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U.N. Mission moves Kuchma joins world leaders celebrating U.N 50th anniversary by Roman Woronowycz to new quarters NEW YORK — Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma spent four hectic days here participating in celebrations commemorating by Roman Woronowycz the 50th anniversary of the United Nations. From October 21-24, he met with world leaders and Ukrainian Americans, and official­ NEW YORK —.Ukraine's United ly opened the new Ukrainian U.N. Mission, but did not meet pri­ Nations Mission finally has a home vately with a single U.S. government official and only with one of its own after sharing facilities and Western leader, Prime Minister Jean Chretien of Canada. accommodations with the Russian The international body marked the golden anniversary of its and Belarusian missions for more founding in San Francisco in 1945 with high-level pomp, highlight­ than four years. ed by the attendance of more than 170 heads of state and govern­ The newly renovated building, ment. On Sunday morning, the day of the official beginning of the located on 51 st Street in Manhattan, special sessions marking the U.N.'s jubilee, the leaders traveled in a opened officially on October 23 constant stream to the microphone in the General Assembly Hall. with a host of Ukrainian dignitaries First up, after the leader of the host country, was President Kuchma. present, including President Leonid Mr. Kuchma was awarded the first position because during Kuchma. the summer Ukraine had won a lottery to determine the order of Since independence in August of the speeches. The stream of dignitaries continued to the mike 1991, the Ukrainian Mission- for three days in six special sessions. Each speaker was given remained located in the old Soviet five minutes to address the crowd. one because finances could not be President Kuchma spoke of Ukraine's lead role in nuclear found for a separate facility. This disarmament. "The world's third largest nuclear state was the made daily operations at times a del­ first to voluntarily renounce its nuclear status and nuclear icate and difficult task. Ukraine's weapons. However, this entailed enormous economic and eco­ first ambassador to the U.N., Viktor logical losses for us," he said. Batiuk, more than once spoke about He suggested that the U.N. should give special incentives the difficulty in working in the same and status to stimulate other countries to denuclearize, and building with Russians who could labeled such a U.N. program 'The World of the 21st Century not accept the idea, much less the — Without Nuclear Weapons." reality, of a free Ukraine. In the early Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma speaks before world days, Mission employees often (Continued on page 8) leaders in U.N. General Assembly Hall. walked the streets to get the needed privacy for secret discussions., Foreign Minister Heinnadiy Ukrainian Orthodox Sobor elects Filaret as patriarch Udovenko, Chief of Staff Dmytro Tabachnyk, U.N. Ambassador by Marta Kolomayets four voted against, nine abstained and Monastery, near the Monastery of the Anatoliy Zlenko, U.S. Ambassador Kyiv Press Bureau one ballot was invalidated. Caves, where the four hierarchs met with Yuri Shcherbak and a host of U.N. "Before God and before Ukraine, my Patriarch Dymytriy to sign an act of unity KYIV - Metropolitan Filaret was diplomats, Ukrainian officials and conscience is clean. I received no pressure between the two Churches. elected patriarch of the Ukrainian invited members of the Ukrainian from presidential circles, nor did any mem­ They said they acted "for the sake of Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate by American community were on hand bers of the security services of Ukraine concord and to accelerate the process of the overwhelming majority of delegates as President Kuchma cut a thin approach me in an attempt to convince me unification of all of Ukrainian Orthodoxy attending the Holy Sobor on Friday, on blue/yellow ribbon strung across the to unite with Patriarch Dymytriy. The split October 20, at St. Volodymyr's into a united Particular Orthodox Church." building's entrance. happened for one reason only: Filaret, in Cathedral, the seat of the Church. A number of Parliament deputies The more than four dozen present our spiritual world is a criminal," said However, the election of Metropolitan then streamed into the four-story Bishop Mefodiy at the Feodosiyan (Continued on page 17) Filaret, who has called for unity among building with white facade, whose the three Orthodox Churches in Ukraine, exterior and interior have been exten­ caused a further schism in the Ukrainian sively renovated. Inside, the presi­ Orthodox Church, as four hierarchs from dent presented Ambassador Zlenko western and central Ukraine broke away several housewarming gifts, includ­ to protest the sole candidacy of Filaret ing paintings for the mostly barren for patriarch. All five alternate candi­ walls. After brief speeches by the dates had withdrawn their names. president and the ambassador, the The four Orthodox leaders - guests and the officials toasted the Metropolitan Andriy of Halych, the admin­ new Mission and its workers with istrator of the Ivano-Frankivske Eparchy; champagne, and the short proceed­ Archbishop Vasyl of Ternopil and ings ended, everyone hurrying to the Buchach; Archbishop Roman of Vinnytsia Waldorf Astoria for an official ban­ and Bratslav; and Bishop Mefodiy, the quet honoring President Kuchma. administrator of the Khmelnytsky and In a curious move, but one Mr. Kamianets-Podilsky Eparchy - denounc­ Zlenko said was made to simplify ing Metropolitan Filaret's candidacy on and quicken the opening, the build­ October 19, left the UOC-KP and joined ing was blessed in a separate ceremo­ the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox ny the previous Friday. That day Church headed by Patriarch Dymytriy of Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Basil Kyiv and all-Ukraine. Losten and Ukrainian Orthodox The lay delegates from these Bishop Antony, along with the Rev. eparchies also left the sobor, bringing the Patrick Paschak of St. George's number of expected delegates from 198 | Danylo Yanevsky (Continued on page 9) to 174. Of these 174, 160 voted via Metropolitan Filaret during his enthronement as patriarch of the Ukrainian secret ballot for Metropolitan Filaret, Orthodox Church — Kyiv Patriarchate. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1995 No. 44 OSCE roundtable in Yalta focuses on Crimean Tatars Black Sea Fleet power cutoff death sentences were handed down last year by Orest Deychakiwsky Central Asia - would like to return to and 60 carried out. One execution was com­ their homeland. SEVASTOPIL — Local power suppliers pleted this year. (OMRI Daily Digest) The situation of the Crimean Tatars was The return of the Tatars - who are living began cutting power to the headquarters of recently the main subject of a three-day in tough economic conditions - has aggra­ the Black Sea Fleet on October 25, forcing Chornobyl to serve as waste storage site conference held in Yalta by the vated tensions with local Crimean authori­ it to switch over to auxiliary generators. Organization for Security and Cooperation ties and the local population. This past "Because of its huge debt we have had to KYIV — Mykhaiko Umanets, chair­ in Europe. OSCE High Commissioner on June, for instance, there were demonstra­ cut off power to the fleet's headquarters, all man of the State Committee for Nuclear National Minorities Max van der Stoel, tions in two Crimean cities after two Tatars the ships and some of the buildings at mili­ Energy, said Ukraine will build a storage who has been a frequent visitor to Ukraine were allegedly killed by the local Russian tary bases," said Volodymyr Pechnikov, the site for nuclear waste on the grounds of the over the last few years, chaired the meet­ mafia. The demonstrators protested inade­ head of the local electric company. He said incomplete fifth and sixth reactors at the ing on the repatriation and accommoda­ quate police protection of the Tatar popu­ the fleet, disputed between Ukraine and Chornobyl power station, Infobank report­ tion of deported people. lace against local criminal elements. Russia, had prompted a cutoff by running ed on October 24. Mr. Umanets said 94-95 The OSCE has been active in trying to The Crimean Tatar population, despite up arrears of 700 billion kbv (approximate­ percent of the country's nuclear waste is reduce tensions in the Crimea and has its current difficulties, has shown great ly $3.8 million) this year. However, fleet located at the plant and will continue to be had a mission working in Ukraine since loyalty to independent Ukraine, viewing spokesman Andrei Krylov, denied it had stored there. (OMRI Daily Digest) November 1994. reneged on its payments and said power to the Ukrainian government as the guaran­ Russia ratifies customs union with Belarus The Crimean Tatar situation has tor of their political and cultural rights. ships had been switched off for weeks. added a further complicating dimension Nevertheless, the Ukrainian government Ukrainian Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk MOSCOW — The Russian State Duma to the tensions in Ukraine's restive has been able to provide only limited is due to visit Russian Prime Minister ratified a customs union and free trade zone Crimean peninsula, the majority of assistance to the returnees. Viktor Chernomyrdin in Moscow for anoth­ agreement with Belarus on October 20, whose population is ethnic Russian. According to statistics cited at the Yalta er round of talks on the future of the fleet. ITAR-TASS reported. The agreement While pro-Russian, secessionist tenden­ roundtable, 100,000 of the more than Officially the fleet is under joint control, but specifies that on January 1, 1996, tariffs cies in the Crimea appear to have dimin­ 250,000 Tatars on the peninsula are still in practical terms it follows only Russian and quotas on trade between the two coun­ ished in the last few months for a variety living without adequate shelter, infant orders. (Reuters) tries will be abolished; common tariff and of reasons, the precarious conditions the mortality is alarmingly high and unem­ trade policies will be devised in relation to New appointments by executive Crimean Tatars face remains a focal ployment is much greater than that of the other countries; and tax legislation in point of concern. other inhabitants of the Crimea. Moreover, KYIV — President Leonid Kuchma Russia and Belarus will be aligned. In the Crimean Tatars consider the Crimea Ukraine's citizenship law prevents nearly appointed Dmytro Pavlychko Ukraine's second stage of the customs union, Russia to be their ancestral homeland (for cen­ 70,000 Tatars who are not yet Ukrainian ambassador to Slovakia on October 20. and Belarus will join into a single customs turies the Crimean Khanate until Russia citizens from participating in the Crimea's That same day Mr. Kuchma issued a territory. The Duma also adopted a resolu­ took the Crimea over in 1783), and this planned privatization, or in elections. decree naming Petro Kupin, former chair­ tion on integrating the Russian Federation makes them unique within Ukraine, as According to the 1991 law, those who man of the Luhanske Oblast Council, as and Belarus. The resolution demands that they have no ethnic homeland outside were living on Ukrainian territory before assistant chairman of the State Customs Russian President Boris Yeltsin present a the country. Some 200,000 Crimean November 1, 1991, are automatically eli­ Committee. (Respublika) plan for the integration of the two countries Tatars and members of other smaller gible for citizenship, but those who arrived to the Federation Council. The Belarusian nationalities were brutally expelled from afterwards must wait five years to become Belarus power struggle continues Parliament has still not ratified the customs the Crimea in 1944 by Stalin for alleged­ eligible for citizenship. agreement. (OMRI Daily Digest) ly collaborating with the Nazis. MIENSK — President Alyaksandr With respect to the question of eco­ Lukashenka is ready to confirm the new After years of unsuccessfully petition­ Peasants Assembly opposes land market nomic assistance to the Crimean Tatar Belarusian Parliament's legitimacy ahead ing to return, they were permitted in the returnees, the OSCE's high commission­ of time, reported NTV on October 24. KYIV — The first All-Ukrainian late 1980s to resettle in the Crimea and er for national minorities in an October 2 Responding to Mr. Lukashenka's statement Peasants Assembly held on October 21 now account for more than 250,000 of report to the OSCE Human Dimension that he would institute direct presidential approved a list of demands to the govern­ the Crimea's 2.5 million residents (in Meeting in Warsaw noted: "The govern­ rule if a new Parliament is not elected, ment that includes greater state control of contrast with 1.5 million Russians, and ment of Ukraine is trying to help, but in Parliament Speaker Mechyslau Hryb said the economy. Delegates from several 800,000 Ukrainians). An estimated sev­ the present difficult economic and finan­ direct presidential rule means dictatorship. oblasts insisted the government fully eral hundred thousand more - mostly in cial situation of the country it cannot Mr. Hryb appealed to the "intimidated pub­ finance the agricultural sector. Participants provide the minimum needed." lic" to vote in November so that a legal leg­ blamed the low turnout at the gathering on Orest Deychakiwsky is a staff advisor Mr. Van der Stoel argued for assistance islature is elected and the power crisis farm managers who, they claim, prevented at the U.S. Commission on Security and from the international community - both resolved. (OMRI Daily Digest) employees from attending. Others said the Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki on humanitarian grounds, "... but also turnout reveals apathy among Ukraine's Commission). because continued misery and despair will Suspension of death penalty denied peasants. (OMRI Daily Digest) inevitably lead to anger and frustration, KYIV — Deputy Justice Minister Update on election registration with all the risks this involves for the sta­ Susanna Stanyk told Parliament the govern­ bility of the Crimea... While studying ment is not yet prepared to reject capital KYIV — Of some 483 announced can­ OBITUARY: minority problems, I often come to the punishment, ITAR-TASS reported on didates for the December by-elections to conclusion that even relatively modest October 20. Ms. Stanyk denied the death the Supreme Council, only 90 have been Filemon Kurchaba, amounts of money could do a lot to reduce penalty had been suspended last week as officially registered, said the head of the the danger of incipient conflict." announced by Ukraine's newly appointed Central Election Commission, Ivan Yemets Despite the problems surrounding the justice minister Serhiy Holovaty in the on October 24. Fifty-one percent of the 90 Catholic bishop situation of Crimean Tatars, participants wake of the country's acceptance into the were put on the ballot by groups of voters, at the Yalta roundtable observed that Council of Europe. Ms. Stanyk said such a 17.8 percent by parties and 31.1 percent by by Marta Kolomayets there is a spirit of cooperation and under­ decision is the prerogative of Parliament labor collectives. However, according to Kyiv Press Bureau standing with which Ukrainian and and not the Justice Ministry. Parliament has the Hotline press service, only 64 candi­ Crimean officials addressed the Crimean dates have been registered, a figure disput­ KYIV - Bishop Filemon Kurchaba, no plans for debate on the death penalty this Tatar issue, leading some to conclude year. According to the Justice Ministry, 74 ing Mr. Yemets' statement. (Respublika) who served the Ukrainian Greek- that the likelihood of a Yugoslav-type Catholic faithful during the Church's ethnic conflict on the peninsula is small. most difficult times of persecution and suffering, died on Thursday morning, Speaking in late September at the October 26. He was 81. United Nations, Ukrainian Foreign THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED 1933 Funeral services for the late bishop will Minister Hennadiy Udovenko also stressed be held on Monday, October 30; the the importance of economic assistance for An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., remains of the late hierarch were to be on the Crimean Tatars and chided the a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. Yearly subscription rate: $60; for UNA members — $40. view at St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Greek- Russians, stating: "We have approached Catholic Church in Lviv, and then were to the Russians, who have inherited the Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, NJ 07302. be transferred to St. George's Cathedral Soviet Union's commitments, but they (ISSN - 0273-9348) on Sunday afternoon, October 29. have not contributed a single kopeck." Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper Born on December 21, 1913, in the vil­ The Organization for Security and (annual subscription fee: $100; $75 for UNA members). lage of Velykyi Zhelekhiv (now Cooperation in Europe (formerly known Velykosilky), Lviv Oblast, Filemon as the Conference on Security and The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: Kurchaba entered the novitiate of the Cooperation in Europe) consists of 53 (201) 434-0237, -0807, -3036 (201)451-2200 Redemptorist Order in 1931. He graduated member-states. The OSCE is engaged in from the Minor Seminary of the Redemp­ standard-setting in fields ranging from Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz changes to: Associate editor: Marta Kolomayets (Kyiv) torist Fathers, located on the outskirts of military security to economic and envi­ The Ukrainian Weekly Assistant editor. Khristina Lew Lviv, and went on to study philosophy and ronmental cooperation, to human rights P.O. Box 346 Staff writers/editors: Roman Woronowycz theology in Belgium in 1933-1937. and humanitarian issues. In addition, it Jersey City, NJ 07303 and Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (Toronto) On July 25, 1939, Bishop Mykola engages in a variety of preventive diplo­ Charnetsky ordained him a priest. He macy initiatives designed to prevent, manage and resolve conflict within and The Ukrainian Weekly, October 29,1995, No. 44, Vol. LXIII Copyright © 1995 The Ukrainian Weekly (Continued on page 17) among the participating states. No. 44 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1995

Statue at Kapuskasing internment site exhorts Canadians to "Never Forget" by Christopher Guly people refer to it as a concentration camp," observed Pierre Perras. OTTAWA -A small northern Ontario town became Kapuskasing, which is about 540 miles north of the fourth site of a memorial dedicated to the memory Toronto, was established in 1921 -a year after the of Ukrainian Canadians interned during the first world internment camp site closed. Pulp and paper are its war. main industry. Eighty-five people braved cold, rainy conditions to Dr. Luciuk told The Ukrainian Weekly that the attend the unveiling of a six-foot-tall statue and an UCCLA had received close to $4,000 in donations accompanying plaque in Kapuskasing on October 14. from Ukrainian Canadians living in the town and in Titled "Never Forget," the statue depicts a man such nearby communities, as Timmins, Sudbury and dressed in work clothes. Placed in the Kapuskasing Sault Ste. Marie. But like the organization's previous Internment Camp Cemetery, the statue was designed attempts at securing a memorial to Ukrainian by Kingston sculptor John Boxtel. Mr. Boxtel was also Canadian internees, the Kapuskasing tribute was no responsible for creating a similar statue - titled less difficult. "Why?" - at the Castle Mountain site in Banff National Park. Federal government balks The Kapuskasing memorial is the latest project Nine days before the scheduled October 14 dedica­ undertaken by the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties tion, Dr. Luciuk said a federal government bureaucrat Association (UCCLA). Two others in which the asso­ expressed reservations in having the statue and plaque ciation was involved rest at the Cave and Basin site, erected. "This guy who runs the Experimental Farm not far from Castle Mountain - which consisted of said that he had not been advised about the wording three historical markers paid for by Parks Canada - and was going to set up roadblocks," explained Dr. and at Fort Henry, near Kingston, Ontario. Luciuk. "I told him that he had the community of Kapuskasing behind us and, besides, he had woken up in the 11 th hour." Days before the August 12 dedication at the Cave From the trilingual inscription on and Basin site, parks officials with the Department of the memorial at Kapuskasing: Canadian Heritage had expressed concern over the wording of the memorial plaque. The words in dispute "Thousands of Ukrainian Cana­ were "Ukrainian Canadian" - they had wanted "immi­ dians were unjustly interned as grant" used - and "unjust" - they said the internment 3 operations were Canadian law at the time. The 'enemy aliens during Canada's UCCLA encountered similar wrangling with Ottawa first national internment opera­ over the Castle Mountain dedication. In the end, though, the two memorials were tions of 1914-1920. This plaque is unveiled, with some adjustments and compromises on both ends. in memory of those held at the Mayor Perras said that although he was not Kapuskasing Internment Camp involved in the planning of the dedication, he felt the memorial was an appropriate one. "You can't forget The Rev. Roman Kocur of St. Vladimir's Ukrainian between 14 December 1914 and 24 history, no matter how painful it is," he said. Orthodox Church in Thunder Bay, Ontario, at the Dr. Luciuk hopes that such a message might finally hit February 1920. base of the statue unveiled at the site of the Canada's secretary of state for multiculturalism, Sheila Kapuskasing Internment Camp. Finestone, following an October 18 meeting he and other UCCLA representatives held with her. Although Mrs. Between 1914 and 1920, close to 6,000 Ukrainian Finestone's women's portfolio to re-think her position Finestone has said the Canadian government "has Canadians were interned in 24 camps across the coun­ on redress toward the Ukrainian Canadian community resolved the issue and has completed it," Dr. Luciuk try. The Kapuskasing site operated between August on the internment issue, Dr. Luciuk is not overly opti­ hopes she may reconsider, given his new strategy. 14, 1914, and February 24, 1920. mistic. "I suspect she will squirm, but whether it will In addition to her multiculturalism duties, the secre­ make her change her mind is another matter," he said. The UCCLA's research director, Dr. Lubomyr tary of state is responsible for the status of women in Luciuk, explained that Kapuskasing's internees were Canada. The UCCLA's next memorials are planned for In fact, in a commentary that appeared in The assigned to various manual labor chores, including two internment sites: at Vernon, British Columbia, and Toronto Star two months ago, Dr. Luciuk seemed clearing and stumping 1,000 acres of new land, erect­ at Spirit Lake in Quebec, both of which included resigned over Mrs. Finestone's apparent intransigence. ing bunk houses, store-houses and a barn at women and children. Two survivors of Spirit Lake are "Of Jewish heritage, as was her Tory predecessor Agriculture Canada's Experimental Farm site. They known to be alive: Mary Manko Haskett and Stephania Gerry Weiner, she nonetheless seems insensitive, as he also built fences and roads, and laid water pipes and Mielniczuk Pawliw - both in their 80s. was, to the fact that thousands of civilians, mainly drains at both the camp and the surrounding area. In fact, 89 women and 151 children were held at men, but also women and children, were thrown into Although only about 500 of Kapuskasing's 10,000 Spirit Lake, which Dr. Luciuk said was "one of the Canadian concentration camps and brutalized." residents claim any Ukrainian heritage, the mostly first and one of the toughest" internment operations Now led by the UCCLA, the Ukrainian community Francophone town's mayor says the internment opera­ run by the Canadian government. has been pressing Ottawa to resolve the redress issue tions have become a part of their history. "A lot of Although he hopes to use Secretary of State for 11 years.

USIA-commissioned poll surveys Ukrainians' attitudes on NATO, security, the mafia JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A recent United country's security (43 percent). A fifth favor Ukraine's membership in NATO (39 broadly based. Given a series of possible States Information Agency-commissioned (18 percent) say it has no effect and a percent favor, while 18 percent oppose). security alliances, around half (46 per­ poll in Ukraine found that close to half of few (3 percent) that it weakens Ukraine's The public also is inclined to favor cent) favor an alliance with the U.S., the those surveyed favored a confederation security. However, an unusually high NATO's expansion to other countries in European countries and Russia. of the former republics of the Soviet proportion (36 percent) refrain from giv­ the region, specifically, membership for Far fewer select an alliance only with Union, two-thirds expressed confidence ing an assessment, apparently unin­ Poland (30 percent support; 18 percent Russia and the former countries of the in Ukraine's armed forces and the major­ formed about the PFP. oppose), Romania (26 percent to 19 per­ Soviet Union (28 percent) or an alliance ity agreed that the mafia has a "great cent), Lithuania (32 percent to 16 percent), with only the U.S. and the European coun­ deal" of influence in the government and Membership in NATO supported Bulgaria (30 percent to 16 percent) and tries (14 percent). Four percent support a on the economy. NATO is generally known to most of Estonia (32 percent to 16 percent). European-only alliance, and 3 percent say The nationwide survey, conducted by the public (25 percent have heard nothing Opinion, however, divides on mem­ a security alliance is unnecessary. the Lviv-based firm SOCINFORM, inter­ at all). However, unusually high propor­ bership for Russia (27 percent say yes Confederation with Russia has appeal viewed 1,245 adults on July 29-August 8. tions express no opinion on substantive and 25 percent no; the rest gave no opin­ Findings from the survey, released on questions about NATO (ranging from 18 ion). Views on NATO's expansion have Notwithstanding these pro-PFP and pro- September 28, indicate that Ukrainians percent to 30 percent, in addition to the been roughly comparable since first mea­ NATO opinions and the wide sentiments look to the United States, Europe and 25 percent who know nothing about sured in December 1993, except for the supporting a broadly based security Russia to guarantee their security, and sup­ NATO), suggesting that information lower support for Russia's membership alliance, the public also is attracted to a port the government's nuclear non-prolif­ about the organization is limited. (from 36 percent supporting in 1993 to confederation with the former states of the Soviet Union. A slim majority agree that eration policy. Over all, NATO is seen as still needed 27 percent currently). the interests of Ukraine would be best by a wide plurality: 40 percent agree that PFP seen as strengthening security Inclusive alliance favored served "by seeking confederation with NATO is still important and contributes Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and the other The NATO-sponsored Partnership for "to the stability and peace of Western In line with these over-all positive sen­ former Soviet republics" (55 percent), Peace is generally judged as contributing Europe"; 16 percent say NATO is unnec­ timents towards the PFP and NATO, the rather than by having "Ukraine remain a to Ukraine's security. By a wide margin, essary. public views a security alliance as essen­ a plurality say that PFP "strengthens" the By a two-to-one margin, a plurality tial and generally favors one that is (Continued on page 12) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1995 No. 44 Youth involvement: perennial question resurfaces at UCC convention by Andrij Wynnyckyj meetings to elect those who would go to tural heritage," he added. five years of university courses, but it Toronto Press Bureau UCC congresses. The trouble began when Tania Mysak has to start earlier — at home we never At a local pub after the convention's of Saskatoon, a delegate of the Ukrainian got a chance to speak it much." WINNIPEG - Among the abiding first session, Mr. Filewych addressed the Canadian Youth Association (SUMK), Ms. Mysak also commented on her concerns to which every Ukrainian orga­ issues. "Multiculturalism is no longer rose in support of a resolution calling for organization's participation in this con­ nization seems to pay lip service is the much of a political imperative," he "the introduction of the principle of gress. "SUMK pays $550 a year to question of youth. The Ukrainian opined. "It's much more important to Ukrainian-English bilingualism in its belong to the UCC, but we know very Canadian Congress is no exception. concentrate on concrete projects, such as work, specifically in terms of executive little about it, so we came here to change Oleh Romaniw, re-elected to another Alberta's Heritage Language programs, meetings, published materials and pro­ that," she said. three-year term as president at the to guarantee them funding." ceedings at congresses." "I really can't comment on youth orga­ UCC's 18th triennial convention on "Out West, there are also far fewer prob­ Some saw this as the beginning of the nizations as a whole, but as far as I under­ October 9, had made it a key element of lems in terms of worrying about access, end of Ukrainian identity, the first step stand it, SUMK is run by youth, while his opening address three days earlier. about which organization you belong to and onto the slippery slope of assimilation, SUM [the Ukrainian Youth Association, "Age and knowledge of Ukrainian can't how you're going to affect things in the and counseled that programs be set in affiliated with the League of Ukrainian be a condition of participation," Mr. Canadians] and Plast are run by adults," Romaniw said. she said. Everyone in attendance was ready to Ms. Mysak said, "For us, we concen­ admit the primary reasons for the plum­ "Age and knowledge of Ukrainian сапЧ be trate on making it fun, not letting lan­ meting number of delegates (427 in a condition of participation." guage become an issue, and express our­ 1989, 395 in 1992, 254 at this year's selves culturally by dancing and singing. convention) were deaths of the long- — UCC President Oleh Romaniw. We concentrate on cultural things, occa­ serving members and mass desertions sional seminars on leadership and main­ and apathy among the younger genera­ taining a social network." tions. At the congress, whose slogan was community," Mr. Filewych added. "You motion to bring the older and younger She said there is "very little to none" of "Evolution or Extinction: Challenge for just pick your project and work on it." generations together. any discussion of political concerns regard­ the Future," the number of youth dele­ ing the federal government's attitudes to gates was under 20. Two days later, he'd been radicalized, "All the programs in the world aren't deeply frustrated by the UCC's inertia. going to bring youth back," Ms. Mysak Ukrainians and the funding they provide Taras Filewych, a student at the the "dancing and singing" programs. University of Alberta and a research assis­ Together with the handful of delegates rejoined, initially in halting Ukrainian under age 30, he'd drawn up a napkin- and then in expressive English, "if you Ms. Mysak added that she'd served as tant at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian the treasurer for the SUSK branch at the on-Iap manifesto and a cumbersome but persist in conducting your meetings in a Studies, arrived contented with his place University of Saskatchewan three years endearing name for a new movement, language we do not understand.'" in the scheme of things. He was ready to ago, "but our president wasn't very con­ "Students for Forcing Reforms on the As one delegate related, in the past assist coordinators of the Nova Language nected to what was going on in the rest of UCC." such comments were greeted with shouts Education program in presenting their the country," and so it was hard to keep The next day he was on his feet, methods to a UCC working session as a and outrage. This time, a contingent led the rest of the club members' interest. responding to a delegate's perfervid guest to the convention. by Ukrainian Canadian Professional and The youths' sense of isolation is partly Afforded a chance to take part as a demands that youths learn Ukrainian as a Business Federation President Raya of their own making. Few of them delegate, Mr. Filewych registered as a patriotic and cultural duty. "Are we a Shadursky burst into loud applause. attended the Ukrainian and the Canadian representative of the Ukrainian Canadian congress of Canadian speakers of Later, outside the Westin Hotel's main mainstream working sessions, largely Students' Union (SUSK), a decision he Ukrainian, or are we a congress of ballroom, where the session was being conducted in English. None of them made after remembering he belonged. Canadians of Ukrainian heritage?" he held, Ms. Mysak complained: "People showed up for the late-night session He was the only SUSK delegate to regis­ asked. "The time is long overdue that we have been accosting me and telling me hammering out details of the Canada- ter, a far cry from the days in the 1970s recognize that language is not the only 'learn Ukrainian.' It's tiresome to keep Ukraine Foundation, where most of the when the nationwide student body held thing that determines ethnicity and cul- telling them that I am, that I've taken talk was also in English. At both they would have had the best chance to talk to people like Ms. Shadursky and Adrian Boyko president of the UCC's UCC awaits word on Canada-Ukraine Partners programSaskatchewa n Provincial Council, who by Christopher Guly International Health. projects to support in Ukraine, the CUP most probably represent the UCC's future. The agri-food program will not con­ program assisted Canadians in going to Despite Ukrainian youths' anemic OTTAWA - The one-year-old tinue. Ukraine. "These are two distinctly dif­ attendance at the convention, in a post­ Canada-Ukraine Partners (CUP) program Elaine Sigler, a former project man­ ferent approaches," he said. mortem interview on October 9, Mr. could look a lot different in November. ager with the program who worked for As for his own role as program man­ Romaniw was optimistic about the fact The Ukrainian Canadian Congress the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, ager, Mr. Switucha explained that it that someone had picked up on the mes­ (UCC), which administers the program, is said that unlike the other three sectors evolved into serving as a bookkeeper. sage of his opening speech. "We heard a hoping that the federal government will that dealt with mainly policy issues, the "I resigned after I felt that I and the strong voice from the youth," the UCC extend the program for another three years agri-food program was more hands-on UCC had lost control to the four sectors president said. Referring to Mr. at $9 million, said UCC President Oleh in nature, and operated under a differ­ in terms of selecting the projects - Filewych's statement, he added "I never Romaniw. "We expect to hear by the end ent schedule. "The programs were which I have no hesitation in saying heard it put that way before," and com­ of October," he told The Weekly. meant to wrap up on September 1, were done in a commendable way. But mended the young man for his willing­ The decision will come from the which was in the middle of harvesting my job became one of signing checks ness to involve himself in the debate. Canadian International Development season," she said. and preparing a regular report," he said. * * * Agency's Central and Eastern Europe The "Partners in Agrifood" program Mr. Switucha said the problems were At the convention, this writer was Branch, which took responsibitly for the will continue, she added, but will need not borne by the UCC alone. Despite Mr. handed a telling artifact. In February, CUP program in April. Before that, it to find another envelope in which to fit Ouellet's announcement launching the Toronto's Jon Tomas was elected SUSK was run by the Department of Foreign under federally funded projects. CUP program last August, it took Ottawa president. In April, he sent a letter Affairs and International Trade. Another change to the CUP program well into the fall to begin funding it. "The informing various community leaders of The minister responsible for that will be in its approach, said Mr. UCC had to take out a $100,000 line of his organization's new executive. department, Andre Ouellet, launched Romaniw. "Up until now, it has been credit to cover everything from salaries to In May, Vitaliy Krychynsky, secretary the $2.5 million, one-year program in supply-driven. What it needs is to airline tickets for people going to of UCC's London, Ontario, branch, sent August 1994. The program was become demand-driven, with the impe­ Ukraine," said Mr. Switucha. it back, with some inscriptions in designed to promote small-scale techni­ tus coming from Ukrainian organiza­ Upon Mr. Switucha's departure, Ukrainian. At press time, it could not be cal assistance to Ukraine through 160 tions," explained the UCC president. Andrij Hluchowecky, former director of confirmed if they were sanctioned by Dr. Ukrainian and 40 Canadian projects in But Mykola Switucha, the former the UCC's Ukrainian Information Evhen Roslycky, then London branch the areas of civil society, health care, program manager of the CUP program Bureau in Ottawa, was reassigned to the president, and now the head of the UCC agri-food and public administration. As who resigned this spring after serving CUP post. Mr. Romaniw could not con­ Ontario Provincial Council. of May, almost 100 Canadians had only six months on the job, said the firm whether Mr. Hluchowecky would "To be sent back," the inscriptions been assigned to a Ukrainian project. bilateral initiative requires a complete continue should the federal government read, "Write to us only in Ukrainian!" The program was an extension of the overhaul - beginning with the UCC. decide to continue the program. The clincher, scrawled on the SUSK let­ $3.7 million Partners in Progress initia­ "The UCC had no capacity, apparent­ Former Edmonton lawyer Lubomyr ter's envelope: "We do not accept corre­ tive inaugurated by former Governor ly no willingness and certainly no inter­ Markevych runs the CUP office in Kyiv. spondence from Ukrainian organizations General Ray Hnatyshyn in Kyiv in 1992. est in actually making the program bene­ Notwithstanding its uncertain future, in English." (Only "correspondence" Each of the four project areas has been ficial," said Mr. Switucha, a former the CUP program has run wide-ranging was misspelled. In Ukrainian, the word coordinated through public institutions. Canadian trade commissioner. He told projects - from helping the historical only has one "r.") They included: the Canadian Bureau for The Weekly that the UCC failed to draw heritage department at Lviv City Mr. Filewych put it best: "I'm sure International Education (responsible for on its strong community resource base. Council learn how to use computers to that many of the older people feel insult­ the "Partners for Civil Society" program), "Where were the Ukrainian doctors and teaching investigative journalistic tech­ ed by our lack of Ukrainian, just like the Institute of Public Administration of lawyers? Where was the capacity to niques to Ukrainian reporters. many of us feel insulted by their stub­ Canada, the Canadian Federation of draw from the community?" he said. "I am very satisfied with the way born refusal to deal with us in English. Agriculture and the Agricultural Institute Mr. Switucha said that instead of things went during the first year of the But we have to get over it, and start of Canada, and the Canadian Society for concentrating its efforts in identifying program," said Mr. Romaniw. working on other things. Language can't be used as a stick to beat either side." No. 44 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1995 UCC delegates seek to revamp Canada-Ukraine Foundation by Andrij Wynnyekyj Toronto Press Bureau WINNIPEG - The Canada-Ukraine Foundation's formation was announced amid the triumphant din of Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma's visit to this city in October 1994. A year later, during the Ukrainian Canadian Congress' 18th triennial con­ vention of October 6-9, also held in Manitoba's capital, news of the CUF, for­ mal registration as a non-profit charitable corporation on August 28 was almost drowned out by a different noise — that of opposition from within the UCC. As a result of heated discussions at the congress, the CUF will be drawing up an~ entirely new set of proposals on the com­ position of its board of directors and gen­ eral membership that is to be presented at a meeting of the UCC's national pre­ sidium on December 8-9. The background The Canada-Ukraine Foundation was established as an initiative of the presidi­ um, which struck a nine-man steering committee in June 1994. §| Andrij Wynnyekyj The committee, chaired by Ihor Broda, an Edmonton-based lawyer, was The Canada-Ukraine Foundation steering committee: (from left) Chairman Ihor Broda, Oleh Romaniw, Taras Pidzamecky, composed with regional representation in Evhen Czolij and Dr. Roman Petryshyn. mind. It included Evhen Czolij of Montreal, Andrij Hluchoweckyj of acting with projects and institutions in one project to the next can be readily ed to turn a corner. Ottawa (since May, the administrator for Ukraine, and thus free up resources that passed on to others wishing to become CUF Steering Committee Chair and the government-funded Canada-Ukraine can be refocused on matters facing involved in various fields." UCC Vice- President Broda claimed that Partners program), Taras Pidzamecky Ukrainians in Canada. Dr. Petryshyn explained that, as mat­ during the past year, he had met with ters stand, "people who are working on and Borys Wrzesnewskyj of Toronto, Second, Dr. Petryshyn argued, it would leaders of "all [of the UCC's] the major the Chornobyl question see that, educa­ John Petryshyn and UCC President Oleh enable Ukrainians to get out of the "eth­ organizations" to explain matters which tors see their area of concern, the welfare Romaniw of Winnipeg, Stefan Franko of nic" or "multicultural" rut that government "had all been approved" by the UCC's people see theirs, but they rarely talk to Saskatoon and Dr. Roman Petryshyn of has pushed them into out of habit, and national presidium. one another, and so the larger, broader Edmonton's Grant MacEwan College. focus more clearly on general matters of At the congress itself, however, few peo­ questions are never asked." Dr. Petryshyn is also the president of Canada's public policy and foreign policy. ple who'd been briefed in this fashion could This was the essence of a report Dr. the UCC's Shevchenko Foundation. In "In terms of assistance to Ukraine," be found. Raya Shadursky, president of the Petryshyn presented on October 7 to the an interview conducted on October 9, he the Grant MacEwan College president Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Canada-Ukraine Relations working ses­ told The Weekly the models for the said, "there is a broad consensus in the Business Federation, claimed the bulk of Ukrainian Canadian community that sion of the Winnipeg congress. He drew her questions had not been answered. nascent Canada-Ukraine Foundation on the rough draft of a study commis­ were the Canadian government-funded technical assistance for education should Several officials of the various Ukrainian be an area of priority, because of the sioned by the CUF, titled "Public, Private credit unions at the congress, although Yeltsin Foundation (seeded with a grant and Community Commercial, Technical of $20 million in the early 1990s), and country's clear need in many respects, ostensibly represented by the Ukrainian because of the cost effectiveness of such and Humanitarian Assistance to Ukraine National Federation's Mr. Pidzamecky on semi-private Asia-Pacific Foundation from 1990 to 1995," prepared in May- aid, and its long-term impact." the steering committee, also said consulta­ that has assisted Canadian trade with that August by Roman Zyla. "However, this is not necessarily the tions had been sketchy at best. area in this decade. Also, two other steering committee priority for the governments of Canada, Each delegate's registration package The purpose of the CUF, according to members, Messrs. Broda and Petryshyn, the U.S., Ukraine, or any other govern­ included a very loosely worded four-page Dr. Petryshyn, is "to elevate the Ukrainian presented reports analyzing public and ment," he added, "since they are now "Canada-Ukraine Foundation: 20 Canadian community's involvement in private-sector assistance, community Ukraine to a higher level, to more quickly mainly concerned with stabilizing the Questions and Answers" item that seemed assistance, and a Ukrainian perspective to raise more questions than it answered. disseminate the knowledge individuals in economic situation in Ukraine." on aid projects. the community have about both providing Dr. Petryshyn contended there is no For example, the answer to question 8 assistance to Ukraine, and to more effec­ contradiction in this - only a potential for The problems - "What is CUF's financial goal?" - read: "Ukraine's needs are great! A large tively influence public policy in Canada." healthy complementary functioning. "The In terms of maintaining clear lines of community has sent its messengers to the donor base will hopefully yield many Dr. Petryshyn on the CUF communication with its membership and millions of dollars per year for CUF's government who have communicated their dealing with opposition to the project, Dr. Petryshyn asserted there is a role understanding of the situation in Ukraine," observers noted the UCC definitely need­ (Continued on page 18) for the Ukrainian Canadian community in he said, "messengers who know how this public (governmental) programming, but kind of game is played at the official level. it has to organize itself better. It has to This has aroused considerable interest." bring together a pool of individuals who George Saibel, appointed as director have the skills necessary to enter into the of the new Former Soviet Union division I ACTION ITEM I CUF's intended, larger activity and devel­ of the Canadian Industrial Development op these skills in others who are in lead­ Agency three weeks prior to the UCC's The Federal Communications Commission will likely be meeting on November 20 ing positions in the community. conclave, arrived in Winnipeg early on to decide the fate of the CBS-Westinghouse merger. To this date, CBS refuses to apol­ ogize for the "60 Minutes" feature "The Ugly Face of Freedom." We have learned Dr. Petryshyn said this would bring October 6 to meet with members of the that 16,000 letters were received by CBS in response to the program, but nobody has about a considerable maturation in the CUF's steering committee (he did not received anything resembling an apology from CBS, which says it "stands by" the UCC's leadership, and also attract bright stay for the congress itself). accuracy of its program. and motivated people who might other­ "There is much to be gained by bring­ The Ukrainian Heritage Defense Committee now urges all Ukrainians to solicit wise not be involved in community life ing the two major groupings, of Canadian their congressmen and senators to immediately write to the FCC to have CBS apolo­ at the moment. government and the Ukrainian community gize for the misrepresentations and mistranslations in its program and agree to never "The reason one starts from the vehi­ in Canada, together into a working rela­ rebroadcast it, or at least prove the accuracy of its content in an open hearing before cle of the UCC," Dr. Petryshyn said, tionship," Dr. Petryshyn said. the FCC, prior to any consent by the FCC to the merger. "despite its ailing condition and reputa­ "We don't have to work only in the The hearing on the CBS-Westinghouse merger will be held at 8:30 a.m. at the com­ tion for murky accountability and repre­ community, and only at the level of mission's meeting room on the eighth floor of 1900 M. St. N.W., Washington. The sentation of the community, is because it small projects that are unconnected to public is allowed to attend, provided one arrives early enough not to be shunted aside is a long-established parliamentary major institutions, such as governments, to the overflow gallery. forum that represents 30-odd national large corporations, foundations such as We urge all Ukrainians who feel as we do to continue this battle and to contact their Ukrainian organizations in Canada." [U.S. financier George] Soros's legislators as well as attend the FCC meeting, so that CBS acknowledges its mistakes or According to the Edmonton-based Renaissance Foundation, and so on." at least responds to the specific charges made against the program in an open forum. academic, this approach to a major pro­ According to Dr. Petryshyn, the CUF We are certain that if the Ukrainian community gives up this fight, there will be ject would help the Ukrainian communi­ aims to be a coordinating body without more programs of this type, both by CBS and others, slandering with impudence a ty in two significant ways. First, it would taking away the initiative. "It's meant to defenseless Ukrainian American community. establish a clearly defined, well-ground­ be a facilitatory body that pools knowl­ ed channel for providing aid and inter­ edge," he said, "so that lessons learned in - submitted by the Ukrainian Heritage Defense Committee THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1995 No. 44

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Mykola Sakaliuk's story is told Evolution over extinction, for now by Lubomyr Luciuk would also be witness to the debilitating Delegates came to the Ukrainian Canadian Congress's 18th Triennial Congress effects that internment had on his charges. in Winnipeg armed with the self-questioning slogan "Evolution or Extinction." At No one in Kapuskasing remembers Their "confinement in a strange land, inac­ the opening session on October 6, the city's mayor, Susan Thompson, called it "the Mykola Sakaliuk. No one in Kingston, tivity and hopeless waiting [was] enough to most courageous I have seen any organization, ethnic or not, adopt." my home town, had ever heard of him shatter the nerves and undermine the health Most of the UCC's executive spent the next few days furiously backpedal- either. Yet he lived in both. [in this] subarctic limbo," wrote Capt. ing away from such outlandish bravery, saying the slogan was "excessive." But Not that he wanted to. Watson Kirkconnell, the camp's paymas­ many of the same people, along with the 256 registered delegates, did help When I first met him in the late 1970s, ter, who eventually became a professor at raise the curtain on a new way of doing things in the Ukrainian community. I knew nothing about how Mykola Queen's University and, later, president of The UCC's by-laws were democratized, thanks largely to the Herculean Sakaliuk and so many other Ukrainian Acadia University. efforts of Constitutional Committee Chairperson Sofia Kachor. The so-called Canadians had suffered the indignity of The end of the Kapuskasing concen­ "Big Five" organizations no longer have a loosely defined and paralyzing veto being labeled "enemy aliens" and impris­ tration camp did not come until February power, by consensus and majority override mechanisms. Although the veto oned in Canadian concentration camps 1920, 15 months after the armistice date. power safeguarded the UCC from the agonizing split suffered in 1980 by its during this country's first national intern­ The Office of Internment Operations shut U.S. counterpart, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, it also con­ ment operations of 1914-1920. down in June. tributed to the UCC's ossification and thus its present crisis. One of those camps was on federal land Years ago I asked Mr. Sakaliuk why he Formal democratization was matched by a prevailing atmosphere of discus­ near Kapuskasing. A near-impenetrable had been interned. He had no sure answer. sion and debate. A dispute over the newly established Canada Ukraine forest of spruce had to be cleared before He explained how he had told his gaolers Foundation set the tone. In the past, a select few would have rammed matters the land could be cultivated. The minister that he was a Ukrainian, not an Austrian or through and silenced dissent. This time, because of the patience and skill of Dr. of agriculture applied to the newly formed a German. He had come to Canada to stay; Roman Petryshyn, the opposing sides rolled up their sleeves and talked out Office of Internment Operations for a con­ he was even willing to fight for the British their differences in a special working session that lasted past midnight. tingent of internees to do the hard pioneer­ Empire. He was imprisoned despite these Faced with a political climate in Canada that is increasingly hostile to multi- ing work. Fifty-six Ukrainians, escorted by protestations. He never did quite under­ culturalism in general, and to government-sponsored Ukrainian heritage pro­ Capt. W.E. Swaine and 11 men from the stand why. grams in particular, the UCC's delegates didn't bury their heads in the sand. 14th Regiment, Kingston, arrived on A U.S. vice-consul, O. Gaylord Marsh, Instead, they met in workshops and backrooms, and planned strategy. August 14, 1914. interviewed 75 of Kapuskasing's internees According to UCC Saskatchewan President Adrian Boyko, this strategy will Conditions were grim. Throughout that in March 1917. Their single most common "kick the legs out from under the Reform Party's anti-multiculturalism posi­ first winter the thermometer ranged from complaint was about the injustice of being tion." local government official in attendance said the strategy also anticipates 40 to 60 degrees (Fahrenheit) below zero. interned without cause. Others wondered the wholesale changes to the national fabric Prime Minister Jean Chretien is Snow lay six feet deep. Hands and feet why they were not allowed to work as free ready to launch following the October 30 separatist referendum in Quebec, were chopped off or frozen, bodies bruised men. They knew they would be able to whether Canadian federalism wins or loses. by falling trees. And yet, by January 5, earn much better wages than the 25 cents The question of youth membership and participation - more precisely the 1915, two bunkhouses were occupied, four per day they were paid in the camp, minus dramatic absence of it - was again a matter of concern and discussion. This more were ready by February, foundations "room and board." Some questioned the time, demands by young delegates that more of the sessions be conducted in for another four laid, along with three selectivity of the internment operations. English were met with applause from a significant segment of delegates, rather troops' barracks, a hospital, YMCA build­ Why were they rounded up while others of than the usual wave of derision and hooting. ing, bakery, canteen and supply depot. In their nationality remained free? A few Oleh Romaniw, re-elected as UCC president for another three-year term, addition, 100 acres of land had been protested about how they had been hustled made this issue part of his speech in opening the convention. "Age and knowl­ cleared, 800 cords of pulpwood cut, off trains passing through Canadian territo­ edge of Ukrainian can't be a condition of participation," Mr. Romaniw said, 400,000 feet of sawlogs taken out. ry from one place in America to another. A "otherwise membership will continue to drop." By the summer of 1915, 600 more acres few feared whether their families in Peter Savaryn, the former president of the Progressive Conservative Party asso­ had been cleared at the Experimental Farm Canada were being properly provided for. ciation during its Peter Lougheed-led zenith in Alberta in the 1970s, was on hand, west of the camp. The captive population Significantly, some internees also reminding everyone of the glory days of Ukrainian political influence in Canada. had also grown to 1,259 "enemy aliens," worried about what would happen with At the concluding luncheon on October 9, Mr. Savaryn, now the Ukrainian mostly Ukrainians, Slovaks and Poles, the money and other articles of property National Association's director for Canada, echoed a sentiment expressed prior along with a hundred Turks, some Bulgar­ that had been taken from them at their to the congress by a UCC official. "Politically, we've fallen asleep in the last ians, Hungarians and a handful of Germans time of arrest. Even though the comman­ five to 10 years," he told The Weekly. Sporting his trademark broad grin, he and Austrians, guarded by a contingent of dant stepped in to assure the vice-consul added, "But it seems that we're finally waking up. Things look better to me 256 troops under the command of Maj. F.F. and the internees that all of the articles in now." Clarke of the 12th York Rangers, Toronto. question were being held and preserved, So, it seems that the first step toward evolution was taken, but the UCC had By the spring of 1917, Ottawa finally and would be returned to their owners better take a good hard look at the resolutions it passed at this congress and decided that the Ukrainian internees were upon release, they remained sceptical. carry them out, because its slogan's alternative still looms. harmless. Many were paroled, among Those internees were prescient. The them Mykola Sakaliuk. Ironically, he commandant either didn't know better or went to work in a munitions factory near he lied. At the end of the internment Toronto. The Slavs were replaced by a operations, thousands of dollars were left large contingent of German and Austrian in the coffers of the Custodian of Enemy POWs, brought north to Kapuskasing Alien Property. That wealth was never from Fort Henry on May 5, under the returned to its rightful owners. It remains command of Lt. Col. W.E. Date of the in federal hands to this day and has a 17th Hussars, Montreal. worth of several million dollars. Date would have a hard time of it. He What should be done with that money? In 1621, 40,000 Kozaks led by Hetman Petro Sahaidachny faced a prisoners' revolt in the autumn of The few surviving victims have not saved a Polish force from certain annihilation at the hands of 1917, dealt with unrest among his own demanded compensation. So the Ukrainian the Turks near Khotyn. The men journeyed back to Ukraine troops in December and coped with anoth­ Canadian community has asked Ottawa with no intention of accepting the serf status the rulers of the Polish Commonwealth er influx of prisoners as "fresh intern­ only for an acknowledgment that the intern­ insisted many of them return to. In 1622, the hetman died, and with him, the iron dis­ ments" took place in Winnipeg, Montreal ment operations were unwarranted and a cipline he kept over his restive army of registered Kozaks and free Zaporozhians. and Toronto toward the war's end. He restitution of the confiscated wealth. But these monies are not for any survivors or To redirect their mounting frustrations, Sahaidachny's successor, Mykhailo their families, or for any organization in the Doroshenko, who followed a similarly conciliatory line with the Commonwealth but Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk is director of Ukrainian Canadian community. This with less bloody rigor, organized a series of sea raids on the Ottoman empire, of the research for the Ukrainian Canadian wealth, illegitimately harvested from the kind celebrated by Taras Shevchenko. Civil Liberties Association and editor of internees, should instead be used to place The Kozaks increasingly thought of themselves as members of a state within a "Righting An Injustice: The Debate Over historical markers at all 24 concentration state, which the Poles found most galling. To boot, the slave-trading Turks threatened Redress for Canada's First National that repercussions of Kozak raids would be felt in Krakow. Internment Operations" (1994). (Continued on page 16) King Wladyslaw IV complained to the Sejm that the Kozaks had "established their own order, threatening life and property of innocent people. And, what is more, all Ukraine obeys them." UNA Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine Stanislaw Koniecpolski, a magnate with vast estates in Ukraine and with consider­ able military experience, was sent with a force of 8,000 to quell all forms of insurrec­ The Home Office of the Ukrainian National Association tion. reports that, as of October 18, the fraternal organization's On November 5, 1625, Marko Zhmailo was chosen to lead a rebel army of Khotyn Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine has received 20,741 veterans. Six thousand Kozaks engaged Koniecpolski's forces over the ensuing checks from its members with donations totalling $503,960.37 The contributions include individual mem­ weeks. The result was a stalemate. bers' donations, as well as returns of members' dividend Hetman Doroshenko was reinstated, negotiations ensued, and the Treaty of checks and interest payments on promissory notes. Kurukove, providing for the registration of 6,000 Kozaks, was signed. Please make checks payable to: Sources: "Zhmailo, Marko, " Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 5 (Toronto: University of Toronto UNA Fund foUt^^b/rth $:укщщ V/;.M r v^,,.., н Press, 1993); Orest Subtelrry, Ukraine: A History, (ТогоШоШкШтШі/Щ'Toronto Press, 1988). No. 44 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1995

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

front in 1996. Although many of us have faces andfflaces Miss Soyuzivka forgotten about Chornobyl, it is still an by Myron B. Kuropas issue that 10 years later continues to responds to critic haunt men, women and children living in Ukraine and will affect generations hun­ Dear Editor: dreds of years from now. Chornobyl is As Miss Soyuzivka 1996, I feel it is something the global community needs A journey to historic Ostrih my duty to respond to Zirka Kudla's to be aware of and learn from. We must (October 8) concern over the coverage of work together to protect and save the In the fall of 1994, Dr. Viacheslav taught at NIU. While at NIU, students the Miss Soyuzivka crowning in the lives of children confronting the devasta­ Briukhovetsky, president of the University will participate both in classes and in September 3 issue of The Weekly and the tion of this disaster. Again I stress the of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (KMA), visited internships that will provide them with continuation of this worthwhile tradition. importance of these issues, unity and sol­ Northern Illinois University (NIU) where I first-hand experience in American demo­ cratic institutions and democratic educa­ Let me begin by informing Ms. Kudla idarity in thought and spirit, within the am an adjunct professor. He met with tion. Our program is planned for three that this contest is hardly demeaning. Ukrainian society. Profs. Jeffrey Mirel, Homer Sherman and years, after which cadres trained by NIU The Miss Soyuzivka contest does not dis­ me, all members of the faculty of educa­ I am proud to represent the Ukrainian could train future teachers in Ukraine. criminate on any basis and judges each tional foundations, to discuss the creation National Association, an organization Soon after receiving the proposal, Dr. young woman on her individual qualities of a relationship between our two educa­ that even in tough financial times contin­ Briukhovetsky suggested we establish and personal merits. The Miss Soyuzivka tional institutions. Following our meeting, ues to support young, Ukrainian profes­ our program at the Ostrih Collegium, contest did not require that I, or any of Prof. Briukhovetsky invited us to come to sionals and recognizes their important then in the process of a formal re-open­ the young women competing, take part in Ukraine. role in the stability and preservation of ing in the fall. a swimsuit or evening gown competition. A reception was organized for our the Ukrainian diaspora. The crowning of The Ostrih Academy was first opened by However, the panel of judges did want to guest by the Department of Leadership Miss Soyuzivka is not a tasteless tradi­ Prince Konstantyn Ostrozsky in 1580 as a know in what capacities I had actively and Educational Policy Studies following tion, as Ms. Kudla claims, but rather, a center of Orthodox learning. Initially mod­ participated within the Ukrainian com­ the meeting. Dr. Briukhovetsky spoke of rare opportunity for Ukrainian women to eled after the best Jesuit schools, the acade­ munity and how my academic, career and the need to reorganize education in be recognized on the Ukrainian scene for my soon became a center of Orthodox personal endeavors could benefit the Ukraine, especially in the social sciences. their accomplishments and to gain a learning, attracting Ukrainian as well as for­ future of that community. To ensure the "Under Soviet rule our people lost their greater respect among their colleagues, eign intellectuals. The curriculum included prosperity of the Ukrainian diaspora, we history and their identity," he explained. friends and family. Latin, Greek, Church Slavonic and gram­ must all take an active part in fostering "The future of Ukraine will be determined I think we should all be aware of the mar, rhetoric, dialectics, arithmetic, geome­ within future generations of Ukrainians, by those educational institutions that can positives associated with the crowning of try, music and astronomy, the so-called the same pride for their language, culture train a leadership for the 21st century. It's Miss Soyuzivka before we judge it too an enormous challenge." seven "liberal arts." It was here that the first and heritage that my parents instilled in harshly as a "demeaning" contest. Slavic-language Bible (the Ostrih Bible) me. Clearly, you can see that these are Establishing KMA was not easy, he P.S. As far as the prize money goes, I was published in 1581. important issues confronting Ukrainian recalled. "Many of our people were won't be spending it frivolously. Instead, Last summer Profs. Mirel, David Ripley women. incompetent bureaucrats who were not I will be giving a percentage of it to the and I traveled to Prague to attend a week- I believe, also, that my title as Miss accustomed to hard work. I had to fire Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund to long conference titled "Strengthening Soyuzivka and my participation in the many of them. Some of them were close continue its life-saving work for the chil­ Citizenship and Civic Education, East and Ukrainian American Youth Association acquaintances of mine, but it had to be dren: the most innocent victims of the West." Dr. Briukhovetsky also attended (SUM-A) puts me in a unique position to done," he emphasized. "I want the 1986 Chornobyl disaster. Perhaps we the conference. Given the amount of atten­ bridge the gap between Ukrainian youth University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy to should all be a little more conscious of tion paid to civic education at the confer­ organizations and unite us in our be a premier institution of higher learn­ those who need our attention, instead of ence, we became more convinced than thoughts and goals. Simultaneously, my ing in Ukraine. We've come a long way, criticizing those who we think need a lit­ ever that we were on the right track with employment with the Children of but we still have a long way to go." tle less. our proposal. Chornobyl Relief Fund enables me to Dr. Briukhovetsky's remarks were From Prague we traveled to Kyiv and bring the 10th anniversary of the Tania Sawa well-received by our faculty. "Compared then to Ostrih, where we were greeted Chornobyl nuclear accident to the fore­ Short Hills, N.J. to other academics we have met from Eastern Europe," one of my colleagues with bread and salt, the traditional Ukrainian welcome. Throughout our visit such as statements in the "60 Minutes" told me, "he is one of the best." we were treated like royalty by both staff Our responsibility: segment "The Ugly Face Of Freedom" After much consultation via faxes and and students. The staff was an especially and Margaret Thatcher's statement to the phone calls between NIU and KMA, we dedicated group of professionals who to secure freedom Ukrainian Parliament in 1990 that she developed a joint proposal to establish an impressed us with their commitment to wouldn't recognize California so, why M.S. Ed. in the Foundations of Education, Dear Editor: the education of the next generation of should she recognize Ukraine? focusing on democracy and education. Ukrainian teachers. Ukraine has its freedom, the greatest The people behind these negative "One of the most vital problems con­ gift any people could have. It is the statements are not necessarily enemies of fronting the emerging democracies of Since most of the students understood responsibility of Ukrainian Americans Ukraine. More likely they lack an under­ Central and Eastern Europe," the proposal English, all three of us lectured to small and friends to help secure this gift. standing of today's Ukraine. I cannot see began, "is training policy-makers and groups and then met with them jointly. Ukraine is in a fragile state as any new how we could for one moment think that teacher-educators who are committed to They asked questions about our mission and our impressions of their institution. country would be, and it looks to its we do not need strong representation in democratic principles and are knowledge­ One young lady spoke American English friends for support and guidance. What Washington. This is where the power is able about how such principles can be so well that I couldn't help but ask where better friend could it have but America? and where a Ukrainian American pres­ inculcated throughout the citizenry. The she had learned it. "I spent my senior The United States government is begin­ ence belongs. It belongs up front and it plan proposed here will specifically deal year at Monterey High School in ning to realize the importance of Ukraine: has to stand up and speak for itself and with that problem by establishing a gradu­ California," she informed us. its size, population, natural resources, and cannot let anyone else do it for them. ate level program in the Foundations of strategic geographic location. Ukraine's This is Ukraine's opportunity, its hour. Education...The program will prepare stu­ Upon our return to Kyiv, we shared remarkable social and political stability in We must do everything that we possibly dents to be both advocates and practition­ our impressions with Dr. Briukhovetsky. an otherwise turbulent Eastern Europe is can to help. It will be a long and hard ers of democratic education by concentrat­ We agreed that due to the lack of library exemplary. path. We cannot be passive. We must ing on the historical, philosophical, social facilities and other amenities in Ostrih, The closing of the UNA office in stay with it, and we shall. and cultural education of such education." the first semester of the Ostrih program would begin in Kyiv. Later, we would Washington is disappointing. What I find To quote Robert Seeley, correspon­ Half of the program will be taught by move to Ostrih. even more disappointing is that dent for the Times of London and a spe­ NIU faculty in Ukraine, and half will be Ukrainian Americans do not seem to cial correspondent to The Washington I returned from Ostrih realize the importance of having a repre­ Post, who spent the 1994-1995 academic more optimistic than I have sentative there. The reality is that we year as a mid-career fellow for the ever been about the future need that representation more than ever Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, of civic education in Uk­ before. When Ukraine was under Soviet "It's going to be a long-term process (for raine. If the students and domination it almost lost its identity as a Ukraine to catch up with the rest of the staff I met there are an nation, and as a people. The world gov­ world), and the more slowly the example of what our people ernments did not know what Ukraine Ukrainians take to do it, the more people can produce through their was. It was to them another part of are going to not take Ukraine seriously." own initiative, then Ukraine Russia. Ukrainians who immigrated after This cannot happen. will survive and prosper. World Wars I and II kept a vigil for The world must take Ukraine very The training of Ukraine's Ukraine through their organizations, seriously because it is on its way to future leaders begins with churches and traditions. Now a more becoming an important country. We can­ the training of their teachers. sophisticated and powerful lobbying not sit back and relax, as there is too Dr. Briukhovetsky wants force is necessary. much to be done to keep Ukraine strong the Ostrih Collegium to We Ukrainian Americans must be and on the right path. Ukraine will be an become the premier teach­ close to our government in Washington important nation among nations. er-training institution in to make sure that Ukraine stands out in Ukraine. And we at NIU every way possible. Who will represent Vira Hladun Goldman Ostrih Collegium students welcoming NIU profes- want to help him realize his Ukraine against derogatory accusations, New York sorson June 8. dream. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1995 No. 44 Kuchma joins world leaders... (Continued from page 1) Ukraine's president also proposed U.N. trusteeship over emerging states and a U.N. Council for Economic Security, which would be on equal footing with the cur­ rent Security Council, (see full text on page 9) In the four days of meetings, parties and official functions associated with the 50th anniversary, the pres­ ident had a chance to mingle with all of the leaders pre­ sent, but, other than Canada, had private meetings only with state or government leaders of countries in Ukraine's region of the world: Hungary, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Estonia, Azerbaijan and Slovakia. Planned meetings with Italy and Nigeria were canceled. The Kuchma administration had made overtures to meet with U.S. President Bill Clinton as well, according to the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, which explained in a press release that because both leaders were staying at the same hotel such a meeting was convenient. Nonetheless, the UCCA was told that Mr. Clinton's schedule was already filled for the period of the celebration (see sidebar below). A flurry of activity President Kuchma landed at John F. Kennedy Banquet-goers applaud as President Leonid Kuchma takes his seat on the dais. Observing are (from left): International Airport in New York on Saturday after­ Dmytro Cipywnyk, president of the Ukrainian World Congress; Chief of Staff Dmytro Tabachnyk, Ulana noon, October 21, during a downpour and was quickly Diachuk, president of the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council; Askold Lozynskyj, president of the whisked away to the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan. Ukrainian Congress Committee of America; and Foreign Minister Hennadiy Udovenko. That evening he was hosted along with the other world leaders by New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani ing dignitaries and their spouses at the New York Public U.S. Congress, and the status of pensions for veterans of and Boutros Boutros-Ghali, secretary general of the Library. the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, among other themes. United Nations, in the Winter Garden of the World On Monday morning President Kuchma attended a An obviously displeased and impatient crowd waited Financial Center after a meeting with American Express private, working breakfast with U.S. business leaders as the leaders spoke. At times there was mock applause officials. In the Winter Garden the keynote address was hosted by the EastWest Institute. for a non-arriving delegation, and many guests, not will­ delivered by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Lunch found President Kuchma at Columbia ing to wait, began to eat the food before them. The next day, after the dignitaries posed for the offi­ University, where he received the Distinguished Service - But the group finally did arrive, and President cial 50th anniversary photograph, Secretary-General Award of the university's School of International and Kuchma was greeted with a hearty round of applause, as Boutros-Ghali opened the special session of the U.N., Public Affairs. The award was established in 1992 to well as with the traditional bread and salt offering. followed by President Clinton, representing the U.S. as acknowledge and honor leadership in the pursuit of He gave a short 10-minute speech after dinner, the host country. President Kuchma was next. post-cold war peace and understanding. Past recipients thanking the American diaspora community for support­ are Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Later he met in succession with Hungary's President ing Ukraine's independence and then its recognition in Kozyrev, who won in 1992; Norwegian Minister of Arpad Goncz, Canada's Jean Chretien and Alyaksandr the world community. Foreign Affairs Johan Jorgen Hoist, 1993 recipient; and Lukashenka of Belarus. In a thinly veiled reference to Russia, Mr. Kuchma Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, last year's In the evening President Clinton and First Lady went on to explain that Ukraine is moving to combat all winner. Hillary Rodham Clinton hosted a reception for the visit- political intimidation and imperial ambitions or dictates from the international community. He also said a priori­ Kuchma meets with community ty of his is to maintain social stability and peace, and to After more meetings, the president belatedly arrived ensure Ukraine's territorial integrity and the inviolabili­ Clinton administration at the new home of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine ty of its borders. to the United Nations, which had just undergone exten­ Moving to economic matters, he listed three key ele­ sive remodeling; work completed the previous Friday. ments to economic uplift: the formation of economic nixes Kuchma meeting He was late because diplomatic motorcades had tied up structures involving money, credit, currency exchange, traffic to near gridlock since the U.N. celebrations finance, banking, pricing and customs; substantial by Patience T. Huntwork began as they made their way down already clogged changes in the establishment of a national market, WASHINGTON - President Bill Clinton Manhattan thoroughfares. which in the last year, he said, has included movement declined a requested bilateral meeting with Greeted outside by several dozen U.N. diplomats, toward a money market fund and commercial paper; the Ukraine's president during the October 21-24 50th Functionaries of Ukraine's Mission and Consulate accumulation of national capital and competitive enter­ anniversary festivities of the United Nations - General, as well as the Ukrainian American community, prises. despite the fact that the two leaders were housed President Kuchma cut a blue-and-yellow ribbon, offi­ Towards the end of his talk the president indirectly only floors apart at the same New York hotel, the cially opening the mission. addressed the controversy surrounding the attack on par­ Waldorf Astoria. Inside, Ukraine's U.N. Ambassador Anatoliy Zlenko ticipants at the burial of Ukrainian Orthodox Patriarch The administration's decision came after welcomed the president into the Mission's new home Volodymyr. He emphasized that the government will Ukrainian government officials, including Foreign and explained that the effort to establish the Mission in not shy away from its responsibilities towards maintain­ Minister Hennadiy Udovenko and Ambassador Yuri the new building was another example of the type of ing civil obedience and the protection of law-abiding Shcherbak, had requested that President Leonid common effort between Ukraine and its diaspora that citizens. In the same breath he added that it also will not Kuchma be among the heads of state, including works so effectively. intervene directly in the affairs of religious confessions Russian President Boris Yeltsin, to be accorded bilat­ President Kuchma told the audience it is fitting that, and will not let itself be drawn into inter-confessional eral meetings with the U.S. president. after a several year wait, Ukraine moved into its own squabbles. The. administration action was termed "disap­ building during the 50th anniversary celebrations of .the Also delivering remarks were Ukrainian American pointing" by UCCA President Askold Lozynskyj, U.N. The affair was short because more than 500 people Coordinating Council President Ulana Diachuk, who whose organization had pressed for a Clinton- awaited the president at a gala banquet hosted by the exhorted the president not to sway from the forward Kuchma meeting. Ukrainian American community. movement of economic reform, and Ukrainian Congress Committee of America President Askold Lozynskyj, Though declining the Ukrainian government's A grand fete at the Waldorf request, President Clinton devoted most of one day, who made an impassioned plea for President Kuchma to October 23, to a highly publicized meeting with the The opulent, gilded exterior of the Waldorf Astoria become "our spiritual father" by maintaining and broad­ Russian leader at the historic Hyde Park, N.Y., estate gleamed, barriers kept onlookers away, and security ening Ukrainian culture and language. Dmytro of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. kept a wary eye on the crowd as the president's motor­ Cipywnyk, president of Ukrainian World Congress, also Spokesmen, including Carlos Pasqual from the cade stopped before the hotel, and the president's greeted the president. National Security Council and Marilyn entourage exited. With him were Foreign Minister The fete was co-hosted by Marta Skorupsky and Ihor DiGiacobbe from the Office of Public Liaison, Hennadiy Udovenko, Chief of Staff Dmytro Tabachnyk, Dlaboha. Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Basil Losten gave defended the administration's action as purely a U.N. Ambassador Zlenko, Minister of Foreign the invocation; Ukrainian Orthodox Bishop Antony, the scheduling matter, pointing to Mr. Kuchma's par­ Economic Relations and Trade Serhiy Osyka, benediction. ticipation in a two-hour roundtable lunch with the Ambassador to the U.S. Yuri Shcherbak and associated The president's last day in the U.S. began with exec­ U.S. president at the latter's request, and to the protocol, press and security personnel. utives of 100 of the world's largest business firms at a great number of world leaders in attendance in Previously Mr. Kuchma had been asked to meet with breakfast meeting sponsored by the accounting giant New York with whom private meetings could not a group of Ukrainian American community leaders. Arthur Andersen. After lunch he returned to the United be scheduled. What was to have been a quick meeting turned into an Nations where world dignitaries gathered one final time Administration officials insisted that U.S.­ hourlong affair, closed to the press. to approve a declaration regarding 50 years of the work Ukrainian relations are excellent and said the lack of However, according to sources present, the meeting of the United Nations and goals for the future. a bilateral meeting should not be construed as a snub. centered on the speed with which efforts to instill After a short stop at the Ukrainian Consulate, Ukrainian culture, language and education had proceed­ President Kuchma's entourage headed for the airport (Continued on page 17) ed in Ukraine in the last year, on how Ukraine must and a flight to Rio de Janeiro, where he would begin a -develop -more-intimate -contacts--with-members- of-the- visit- to Brazil,Argentina-and- Chile. - - N0.44 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29,1995 U.N. Mission moves... (Continued from page 1) Catholic Church and the Rev. Wolodymyr Bazylewsky of St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Orthodox Church, blessed the confines of the Mission and also the Ukrainian flag that will fly over the building. Even as those invited gathered on the first floor of the 13,700 square foot, building before the ceremony, workers splashed the finishing touches of paint on the walls and did general clean-up. Myron Kukuruza, general contractor for the renovation, said the greatest diffi­ culty v/as meeting the completion date deadline. "The toughest task was the amount of renovation that took place in a short period of time," said Mr. Kukuruza, who is president of UDC Corp. of Clifton, N.J. 'That was critical, with the 50th anniversary of the U.N., we couldn't miss dates or afford to have something delivered late." Mr. Kukuruza, whose firm previously worked on Ukraine's Consulate General in New York, said extensive renovation was per­ formed on the first floor, the front facade and the ambassador's office. In addition, new windows were installed, new telephone lines and modems put in place and the electrical and plumbing systems updated. For security reasons, he said he limited the number of subcontrac­ tors and used his own employees as much as possible. He would speci­ fy the cost of the project only as "in the hundreds of thousands." Mr, Kukuruza listed architect Bohdan Gerulak, electrical contractor Oleh Samilenko and interior designers Motria Sloniewska and Joseph Gural as others who helped complete the project before the anniversary Roman Woronowycz deadline. Ambassador to the U.N. Anatoliy Zlenko greets President Leonid Kuchma at official opening of The building itself was purchased for $3.5 million, said Peter Ukraine's U.N. Mission. Standing next to the president (from right): Ambassador to the U.S. Yuri Piddoubny, a principal partner in Drobenko and Piddoubny, whose firm Shcherbak, Chief of Staff Dmytro Tabachnyk and Foreign Minister Hennadiy Udovenko. handled the negotiation, the contract and the real estate closing for the Mission. "They looked at 20 different properties. This was the most suited for them in terms of size and location," said Mr. Piddoubny. "It was important that the location be close to the U.N." He also explained that a building has existed on the site since 1865 and that the last owner was a Venezuelan bank.

The flag that now flies over the new home of Ukraine's U.N. Mission is blessed by Ukrainian Orthodox Bishop Antony. To his right stands Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Basil Losten. Holding the President Leonid Kuchma accepts the traditional bread and salt flag are (from left) the Rev. Wolodymyr Bazylewsky, Ambassador Anatoliy Zlenko and Charge greeting as he enters the banquet hall of the Waldorf-Astoria. d'Affaires Borys Hudyma. FOR THE RECORD: Kuchma's address at the United Nations Statement by Leonid Kuchma, president of Ukraine, With the epoch of the great ideological confronta­ separatism, which frequently is the initial cause of local at the Special Commemorative Session of the U.N. tion now over, mankind has managed to essentially conflicts and which is capable of becoming the gravest General Assembly on the occasion of the 50th decrease the threat of self-destruction amid nuclear challenge to the world in the 21 st century. Anniversary of the United Nations. flames, and to establish sufficiently reliable mecha­ Disappearance of a world divided into antagonistic nisms of international security. systems is connected with profound internal transforma­ Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Distinguished I am pleased to point out that Ukraine made a spe­ tion in post-socialist countries. I am convinced of the Heads of States and Government, Ladies and Gentlemen: cial contribution to the cause of disarmament. The necessity to establish a most favorable regime for these Speaking from the highest rostrum of the planet, I world's third largest nuclear state was the first to vol­ countries' integration into the international community. feel pride, gratitude and hope. untarily renounce its nuclear status and nuclear Establishing, on a level with the Security Council, a U.N. I am proud of the wisdom and foresight of the weapons. However, this has entailed enormous eco­ Council for Economic Security - a new body, equal to founders of the United Nations, who in fact laid the nomic and ecological losses for us. the former in weight and influence - would promote spe­ foundation of the new world order. I am certain that establishing a special status, with cific proposals in respect to international support of the Challenging history itself they attempted to use love of international security guarantees, consolidated finan­ development of these countries. Such a body would be peace and mutual assistance to oppose the forces of hos­ cial and technical assistance, and moral stimuli for used to identify strategic prospects for the development tility and intolerance. And for the first time they succeed­ countries that renounce their nuclear weapons would of mankind and preventive efforts for decades ahead. ed. The people of the planet received a unique instrument be a colossal impetus for expediting the process of Mr. President, for consolidating mankind as a single universal organism nuclear disarmament. The United Nations was established by people who in their efforts to survive and build a better world. This could be implemented through a new U.N. realized that nations, peoples and states are interdependent I am especially proud of that, since representatives program: "The World of the 21st Century - Without and complementary components of a single continent of my people were among the founders of the United Nuclear Weapons." called "Humanity". And, the presence of the unprecedent­ Nations. The U.N. peacekeeping activities require constant ed number of world leaders here today is convincing evi­ In turn, the United Nations may have been the only uni­ improvement and increased efficiency. And, first of all, this dence of their support of the United Nations at this crucial versal tribune from which Ukraine proclaimed its existence. means reorientation toward conflict-preventive diplomacy. stage in its development. The U.N.'s support essentially promoted our realization of This would also be promoted by establishing U.N. trustee­ Hence, the most important task for the U.N. today is the age-old aspiration for a state of our own. ship over the processes of formation of new states, with the to identify itself under new conditions and to follow the And certainly, I have great hopes for the future of aim of making the use of force inadmissible and adhering to road indicated by the real circumstances of our life. the United Nations, which brings us closer to the established standards of international law. Realization of this task would serve the source of moment when we are able to say: "The United Nations At the same time, the international community should the U.N.'s strength, longevity and moral health. is the United World." adapt to the realities of the present day its attitude toward Thank you for your attention. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1995 No. 44 THE UNITED NATIONS AND UKR U.N.'s Office in Ukraine hosts anniversary concert by Marta Kolomayets Kyiv Press Bureau KYIV - The United Nations Office in Ukraine - on the occa­ sion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the international organization and in recognition of the contributions of Ukraine, one of the U.N.'s founding members - hosted a gala concert on October IS at the Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet House. Attended by Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on the eve of his departure for New York for the principal celebrations marking the U.N.'s 50th anniversary, the evening included speeches by Foreign Minister Hennadiy Udovenko and the U.N.'s representative in Ukraine, Stephen Browne. During the evening, President Kuchma presented Minister Udovenko with a medal of honor for his many years of diplomatic service to Ukraine, including his service at Ukraine's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. President Kuchma also presented medals of recognition to a number of retired Ukrainian officials who had served in Ukraine's diplomatic corps. Also present at the evening, which presented the music and dance of some of the countries that belong to the United Nations, were Parliament Chairman Oleksander Moroz and Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations and CIS The Ukrainian delegation at the United Nations Conference on International Organizations in San Francis( Matters Borys Oliynyk. in 1945. Seated in the first row are Oleksander Palladin, Dmytro Manuilsky and Ivan Senin. Mr. Browne also read a greeting from U.N. Secretary -General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the Ukrainian people.

Cooperation between Ukraine and the United Nations has increased significantly since early 1992, when the U.N. secre­ tary-general decided to open new U.N. offices in all the states once part of the Soviet Union. He emphasized in his message that "the United Nations Office in Ukraine, whose establishment I authorized, is but one of the many mechanisms through which the United Nations system is able to assist Ukraine during the transition period." And indeed, since its establishment in November 1992, the United Nations Office in Ukraine has been a major player, work­ ing with both the Ukrainian government and, to a growing extent with non-governmental organizations to help Ukraine during this transition period from a communist to a democratic society. The U.N. Office in Ukraine has also served as a liaison between Ukraine and various U.N. agencies, including the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Department of Public Information, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations International Drug Control Program. The U.N. Office in Ukraine also maintains close contact with two other bodies that function in Ukraine: the U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Ukrainian government in 1992 donated a large site and office buildings located in the center of Kyiv to the U.N.; these offices were renovated and opened in November 1994 by President Kuchma. "Today's event bears witness to the fact that our country recog­ nizes the significance of the activities of the United Nations in the U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold arrives in Kyiv, July 6,1956. framework of international efforts aimed at the strengthening of peace and stability in the world, the development of democracy, the creation of external conditions for the building of Ukraine's indepen­ dence and the deepening of economic reforms. In Ukraine, we con­ tinue to view the United Nations as one of the reliable guarantors of our national security, our territorial integrity and the inviolability of our borders," said President Kuchma at the opening of the new premises.

Below is the text of a speech delivered by Stephen Browne, the U.N.'s representative in Ukraine, at Kyiv celebrations of the international organiza­ tion 's 50th anniversary. Today we look back on a half century of world history. A half century since three world leaders settled the final details of a new world organi­ zation in Yalta. A half century since 50 countries met in another Opera House, in San Francisco and Stephen Browne, the United wrote the famous Charter: "We Nations representative in (Continued en page 17} Ukraine's peacekeepers In the former Yugoslavia, 1993» No. 44 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29,1995 ПЧЕ: 50 YEARS OF COOPERATION Secretary-General hails Ukraine on anniversary Below is the text of U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali 's message on the occasion of the Ukraine ys 50 years of membership in the United Nations. The statement was published in "The United Nations and Ukraine: 50 Years of Cooperation," a 34-page commemorative journal published in Kyiv. The journal was written and compiled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the United Nations Office in Ukraine, the United Nations Department of Public Information and the United National Development Program. Ukraine is a founding member of the United Nations and has consistently supported the aims and purposes of the organization - international peace and security, development, justice and human rights. Ukraine has actively participated in United Nations peacekeeping missions, sometimes, as recently in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in difficult and dangerous conditions. Ukraine's determination to remove nuclear weapons from its territory has set an outstanding example to other nations of the world. In a region recently troubled by numerous crises and con­ flicts, Ukraine has remained a source of regional stability and a genuine broker of peace. Visiting Ukraine soon after it had declared its independence Members of the Ukrainian delegation at the first session of the U.N. General Assembly, London, 1946. From from the Soviet Union, I was able to witness, at first hand, some right: Dmytro Manuilsky, Mykola Bazhan, Vasyl Tarasenko, Oleksiy Voina and Mykola Petrovsky. (Notice of the difficulties imposed by the transition to full statehood, that the sign on the desk says Ukraine, not Ukrainian SSR.) democracy and a market economy. The United Nations Office in Ukraine, whose establishment I authorized, is but one of the many mechanisms through which the United Nations system is able to assist Ukraine during the transition period. It should be borne in mind that the United Nations exists to be of service to all countries and all peoples. The United Nations Office in Ukraine is playing its part in realizing the aims and objectives of the United Nations in Ukraine. Mission statement of U.N. Office in Kyiv The following mission statement of the United Nations Office in Ukraine was first released in January 1993.

The United Nations Office is a close partner of the govern­ ment and of the people of Ukraine; a means of access for Ukraine to the world community and of the world community to Ukraine. It combines many functions, since it has developmental, humanitarian, information and monitoring vocations. The focus of its work, however - like the work of the United Nations every­ where - is on the security of the human being. The United Nations supports: • Development security - the right to benefit from the fruits of the development process. The United Nations supports human Meeting U.N. Secretary-General Javier Peres de Cuellar at Boryspil Airport near Kyiv, June 26,1987. In the development in its fullest sense. While economic development is back row are Hennadiy Udovenko and Anatoliy Zlenko, who today are, respectively, Ukraine's foreign minister clearly important, it is only a means to an end: sustainable and ambassador to the U.N. improvement in the material and spiritual well-being of each individual, female and male, should be the goal. Ukraine is being assisted in transforming its economy so as to allow for the greater independent participation of the population. But it must not neglect those - particularly the old, the very young, the sick and the disabled - whose condition may deteriorate further during the process of economic, political and social transformation. Since there is no single "model" which can simply be imported from abroad and applied, Ukraine can, through the United Nations, seek advice from and compare experience with any other part of the world. • Environmental security - the right to a productive and sus­ tainable environment. This is a concept that scarcely needs defin­ ing in the country of Chornobyl. Ukraine also faces problems of air and water pollution in its industrial areas, and seeks interna­ tional cooperation in a wide range of resource management con­ cerns. • Democracy and legal security - the rights of every individual to legal protection and to participation in the democratic process. The United Nations is custodian of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed in 1948. Through the office, the United Nations can assist in the drafting or reform of national constitu­ tions and laws, preparations for democratic elections, and train­ ing in administration. In addition to being a source of assistance for Ukraine, the United Nations can help to coordinate and mobilize international assistance. Working closely with the Agency for Coordination of International Technical assistance for Ukraine, the office can assist individual ministries and governmental and non-governmental

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1982 Crystal LP (S-509) by David Amos and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is simply out of print. Their 'Ukrainian Suite' was pretty satisfying, but Barra and the San Diego give it a deeper, richer interpretation. Solo and ensemble play­ ing are excellent throughout, and in the Porter the great sweeping string passages sometimes resemble an organ in their wonderful unanimity of ensemble. "Cellos and basses are prominent, per­ haps overly so. But they make a great effect in these dramatic climaxes, and a ''Ukrainian Suite" by Quincy Porter slight bottom-heaviness is a small price CONCLUSION Chamber Orchestra, the string sections of to pay for an interpretation of such elo­ the Rochester Philharmonic, the Detroit quence. So I can recommend this disc Judging by the volume and complexity Symphony Orchestra and others. and recommend it highly, for the excel­ of the Ukrainian material examined thus So far at least three commercial lence of all three compositions and per­ far, we can conclude that somewhere recordings have circulated. The most formances, and I feel lucky to find out along the line Porter must have met recent one was reviewed by Eliott S. how good Quincy Porter is. This is one Alexander Koshetz, his inspiration, for Hurwitt in Fanfare, a magazine for record of those rare discs I will return to from л . л . , background data on the folk originals and time to time simply for the pleasure of QumcJ ""f »*» m ? reduction collectors (November - December 1994, » FJ F ofaBachrachphoto(ca.l955). for closer scrutiny of the choral settings pp. 178-179). The recording in question it championed by Koshetz at the time. To featured Donald Barra conducting the While admitting that Mr. Hurwitt T , o. - ^ u . ™,u-i hear Koshetz's conductorial magic is one wrote a glowinі • g -an- d5 completelі 4. іy sympa- LyssenkJ. ,o Strinьg Orchestra. „ . . . Whil. e not San Diego Chamber Orchestra and was reIease thing, but actually to get a closer look at issued on compact disc, label Koch thetic review, I cannot agree with his ? commercially this became his music "black on white" - that is statement about Porter's suite having superceded by an improved later record- International 3-7196-2H1, produced by in th 88 ches ra a d conduc something else again. For a composer Michael Fine. "surprisingly little Ukrainian color." For S ™ *« j ™ °^ " - like Porter it must have proven necessary Critic Hurwitt set the mood for his there is enough of it in the score, and that J°r- Recorded at St. Anne s in Toronto.on to borrow from Koshetz the music of his fact could be readily confirmed by any- December 6, 1980, with Ted Marshall as review this way: "Much ink has been en neer thls effort was r as d m choice, i.e. for Porter's priorities ulti­ spilled over the return of tonality, tri­ one with listening experience in melodies fJ ' , ^ f [^ mately to be fashioned into his own Ukrainian. It's just that the national col- ш Tfonto on a private label (12 inch LP umphant over the dry and forbidding d sc as medium of string orchestra. orthodoxies of the modernist party line oring under discussion was much more ' > P™*uced by Orest Kowaliw, son obvious to Koshetz and to Porter than to of the conductor and artistic director, Score still in print that once intimidated American music li was this issue Ь Ivan from on high. The beneficiaries of this the reviewer. But we thank him just the У Kowaliw that was aired by WQXR Radio of The New The holograph (composer's original popular revolt have included tonal com­ same York Times (along with works by Vasyl manuscript) of the Porter score of posers of our own time, of course, but World premiere recording Barvinsky and others) on February 16, "Ukrainian Suite" is preserved at the also those of earlier generations, many of Sibley Music Library, University of It must be noted for the record that 1988. Robert Sherman, executive pro­ whom created fine works that fit in no ducer of WQXR, initiated and hosted Rochester, Eastman School of Music, particular stylistic camp. The revival of members of the Israel Philharmonic Rochester, N.Y. The score was first print­ Orchestra, indicated by Mr. Hurwitt in that 75-minute program (which also fea­ these older independents is unsurprising, tured this writer as guest commentator). ed by C.C. Birchard & Co. for the since they include some of the great his review (above), were likewise not the Eastman School of Music (Boston 1927). musical talents of our century and are, to first to face the microphone in the Porter In conclusion, it can certainly be At the time of this writing, the "Ukrainian be frank, a more inspiring lot than most piece. True, the Israeli ensemble did a claimed that the "Ukrainian Suite" Suite" is still in print and may be obtained of our 'new tonalists' of today..." very clear, professional job and the remains a high point in the history of from its second publisher, namely Carl recording itself, which took place in Tel- multinational musical connections. It was Fischer Inc., New York City. The CD issue under review also pre­ conceived on a high level of artistry by sented two works by the eminent com­ Aviv in July 1982 (Mann Auditorium), This prestigious music printer had also was first rate. the distinguished American composer published back in 1936 the immensely poser Ernest Bloch, and Mr. Hurwitt, Quincy Porter, whose own inspiration having examined them at some length, In truth, the very first stereo recording popular English version of "Shchedryk" came from the highest source: the magi­ continued: "Actually the Bloch pieces of the "Ukrainian Suite" was carried out (Carol of the Bells), at first only in the cal hands of the Ukrainian composer- aren't even the best reason to recommend in Detroit on February 28, 1966, under original Leontovych version for mixed the baton of Ivan Kowaliw and his conductor Alexander Koshetz. choir a cappella, adding later only this disc. That honor must go instead to arrangements for male and for female the work sandwiched rather inconspicu­ choruses - all executed by Peter ously between them, Quincy Porter's North America's Weekly Ukrainian Television Wilhousky, one-time assistant of Arturo 'Ukrainian Suite.' Porter led an illustri­ Toscanini. ous but quiet career as a composer, [Since Christmas is only weeks away, teacher and violist. His name tends to get let me add a marginal note on "Carol of lost today when one speaks of the great the Bells," which may surprise The generations of Americans born around Weekly readers. It is simply this: since 1900. the year 1922 when the original "So many of the others were more Ukrainian "Shchedryk" was recorded on flamboyant and better at self-publicizing, x> the Brunswick label by none other than and Porter seems to have had an air of Alexander Koshetz, the Leontovych mas­ knowing what he wanted and being able terpiece has been made available in more to take care of himself. He won many than 150 transmutations by American honors, including the Pulitzer Prize vocal or instrumental ensembles, The (1954), but was never famous like recordings, in print at one time or anoth­ Copland or Thomson. Porter was stylisti­ ^A*K*Satk. er, ranged from 78 rpm records to digital cally conservative without being dogmat­ "3:00 PM Sun. rfffi2:00 PM cassettes and compact discs. And very ic, and excelled at instrumental music... much like Quincy Porter did with his "Porter's 'Ukrainian Suite' dates from ts title, i.e. "Ukrainian Suite" in 1925, Peter the beginning of his career and it's a Я STV ьшшшш Wilhousky, the author of the English ver­ wonderful piece, remarkably assured for sion of "Carol of the Bells" (1936), made such a young man. There is surprisingly V.00P»* it a point to add the subtitle "Ukrainian little Ukrainian color in most of its six Christmas Carol" to the score along with short movements, especially the slow the name of My kola Leontovych. This is ones. Instead, one again hears the pas- . exemplary national identification devout­ toral strains reminiscent of Vaughan ly to be wished for in so many other Williams's old England, as well as relat­ Arts • Trav^^p^fo instances in the long history of compos­ ed open and mysterious chords that we ing and publishing in America as well as associate with the mid-20th-century Entertainment ^ЩЩ&* pte\feland abroad. American tonalists. Incidentally, the Carl Fischer building "The influence of Porter's teacher Business • Sports ~^e w^/wi^ is only a block away from the Surma Bloch seems pretty unmistakable here. Kid's Corner Book and Music Co. and could be easily Judging from this piece I would say that reached by anyone interested in printings we are missing out on a very fine com­ of "Carol of the Bells" or the "Ukrainian poser if Porter is allowed to slip through SOUL Suite" by Porter.] the cracks. The depth of feeling and mas­ MONTREAL • iimSHlNGTON • ОІТВШ tery of technique in this composition are Orchestras and recordings immediately apparent, and its charms do The Porter work has enjoyed promi­ not fade. nence in concert halls and in recordings. It "I hate to quibble with the producers Toreceft was programmed by such leading ensem- of this admirable disc, but theirs is not *:We$^st4he-Nt?w*YiGrrie4*i1hariwoni,e'' ••* the premiers im^drng t>f the Porter*. ЧРгїе 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1995 No. 44

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Last season he had 22 goals The Ukrainian American Youth Ass'n of Yonkers The Capitals' star was among the and 29 assists in 48 games. league's most consistent scorers last sea­ invites you to a son, leading the NHL with 34 goals in 47 Devils no longer Mickey Mouse CHILDREN'S «MASKARADA* games, a pace that would have given him Thirteen years ago, Wayne Gretzky 61 goals over an 84-game regular season. from 3 - 6 pm never dreamed he'd be sitting at the Bondra, 27, played out his option and Stanley Cup finals, watching the New on Sunday, November 5, 1995 became a Group 2 restricted free agent Jersey Devils close in on the NHL title. Ukrainian Youth Center this past summer. Rich Winter, Bondra's And Devils fans probably never agent, and Capitals' GM David Poile 301 Palisade Ave., Yonkers, NY thought Gretzky would have the guts to talked about a new contract, but put nego­ Story: The Three Bears Games, Prizes, Food go out of his way to show up at the home tiations on hold until after the season. rink of the franchise he once called "a Admission: $4.00 adults, $2.00 children Winter said the speedy forward Mickey Mouse operation." deserves to earn in the range of $2 mil­ But the fans were glad he was at the lion to $3 million a year. Capitals' GM Meadowlands Arena for game 3 of last Poile had no comment. year's Stanley Cup finals, because it gave The NHLPA listed the league's average them a chance to give Gretzky the devil. salary as $682,413, but it was actually Marta Lopatynsky, MD Midway through the second period of lower - perhaps in the range of $650,000 - the Devils' 5-2 victory over the Detroit when the league and union calculated the Red Wings - putting the home team within OPHTHALMOLOGIST official mark at season's end. one win of a series sweep - several fans in BONDRA UPDATE: Unsigned free Gretzky's section stood and started agents Peter Bondra and Michal Pivonka Providing state of the art medical, surgical and laser singing: "M-I-C ... K-E-Y... M-O-U-S-E!" have left the Washington Capitals and One fan then yelled, "Hey, Gretzky, treatments of ocular diseases as well as routine eye agreed to play with the Detroit Vipers of who's that next to you? Goofy?" the International Hockey League. Bondra examinations. Surgery for cataracts, nearsightedness Actually, it was Wayne's wife, actress and Pivonka hope to use the minor Janet Jones. (RK), and corneal transplantations. league team as leverage in contract nego­ tiations. Their contracts with the Vipers, Ukrainian Free Agent Scene who are not affiliated with an NHL club, FOR AN APPOINTMENT PLEASE CALL; (201) 436-1150 have clauses that would allow them to Group 2 return to the Capitals. (Subject to equalization, compensation and right to match) BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY Stay tuned for more on this developing situation... Buffalo - Peter Ambroziak Dallas - Darcy Wakaluk Blues sign Hawerchyk Colorado - Curtis Leschyshyn Pittsburgh - Drake Berehowsky The St. Louis Blues signed veteran cen­ Vancouver - Sergei Tkachenko ter Dale Hawerchuk the day of this sum­ Washington - Peter Bondra mer's NHL entry draft. "One of our main Winnipeg - Keith Tkachuk priorities coming into the draft was to Kindly be reminded that your dues (premiums) for insurance coverage are acquire a top centerman, and we feel we Group 3 payable on the first day of the month, and not at the end, as some assume. have accomplished this by signing Dale," (Age 32 or older with at least four years coach and general manager Mike Keenan of NHL experience) By paying promptly to your Branch Secretary, you will help him/her remit the said. Official terms were not disclosed. Buffalo - Dale Hawerchuk monthly collection to the Home Office in a timely fashion. Hawerchuk, 32, who played for the N.Y. Rangers - Mark Osborne Buffalo Sabres the past five seasons after Group 5 HOME OFFICE OF UNA. spending his first nine with the Winnipeg (Completed 10 pro seasons and earned Jets, was an unrestricted free agent. 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got to know him, I realized that he was a Ukrainian Institute of America + Lee Walter Associates Mykola Sakaliuk's... survivor of an episode in Canadian history that many still don't know about and which present concerts by (Continued from page 6) some strive vigorously to deny. And he had camp sites and to produce educational retained his dignity. materials - books, films, teaching aids - for One day I will return to Kapuskasing JULIANA OSINCHUK high schools and universities, in order to with my daughter. I want her to visit the ensure that no other Canadian ethnic, reli­ pianist internees' cemetery. I want her to think gious or racial minority ever suffers as about events long past, to hear the thoughts WEDNESDAY, НОУ. 8,1995 at 8:00 PM Ukrainian Canadians once did. of a man she can never meet but whose That is a modest request. It would not MERKIN CONCERT HALL 129 W 67 St. NYC voice she can still hear on the tapes I kept cost any Canadian taxpayer a single cent. of my interviews with Sakaliuk. A man Tickets available at the Box Offices And yet Ottawa's men have resisted who was unjustly interned in Fort Henry, doing what's right. then at Kapuskasing. So the community has acted on its own. Mr. Sakaliuk's story can help teach her On August 4, 1994, the first-ever trilingual what he taught me: something about plaque in memory of the Ukrainian Thinking about buying a home? Canadian internees was installed at Fort Kingston, about Kapuskasing and about Henry, Canada's first permanent internment Canada that no one else ever talked about. camp. On August 12 of this year, a similar More important, Mykola Sakaliuk's The Ukrainian National Association marker and the first-ever statue of a experiences provide an example of Ukrainian internee was unveiled at Castle endurance and of hope. He was the "little offers its members Mountain in Banff National Park. During guy" who won out in the end, even though the weekend of October 14-15, the first stat­ the state had stood against him and still ue in Ontario was blessed during an ecu­ does. His memories were not suppressed. • Low Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loans menical religious service held at the His story is now being told. There's a les­ Kapuskasing internee's cemetery. son here that I will not forget. Nor will my • For 1- to 3-Family Owner-Occupied Homes Mykola Sakaliuk hoped to live long daughter. enough to see Ottawa acknowledge the • Quick Appraisal and Approval wrongs done him and others. But he died before the plaque was unveiled in Kingston. • Low Closing Fees He will never see the statue in Kapuskasing. Addendum And yet his story has now, partially, been In Oksana Wynnyckyj's story • Fast and Friendly Service told. Where there was nothing before, there "Canadian Educators share expertise with are now plaques at Fort Henry and colleagues in Ukraine" (October 1), the Kapuskasing. Statues stand in Alberta and following should have been noted: To pro­ Thinking about refinancing? Ontario. More will be erected. The story is vide information on individual needs, two getting out. Ottawa's cover-up is failing. courses were offered: "Psychology for When I went to Kapuskasing this week­ Primary Teachers," conducted by Walter Take the right step. Call us about rates, end, for the first time, and stood by the Luchkiw, a primary teacher and psycholo­ terms and more information at internees' graves, watching as Ukrainian gy instructor; and "Meeting the Needs of Canadians from across the province and Children with Cerebral Palsy," conducted friends from Kapuskasing joined in a by Ron Skzak, a teacher and special educa­ solemn commemoration, I thought of tion consultant. The latter was sponsored 1 (800) 253-9862 (except N.J.) or Sakaliuk and of the tales he told me. I by the Children of Chornobyl Canadian (201)451-2200 remembered how he spoke without bitter­ Fund and funded by the Partners in Health ness. At first glance, he appeared to be an Program of the Canadian federal govern­ ordinary immigrant workingman. Yet, as I ment. EVERYBODY'S TALKING TOYOTA! GET BIG SAVINGS NOW AT TOYOTAS INVENTORY REDUCTION SALE!

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not exceed 750. He added that he does the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox "We are confident that, sooner or later, Ukrainian Orthodox... not believe the faithful will follow their Church, the smallest of the three Churches Patriarch Volodymyr will be buried in St. (Continued from page 1) bishops to the UAOC. in Ukraine with about 600 parishes, when Sophia," said Patriarch Filaret on October The patriarch told journalists that the Metropolitan Filaret joined Patriarch including Mykola Porovsky and Vasyl 23, explaining that he hopes all Church fact he had won by a strong majority Mstyslav to form the Ukrainian Orthodox property will be turned over to the Church Chervoniy, viewed the action as an attempt made him believe he has the support of Church - Kyiv Patriarchate. He split off by the Ukrainian government. to further divide the Ukrainian Orthodox the entire Church of the Kyiv precisely because he could not deal with a Church, to cause discord among the The remains of Patriarch Volodymyr, Patriarchate and his plans for the future, spiritual leader whom he had accused of national-democratic forces, and stir up reli­ who died on July 14, are now buried which first and foremost are to serve his having KGB connections, as well as hav­ gious animosity and disunity in the under the sidewalk outside the gates to people and help save their souls. ing a wife and children. Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which, the historic 11th century complex. When Just as important is the preservation of "Metropolitan Filaret is an odious fig­ according to Patriarch Filaret, has taken on the authorities denied permission for the the Ukrainian Orthodox faith, the renew­ ure; the Church in Moscow let him go - the the role of guarantor of Ukrainian indepen­ burial of Patriarch Volodymyr on the al of morality in Ukrainian society, and Russian Orthodox Church, where he was grounds of this national landmark, dence. the unification of the Orthodox Churches also once a candidate for patriarch," Despite the shake-up during the first Metropolitan Filaret on July 18 led the into one united particular (Pomisna) Patriarch Dymytriy told the weekly televi­ faithful to this site, where they dug a day cf the Holy Sobor, the three-day con­ national Church. "It is not only we who sion program "Pislia Mova," (Afterword) ference, which concluded with the conse­ grave under the sidewalk and buried the have this dream, but our society and our on October 22. Church leader, amid clashes with police cration of Patriarch Filaret on Sunday, state also want this to become reality," "I remember his words from that peri­ October 22, in St. Volodymyr Sobor, was and riots in the streets. The event has said Patriarch Filaret. od well: there never was and there never been labelled "Black Tuesday." orderly, successful and calm, said Pavlo "In my view this unification is indeed will be a Ukrainian Petliurite Church In his opening speech at the Sobor on Movchan, a member of the Church coun­ possible, and what we need is the good­ here," Patriarch Dymytriy said, adding October 20, Metropolitan Filaret told dele­ cil, at a news conference the next day. will of all the Orthodox Churches in that Filaret had never allowed Ukrainian gates that "Patriarch Volodymyr did not do Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko), 66, at a Ukraine today, because without this to be used in Church services. in his lifetime as much as he has done by press conference the same day expressed desire, unification cannot happen," said Metropolitan Volodymyr Sabadan of his demise, since, after the events in St. his hope that the Churches in Ukraine Patriarch Filaret. the Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Sophia Square, all the national democratic would unite into one Particular Ukrainian "Besides this good will, we also need Moscow Patriarchate also has refused to forces have united around the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. the creation of favorable conditions on meet with Patriarch Filaret. And although Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate." "What happened at our Sobor (the the part of the state, and we would like Patriarch Filaret has said he is ready to departure of four hierarchs) is some kind the government to assist us in this matter. meet with Patriarch Alexiy II of Moscow of misunderstanding, and this attempt to The unification of the Orthodox and all of Russia, "provided he aids us in eliminate the Kyiv Patriarchate has Churches in Ukraine would put an end to the separation of Ukrainian Orthodoxy failed," said Patriarch Filaret, explaining inter-religious strife and would contribute from the Moscow Patriarchate," he does that just because the bishops left the toward improving the religious situation not believe this will happen. Church does not mean the faithful of the in our country," he continued. Reburial issue eparchy will accept the move. However, the election of Patriarch Although the hierarchs of the four Filaret seems to have made little progress Patriarch Filaret told reporters at his eparchies claim to have over 1,500 in bringing unity among the Orthodox news conference that the sobor had also parishes, Patriarch Filaret said the real Churches of Ukraine. decided to rebury Patriarch Volodymyr number of parishes in those regions does Patriarch Dymytriy in 1992 established on the territory of St. Sophia Cathedral.

• We have needed the U.N. to draw up a unemployment and social division. U.N. salutes... Charter for the Elimination of In September this year, the largest inter­ (Continued from page 10) Discrimination Against Women national development meeting ever brought • We have needed the U.N. to eradicate 50,000 people to Beijing, China, to forge a the peoples of the United Nations..." smallpox from the world at the cost of three platform for action to benefit the status and Ukraine has been a part of the United hours of global arms expenditure. role of women everywhere. FOR JUST $10,YOU CAN Nations since the beginning. Only through • We have needed the U.N. to help vacci­ Next week in New York, the largest the U.N. could Ukraine obtain recognition • get a dozen beautiful note- nate 80 percent of the world's children and gathering of world leaders in history will for half a century, playing an increasingly meet at the United Nations to agree on a cards. independent role, especially in recent years. save over 3 million young lives every year. new blueprint for global cooperation. Individual Ukrainians have been making • We have needed the U.N. to save tens • help Chornobyl survivors The United Nations represents an ideal an important contribution to the work of the of millions of lives from starvation in the put down roots for cooperation, concern and compassion, in U.N. throughout its existence, starting in poorest countries and today to shelter 27 a world in which idealism is increasingly • help "ReLeaf" U.S. forests San Francisco. Many Ukrainians have million refugee victims of conflict and intol­ erance. circumscribed. played an important part as U.N. staff and hen you purchase soldiers. Several of them now hold promi­ • We have needed the U.N. to keep the The United Nations is an arena in which nent positions in the government. peace in Cyprus, Korea and Kashmir; to every country finds, its voice. Already in Wnotecards featuring Fifty years is a mature age. A time to stop the Iran/Iraq war; to negotiate peaceful 1945, Ukraine's voice was heard in that the work of Ukrainian artist look back and ask how much we have need­ settlements in Cambodia, Mozambique, arena. Fifty years later, Ukraine's voice is Jacques Hnizdovsky, Rwanda, Liberia, Angola. loud and strong. As foreseen by Ivan ed the United Nations? AMERICAN FORESTS will plant • We have needed the United Nations to • We have needed the U.N. to help run Franko at the beginning of this century "the help bring independence to over 80 mem­ national elections in South Africa and 45 time will come when you will shine in a cir­ one tree in the U.S. in a ber-states. other newly democratic countries. cle of free nations." Global ReLeaf forest and • We have needed the U.N. to get stan­ For these and for many other reasons, the So, this is the day when Ukraine salutes the United Nations. the National Ecological dards of individual freedom and empower­ U.N. is needed to unite nations in finding Centre of Ukraine will ment through the Universal Declaration of common solutions to common concerns. But I want to say to you, Mr. President, Human Rights. The year 1995 has been an extraordinary members of the government and all plant one tree in an area • We have needed the U.N. to monitor one. In March this year, 120 world leaders - Ukrainians, that this is also the day on where Chornobyl survivors the peaceful uses of atomic energy. including President Leonid Kuchma - met which the countries of the United Nations have settled, to help them salute Ukraine: its patience and courage; its • We have needed the U.N. to protect together at the World Summit on Social put down roots in their more than 400 cultural heritage sites around Development in Copenhagen, Denmark, to resistance to adversity; its example of the world. find answers to the problems of poverty, peace; its promising and prosperous future. new community. Your $10 not only would not be attending his meeting with the Filemon Kurchaba... purchases these lovely Clinton administration...U.S. president and inquiring whether the notecards, it makes the (Continued from page 8) scheduling difficulties had been resolved. (Continued from page 2) The UCCA wrote: "Mr. Yeltsin has been Earth two trees richer. On October 17, before President began working in the Minor Seminary, and treated with the ceremony reserved for a Kuchma's arrival in the U.S., Mr. Lozynskyj later served as the pastor of a parish near long-standing ally, to the exclusion of the Send your check or money order to: had written to President Clinton that a meet­ Belz. leader of one of the free world's most piv­ AMERICAN FoRESTS/GRInt'i ing with Mr. Kuchma should "signify U.S. From 1945 to 1950, he lived in Lviv otal emerging democracies." support for Ukraine's responsible behavior and Univ, and until 1950 he was the RO. Box 2000 in the areas of international peacekeeping, The following day, prior to President provincial superior (abbot) of the then- Washington, DC 20013 disarmament and human rights, which ... Kuchma's departure, the White House underground Redemptorist Order in or call advised Ukrainian officials that a meet­ Galicia. should serve as a model to all the nations of 202/667-3300 ext. 231 the U.N." Administration officials said a ing could not be scheduled. For eight years, 1950-1958, he worked decision on the Ukrainian request had been New York Rep. Benjamin A. Gilman, on a collective farm in the village of delayed due to scheduling difficulties. Mr. chairman of the House Committee on Zhelekhiv; later he moved to Lviv. Lozynskyj followed up with a memo to International Relations, had also pressed Ordained a bishop in the underground Secretary of State Warren Christopher, Chief for a Clinton-Kuchma meeting, writing Ukrainian Catholic Church by Family History - Western Ukraine of Staff Leon Pannetta and National Security Mr. Clinton that such a meeting would Archbishop Volodymyr Sterniuk on Ukrainian Genealogical Research Service Advisor Anthony Lake. underscore Ukraine's regional impor­ February 23, 1985, Bishop Kurchaba On October 23, the UCCA again con­ tance and would be "especially timely in served the eparchy of Lutske, and most P.O. Box 4914, Station E tacted the administration, pointing out that light of your meeting with Russian recently he assisted in the Lviv Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5J1 Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze President Boris Yeltsin..." Archeparchy. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1995 No, 44

ties with the CUP, "the Ukrainian commu­ the principal antagonists. nism would be provided to allow those UCC delegates... nity's credibility couldn't be any lower" in Toronto-based lawyer and long-time of the UCC's constituent organizations that may not be able to afford member­ (Continued from page 5) terms of managing aid projects. UCC activist Orest Rudzik had to step in to remind them of the recent Supreme ship in the CUF an opportunity to partic­ work. The board will set annual targets." The $10,000 sticking point Court of Canada decision in the Yaroslaw ipate in its decisions and draw upon the One of the CUF's leading critics at the Botiuk libei case, and implored them not to CUF's resources and databases. convention was Bohdan Myndiuk, repre­ According to some observers, Mr. enmesh the UCC in paralyzing controver­ He also suggested that a system of ''pay­ senting Friends of Ukraine as a delegate, Broda's abrasive style compounded diffi­ sies. Both subsequently apologized. ment in kind" be put in place — through who is also the executive director of the culties. One of the steering committee's chosen ways to ensure "commitment" to professional services, for example. increasily influential Toronto-based The night session Mr. Ciupka insisted that the CUF's Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce. the foundation was a membership scale: $1,000 plus $100 per year for individuals; That day's acrimony spurred the steer­ mandate should be periodically subject Also vocal were Stephania Schmidt and to review by the UCC, in order to ensure $10,000 plus $1,000 for organizations; ing committee to call an emergency work­ Gregory Ciupka, presidents, respectively of that the interests of its membership are $25,000 plus $5,000 for corporations. ing session on the CUF for the evening of the Calgary and Toronto branches of the represented. Ms. Schmidt seconded this In presenting his report on the CUF to October 8 that lasted past midnight. Ukrainian Canadian Professional and sentiment, saying that the UCC cannot In a bravura display of determination, Business Association. a UCC plenary session on October 8, Mr. permit the CUF to become an entirely Perhaps more than anything, this must Broda was vague in the details of the patience and intellectual commitment, Dr. separate institution. have signaled to the steering committee nascent foundation's focus and purpose, Petryshyn, with the assistance of Mr. Mr. Ciupka also pointed out that that its approach in selling delegates on and heavy-handed in his calls for organi­ Rudzik acting as moderator, painstakingly "$10,000 might buy commitment, but it the concept was flawed, as these would zations to come up with the money if fielded questions about the CUF's doesn't buy brains." their commitment to aiding Ukraine were accountability to the UCC, reflection of the have otherwise been the very people it Lesya Shymko of Toronto's Friends of to be considered "serious." UCC's organizational composition, levels was intended to bring on side. Ukraine suggested there was a danger the Questions about this fee scale and the of membership, composition of the board Motria Onyschuk, a Plast delegate from Canadian government might view the CUF CUF's accountability to the UCC as a of directors, interaction with smaller-scale Toronto, was concerned about the UCC's as a "legitimizer" of community projects whole exploded into one of the more efforts, and a host of others. muddy track record in administering the aiding Ukraine. She said the CUF should florid confrontations at the UCC con­ Canada-Ukraine Partners (CUP) program. Robert Herchak, president of the ensure that efforts undertaken outside the A UCC official who wished to remain gress, with Mr. Broda and Michael British Columbia UCC Provincial foundation's purview not be impeded. Savaryn, an Edmonton Plast delegate, as Council, secured assurance that a mecha- anonymous said that, as a result of difficul­ On a more positive note, Adrian Boyko, president of the UCC's Saskatchewan Provincial Council, said the CUF was an example of the evolu­ Ukrainian National Association tionary changes the national organization must make to remain viable. He men­ Monthly reports tioned that similar objections had been raised to his council's direct involvement in ventures in Chernivtsi. Cash Surrenders 23,469.01 RECORDING DEPARTMENT Death Benefits 67,077.00 Eugen Duvalko of the Canadian Dividend Accumulations 1,106.47 Ukrainian Immigrant Aid Society said MEMBERSHIP REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 1994 Dues And Annuity Premiums From Members Returned 108.00 Endowments Matured 50,595.50 the CUF could best realize its potential if JUV. ADULTS ADD TOTALS Interest On Death Benefits 100.39 TOTAL AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1994 17,198 40,184 5,229 62,611 it acted similarly to the Better Business Scholarships . 2,200.00 GAINS IN NOVEMBER 1994 Total 147,591.80 Bureau, in keeping information about New members 52 44 6 102 Reinstated 26 47 2 75 Operating Expenses: ongoing projects and offering tips about Transferee! in 8 6 2 16 Real Estate 125,658.04 Change class in 2 2 Svoboda Operation 71,541.17 the terrain in Ukraine. Transferee! from Juvenile Dept. Washington Office 17,567.68 The session also gave UCC President Official Publication-Svoboda 60,958.56 TOTAL GAINS: 88 97 10 195 Romaniw an opportunity to point out that LOSSES IN NOVEMBER 1994 Organizing Expenses: Advertising 3,626.46 the CUF's officers have met with repre­ Suspended Commissions And Overrides On Universal Life 6,362.78 Transfered out Field Conferences 1,007.22 sentatives of the Renaissance and Eurasia Change of class out Transfered to adults Medical Inspections 247.25 foundations and with United Nations' Died Reward To Organizers 2,576.44 Cash surrender Reward To Special Organizers 592.08 agencies, and have scheduled meetings Endowment matured Traveling Expenses-Special Organizers 3,147.52 with officials of the International Fully paid-up Total Extended insurance Payroll, Insurance And Taxes: Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Certificate terminated Employee Benefit Plan 14,675.18 Mr. Romaniw said all of these institu­ TOTAL LOSSES 78 211 21 310 Insurance-General 71.00 INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP Salaries Of Executive Officers 17,213.86 tions have expressed interest in conduct­ GAINS IN NOVEMBER 1994 Salaries Of Office Employees 69,891.74 ing parallel-financing projects with the Paid-up 12 53 65 Tax On Canadian Investments 18,945.34 Extended insurance 8 10 18 Taxes-Federal, State And City On Employee У 27,072.90 CUF. He said this cooperation would Total 147,870.02 TOTAL GAINS 20 63 83 produce a "multiplier effect" in the LOSSES IN NOVEMBER 1994 General Expenses: CUF's work in terms of benefits to Died 3 27 30 Actuarial And Statistical Expenses 33,575.00 Cash surrender 8 9 17 Bank Charges 2,926.63 Ukraine. Reinstated 3 3 6 Bank Charges For Custodian Account 703.74 The next day, Dr. Petryshyn said, Lapsed 2 4 6 Books And Periodicals 445.19 TOTAL LOSSES 16 43 59 Furniture & Equipment 11,866.75 "The steering committee heard the com­ TOTAL UNA MEMBERSHIP General Office Maintenance 3,509.99 ments and criticisms of the delegates, AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 1994 17,216 40,098 5,218 62,532 Insurance Department Fees 1,045.16 Operating Expense of Canadian Office 175.00 and has been challenged to rework its MARTHA LYSKO Postage 3,617.10 round of concepts. This is what we want­ Secretary Printing and Stationery 6,402.74 Rental Of Equipment And Services 2,555.71 ed. All of the suggestions have been Telephone, Telegraph 7,211.57 recorded and some solutions are already Traveling Expenses-General 3,753.20 FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT Total 77,787.78 being formulated as a result." Miscellaneous: INCOME FOR NOVEMBER 1994 Auditing Committee Expenses 2,719.80 The aftermath Convention Expenses 586.00 Dues and Annuity Premiums From Members Donation From Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 3,122.57 The result of the discussions was a mix Income From "Svoboda" Operation Exchange Account-UNURC 190,376.26 Investment Income: Investment Expense-Mortgages 250.00 of wariness and continuing enthusiasm for Banks 125.51 Professional Fees 5,920.00 the general goal of aiding Ukraine. Bonds 370,543.42 Rent 3,125.85 Certificate Loans 2,334.22 Transfer Account Following the convention, Mr. Mortgage Loans 42,184.92 Total Myndiuk told The Weekly the steering Real Estate 56,623.67 Investments: Short Term Investments 441.46 Certificate Loans 4,91922 committee's decision to overhaul the Stocks 7,530.79 E.D.P. Equipment 1,340.00 board of directors and general member­ Total 785,035.11 Real Estate 110.98 Refunds: Short Term Investments 279,792.51 ship criteria are signs of hope, both in Employee Hospitalization Plan Premiums 374.99 Stock 4,537.12 terms of the UCC's functioning, and in Operating Expenses Washington Office 2,925.35 Total terms of the CUF's future. "But I'm Rent 489.87 Disbursements For November, 1994 " 1,753^35.Л1 Т Reward To Branch Presidents And Treasurers 2.73 waiting to see the proposal they come up Reward To Special Organizer 205.88 with in December," he added cautiously. Taxes Federal, State & City On Employee Wages 20,764.09 Taxes Held In Escrow 217.33 Mr. Broda, chastened by the contro­ Total 24,98024 versy, said: "We will adapt. We want Miscellaneous: $ ASSETS LIABILITIES Donations To Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 2,026.56 Cash 1,302,263.93 Life Insurance this foundation to be something everyone Exchange Account-UNURC $ 190,376.26 Short Term wants to be a part of, work with, and feel Transfer Account 590,262.00 Investments Total 782,664.82 Bonds an allegiance to." Investments: $ Mortgage Loans Dr. Petryshyn was optimistic in his Bonds Matured Or Sold 5,095.38 Certificate Loan 651,247.35 Accidental D.D. assessment. "Everyone seems to want to Certificate Loans Repaid $ 1,693.59 Real Estate Mortgages Repaid 128,889.09 Printing Plant & E.D.P. get involved in it. There is interest from Short Term Investments Sold 280,000.00 Equipment 861,281.12 Fraternal Total 415,678.06 Stocks 1,753,281.44 Orphans governments, from federal to provincial Income For November, 1994 $ Loan to D.H.-U.N.A down to municipal; there is interest in $ Housing Corp. 104,551.04 Old Age Home Loan To U.N.U.R.O 8,834,553.19 Emergency the private sector from companies and corporations, large and small; and judg­ DISBURSEMENTS FOR NOVEMBER 1994 total 73303373.97 ing from the discussions here at the con­ ALEXANDER BLAHITKA gress, it is definitely a priority issue for Treasurer Ukrainian Canadians." No. 44 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1995 19

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Air Ukraine Thursday, November 2 and Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road, start­ UKRAINE'S NATIONAL AIRLINE ing at 9 p.m. Music will be by the Crystal CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Harvard orchestra. The Voloshky Ensemble will Ukrainian Research Institute is holding a appear in performance. Admission (includes lecture by Olexiy Tolochko, Institute of canapes): $20, adults; $15, students. Advance Ukrainian Archeography, National tickets: $15, adults; $12, students. For Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, titled advance ticket sales and table reservations "Tatishchev's Fraud? Some Fabricated contact Vira Borys-Homick, (215) 379-3374. Documents in the "Russian History/" The lecture will be held in the HURI seminar COATSVILLE, Pa.: Holy Ghost room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., 4-6 p.m. Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 399 Charles St., will hold its annual bazaar. There will Friday, November 3 be Ukrainian foods and baked goods as ALEXANDRIA, Va.: Marble carvings by well as a variety of crafts. For more infor­ New York sculptor Anya Farion are mation call (610) 384-7285. included in the exhibit "The Reach of Realism" which opens at the Perry House Saturday-Sunday, November 11-12 Chicago • Lviv Gallery, 1017 Duke St., 6-8:30 p.m. The PHILADELPHIA: A Holiday Bazaar, spon­ exhibit will remain open through January sored by St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox 7, 1996. For additional information call Cathedral, will be held in the church hall on New York • Ivano-Frankivsk the gallery, (703) 836-5148. November 11 beginning at 11 a.m. and on November 12, beginning at noon. There will Saturday, November 4 be a sale of Ukrainian foods and pastries. HARTFORD, Conn.: Ukrainian National Take-out orders will also be accepted. Arts PREMIUM BUSINESS CLASS Women's League of America Branch 106 and crafts, holiday gifts, wreaths and activi­ will be sponsoring its annual Embroidery ties for children will be available. For more AT AFFORDABLE PRICES Dance, or Vyshyvani Vechernytsi, at the information call (215) 927-2287. Ukrainian National Home, 961 Wethersfield Ave., starting 9 p.m. The Fata Morgana ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.: The Epiphany band will provide music for dancing. For of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church, table reservations call Luba Kinach, (203) 434 90th Ave. N., will hold its annual For reservations and information please call 563-8139. Autumnfest, 1-9 p.m. There will be Ukrainian food, and an arts and craft raf­ MONTREAL: The Trembita orchestra of fle. As well as dancing in the afternoon to the Ukrainian Youth Association (SUM) is the live music of Cathy and The Lorelei 1-800-UKRAINE holding its annual dance, or zabava. See old Band. Free admission. Proceeds to benefit friends, meet new people and dance to the the church fund. For more information call 1-800-857-2463 or call your travel agent. music of Montreal's Burlaky. The dance, to (813)576-1001. be held at 3270 Beaubien E., begins at 8 p.m. Tickets: $14, in advance; $17.50, at the door. Sunday, November 12 551 5th Avenue, Suite 1002, New York For more information call (514) 725-1349. WOONSOCKET, R.I.: The Ladies (212)599-8484 Sunday, November 5 Sodality of St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church will hold its 20th annual MORRISTOWN, N.J.: The Morris Christmas Bazaar to be held at 74 Harris International Festival of the Arts presents the Ave., 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Featured will 625 N. Michigan, Suite 1740, Chicago concert "Great Performers with the Great be the Ukrainian Restaurant (eat-in or Orpheus." Performing are The Orpheus take-out), Santa's Attic, craft items and a (312) 840-0222 Chamber Orchestra and world-renowned pastry table. For more information contact soloists, violinist Gidon Kremer and pianist Sandra Hreczuck, (508) 883-4327. Peter Serkin, in a program of works by Bach, Piazzolla and Tchaikowsky. The concert will Saturday, November 18 be held at the theater, 100 South St., starting NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the concert, at $45, Society (SSS) and the Friends of the TO ALL SECRETARIES AND NEW MEMBERS OF U.N.A. $35, $22 and $15, may be obtained by call­ Encyclopedia of Ukraine Foundation ing: Community Theater Box Office, (201) (FEUF) invite the public to the presentation 539-8008; Nova Artists, 993-1331; and the All English-speaking new members who purchased UNA insurance in of the five-volume, English-language publi­ Historic Morris Visitors' Center, 993-1194. cation Encyclopedia of Ukraine (EU). the Adult Department as of September 1, 1995 will receive four com­ JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The Ukrainian Taking part in the event are: Leonid plimentary copies of "The Ukrainian Weekly". All Ukrainian-speaking Educational and Cultural Center is holding a Rudnytzky, president, Shevchenko fund-raising Fall Fashion Show and Scientific Society in the U.S. and SSS members will receive "Svoboda". By introducing our new members to Luncheon to be held at the center, 700 Cedar World Council, introductory remarks; these publications, we hope they will become subscribers. Road. Jane Kirby Harris will present her con­ Myroslaw Diakovsky, president, Canadian temporary fall fashions at the luncheon which Foundation of Ukrainian Studies, will begin at 2 p.m. On display during the "Encyclopedia of Ukraine Today" (video on U.N.A. Home Office show will be an exhibit of crystal by Anna the history of the publishing of the encyclo­ Hursky deVassal of Philadelphia, a designer pedia); Danylo Struk, editor-in-chief, EU, for Lenox Crystal. For reservations call the "The Encyclopedia of Ukraine in the Year center, (215) 663-1166. Admission: $25. 2000"; and Wolodymyr Barantesky, presi­ dent, FEUF, concluding remarks. The pre­ SELF RELIANCE (NEWARK, NJ) Friday, November 10 sentation will take place at the society's WARREN, Mich.: The Cherkaski Kozaky building, 63 Fourth Ave., starting 3 c FEDERAL CREDIT UNION will appear in concert at Warren Woods ONGOING 734 SANDFORD AVENUE, NEWARK, NJ 07106 Middle School Auditorium, 12 Mile and Schoenherr roads, at 7:30 p.m. The show UNION, NJ.: The Chornomorska Sitch. I BUSINESS HOURS: Tue. & Fri. -1:00 PM to 8:00 PM • Wed. & Thurs. - 9.00 AM to 3:30 PM features vocalist Euhenia Krykun and Ukrainian Athletic Association is sponsor­ Sat. - 9:00 to 12:00 Noon (Closed Sat. - July & August) • Mon. - Closed kozak swordsmen, musicians, singers and ing a girls'-under-19 soccer team for the dancers. Admission: $15; children, free. 1995-1996 season. The team will be Tickets are available at the door and at all coached by Mike Palivoda and Samara Loan balances aren't decreasing?! 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