of the 1990s. make it clear to President Leonid not withstand truth, and it cannot with- Kuchma and other top Ukrainian offi- stand freedom.” Now is the time for "The Ukrainian Weekly 2000" is a cials that there can be no progress in America to act decisively and extend For more information call: resource for researchers and a keep- U.S.-Ukrainian relations, or in its hand to the people of Ukraine so Ukraine’s relations with NATO, unless that we together can tear down this (973) 292-9800, ext. 3042. sake for readers. A great gift idea! they allow for freedom and democracy wall! No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM Courses held for secretaries and organizers

by Christine E. Kozak UNA National Secretary KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The UNA Secretaries and Organizers Courses were held at the Ukrainian National Association’s Soyuzivka resort on Monday and Tuesday, August 19-20, with the secretaries or organizers of 21 UNA branches participating. The courses opened on Sunday evening, August 18, with a “Getting to Know You” wine-and-cheese reception welcoming all participants. The courses began in earnest the next morning with UNA President Stefan Kaczaraj welcoming all attendees and Participants of the Secretaries and Organizers Courses at Soyuzivka. underlining the role of the UNA both as a fraternal organization – its place in the Ukrainian community and its many charitable donations to that community – and as an insurance company that pro- vides quality products and service to its policyholders who are referred to as members. Mr. Kaczaraj also said that the UNA supports Svoboda, The Ukrainian Weekly, Soyuzivka and many other membership benefits for UNA’ers. He focused special attention on the various problems facing Soyuzivka and on the immediate steps being taken by the Executive Committee, and he assured his audience that the UNA membership and the community at large will be notified of any plans for the resort via the UNA’s official publications. Becuase of the wealth of their experi- ence and knowledge, former UNA President Ulana Diachuk and former (Continued on page 15) View of a training session in the Main House Library.

The General Assembly of the Ukrainian National Association

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Myron Pylypiak Los Alamos, NM 87544 Parsippany, NJ 07054 P.O. Box 59313 President 3000 S.E. Royal Hills Drive – No. 29G Mary Dushnyck 2 Marine Ave. Stefan Kaczaraj Renton, WA 98058-2313 AUDITING COMMITTEE Brooklyn, NY 11209 Ukrainian National Association 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Zenon Holubec Barbara Bachynsky Anna Haras Parsippany, NJ 07054 5566 Pearl Road 101 E. 16th St. 1930 Greenleaf St. Parma, OH 44129-2541 New York, NY 10003 Bethlehem, PA 18017 First Vice-President Wasyl Liscynesky Myron Kuropas Martha Lysko Yaroslav Zaviysky 4257 Dentzler Road 107 Ilehamwood Drive 801 S. Pitt St. – Unit 428 11 Bradley Road Parma, OH 44134 DeKalb, IL 60115 Alexandria, VA 22314 Clark, NJ 07006 Pawlo Prinko Bishop Stephen Bilak Second Vice-President Alexander Serafyn 2565 Timberwyck Trail 1245 Rhawn St. 1750 Jefferson St., Apt. 301 Eugene Iwanciw Troy, MI 48098 Philadelphia, PA 19111 Hollywood, FL 33020 P.O. Box 5748 Joseph Lesawyer 6138 N. 12th St. Andrij Skyba 7810 Tamiami Trails – Suite A3 Arlington, VA 22205-0748 ADVISORS 4575 N. Nagle Ave. Venice, FL 34293 Eugene Oscislawski Harwood Heights, IL 60706 Director for Canada 25 Jason Court Wasyl Didiuk Al Kachkowski Matawan, NJ 07747-3510 Michael Kuropas 30 Allenhurst Drive, Apt. 402 126 Simon Fraser Crescent 313 West St. Islington, Ontario M9A 4Y8 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7H 3T1 Joseph Hawryluk Sycamore, IL 60178 79 Southridge Drive Taras Szmagala Sr. National Secretary West Seneca, NY 14224-4442 Myron Groch 10976 Tanager Trail Christine E. Kozak 16 Kevin Drive Brecksville, OH 44141 Founthill, Ontario L0S 1E4 Ukrainian National Association Stefan Hawrysz Helen Olek Scott 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 155 Erdenheim Road 7644 W. Rosedale Ave. Erdenheim, PA 19038 Parsippany, NJ 07054 HONORARY MEMBERS Chicago, IL 60631 OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Treasurer Vasyl Luchkiw Anatole Doroshenko Roma Lisovich 49 Windmill Lane Anna Chopek 39446 Edgewater Drive Ukrainian National Association New City, NY 10956 678 44th St. Northville, MI 48167 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 No. 37

UKRAINE’S INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Ukraine 2002: much to celebrate Remembrance, and resolve Following are remarks delivered by Russian empire, still “Mala Rus.” Moves Myron B. Kuropas at the UCCA-spon- are now under way to coordinate No one in America could help but be moved by the scenes on our television sored Ukrainian Independence Day Ukrainian and Russian history in text- screens of memorial ceremonies dedicated to the victims and heroes of 9/11. Commemoration in Chicago on August 25. books and to have the Ukrainian Broadcasts from New York showed grief-stricken family members and loved Parliament consult with Russia’s As we commemorate the 11th year of ones walking down into a hole where the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center Parliament before any new legislation is Ukraine’s independence, we can rejoice. once stood to place tributes, mementos and offerings to the 2,801 killed on that introduced. Ukraine’s population has Positive changes are taking place, and very spot. It was almost too much to bear. In Washington the mood was somewhat shrunk by some 3 million people since there is more reason for optimism than for celebratory as the ceremony marked the reconstruction of the Pentagon – its rising independence. We’ve just learned that the pessimism. from the ashes of 9/11 (in fact, it is known as the Project Phoenix Site). The quick percentage of AIDs cases in Ukraine is the For the first time in its history, Ukraine rebuilding of the center of America’s power served for many as a tangible mani- highest in Eastern Europe. has a democratic Constitution freely artic- festation of America’s resolve. And in Shanksville, Pa., local residents along with A recent poll taken by Our Ukraine family members of the 40 people killed aboard Flight 93, gathered together to pay ulated by elected officials. During the past two years, economic growth has overtaken indicates that 56 percent of the respon- tribute to a group that was referred to as the first citizen-soldiers in America’s war dents do not believe Ukraine is a truly on terrorism. “In a field in rural Pennsylvania, right prevailed over wrong, and stagnation. The former command econo- my is being liberalized. Following the last independent state. And finally, Ukraine’s hope was born again,” said Tom Ridge, the former Pennsylvania governor who image in the democratic West has been now is the president’s adviser on domestic security. parliamentary elections, the Communist Party is no longer a major power. The will badly tarnished during the past three years. September 11, 2002, was a day to focus on the heroes of September 11, 2001, A two-year study of Ukraine by Cognita both dead and alive: the firefighters and police officers who went above and of the people is being exercised in the vot- ing booth and parties of reform are gaining Ukraine, an independent consulting firm, beyond the call of duty, the people who sacrificed their own safety to help others has concluded that Ukraine is perceived as at a time of crisis. It was a day to recall the passengers of Flight 93, ordinary peo- support. These are highly significant gains. Another notable change in Ukraine’s a state run by the mafia, a corrupt, unreli- ple who became extraordinary when they took charge in a heroic act above the able, rather distasteful place. skies of Pennsylvania and will forever be remembered in the phrase “Let’s roll.” societal structure is the emergence of a In addition to the moving commemorations held at Ground Zero, at the civil society. We all know that one of the Pentagon and in Shanksville, there were countless local ceremonies attended by first things the Bolsheviks did upon con- quering Ukraine was to outlaw freedom of Americans of all ethnic backgrounds, of all faiths, from all walks of life, of all Each of us needs to association. Non-governmental organiza- ages. On September 11, 2002, our country was united, perhaps like never before. tions or NGOs, which included various As President George W. Bush put it in his address to the nation: “In the ruins of adopt a small piece religious, humanitarian, cooperative, eco- two towers, under a flag unfurled at the Pentagon, at the funerals of the lost, we nomic and cultural societies, were abol- of Ukraine... have made a sacred promise, to ourselves and to the world: we will not relent ished. Today, all of that is changing. until justice is done and our nation is secure. What our enemies have begun, we Although the present government in will finish.” Ukraine still over-regulates the activities President Bush also issued a message of thanks to all the nations of the world. There is a debate raging in our commu- of NGOs, their number has grown from “On behalf of all Americans, I thank the millions of people from every nation nity these days regarding the role of the some 4,000 in 1995 to 35,000 in 2001. who share our grief over the loss of innocent life, and who share our resolve to lift diaspora in Ukrainian affairs. We are faced Religious, gender and ethnic diversity is with a dilemma. Should we condemn the the dark cloud of terror from our world,” he stated. And he reassured people also being promoted in Ukraine today. In around the globe: “We have a chance to write a new and hopeful chapter in outrages of the current administration at 2001 Ukraine had 25,000 religious organi- every opportunity or should we accentuate human history, a story of courage defeating cruelty and light overcoming dark- zations representing 80 churches and sects. ness. This calling is worthy of any life, and of every nation. So let us go forward the positive and ignore the negative? If we Some two-thirds of Ukraine’s people say consistently condemn Ukraine, some com- confident, determined and unafraid. Together we will face the peril of our they are believers. With the exception of munity members argue, then the United moment, and we will seize the promise of our times.” the Orthodox Church of the Moscow States will abandon Ukraine, pushing it It has been said repeatedly that the post 9/11 world is different. Indeed, in a Patriarchate and a few Ukrainian closer to President Vladimir Putin’s flash the entire world had changed. But in the wake of this terror came a new Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic fanatics Russia. Others believe that ignoring cooperation and a new determination to fight evil. Thus, it is clear to all the world who insist that only their faith is the true Ukraine’s blemishes will only lead to that – though our losses are immeasurable – the terrorists did not win on 9/11. faith, religious tolerance is becoming the more corruption, more theft, and a nation norm. totally controlled by oligarches and the Ukrainian women are slowly returning mafia. Sept. to center stage in Ukraine, as well. There are some 700 separate women’s societies I believe we have a moral obligation to Turning the pages back... in Ukraine today, most of which belong to point to Ukraine’s shortcomings because if three national umbrella organizations. we don’t, who will? Ukraine does not have 16 Some 40 ethnic groups have created a free press. We shouldn’t fear that our crit- there own civic and cultural NGOs. The icism will turn America against Ukraine 2001 The Ukrainian Weekly’s issue of September 16, 2001, carried a most active are those established by because the only people who can influence journal about activities surrounding the historic world gathering Crimean Tatars, Jews, Russians, American foreign policy towards Ukraine of the Ukrainian Youth Association (SUM) in Ukraine at the time Hungarians, Poles and Romanians. is the Ukrainian government itself. of the country’s 10th anniversary of independence. The two prin- Finally, we can be thankful for the America will always do what America cipal authors of the article were Nelia Lavrynenko of Kyiv and Lesya Skoryk of emergence of semi-private institutions of believes is in its best interest and what we Dnipropetrovsk. The following information is from that journal. higher learning such as the national uni- say or do will have little effect. We learned A worldwide zlet (gathering) marks an extraordinary event in the life of SUM, or the versities of Mohyla and Ostroh. A new, this lesson during the Cold War. The U.S. Ukrainian Youth Association. It is organized every few years to encourage comradeship, nationally conscious elite is being educat- government knows what is going on in friendship and cooperation of SUM members from many countries and continents, through ed in these academies, and this augurs well Ukraine far better than we do. To pretend the opportunity to gather together in one locale. The 2001 World Zlet, which took place in for Ukraine’s future. that all is well over there only hurts our Ukraine on August 16 through 24, held special significance as it commemorated the 10th This is not to say that Ukraine has credibility with U.S. government officials. anniversary of the declaration of Ukraine’s independence. solved all of its problems. Leonid Kuchma At the same time, however, we need to On August 16, under a sunny sky in view of the Lviv Opera Theater, with well over 200 is still president. If the Supreme Court realize that our influence on events in delegates from three continents present, the sixth SUM World Zlet was officially declared rules that he was elected prior to the adop- Ukraine is rather limited. Let’s face it. If open. SUMivtsi in uniform paraded along the historic streets of this city. Leading the pro- tion of the present Constitution, which the Ukrainian people decide that they want cession were the flags of the countries in which SUM is represented. limits presidents to two terms, Mr. to join the Russia-Belarus axis there is lit- Day 2 of the Zlet began with liturgy at St. George Cathedral, the seat of the Ukrainian Kuchma can run again, he could win tle we can do about it. But knowing this Greek-Catholic Church. The head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Cardinal again, despite his current 13 percent doesn’t mean we bury our heads in the Lubomyr Husar, presided over the divine liturgy. The patriarch greeted the SUMivtsi warm- approval rating. Mr. Kuchma has adopted sand and only moan, groan and complain. ly because he had watched over the youth association for a long time – 32 years ago, while some of the Soviet-style tactics of the past, There is much that we, as individuals, a priest in the United States, he had been chaplain of SUM’s summer camps in Ellenville, especially in the arena of press freedom. can do to help, not on a grand scale, but in N.Y. Zlet participants laid flowers at the graves of the Ukrainian Galician Army infantry at The rule of law is almost non-existent. some small ultimately meaningful way. the Lychakiv and Yaniv cemeteries. During subsequent days the SUMivtsi visited various Ukraine’s justice system is corrupt, mak- Each of us needs to adopt a small piece of destinations, such as Ternopil, Kalush and Yamin, a village near Yaremche in the ing it difficult for honest Ukrainians to feel Ukraine – a school, a library, a university, Carpathian Mountains. safe and secure as they go about their daily an NGO, a church, a town, a family, an On Day 6 the Zlet participants – all 230 of them – arrived in Kyiv, where they took in the affairs. Recent revelations by the Ministry author, a student – some trustworthy insti- city and a soccer match between Kyiv’s Dynamo and Romania. A visit to Cherkasy, the of Internal Affairs point to specially creat- tution or person – that we can assist direct- heartland of Ukraine, and the Shevchenko memorial in Kaniv was the highlight of the next ed death squads operating in Kyiv, Odesa ly. Just think of the impact we will have if day. Zlet participants also traveled on Day 8 to Baikove Cemetery and to Askold’s Tomb, and Lviv, suggesting, of course, that many each and every one of us here today did where they laid flowers in commemoration of those who fought for Ukraine’s freedom. so-called “accidents” and disappearances just that. The mechanisms for assistance The last day of the World Zlet was August 24. On the Khreschatyk the SUMivtsi involving journalists and politicians were are in place. Many, many opportunities watched Ukraine’s armed forces march in the Independence Day Parade. Massive military pre-arranged. exist. We need to seize this moment in vehicles passed before them, and aircraft flew overhead. Behind the armed forces marched Moscow is increasing its involvement Ukrainian history and act on it. Ukraine’s best performing groups and sports teams. in Ukrainian affairs, behaving as if Ukraine lives. Better days are on the (Continued on page 13) Ukraine is still an integral part of the horizon. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR NEWS AND VIEWS

Ukraine, including foreign assistance, trade A Canadian-American relations and sanctions, treaties and bilateral agreements. Seen and overheard at Soyuzivka reflects on September 11 We often, justifiably, complain that Dear Editor: Ukraine receives either no coverage or negative reporting in the media yet, when duringby Andrij Labor Chornodolsky Dayreceived weekend and the announcing 2002 of the pro- we had a chance for positive coverage, As the names of those who perished a gram by Dora Hapij was flawless. Her nothing was done. Was this lack of media year ago today (September 11) at the Once again the end of summer ritual smooth transition from Ukrainian to coverage part of the agreement with the World Trade Center were read off, I was has come and gone. Soyuzivka attracted English and vice-versa, and her command governor for the event or was it an over- seized by a desire to write to my former all age groups to meet, talk, enjoy, politic, of both languages, was refreshing to wit- sight? I find it hard to believe that the colleagues at The Ukrainian Weekly and criticize, praise, dance, eat, imbibe and ness. For a change the microphones and governor’s office and our own leadership Svoboda, as well as the folks at the UNA. prepare to face school or work, fall and sound systems cooperated. (Ukrainians, somehow forgot to inform the media; I’m writing to express my thanks for winter. There was much joy and laughter, you know, have a genetic predisposition politicians are just too eager for press the opportunity to work with everyone at lots of hugs, some tears, for some infatua- to make sound systems malfunction. coverage. the former UNA building in Jersey City, tion, for some love, for others abandon, “Testing, testing, one, two, three...”) I can only conclude that the event was across the river from the two towers that and for others resignation. Missing this year at Soyuzivka were staged for 74,000 Ukrainian Americans in are now, unbelievably, gone. Thanks to For almost all there was a hope that the many vendors of music, T-shirts, sou- New Jersey and not for the general public, this work, the WTC and its concourse Soyuzivka would continue to be a Mecca venirs, ceramics, and arts and crafts. Most which reduces our community to little more became an indelible part of my life and for Ukrainian Americans next year and of us had gotten so used to them that they than a political prop. I had hoped we were experience, and its loss and the loss of for perpetuity. Overheard were hundreds were like the annual return of the cranes beyond that. the lives of those who worked there I of conversations with criticism based on to their nests on the roofs of houses in the feel as a personal loss, since I lived with perception of the way things are and an villages of Ukraine. For some Ukrainian many of them, passing through there on Anna H. Iwanciw equal number of enthusiastic suggestions Chatham Township, N.J. Americans the cranes are an essential part my way to The Weekly’s editorial of how things should and could be. There of folklore of their parents homeland, for offices, and on the way back to a place were even questions like “Where is the others a genuine memory. Folklore fur- that I called home for three years, in the suggestion box?” And there were retorts ther alleges that if the cranes do not greatest city on earth, New York City. Re: director’s attack like what good would suggestions do, it return this portends potential disaster. For I grieve with the survivors and with seems that a never ending series of ideas whatever reason, the absence of the ven- you, and offer my condolences to you and plans in the past have quietly gone dors left a void and cannot be seen as a and my solidarity with you. on reviewer of his film away. good omen. Dear Editor: Nowhere to be seen was the Save I do so because since the early 1980s Significant in assessing the great Soyuzivka table. Maybe that was a good I’ve considered myself a New Yorker, Director John Paskievich, in his response unfulfilled potential that Soyuzivka has sign. and also since the mid-1980s I have been to Orysia Tracz’s August 18 review of his were the great number of Ukrainian The greatest attribute that Soyuzivka a U.S. citizen, and these two identities film, “My Mother’s Village,” is doing Americans who filled the accommoda- offers is the opportunity for people to pulse through me with considerable exactly what he accuses her of doing – try- tions of all neighboring motels, principal- talk. And indeed every direction you strength today, in fact, catching me by ing to silence a differing opinion. ly the Hudson Valley Resort. Half or looked people were talking. Some con- surprise. I was disappointed in his personal attack more of the deficit that Soyuzivka suffers versations were subdued and personal but against her. It was very unprofessional and would easily be covered by the hundreds Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj most were vibrant and animated. mean-spirited. His is not the first film to of rooms sold at three-star-plus hotel Toronto Noticeable was the fact that less conver- get an unfavourable review, in fact many rates. Granted, everyone realizes that a sations centered on problems of the have received much harsher treatment in resort or hotel cannot survive on one homeland. It seems that more Ukrainian the press. When one puts out something as extended weekend per year. However, a Americans have developed a laissez-faire public as a film, one has to appreciate, if lesson must be learned from the neigh- Why wasn’t the media attitude toward problems in Ukraine. The not expect that, for whatever reason, some boring resort with 350 rooms and a flour- prevailing attitude seems to be that only people may not like it, and that such people ishing year-round business. time, a long time at that, will help at Drumthwacket event? have a right to say so publicly or privately. Thousands of meals were consumed in Dear Editor: Ukraine overcome economic and political That comes with the turf. A professional the vicinity, unfortunately most not at problems. The heated discussions have Immediately after 1,300 Ukrainian should realize that and accept it graciously Soyuzivka. In fairness, it must be noted mostly become a thing of the past. Once Americans gathered at the New Jersey gov- without taking it personally. that the Q-Café did a marvelous job serv- upon a time the political emigration ernor’s mansion for a celebration of While I enjoyed the film, and don’t nec- ing an endless stream of varenyky, believed that only violent force from the Ukrainian Independence Day, I looked for a essarily share Ms. Tracz’s opinion of it, I outside could topple the Soviet Empire. kovbasa and bigos, etc. The staff worked story in the American press. With no press nevertheless respect her right to express it They (we) were proven wrong. Now an tirelessly, and they must be commended. coverage, I was frustrated that, once again, and welcome the opportunity to dialogue. evolutionary process of democratization The food was great and the prices were Ukrainians were being ignored by the press. So should Mr. Paskievich. and capitalism is seen as the ultimate tool very fair. However, some guests won- I contacted The Star-Ledger and was told of nation-building. Perceptions change dered out loud; how come, as always, the that they would look into it. I was surprised Paulette MacQuarrie Trembita Lounge was out of Ukrainian Coquitlam, British Columbia over time, and many of us have changed. that the editor of The Star-Ledger, Jim The Saturday evening concert of the beer? Can you imagine an Irish Pub with- Willse, called back personally. I was “Syzokryli” ballet-dance ensemble was out Guinness? Something is wrong with shocked when he informed me that the absolutely breathtaking and enthusiasti- this picture. newspaper knew nothing of the event either Non-traditional sports cally appreciated by all. The costumes, Soyuzivka is naturally beautiful. But before or after it took place. He went on to choreography and execution were flaw- even Mother Nature sometimes needs point out that his newspaper had not less. A great positive is the noticeable some help. The physical plant is in dire received any press advisory or release from features were delightful need of a major facelift, landscaping Dear Editors: increase in attendance of the so-called either the governor’s office or any “Fourth Wave” of Ukrainian Americans. enhancement and building renovation. Ukrainian American organization. It was with delight and great interest that (They don’t yet call themselves that). It Because we view Soyuzivka as “nasha,” I am a bit confused about the purpose of I read the recent articles featured in The was regrettable that Prima Ballerina most Ukrainian Americans are very for- spending time and money for organizing Weekly about the Scuba Club at Soyuzivka Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky could not be giving of its short-comings. The reality is 1,300 Ukrainian Americans and Ukrainian (July 21), and also the mountain climbing present to again hear the accolades of the that its inadequacies affect the bottom officials for such an event. Do we really excursion at Denali (September 1). entire community for her tireless work, line, i.e., deficits. need to preach to the choir and pat our- My husband and I are avid scuba divers, professionalism and accomplishment in When the post-World War II political selves on the back? Or should such events traveling the world for unique dive experi- choreography and dance instruction. émigrés arrived in the major cities of the be used to educate our fellow New Jersey ences. We wish to congratulate and say Equally wonderful was the solo per- United States they were often welcomed citizens about Ukraine and Ukrainians? “Welcome” to the newest members of the formance of soprano Lesia Hrabova with by the prior generation of Ukrainian It seems that The Star-Ledger, New Ukrainian diving community! And, what an the superb accompaniment of pianist Americans in their “Narodni Domu” Jersey’s largest newspaper, would have innovative way to maximize “pool time’’at Andrij Stasiw. The “surprise” duet with Most of these centers of Ukrainian covered the event, including the words of Soyuzivka. tenor Bohdan Chaplynsky was marvelous, American cultural life were built in the support for Ukraine voiced by Gov. Thank you for including these “non- and the audience loved the performance. 1920s and 1930s and were slowly deteri- McGreevey had they been made aware of traditional” sports activities in your It’s a shame that more young people do orating. Rather than renovate and build the gathering. Gov. McGreevey’s words newspaper. not attend the concerts, I guess they are upon what was already there, most new were import to report in the state’s newspa- We will be looking for those tryzub recovering from the prior night’s festivi- émigré groups proceeded to build new pers – not only for New Jersey citizens to decals underwater on our future dive trips!! ties and preparing for the evening’s zaba- centers and ignored the old. Further, they hear but, more importantly, to be heard by va. Oh well, each age has its priorities. criticized the prior generation for failing the state’s U.S. senators and representatives, Renata (née Wynnyk) Ockerby The program’s introductory and wel- to leave a sustainable lasting presence. who actually vote on issues affecting Arlington, Mass. coming remarks by Soyuzivka Office We now are at the same threshold of Manager Sonia Semanyshyn were well potential collapse of structures and institu- tions that were established in the 1950s The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor. Letters should be typed and are struggling for membership, finan- (double-spaced) and signed; they must be originals, not photocopies. Andrij Chornodolsky of Maryland is a cial resources and impetus to move for- The daytime phone number and address of the letter-writer past activist of the student and human ward in this century. To accomplish this must be given for verification purposes. rights movements, and now mortgage broker and business consultant. (Continued on page 13) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 No. 37

SSPPOORTSRTSLLIINENE Shooting Chess Lawrence took third place in the event lost an Olympic medal in the final round with a time of 10.93. In the 200-meter two years ago in Sydney, had better for- • Australian Natalia Rahman won the • Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov lost sprint, Jones finished in 22.11 seconds, tunes this time, as only one other jumper, silver medal at the 2002 Manchester an eight-game exhibition match to 0.13 ahead of Pintusevich-Block, who Sinisa Ergotic, could manage eight Games in the skeet category on August 2. Viswanathan Anand of India, held in finished in 22.24. Debbie Ferguson of meters. Rahman beat Edith Barnes of Scotland, Mainz, Germany, on August 15-18. the Bahamas finished third with a time of On the women’s side in Munich, who took third place in the event, but lost Anand defeated Ponomariov, the current 22.58. Ukraine took fifth place in the 100-meter to fellow Aussie Lauryn Ogilvie. International Chess Federation FIDE In the high jump event at the Van four-man relay with a time of 43.38 sec- Rahman is of Ukrainian descent and champion, by a score of 4 1/2-3 1/2. The Damme Memorial track meet, onds. France’s time of 42.46 gave it first along with her family regularly attends exhibition was the feature match during Ukrainians Iryna Mykhalchenko and place, while Germany took second with a the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in the Chess Classic also held in Mainz, Inga Babakova took fourth and fifth time of 42.54. Russia finished third with North Melbourne, Australia, according to Germany. Track and field places, respectively. Sweden’s Kajsa a time of 43.11. the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Bergqvist took first with a jump of 6 Organizations. feet, 6 1/4 inches while Hestrie Cloete of • Oleksii Lukashevych of Ukraine fin- The chairman of the AFUO, Stefan • Ukraine’s Zhanna Pintusevich-Block South Africa jumped 6-5 1/2 for second ished second in the men’s long jump at Romaniw, said on August 6, “We salute took second place in the 100-meter place. Marina Kuptsova of Russia also the Raiffeisen Gugl-Meeting in Linz, her and are proud that an Australian sprint at the Norwich Union British jumped 6-5 1/2 but took third place. Austria, on August 19. His jump of 26 Ukrainian can achieve success.” Grand Prix at Crystal Palace in London Mykhalchenko and Babakova both feet, 3 1/2 inches beat Saudi Arabia’s Rahman, along with Australian team- on August 23. American Marion Jones jumped 6-4 1/4, however, Mykhalchenko Hussein Al Sabee, who took third place mate Lauryn Ogilvie, also won the first- took first place with a time of 10.97 sec- took the higher spot. with a jump of 26-0. American Dwight ever gold medal in the team event on onds, while Chryste Gaines of the Phillips finished in first place with a • Serhiy Lebid of Ukraine took third July 29. The Australian pair beat Susan United States took third place with a jump of 27-6. place in the men’s 5,000-meter running Bramley and Pinkey le Grelle of time of 11.12 seconds, just 0.01 behind Also in Linz, Serhii Osovych of event at the European Championships in England, who took second place, and Pintusevich-Block. Ukraine finished in fifth place in the Also at the Norwich Union British Munich on August 11 with a time of men’s 200-meter sprint with a time of bronze medalists Linda Conley and 13:40.00. Alberto Garcia of Spain took Susan Nattrass of Canada. Grand Prix, two Ukrainians tied for 20.86 seconds. Frank Fredericks of Tennis fourth place in the women’s high jump first place with a time of 13:38.18, while Namibia finished in first place with a event on August 23, while teammate Frenchman Ismail Sghyr took second time of 20.15, while Aziz Zakari of Inga Babakova took third place. South place with a time of 13:39.81. Ghana took second place in 20.52. Troy • Sixteenth seed Mykyta Kryvonos of Ukraine took second place in the four- Flushing, N.Y., fell to 18th seed Travis Africa’s Hestrie Cloete finished first Douglas of the Netherlands finished in man 100-meter relay at the European third place with a time of 20.56. Helgeson of Overland Park, Kan., 6-3, 6- with a jump of 6 feet, 5 1/2 inches. Championships with a time of 38.53 sec- Olena Krasovska of Ukraine captured 2 on August 8 in quarterfinal play at the Marina Kuptsova of Russia took second onds. Britain took first place with a time third place in the women’s 100-meter hur- United States Tennis Association’s boys place, also with a jump of 6-5 1/2. Inga of 38.19 and Poland took third place with dles in Linz. Her time of 12.90 seconds 16 event. Babakova, Iryna Mykhalchenko and a time of 38.71. put her behind Jamaican Vonette Dixon, The New York Times featured the 15- Viktoria Palamar all jumped 6-4 1/4, In the men’s long jump in Munich, who took first place, and American Jenny year-old Ukrainian in an article on however, Mykhalchenko and Palamar took fourth place. Oleksii Lukashevych of Ukraine cap- Adams. Both finished in 12.85. August 5. “Kryvonos’s indomitable tured first place with a jump of 26 feet, 6 work ethic was forged among the steel • American Marion Jones beat 1/4 inches. Teammate Roman • Krasovska also took second place in factories of Donetsk, Ukraine,” The Ukraine’s Zhanna Pintusevich-Block Schurenko, who took the bronze medal the 100-meter hurdles at the Rieti 2002 Times said. Nick Brebenel, a former twice at the Van Damme Memorial track from Lukashevych in Sydney 2000, fin- track meet in Rieti, Italy, on September Romanian national team member and meet in Brussels on August 30. Jones ished fourth with a jump of 26-1 1/2. 8. American Anjanette Kirkland took current coach of Kryvonos, was quoted won the 100-meter sprint in 10.88 sec- Sinisia Ergotic of Croatia finished in sec- first place with a time of 12.85 seconds. by The Times as saying, “Mykyta has a onds, finishing 0.02 ahead of ond place with a jump of 26-3 and Yago Spain’s Aliuska Lopez finished in third big chance to become the next American Pintusevich-Block, who is the current Lamela of Spain took third place with a place with a time of 13.06, just 0.01 superstar.” world champion. Jamaica’s Tanya jump of 26-2 3/4. Lukashevych, who behind Krasovska’s time of 13.05.

the program called “The Strategy for General’s Office for protection in July immunity of opposition leader Yulia NEWSBRIEFS Combating Poverty in Ukraine,” UNIAN 2000, but the office ignored his request. Tymoshenko. Ukrainska Pravda suggest- (Continued from page 2) reported. Mr. Sakhan said the main con- (RFE/RL Newsline) ed that the request – which has not yet been addressed by Parliament – was pub- the July 27 airshow crash, the UNIAN dition for overcoming poverty in Ukraine is to maintain macroeconomic stability Leftists protest Iraq policy of U.S. licized following an instruction from news service reported. The ceremony – and growth of the gross domestic product either the presidential administration or which took place 40 days after the disas- KYIV – Some 500 representatives of (GDP). According to the minister, the Procurator General’s Office in order ter in keeping with Ukrainian Christian the Progressive Socialist Party, the Ukraine’s GDP rose by 4.4 percent in to start an anti-Tymoshenko campaign in tradition – was attended by Our Ukraine January-July 2002, while the real Russian Bloc and the Justice All- the state-run media. According to the leader Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia incomes of Ukrainians in January-August Ukrainian Association of Leftists staged a published request, prosecutors suspect Tymoshenko, the leader of the epony- 2002 increased by 26.8 percent. Mr. picket in front of the U.S. Embassy in Ms. Tymoshenko of bribery, abuse of mous opposition bloc. Socialist Party Sakhan said the average monthly wage in Kyiv on September 9 to protest U.S. poli- office, forgery, embezzlement of property leader Oleksander Moroz and June was 377.4 hrv ($70.80) and had cies with regard to Iraq, the UNIAN and tax evasion. The charges are connect- Communist Party leader Petro exceeded the subsistence minimum (365 news service reported. According to the ed with her work as head of United Symonenko, although in the city that day, hrv) for the first time in the past several agency, the protesters threw an effigy of Energy Systems of Ukraine in 1995-1997 did not attend the gathering. The organiz- years. (RFE/RL Newsline) U.S. President George W. Bush to the and her position as deputy prime minister ing committee of the mourning ceremony ground, pelted it with tomatoes and in Viktor Yushchenko’s Cabinet in 1999- had warned Messrs. Moroz and Internet journalist requests protection “pierced it with a scythe of the grim 2000. (RFE/RL Newsline) Symonenko that their attendance could reaper.” Progressive Socialist Party lead to “unforeseeable political conse- KYIV – Olena Prytula, the editor-in- leader Natalia Vitrenko said it is neces- Poland invited to join gas consortium quences.” Some 12,000 people attended a chief of the Ukrainska Pravda website, sary to create a “triangle of justice” con- rally in Lutsk earlier the same day at has sent an open letter to Procurator- sisting of the Slavic world (Ukraine, KYIV – Ukrainian Prime Minister which Ms. Tymoshenko, Mr. Moroz and General Sviatoslav Piskun, Security Belarus and Russia), the Arab world, as Anatolii Kinakh has invited Poland to Mr. Symonenko solicited support for the Service of Ukraine Chairman Volodymyr well as China and India in order to participate in the creation of an interna- upcoming opposition protest campaign. Radchenko and Internal Affairs Minister oppose “U.S. aggression” against Iraq. tional consortium to operate the (RFE/RL Newsline) Yurii Smyrnov, asking them to provide Participants in the meeting adopted a res- Ukrainian gas-pipeline system, Interfax her with protection. The news was report- reported on September 5. Mr. Kinakh Air show officials to go on trial olution with demands to declare U.S. ed on the Ukrainska Pravda website. Ambassador to Ukraine Carlos Pascual made this proposal at a meeting with Referring to a source in the Procurator Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller in KYIV – Procurator General Sviatoslav persona non grata and expel him from the General’s Office, Ms. Prytula wrote that Krynica Gorska on the sidelines of the Piskun said officials who were responsi- country, stop the blockades of Iraq and her life may be in danger in connection Central European economic forum. ble for the Sknyliv airshow crash on July Cuba, and make President Bush account- with the investigation into the death of (RFE/RL Newsline) 27 will go on trial in October. Unplanned able for “crimes against humanity” journalist of Heorhii Gongadze, who maneuvers by the pilots and organiza- before the war crimes tribunal at The worked for Ukrainska Pravda before his Prosecutor arrested in Gongadze case tional mistakes are being blamed for the Hague. (RFE/RL Newsline) disappearance in September 2000. Ms. disaster. (The New York Times) KYIV – The Ukrainian Procurator Prytula noted that the murderers of Mr. Paper prints Tymoshenko motion General’s Office arrested the local prose- Government reports on poverty Gongadze may be also interested in cutor in the Taraschyn Raion of Kyiv killing her since, according to the source KYIV – The Kyiv-based newspaper Oblast on August 29, according to KYIV – Labor and Social Policy in the Procurator General’s Office, she is called 2000 on September 6 published on RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service. A decapi- Minister Ivan Sakhan on September 10 an “important witness” in the Gongadze six full pages a request by Procurator tated body presumed to be that of jour- reported to the Verkhovna Rada on the case. Ms. Prytula recalled that Mr. General Sviatoslav Piskun to the government’s progress in implementing Gongadze had asked the Procurator Verkhovna Rada to lift the deputy’s (Continued on page 16) No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 9

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Evening attire requested 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 No. 37 Soyuzivka hosts annual Labor Day weekend festivities

by Andrew Nynka based Saints of Swing performed selections of swing, New Orleans-style Dixieland, KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Soyuzivka blues and Gospel in the packed lounge. came alive with many hundreds of guests On Saturday evening the Syzokryli this past Labor Day weekend hosting musi- Ukrainian Dance Ensemble directed by cal programs, athletic events and get togeth- Roma Pryma Bohachevsky performed to a ers. Youngsters played, older folks remi- capacity crowd in the Veselka Auditorium. nisced and, all around, friends celebrated Nearly 400 to 500 people watched the group the closing of another summer season. perform traditional Ukrainian dances such While the turnout seemed somewhat as “Pryvit,” “Kozachok,” and “Hopak” as smaller than in years past – perhaps due in well as more contemporary pieces such as part to poor weather Sunday night – many “Vohon” and “Three-man Buko,” a tango of those present said Soyuzivka put on a done to the song “Chervona Ruta.” great party. The emcee for the night, Dora Hapij – “I love coming here,” said Roma also a member of the Syzokryli ensemble – Klymkovych of Chicago. “Everyone gets introduced solo performances by soprano together here at the end of the summer Lesia Hrabova, accompanied on the piano before going back to work, school or wher- by Andrij Stasiw. For her final song Ms. ever it is people go back to when the sum- Hrabova told guests she wanted to perform mer ends.” for them a selection from Verdi’s “La While people began gathering at Traviata” but said that without a tenor to Soyuzivka earlier in the week, the official accompany her she would be unable to sing Labor Day program began on Friday night, the piece. A man from the crowd, later August 30, with bands entertaining guests identified as tenor Bohdan Chaplynsky, Inside the Veselka lounge are (from left): Andrew Demidowich, Alex at the Veselka complex. Playing late into emerged to put on a crowd-pleasing per- Kryzaniwska, Andrew Olesnycky and Lelia Holinskyj. the night the Luna band provided music formance. and entertainment for guests on the Veselka It is also interesting to note that although terrace. Meanwhile, the local New Paltz- the “surprise” duet may have been planned earlier that day, Mr. Stasiw showed his musical talent by playing the piece without notes. Also, Mr. Stasiw said, the melody was given to him only seconds before by Ms. Hrabova and Mr. Chaplynsky, who hummed it to him. Following the performance, guests danced and socialized to the sounds of Soyuzivka’s two featured bands. Both Tempo and Fata Morgana played late into the evening. During the day the Ukrainian National Association’s resort hosted the Zenon Snylyk Memorial Tennis Championships and the annual Labor Day weekend swim meet held by the Carpathian Ski Club of New York under the aegis of the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and The Ukrainian Weekly’s Ukelodeon reporter “Petro Pytaye” on assignment at Canada. Soyuzivka. Many guests noted that their holiday weekend at Soyuzivka was a pleasant expe- rience and said the opportunity to see old friends and make new acquaintances at the Ukrainian National Association’s 50-year- old getaway in the beautiful Shawangunk Mountains was time well spent.

Photos in this series by Daria The well-dressed Damian Matuziak Melnyk, Andrew Demidowich and before an evening at Soyuzivka. George Moraczewski.

Enjoying Soyuzivka’s nightlife on the Veselka patio are (from left): Daria Melnyk, George Fedoriw and Adriana Bamber.

The view from Veselka’s patio provided Marusia Welhasch (left) and Christina Melnyk with pleasant scenery. Soyuzivka guests enjoy the company of old friends. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 11

Interviews show interest but little knowledge of UNA resort’s current financial standing by Peter Steciuk, Andrew Olesnycky First of all, renovations are needed. center. I hope every effort is made to things. and Andrew Nynka Some of the place is in ill repair, but we hold on to it. Roma Klymkovych, 28, Chicago: overlook it. There’s no TV and there are What needs to be done to turn things KERHONKSON, N.Y. – As Ukrainians, no phones in [some of] the rooms. Even around? What does Soyuzivka mean to you? and some non-Ukrainians, descended on though we’re used to it, they need to the Ukrainian National Association’s update the facilities. We’ve been coming Prices on everything need to be raised. Soyuzivka means home. It’s a place Soyuzivka resort during the long Labor here since 1956, and in all the years not Plus, there should be an extra dues fee we can always go to see friends and fam- Day weekend for a traditional parting- much has changed. Now there’s only so for UNA members in return for using the ily whether next year or in 10 years. with-summer festivity, The Ukrainian resort. Also, conferences would be a defi- much time to do it. One year and then a Orest Zakydalsky, 20, Toronto: Weekly wanted to know what people decision. To non-Ukrainians it’s not bad, nite attraction. Maybe some Ukrainian knew about Soyuzivka’s current situa- but you won’t have many non-Ukrainians corporate sponsors could be found. I’m tion and their views about the resort’s What are your thoughts about at Soyuzivka because there are better sure they’re thinking of alternatives. No Soyuzivka? future. places to go. They need conference facil- one wants to lose this place. Were they aware, for instance, that the This is my third or fourth Labor Day. I ities for instance. We’re at an age where What would be the effect on the 35th UNA Convention held in Chicago love it because I see a bunch of people I we want first class. Ukrainian community if Soyuzivka were in May of this past year made clear that only see here and at Malanka. My sold? Soyuzivka’s current deficit of more than What would be the effect on the favorite part though is that it’s a cultural $500,000 was sufficiently serious Ukrainian American community if It would decentralize the Ukrainian mosaic. enough to be a danger to the UNA’s Soyuzivka were sold? community. But I think there’s hope of Adrian Kutko, 37: well-being? (It is important to note, It would be sad, but I think people saving Soyuzivka because Ukrainians however, that in a statement printed on would find other places to stay in touch. will always rally around other What makes Soyuzivka so special? September 8 in The Ukrainian Weekly, The SUM resort is one place. Plus, Ukrainians. It’s just a beautiful place to UNA President Stefan Kaczaraj made Verkhovyna was just renovated. hear the Ukrainian language and see I come here to see friends I first made clear that the organization has no intent Ukrainian tradition. It hasn’t changed 10, 20 years ago. You can come here and to sell the resort. As a matter of fact, Mr. Orysia Zobniv and Ulana Luciw: much over the years. There are a lot of pretty much pick up where you left off. Kaczaraj highlighted the new administra- young people ready to take on the tradi- Have you heard about Soyuzivka’s What are your thoughts on a strug- tion’s resolve to keep Soyuzivka.) tion. recent financial troubles? gling Soyuzivka? Did they know that delegates at that Olexa Casanova, 17, New Jersey; convention decided that an authoritative No. It’s a shame that they are really talk- Mark Babiak, 16, Washington; decision must be made, within one year, ing about closing Suzy-Q. It really What’s your reaction to the news that Yaroslav Vynnytsky, 17, New York; on whether it would be viable to save the wouldn’t be the same to spend Labor Soyuzivka might need to be sold? Deanna Kochan, 16, New Jersey: resort and how that could be done? Day anywhere else. It’s hard to under- It would be a tragedy if there was The Weekly also wanted to know how Have you heard about Soyuzivka’s stand how Q isn’t making money. There nowhere for people from around the people valued the resort and what they recent financial troubles? are weddings every weekend and other thought could be done in order to country to get together. We’d miss Labor events like Labor Day should be bring- improve upon the half-century-old Day since it’s the big bash before school No. ing in money. starts. Soyuzivka. How can Soyuzivka improve its finan- Bohdan Pechenyak, 20, formerly of Here are their answers. (In the case of What needs to be done to turn things cial situation? Lviv, now of New Haven, Conn.: persons interviewed as a group, the around? They should have more Labor Days. A answers published reflect the input of the What does Soyuzivka mean to you? entire group.) They need to update the rooms and few more big events would be great for facilities, and maybe step up their mar- Soyuzivka. Besides that, they need to Suzy-Q is a great place to relax and Christian and Andrew Kulba, 31, keting. And they could use a health spa. charge more at the gate per person, and get together with friends. It’s very Philadelphia: They need people to want to stay there they have to make it harder for people to important to have a cultural center like because it’s nice. Maybe there could be sneak through without paying. A raffle Suzy-Q. It’s such a great place to have Are you aware of the new develop- conferences and banquets during off- would probably be a good way to raise camps, to speak Ukrainian and to keep ments regarding Soyuzivka’s financial times. They might be able to establish money. And maybe they could do more up customs and traditions. situation? some kind of partnerships with local to make things interesting for teenagers, Christina Popovich, 17, New Jersey: We had no idea. businesses and set up some tours in the like if they made one of the buildings a area for guests – maybe something with hotel for teenagers for Labor Day week- What are your reactions to news that What do you find special about the wine trail. Besides that, they could end. Or if they had a party with a D.J. the UNA might be forced to consider Soyuzivka? look into corporate sponsorship. and some newer music somewhere. It selling Soyuzivka? could have a fee for unlimited food and It’s a great meeting place. There’s a Paul Hlynsky, 48, Akron, Ohio: It would be devastating. We worked drinks, and I think people wouldn’t mind lot of history here. My grandparents here for five years in the summer as Have you heard about Soyuzivka’s paying more. Soyuzivka could have an came here and my parents worked here. waiters and bartenders, and believe me if financial troubles? end-of-tabir-party for kids. Besides all What is your favorite aspect of that, they need to make the rooms more we didn’t love it we wouldn’t have Soyuzivka? worked here for five years. It’s a place I’ve heard about the financial prob- appealing. lems but not about the recent develop- My favorite part is the freedom and for all to go. Where would the kids go? Do you think people would lose touch ments. relaxation, and that you feel like you’re Where would the young people meet? if Soyuzivka were sold? Our parents got married here in 1967, we What would be the impact on the among your own people. Yaroslav: Lose touch? I wouldn’t even want to get married here also. Ukrainian American community if What are good ways for young people make touch. What needs to be done to help Soyuzivka were sold? to help Soyuzivka? What would you be willing to do to Soyuzivka get on its feet financially? It would have a tremendous impact if help Soyuzivka? Coming up as much as possible is a Ukrainians need to get more involved. it were sold. It’s the flagpole of the good way to help. Also little things like People can’t just say things need to be Ukrainian community. It’s a rallying We’d be willing to pay more for buying something at the gift shop. done but need to actually take pride in it, act and give back. A lot just come for the weekend, but it’s time for some action. What would be the effect on the Ukrainian American community if the UNA were forced to sell Soyuzivka? It’s a great place to meet, so without Soyuzivka a big part of the summer would be lost. And things like “Tabir Ptashat” and dance camp would no longer have a place to be held. Lubko and Darka Luzniak, in their 50s:

Have you heard about the recent developments regarding Soyuzivka’s financial troubles? Yes. It’s sad after 50 years for them to be in such dire straits, considering all the Ukrainian American professionals and millionaires. What needs to be done for Soyuzivka to turn things around? A view of the path leading to Soyuzivka’s Veselka Pavilion. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 No. 37

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United Ukraine disintegrated almost imme- ties that made it through the four percent culture defines those in opposition as illegit- Is the president... diately after the March 2002 elections. threshold in the March elections when it imate, i.e., “destructive forces”; attempts to (Continued from page 2) Our Ukraine leader Mr. Yushchenko won only 6.27 percent of the vote – is co-opt political groups, trade unions and the April 2000 constitutional referendum. claims that Mr. Medvedchuk has become behind the attempt at tampering with the non-governmental organizations to help This has now been dropped and changed Ukraine’s “Rasputin.” The SDPU has open- election results in the Parliament by creating “consolidate society”; and still uses the five months after the elections when the ly bragged that it is behind Mr. Kuchma’s what Mr. Yushchenko calls an “artificial security service to collect information on executive ordered them to support a parlia- political reforms, working behind the administrative [pro-presidential] majority.” the opposition in the same manner as the mentary-presidential system. Lacking any scenes. Mr. Medvedchuk is reputed to be The nine factions from the former For Soviet KGB. Such views prefer an authori- ideology and objectives other than main- the most intelligent and “ruthless” (i.e., in a United Ukraine and the SDPU that have tarian, corporatist state and have little to do taining power, centrist oligarchic parties can Mr. Kuchma’s view, the most efficient) created this majority are unlikely to with a liberal democracy. very easily change their programs. among Ukraine’s oligarchs, especially in obtain agreement from Our Ukraine to In January 1999, 237 parliamentary Of Ukraine’s virtual, centrist oligarchic comparison to the weakness shown by for- join it because this would contradict Mr. deputies voted in favor of abolishing the parties, only the Kyiv oligarchic clan has mer presidential administration and For a Yushchenko’s long-held argument that a presidency, a reflection of how the presiden- attempted to create a functioning party, the United Ukraine head Volodymyr Lytvyn. “democratic majority” can only be built cy had already by then been discredited by Social Democratic Party-united (SDPU) led Messrs. Medvedchuk and Kuchma have a around his bloc, which won the elections. President Kuchma. Mr. Kuchma’s political by Viktor Medvedchuk, who now heads the major factor in common: They both hate In addition, Mr. Yushchenko has ruled out reforms aim not to replicate this move from presidential administration. The SDPU is de Mr. Kuchma’s enemies, especially Mr. joining a majority “created by the three years ago but to consolidate the for- facto becoming the new “party of power” Yushchenko. SDPU.” mer Soviet Ukrainian nomenklatura as the and heads of raion administrations are being The SDPU is the only oligarch party that Regardless of the truth behind Mr. country’s ruling elite and to marginalize the replaced by SDPU loyalists. The National has always supported a fully proportional Yushchenko’s arguments, they have no res- opposition by ensuring that a safe successor Democratic Party (NDP) failed to fulfill this election law. Mr. Medvedchuk – the leader onance with centrist political forces steeped is elected from among the pro-presidential role after the 1998 elections, and For a of the SDPU, which was the last of the par- in Soviet political culture. Such a political parliamentary majority.

Coal-mine directors deemed guilty of neg- Can glasnost... ligence leading to 13 accidents that have Turning the pages back... (Continued from page 2) killed 187 miners this year alone also are (Continued from page 6) accountability and transparency, and they being targeted. Presidential decrees For the second half of the day the group moved to Shevchenko Park, where the attempt to stay in power through undemoc- issued on August 1 and 20 outlined new SUMivtsi took part in the official closing ceremonies of the sixth World Zlet. During this ratic methods. steps to make Ukraine’s political system ceremony they were addressed by Andreas Hajdamacha, head of the Organization of As oligarch and former presidential more transparent and reorganized the presi- Ukrainian Nationalists; Oleksander Kulyk, head of Kyiv’s Family and Youth Ministry; adviser Oleksander Volkov pointed out in dential administration. Although these Askold Lozynskyj, president of the Ukrainian World Congress; and Eugene Czolij, presi- Den on May 21, the presidency is ideologi- decrees are portrayed as major steps in dent of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. The final ceremonial act was the traditional cally amorphous and, therefore, unable to political reform, they are no different from “Nich Vzhe Ide” and bidding farewell to friends and colleagues. explain to the public what its policies are. three earlier attempts last year that ended One of Kuchma’s answers is to reintroduce up being largely ignored by Ukraine’s Source: “SUM holds sixth World Zlet in Ukraine: a daily journal,” The Ukrainian a Soviet-style policy in accordance with bureaucrats and the presidentially appoint- Weekly, September 16, 2001, Vol. LXIX, No. 37. which, beginning this year, his state of the ed state administration. state address to Parliament is studied in all In his Independence Day speech, educational institutions. President Kuchma came out in favor of Mr. Kuchma is accused of changing the transforming Ukraine into a parliamentary- outcome of the March parliamentary elec- presidential republic, a demand that most tions when four opposition groups won 58 opposition groups have long supported and percent of the vote, compared to only 18 pro-presidential blocs in the elections percent obtained by the SDPU, and For a opposed. Mr. Kuchma recently described United Ukraine. Other parties who lost the Parliament as a “center for the country’s elections, the Winter Crop Generation party destabilization.” Mr. Kuchma also backed and the Christian Democratic Party, have opposition calls for an election law that is been promoted by Mr. Kuchma into the fully proportional, something he vetoed presidential administration and together five times last year because he claimed with the SDPU and factions that have society was insufficiently “mature” and grown out of For a United Ukraine contin- parties “inadequately developed.” ue to run the government. Thus, it is not Mr. Kuchma has successfully created an surprising that 59 percent of Ukrainians, artificial pro-presidential “parliamentary according to the UCEPS do not believe that majority” of 228 through bribery and by the March elections were democratic while blackmailing businessmen who can now 51 percent do not believe the forthcoming appoint a new government and safely intro- 2004 elections will be any improvement. duce his political reforms. Such a policy President Kuchma has resorted Mikhail would sideline the opposition by wooing Gorbachev’s policy of glasnost in a the “constructive opposition” Our Ukraine doomed attempt to overcome these three from opposition protests and discrediting problems and win back public confidence. them in the eyes of the population, while As Kuchma admitted in an interview in branding the “radical opposition,” whom Den on August 2, normal societies have a the president already accuses of existing high level of trust in the authorities. “It is only due to “black funds,” as a destabiliz- no secret that such trust today is lacking,” ing factor and stripping Ms. Tymoshenko he admitted. In effect, Mr. Kuchma’s policy of her immunity from prosecution. of glasnost is a tacit admission that pro- Although the aim of this new policy of presidential groups lost the parliamentary glasnost is to regain public support, it may elections. also undermine the foundations of the The “new Kuchma” now expresses con- regime built up by President Kuchma since cern for his citizens. President Kuchma 1994. The new policies are the first signs interrupted his holiday following the Lviv that Mr. Kuchma is desperately searching airshow disaster on July 27 that killed 74 for a way out of a predicament that he has people, and he demanded the arrest of mili- himself created as he approaches the end of tary officers “guilty” of that catastrophe. his term in office.

this opportunity will mean the creation of Seen and overheard... a void in Ukrainian American social life, a (Continued from page 7) missing element that will be irreplaceable. transition successfully, and not repeat the Soyuzivka is more than a resort, or mistakes of the past, a new partnership simply a place in the Catskill mountains. and resolve of purpose must meld out of a Soyuzivka is a meeting of generations, of families and of friends. It is a living mem- merger of the last émigré group and the ory indelibly imprinted into thousands of current one. The finger-pointing and sepa- Ukrainian’s souls because of the opportu- ratism must stop, and the benefit of a new nity it gave to be with our own. There is partnership must become apparent. no other place where all age groups find Soyuzivka and the Ukrainian National comfort and happiness. Association can serve as the model of Indeed it is not trite to repeat the slo- building a joint base for the future. The gan “Nema to yak na Soyuzivtsi” – benefits are immense. The failure to grasp “There’s no place like Soyuzivka.” 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 No. 37 No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 15

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Semynozhenko: prolong Kuchma’s term reported. Mr. Kuchma made the request ducted a “cynical colonial policy,” the NEWSBRIEFS at a meeting with European Commission paper wrote. (RFE/RL Newsline) (Continued from page 8) KYIV – Deputy Prime Minister President Romano Prodi at the World Volodymyr Semynozhenko has said that Finance minister restricts spending nalist Heorhii Gongadze was found in the Summit on Sustainable Development in Leonid Kuchma’s presidential term should same raion in November 2000. Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr. Prodi be prolonged by two years beyond 2004 in KYIV – Finance Minister Ihor Yushko has According to RFE/RL’s Ukrainian reportedly responded that the European order to give him time to fulfill the sys- imposed a ban on more than 2 billion hrv Service, the local prosecutor was arrested Commission will issue its opinion in six temic reforms he announced last month, ($375 million) worth of government pro- on August 30 in conjunction with the months. (RFE/RL Newsline) UNIAN reported on September 4. grams in September-October to avoid Gongadze murder. (RFE/RL Crime and “Prolonging the term of presidential pow- overspending Ukraine’s 2002 budget, Corruption Watch) $24 M loan to aid Lviv’s water system ers in the process of the constitutional Interfax reported on August 27. According Corruption index released for 2002 reform will provide an additional resource LVIV – The World Bank announced on to Mr. Yushko, this spending restriction of stability under circumstances when the August 28 that it will provide a loan of intends “not to increase debts of state insti- BERLIN – Transparency International legislative power will be subject to quali- $24 million to refurbish the water-supply tutions by the end of the year and, in this (TI), an international NGO dedicated to tative changes,” Mr. Semynozhenko said system in Lviv, western Ukraine, the way, not to transfer some current [finan- the battle against corruption, released its in a statement. According to Mr. Associated Press reported. The loan will cial] problems to the next year.” The coun- “Corruption Perceptions Index 2002” Semynozhenko, the presidency in Ukraine help pay for a $40 million project to repair try’s 2002 budget sets revenues at 45.4 bil- (CPI) on August 28 in Berlin. TI said could be abolished altogether after the the city’s decrepit water pipes, secure a lion hrv and spending at 49.6 billion hrv. that “The goal of the CPI is to provide conclusion of the constitutional reform stable water supply and purify the water Mr. Yushko also said that the government data on extensive perceptions of corrup- and Mr. Kuchma’s prolonged presidential for some 800,000 residents. A grant from is planning a zero-deficit budget with rev- tion within countries. The CPI is a com- term in 2006. “Those opposing this idea the Swedish International Development enues and spending set at 60.6 billion hrv posite index, making use of surveys of do not want to change anything in Ukraine Agency will provide $6 million, while the for 2003. (RFE/RL Newsline) businesspeople and assessments by apart from replacing the president with city will pay the remaining $10 million. country analysts. It consists of credible another figure,” Mr. Semynozhenko (RFE/RL Newsline) Socialists want reform without Kuchma sources using diverse sampling frames added. (RFE/RL Newsline) and different methodologies. These per- Paper says oil and gas key for Russia KYIV – The Socialist Party has said the ceptions enhance our understanding of McDonald’s to expand in Ukraine reform of Ukraine’s political system pro- real levels of corruption from one coun- MOSCOW – Russian policy toward its posed by President Leonid Kuchma in his KYIV – The McDonald’s Corp. said it try to another.” TI Chairman Peter Eigen, neighbors in many instances is dictated address to the nation on August 24 could plans to invest $50 million to double the addressing the problem of corruption in only by a desire to control the oil-and-gas be implemented much quicker if Mr. number of its restaurants in Ukraine by the former Soviet Union, added: “The export infrastructure, Komsomolskaya the year 2007, reported Bloomberg Kuchma resigned his post, the UNIAN recent steps by President Vladimir Putin Pravda wrote on August 27 . This conclu- News. McDonald’s said it planned to news service reported on August 27. The to introduce tax reforms and new laws sion stemmed from the daily’s analysis of open 14 restaurants in Kyiv, Odesa and Socialists noted that President Kuchma’s fighting money-laundering are beginning President Vladimir Putin’s policies toward other large cities through 2003 and to proposals to move Ukraine’s political sys- to show the prospect of a lessening in the former Soviet republics and, especial- double its staff to 6,000 in five years. The tem toward a parliamentary-presidential perceived corruption in Russia, but the ly, his recent about-face in relations with corporation has already spent $76 million republic replicate their party-program CPI 2002 indicates that Russia has a Belarus. The paper wrote that Belarus, in building 49 restaurants in Ukraine. Its goals and stressed that the implementation long way to go and remains seriously Ukraine and Georgia seem to be nothing first restaurant was opened in Kyiv in of those goals has thus far been blocked corrupt, together with Uzbekistan, more than oil-and-gas transit corridors for 1997. (The New York Times) by the president. (RFE/RL Newsline) Georgia, Ukraine, Kazakstan, Moldova Russia. However, it warned that this poli- and Azerbaijan, all of which score less Kyiv wants EU market-economy status cy might cause Russia to lose both control 20,000 Ukrainians immigrated to U.S. than 3 out of 10.” Bangladesh was per- over the oil-and-gas infrastructure there ceived to be the most corrupt country in KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma and its political influence as well. If WASHINGTON – During fiscal year the world with a score of 1.2. The least requested on September 3 that the Belarus agrees to Mr. Putin’s proposal to 2001 there were 20,975 immigrants from corrupt was deemed to be Finland with a European Union grant his country mar- incorporate it into the Russian Federation, Ukraine. That number represents 2 per- score of 9.7. (RFE/RL Crime and ket-economy status as it did for Russia it would simply be an apposite illustration cent of all immigrants for that period. Corruption Watch) earlier this year, the Associated Press of the thesis that Russia has always con- (Immigration and Naturalization Service) No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 17

a very special setting. Voice of America... Fellow Plast activist Neonila Sochan, (Continued from page 1) founder of the “Tabir Ptashat” day camps Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America Shawangunk Mountains, and the auditori- that have been held under the aegis of the um where concerts are held], a pool, ten- Pershi Stezhi Plast sorority at Soyuzivka nis and volleyball courts, a soccer field. since 1989, underscored that “these camps “Two thousand guests came for the for children age 4-6,” are the first steps of weekends,” Mr. Slobodian recalled. organizational life for our children. Twenty-seven camps [two tours have been The Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America “Soyuzivka was very popular among the held each year since 1990] have been held commemorates the tragic events young and the old.” at Soyuzivka, which means that more than Next the program interviewed Sonia of September 11, 2001 1,500 children have gone through our pro- Semanyshyn, Soyuzivka office manager gram.” for the past 13 years. She offered “thanks “The children who attended the first * * * to the UNA for foresight in purchasing a ‘Tabir Ptashat’ are now in college, and Although the lives and achievements resort that would attract youths and keep they are active in our community, espe- their hearts Ukrainian.” destroyed that day cannot be replaced, cially as youth counselors. It is significant they remain in our memory. Ms. Semanyshyn recalled how as a lit- that their first community involvement tle girl she first came to Soyuzivka for was at Soyuzivka, at ‘Tabir Ptashat.’ ” vacations with her family and later, as a “We wish Soyuzivka another 50 years Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America young lady, came for the dances. Now the so that our children and youth can contin- generations who grew up with the resort 2. East 79th Street ue to grow there,” Mrs. Sochan conclud- New York, New York 10021 are attending “christenings, all types of ed. www.uesa.org gatherings and conferences, weddings The attraction of Soyuzivka was suc- and, unfortunately, funerals, too,” Ms. cinctly described by Stephanie Hawryluk, Semanyshyn said. a former UNA advisor who also worked in “Everyone returns here as if to their the resort’s colorful gift shop. “Soyuzivka own home. It’s a unique resort where is like our dear home, where we meet our The Weekly’s collection of materials about the Famine everyone feels at home. There’s no place dear friends, where we hear the Ukrainian like Soyuzivka,” she underlined, repeating language and Ukrainian music. And all The Ukrainian Weekly’s official website contains the largest collection of the resort’s famous slogan. segments of our community are welcome Soyuzivka’s importance in the upbring- here. There really is no other place like materials on the Internet dedicated to the Great Famine of 1932-1933 in ing of Ukrainian youth was the focus of this anywhere in the world,” she stated. Ukraine. interviews with “Kaleidoscope’s” next The special program aired by VOA also Located at www.ukrweekly.com, the special section includes a chronology two guests. First, Aristida Staruch, a long- featured musical selections that highlighted of the Famine years, eyewitness accounts, editorials, media reports, stories time leader in Plast Ukrainian Scouting instrumental music by Mr. Chudolij and a Organization, spoke of the beginnings of song performed by Oles Kuzyszyn, leader about observances of the Famine’s 50th anniversary in 1983, scholarly arti- the Plast program for pre-schoolers called of the Luna band, which often plays at cles, interviews with journalists who reported on the Famine, transcripts of “Ptashata” (literally, little birds) in the late Soyuzivka for dances and other occasions. testimony on the Famine commission bill ultimately passed by the U.S. 1970s. After explaining that the first day Fittingly, the broadcast ended with Congress, texts of statements before the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine camps for children so young were organ- music by the Tempo orchestra, a Famine, references and other documentation, as well as the full text of The ized by Plast educators, she said that Soyuzivka regular of long standing, and “Soyuzivka is an ideal place for such the mellifluous voice of the group’s Ukrainian Weekly’s special issue on the Great Famine published on March activities – the only place really” – as it leader, the late Ireneus Kowal, announcing 20, 1983. The section is completely searchable. allows parents to be with their children in the last dance of the evening.

Ukraine's Quest for Mature Nation Statehood: Roundtable III: "Ukraine and the EuroAtlantic Community" October 8/9, 2002 Name: ______Just steps from the White House, a veritable JW Marriott Hotel Address: ______"who's who" of foreign policy establishments from the United States, Ukraine, the European Union 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW ______and NATO will gather to evaluate Ukraine's Washington, DC 20004 prospects for eventual integration into the struc- Affiliation:______tures of the EuroAtlantic community. Over 70 gov- Tuesday, October 8th ernment leaders, international foreign policy __ I will attend the 2-day conference = $150 experts, and prominent figures from research cen- (12 panels & 2 working luncheons) 9AM - Opening Remarks ters and academia are slated to participate at the __ I will attend the first day only = $100 10AM-1PM- 3 Panel Discussions- Session I - third annual "Ukraine's Quest for Mature Nation (6 panels & 1 working luncheon) Assessing the Progress of Ukraine's Transition to Statehood" roundtable series. __ I will attend the second day only = $100 EuroAtlantic Structures The subject of Ukraine's 'EuroAtlantic future' has (6 panels & 1 working luncheon) 1PM-2:30PM - Working lunch been broached on a theoretical level at the con- "Promoting Knowledge of Ukraine in the __ I will attend the 25th UNIS ference's two predecessors, Roundtables I and II. EuroAtlantic Community - An Investors Vantage Anniversary Gala Evening Reception on Roundtable III: "Ukraine and the EuroAltantic Point" October 8th Community" will take into account Ukraine's 2:30-6PM - 3 Panel Discussions - Session II ($50/conference participant/$75 guest) efforts to move matters from theory to practice, as exemplified by its firm backing of the U.S.-led "Assessing the State of European Union-Ukraine Enclosed please find a check in the amount of Relations" struggle against global terrorism, its various $______to pay for the appropriate registration fee probes to stimulate serious discussion concerning 7:30PM-10PM - 25th UNIS Anniversary Gala for the conference. its entry into the EU, and its formal request, announced on May 24, 2002, to be considered a Wednesday, October 9th Please send check/money order made out to: candidate for NATO membership UCCA-Roundtable III and mail it to: 9AM - Keynote Address The two-day conference, which will be held in heart of our nation's capital, will feature twelve 10AM-1PM- 3 Panel Discussions- Session III- UCCA Assessing the State of U.S.-Ukraine Relations panels, held during the course of four regular ses- 203 Second Avenue sions, two working luncheons, and four special 1PM-2:30PM - Working lunch New York, NY 10003 "Promoting Knowledge of Ukraine in the focus sessions. Additionally, Roundtable III will EuroAtlantic Community- A Journalist's View" play host to two evening receptions – including a 2:30-6PM - 3 Panel Discussions - Session IV All donations are tax deductible celebration dedicated to marking a special event "Assessing the State of NATO-Ukraine Relations" For further information please contact the for the Ukrainian American community – the 25th REGISTRATION FORM UCCA's National Office at (212) 228-6840. Anniversary of the Ukrainian National Information Service.

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Rochester Ukrainian Federal Credit Union supports student internships in Washington by Miriam Bates and the five other USUF interns attended briefings and tours at places like the U.S. DID YOUR RETIREMENT SAVINGS TAKE A BIG BEATING WASHINGTON – The Rochester Capitol, the Department of State, the IN THE RECENT MARKET? Ukrainian Federal Credit Union spon- Helsinki Commission, the Embassy of sored the internship of Russell Sage col- ARE YOU TIRED OF WAITING FOR THE MARKET TO Ukraine, Radio Free Europe/Radio REBOUND? lege student Tonya Kornylo at the U.S.- Liberty, the Woodrow Wilson WAIT NO LONGER... COME TO THE SAFE HARBOR Ukraine Foundation office in Washington International Center for Scholars, and the this past summer. Ukrainian Congress Committee of OF UNA ANNUITIES. Ms. Kornylo, a junior majoring in America. political science at Russell Sage, learned Since the successful completion of about USUF’s Internship Program from Ms. Kornylo’s internship in early July, her friend, Tamara Denysenko, general the RUFCU has agreed to team up each * manager and CEO of the Rochester summer with the U.S.-Ukraine 1ST YEAR Ukrainian Federal Credit Union and Foundation by providing a stipend to a member of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation’s student from the Rochester area to intern UNA OFFERS: TRADITIONAL6% IRA, ROTH IRA, ANNUITY, board of directors. Upon acceptance to at USUF’s Washington office. AND NON-QUALIFIED ANNUITY the foundation’s Internship Program, the The RUFCU has also given financial RUFCU awarded Ms. Kornylo a $2,000 support for the U.S.-Ukraine For further information call the UNA stipend for her housing and living expens- Foundation’s Youth Leadership Program, at 800-253-9862 ext. 3013 es incurred during the internship. a weeklong program that gives U.S. col- E-mail: [email protected] Ms. Kornylo’s internship responsibili- lege students an introduction to leader- or ties included research on the problem of ship in government, international rela- illegal human trafficking in Ukraine, with tions and the private sector through meet- call your local branch secretary hopes of the eventual development of an ings with professionals from a number of We guarantee 4% annually on our Qualified and Non-Qualified Five-Year anti-trafficking project which would pro- governmental, international and private Annuity rate. vide education to the population, relief institutions. *Subject to change after first year. services and medical care through direct The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation said it is assistance and collaboration with NGOs grateful for the RUFCU’s support of its in Ukraine. Internship Program and Youth The internship also introduced Ms. Leadership Program and looks forward to Kornylo to public policy, international meeting and working with the students of affairs and U.S.-Ukraine relations. She Rochester, N.Y.

Summer intern Tonya Kornylo (third from right) with three U.S.-Ukraine Foundation staffers and other interns at the studio of CNN’s “Crossfire.”

Yushchenko... (Continued from page 4) Mr. Symonenko. “That is why we ask max- imum restraint of our supporters.” Ms. Tymoshenko said that the opposi- tion movement, which will march under the banner “Arise Ukraine,” would demand access to the city center and Independence Square. She said that the organization had filed all the proper paperwork and met all deadlines, while adding that the law allows national deputies to hold public meetings with constituents on the streets of the capital. On September 9, Kyiv Mayor Oleksander Omelchenko told reporters that he would push to have the demonstra- tion held in the Chaika Aerodrome, where Pope John Paul II said Mass during his visit to Kyiv in 2000. Mr. Omelchenko said he had no recourse because the expected crowds – some are estimating a turnout of 30,000 protesters – would para- lyze the city center. The Kyiv mayor said that municipal law bans major events on the Khreschatyk, except those associated with Christmas, New Year’s Day, Victory Day, Independence Day and Kyiv Day. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 No. 37

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Friday, September 20 The dedication will take place at 12:45 p.m. at the museum, 721 N. Oakley Blvd., NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Medical and the banquet will follow immediately at Wedding Association of North America (UMANA), 1:30 p.m. at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, Wedding New York Metro Chapter, announces that 2247 W. Chicago Ave. Donation per per- a general membership meeting will be son: $75; senior citizens, $50. Reservations held for members and interested col- will be accepted through September 16. AnnouncementsAnnouncements leagues at 6:30 p.m. at the Ukrainian For additional information call (312) 421- will appear in October 27, 2002. Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St. For fur- 8020, Thursday through Sunday. ther information contact Dr. Marta For a wedding announcement to be included in that issue, Kushnir, (508) 855-2245. ONGOING all information must be received in our offices by October 15, 2002. 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