Ukraine’s Quest For Mature Nation Statehood A Roundtable 2 S T ATEMENT OF PURPOSE

s Ukraine approaches its tenth year of inde- its prospects for further advancement, including Apendence, a parliamentary majority of cen- fuller integration into the Euro-Atlantic commu- trist and national democratic forces has coa- nity and stronger bilateral relations with the lesced; a reform minded government, under the United States. leadership of Prime Minister Vi c t o r Yushchenko, has been appointed. The goal of the Roundtable will be to Equally important, a national refer- provide, inter alia, a valuable cache endum essentially has expanded the of information, analysis and constitutional powers of President insight pertinent to U.S. Leonid Kuchma, who has committed himself policy formulation vis- to implementing accelerated correctives. Thus, à-vis Ukraine for the Ukrainian nation stands at the threshold of the administration and broad and vital legal, social and economic Congress that take office transformations. following the November 7, 2000 elections. “ U k r a i n e ’s Quest for R O U N D TA B L E Mature Nation Statehood: A I N V O C AT I O N Roundtable”, an event scheduled to be held September 19/20, 2000 in Washington D.C., will O Lord, Master of Heaven and Earth bring together prominent representatives from You have graced Ukraine with academia and the governments of Ukraine and Liberty We beseech you to help Her sustain the U.S. to assess Ukraine’s progress in consoli- Your precious gift dating its national independence and to evaluate

3 S P O N S O R S

Congressional Ukrainian Caucus Embassy of Ukraine U.S. Library of Congress American Foreign Policy Council Ukrainian World Congress Freedom House International Republican Institute National Democratic Institute Harriman Institute/Columbia University SAIS/Johns Hopkins University Ukrainian Congress Committee of America The Chopivsky Family Foundation Romyr & Associates Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Ukrainian National Information Service U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Ukrainian Academic and Professional Association Merchants of Light, LLC

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• BOHDAN FEDORAK, CHAIRMAN • GEORGE NESTERCZUK, MEMBER • MIC H A E L SAWK I W , JR., EXE C U T I V E COO R D I N A TOR • MYKOLA KRAVCHENKO, MEMBER • WALTER ZARYCKYJ, PROGRAM COORDINATOR • DOUG CAMPBELL, MEMBER • BORYS POTAPENKO, COORDINATOR • GUY DUBOIS, MEMBER • IHOR OSTASH, MEMBER • ROMAN LOUN, MEMBER • JULIAN KULAS, MEMBER • DMYTRO SHTOHRYN, MEMBER •ADRIAN KARATNYCKY, MEMBER • MYRON WASYLYK, MEMBER • HERMAN PIRCHNER, MEMBER • JOHN VAN OUDENAREN, MEMBER • OLENA KOZLOVA-PATES, MEMBER • MYKOLA HRYCKOWIAN, MEMBER • BARBARA BROOMELL, MEMBER • STEPHEN BANDERA, MEMBER • GEORGE CHOPIVSKY, MEMBER • MARK SUPRUN, MEMBER

4 PA T R O N S

Heritage Foundation at the First Federal Savings Bank, Chicago Illinois ¨ Shell International Gas ¨ SUMA (Yonkers) Federal Credit Union ¨ The Coca-Cola Company - Ukraine ¨ Phillip Morris Companies Inc. ¨ The PBN Company ¨ Bechtel Corporation ¨ The Chopivsky Family Foundation ¨ International Republican Institute ¨ National Democratic Institute ¨ Raytheon Corporation, Imagery and GeoSpatial Division ¨ American Foreign Policy Council ¨ Freedom House ¨ Ukrainian Cultural Center, Warren Michigan ¨ Harry Malynowsky ¨ Ukraine-U.S. Business Council ¨ Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine ¨ Ukrainian American Freedom Foundation ¨ Ukrainian Congress Committee of America ¨ Providence Association of Ukrainian Catholics in America ¨ Selfreliance Ukrainian Federal Credit Union, Chicago Illinois

5 CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Tuesday – September 19th 8:30 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.

Welcome Coffee and Registration Library of Congress/Montpelier Room - Floor 6

9:00 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.

Opening Remarks Michael Sawkiw – Director/Ukrainian National Information Service James Billington – Librarian of Congress Sander Levin – Congressman/Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus

9:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. [I] Assessing Ukraine's Progress: The Political Dimension (Three panels)

(1) Ukraine and the Rule of Law Moderator: Adrian Karatnycky – President/Freedom House Panelists: (a) William Taylor – Coordinator/U.S. Assistance to the NIS (b) Petro Martynenko – Justice/Constitutional Court [Ukraine] Discussants: (a) Ronald McNamara – CSCE (b) Michael Conway – Int'l. Foundation for Election Systems (c) Patience Huntwork – Commercial Law Project/Ukraine

Suggested Issues for Discussion: open elections & responsible government

(2) Ukraine and Human Rights Moderator: Adrian Karatnycky – President/Freedom House Panelists: (a) Vyacheslav Pikhovshek – Director/UCIPR [Ukraine] (b) Thomas Dine – President/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Discussants: (a) George Joseph Rees – Int'l. Ops. & Human Rights SC/HR (b) Orest Deychakivsky – CSCE (c) Wendy Silverman – State Department

Suggested Issues for Discussion: the general record & free press

(3) Ukraine and Its Neighbors Moderator: Mark von Hagen – Director/Harriman Institute/Columbia U. Panelists: (a) Ihor Ostash – Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Comm./Parliament [Ukraine] (b) Daniel Fried – Special Advisor to the Secretary of State on the NIS Discussants: (a) Ian Brzezinski – Senate Foreign Relations Committee (b) Mark Gage – House International Relations Committee (c) John Micgiel – Harriman Institute/Columbia U.

Suggested Issues for Discussion: cross border peace & security

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12:30 P.M. – 1:50 P.M. First Day Working Lunch Sponsored by Shell International Gas Speaker: Oleh Rybachuk – Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister [Ukraine] Discussants: (a) Michael Waller – American Foreign Policy Council (b) Peter Brookes – House International Relations Comm. (c) Scott Carlson – Western N.I.S. Fund (d) Lidia Wolanskyj – Eastern Economist (e) Eugene Iwanciw – EMI

1:50 P.M. – 5:20 P.M. [II] Assessing Ukraine's Progress: The Social Dimension (Three panels)

(1) Ukraine and the Marketplace Moderator: Michael Kostiw – Director of Government Relations/Texaco Panelists: (a) Victor Penzenyk – Former Deputy Prime Minister [Ukraine] (b) Jan Kalicki – Trade and Investment Chair/Gore Kuchma Commission (c) Kempton Jenkins – President/Ukraine-U.S. Business Council Discussants: (a) Jim McCracken – Ukraine Desk/State Department (b) Yaroslav Voitko – Embassy of Ukraine to the United States (c) Myron Wasylyk – The PBN Company

Suggested Issues for Discussion: microeconomic & macroeconomic conditions (2) Ukraine and Social Stability Moderator: Nadia Diuk – Senior Program Officer/National Endowment for Democracy Panelists: (a) Jaroslaw Dutkevych – Fmr. Country Head of U.S. Peace Corps/Ukraine (b) Ivan Bilas – Chairman of the Law Enforcement Comm./Parliament [Ukraine] Discussants: (a) Mary Warlick – NIS Office/Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova (b) Michael McFaul – Carnegie Endowment (c) Jaroslav Bilinsky – U. of Delaware

Suggested Issues for Discussion: class factor & national minorities

(3) Ukraine and 'Civil Society' Moderator: Nadia Diuk – Senior Program Officer/National Endowment for Democracy Panelists: (a) Nelson Ledsky – Regional Director/National Democratic Institute (b) Judy Van Rest – Regional Director/International Republican Institute (c) Mykhailo Ratushnyi – MP/Former Trade Union Activist [Ukraine] Discussants: (a) Paul Goble – RFE/RL (b) John Fox – Open Society (c) Stephan Klingelhofer – Int’l Center for Not-for-Profit Law

Suggested Issues for Discussion: viable political parties & independent social institutions

5:20 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. First Day Roundtable Keynote Address Speaker: Paul Wolfowitz – Dean/Johns Hopkins SAIS

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8:00 P.M. - 10:30 P.M.

Dinner Reception (The Chopivsky Family Foundation) Host Remarks: George Chopivsky Official Word of Welcome: Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States Kostyantyn Hryshchenko Introductory Remarks: New York State Governor Pataki’s Senior Policy Advisor Zenia Mucha Keynote Remarks: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk Senator Mitch McConnell

Wednesday – September 20th 8:15 A.M. – 9:00 A.M.

Welcome Coffee and Registration Council on Foreign Relations/Root Conference Room - Floor 2

9:00 A.M. – NOON [III] What Next for Ukraine? (Three Panels)

(1) Does Ukraine Possess the Resources to Create an Entrepreneurial Economy? Moderator: Herman Pirchner – President/American Foreign Policy Council Panelists: (a) Anders Aslund – Senior Associate/Carnegie Endowment (b) Daniel Kaufman – Senior Manager/World Bank Institute Discussants: (a) Charles Flickner – Foreign Ops. SC/Appropriations C (HR) (b) Steven Nix – USAID (c) Gary Litman – Chamber of Commerce/U.S.-Ukraine Working Group

Suggested Issues for Discussion: material & social resources

(2) Should Ukraine Seek Membership in the European Union/NATO? Moderator: Herman Pirchner – President/American Foreign Policy Council Panelists: (a) William Courtney – President/DynMeridian (b) Ariel Cohen – Policy Analyst/Heritage Foundation Discussants: (a) Michael Haltzel – Senate Foreign Relations Comm. (b) Harley Balzer – Georgetown U. (c) Bo Denysyk – Global USA

Suggested Issues for Discussion: EU & NATO membership

(3) Is a 'U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership' Feasible/Desirable? Moderator: Tom Keaney – Professor/Johns Hopkins SAIS Panelists: (a) Paula Dobriansky – VP/Council on Foreign Relations (b) John Tedstrom – Senior Economist/RAND Discussants: (a) Olexander Poteikhin – Embassy of Ukraine to the United States (b) Ted Kontek – Ukraine Desk/State Department (c) John Lenczowski – Institute for World Politics

Suggested Issues for Discussion: feasibility & desirability of close ties

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NOON – 1:20 P.M. Second Day Working Lunch Sponsored by SUMA (Yonkers) Federal Credit Union Speaker: Askold Lozynskyj – President/Ukrainian World Congress Discussants: (a) Karen Sherman – Counterpart International (b) David Merkel – Eurasia Foundation (c) Joyce Warner – IREX (d) Nadia McConnell – U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (e) Brian Rohan – ABA/CEELI (West NIS)

Suggested Theme: ‘What the West Can Do to Facilitate the Quest’

1:20 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. Second Day Roundtable Keynote Address Speaker: Zbigniew Brzezinski – Former National Security Advisor to the President

2:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. [IV] One Final Critical Issue (One Panel)

(1) Contemplating the Next Administration's Take On Ukraine and Its Efforts Moderator: George Nesterczuk – VP/Global US Panelists: (a) William Schneider – President/International Planning Services (b) Leon Fuerth – National Security Advisor to VPAl Gore Discussants: (a) Julian Kulas – UCCA (b) Ivan Holowinsky – UAPA (c) Bohdan Watral – SUFCU

Suggested Issues for Discussion: Republican & Democratic perspective

3:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.

Concluding Remarks Bohdan Fedorak – Roundtable Chairman Paula Dobriansky – VP/Council on Foreign Relations Benjamin Gilman – Congressman/Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus

3:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.

Post Roundtable Press Conference

4:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.

AVisit to Capitol Hill by the Roundtable’s Participants from Ukraine

6:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.

Evening Congressional Reception In Celebration of Ukraine’s Ninth Year of Independence Hart Senate Building, Room 902 Host: Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, Senator Carl Levin

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9 B I O G R A P H I E S

Anders Aslund Anders Aslund is a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. He served as an economic advisor to the Russian government from 1991 till 1994 and as an economic advisor to the Ukrainian govern- ment from 1994 till 1997. Since 1998, he has advised the government of Kyrgyzstan. Ivan Bilas Ivan Bilas has been a member of the Parliament of Ukraine from 1994 to the present and is the Chairman of the Committee on Law Enforcement, Organized Crime and Corruption. He holds the rank of General in the National Guard of Ukraine from 1995. Since 1998, General Bilas has been the President of the Union of Ukrainian Officers. Zbigniew Brzezinski Zbigniew Brzezinski is a Counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Professor of American Foreign Policy, the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. From 1977 to 1981, he served as National Security Advisor to the President of the United States. Ariel Cohen Ariel Cohen is the Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Heritage Foundation. He manages a policy and research program on Russia, the New Independent States and Central Europe, consulting Congressional staff members and leading American, Eurasian, Eastern and Central European decision makers. William H. Courtney William H. Courtney is President of DynMeridian Corp. From 1998 to 2000, he served as a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. In 1997-98, Ambassador Courtney was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director of the NSC staff for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia. Previously, he served as Ambassador to Georgia and Kazakhstan. Thomas A. Dine Thomas A. Dine is president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc. He served as Assistant Administrator for Europe and the New Independent States of the U.S. Agency for International Development (1993-97). From 1980 to 1993 he headed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Paula J. Dobriansky Paula J. Dobriansky is Vice President and Washington Director of the Council on Foreign Relations. She served as the Director of European and Soviet Affairs, National Security Council (1980-87). Jaroslav I. Dutkewych Jaroslav I. Dutkewych was the first Country Director of the U.S. Peace Corps in Ukraine from 1992 to 2000. He developed and directed one of the largest and most successful U.S. Peace Corps and U.S. assistance programs. Daniel Fried Daniel Fried is Principal Deputy Special Advisor for the New Independent States. Previously he served as Ambassador to Poland (1997-00). Ambassador Fried served on the staff of the NSC (1993-97), first as a Director and then as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Central and Eastern Europe. Leon Fuerth Leon Fuerth is the National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States. Mr. Fuerth is Vice President Gore’s longest serving staff member. He is involved in a wide range of foreign policy issues and manages the Vice President’s bi- national commissions with South Africa, Egypt, Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan. Konstyantyn Hryshchenko Konstyantyn Hryshchenko is the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States of America. Ambassador Hryshchenko also serves as a member of the UN Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters. He served as Ambassador of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and as the Head of the Ukrainian Mission to NATO (1998-00). Kempton B. Jenkins Kempton Jenkins is President of the Ukraine-U.S. Business Council. Mr. Jenkins was Corporate Vice President of ARMCO for International and Government Affairs from 1981 to 1990. Since 1990, he has been a Senior Consultant with the public affairs firm APCO Associates. Jan H. Kalicki Jan H. Kalicki is Counselor to the US Department of Commerce responsible for the New Independent States, the Middle East, and other emerging markets. He is also the founding director of the Planning and Coordination Staff in the Department's International Trade Administration.

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Daniel Kaufmann Daniel Kaufmann is a Senior Manager at the World Bank Institute, heading the Governance, Finance and Regulatory Reform Group. Previously he was the first Chief of Mission of the World Bank in Ukraine, spearheading the initiation of a relation- ship and program with that country. Nelson C. Ledsky Nelson C. Ledsky has directed democratic development programs in the former Soviet Union since 1992 for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. Ambassador Ledsky served as U.S. negotiator in Germany and U.S. Special Coordinator for Cyprus (1989-92), and as a Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (1987-89). Askold S. Lozynskyj Askold Lozynskyj is President of the Ukrainian World Congress, the representative forum of Ukrainians in the diaspora. In this capacity, he has led numerous missions to countries with large Ukrainian minorities in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. He also is the President of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, an umbrella organization of Ukrainians in America. Petro Martynenko Petro Martynenko has been a Justice of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine from 1996 to the present. He is a professor, diplo- mat, and academic associated with the Minstry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv University and the National Institute, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Mitch McConnell Mitch McConnell is a member United States Senate from Kentucky. Senator McConnell is Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and of the Senate Foreign Operations A p p r o p r i a t i o n s Subcommittee. Ihor Ostash Ihor Ostash has been a member of the Parliament of Ukraine from 1994 to the present and is Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. He is also the Chairman of the Ukraine-Australia Interparliamentary Group and is a member of the Ukrainian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Mykhailo Ratushnyi Mykhailo Ratushnyi has been a member of the Parliament of Ukraine from 1994 to the present. He is a member of the Budget Committee in Parliament. He also is the Vice-Chairman of Rukh. Mr. Ratushnyi served as Vice-President of the Independent Labor Movement in Ukraine from 1990 to 1994. Oleh Rybachuk Oleh Rybachuk is the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Ukraine. Previously, he served as Chief of the International Relations Department of the National Bank of Ukraine where he oversaw the Bank’s relations with international lending institutions such as the IMF, the World Bank and the EBRD. Borys Tarasyuk Borys Tarasyuk is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. He served as Ambassador of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (1995-98). In 1997 he was appointed as the first Head of the Ukrainian Mission to NATO. In 1995 he represented Ukraine in the European Union and was responsible for relations with the WEU. William Schneider, Jr. William Schneider Jr. is President of International Planning Services, Inc. and is an Adjunct Fellow of the Hudson Institute. He was Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology (1982-1986). William B. Taylor William B. Taylor is the Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to the New Independent States in the Department of State. Before coming to work for the Coordinator’s Office in July 1992, Ambassador Taylor spent five years in Brussels as the Special Deputy Defense Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to NATO. John Tedstrom John Tedstrom is Senior Economist with the RAND Corporation in Washington, D.C. From March 1999 through June 2000, he served as Director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council at the White House. Paul Wolfowitz Paul Wolfowitz is the Dean of the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He was Undersecretary of Defense for Policy during the Bush Administration.

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N A M E A F F I L I A T I O N Charles Andreae Andreae, Vick & Associates Vera Andryczyk Ukrainian Federation of America Roman Andryczyk Ukrainian Federation of America Anders Aslund Carnegie Endowment Harley Balzer Georgetown University Stephen Bandera Bandera & Associates Paul Banderiwsky Ukrainian Congress Committee of America/Buffalo Branch Vladimir Bel’sky Embassy of Russia to the United States Ivan Bilas Member of the Parliament of Ukraine Jaroslaw Bilinsky University of Delaware James Billington Library of Congress Barry Blufer Blufer & Associates Ihor Broda Broda & Company Peter Brookes House International Relations Committee Barbara Broomell International Republican Institute Ian Brzezinski Senate Foreign Relations Committee Zbigniew Brzezinski Center for Strategic and International Studies Doug Campbell U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Scott Carlson Western NIS Enterprise Fund Zenia Chernyk Ukrainian Federation of America George Chopivsky Jr. The Chopivsky Family Foundation Volodymyr Chornodolsky Ukraine-U.S. Business Council Amb. Ceslav Ciobanu Embassy of Moldova to the United States Robin Cleveland Foreign Operations SC/Appropriations Committee/Senate Ariel Cohen The Heritage Foundation Michael Conway International Foundation for Election Systems William Courtney DynMeridian Basil Danchuk Romyr & Associates Bo Denysyk Global USA Orest Deychakiwsky Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Thomas Dine Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Nadia Diuk National Endowment for Democracy Paula Dobriansky Council on Foreign Relations Charles Dougherty Former Congressman Frank Duffield Shell International Gas Jaroslav Dutkewych Former Country Head of US Peace Corps/Ukraine Bohdan Fedorak Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Jurij Fedorak Ukrainian American Bar Association/Michigan Branch Eugene Fishel National Security Council Charles Flickner Foreign Operations SC/Appropriations Committee C (HR) John Fox Open Society Daniel Fried Special Advisor to Secretary of State on the NIS Leon Fuerth National Security Advisor to Vice President Al Gore Mark Gage House International Relations Committee Ihor Gawdiak Library of Congress David Germroth Pace-Capstone Benjamin Gilman Congressman/Co-Chairman of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus Thomas W. Gittins Gittins & Associates Sara Glenn Shell Oil Company Paul Goble Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Peter Gooderham Embassy of the United Kingdom to the United States

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N A M E A F F I L I A T I O N Magdelena Grabianowska Embassy of Poland to the United States Roma Hadzewych Ukrainian Weekly Barbara E. Haig National Endowment for Democracy Michael Haltzel Senate Foreign Relations Anca Hassing American Center for International Labor Solidarity F. Wallace Hays Andreae, Vick & Associates Mary Alice Hayward Senate Armed Services Committee Andrea Hetling University of Maryland Ivan Holowinsky Ukrainian Academic and Professional Association Mykola Hryckowian Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Halyna Hryn Yale University Amb. Kostyantyn Hryshchenko Embassy of Ukraine to the United States Patience Huntwork Commercial Law Project Eugene Iwanciw EMI Kempton Jenkins Ukraine-U.S. Business Council Jan Kalicki Gore Kuchma Commission Adrian Karatnycky Freedom House Daniel Kaufman World Bank Institute Tom Keaney SAIS/Johns Hopkins Michael Kirst Westinghouse Stephan Klingelhofer International Center for Not-for-Profit Law Ted Kontek Ukraine Desk/State Department David Kopilow American Center for International Labor Solidarity Michael Kostiw Texaco Inc. Ihor Kotlarchuk The Washington Group Olena Kozlova-Pates National Democratic Institute Mykola Kravchenko Embassy of Ukraine to the UnitedStates Julian Kulas Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Alexander Kuzma Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund George Kuzma Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund Lubomyr Kwasnycia Romyr & Associates Ihor Laszok Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union Nelson Ledsky National Democratic Institute John Lenczowski Institute for World Politics Sander Levin Congressman/Co-Chairman Congressional Ukrainian Caucus Gary Litman Chamber of Commerce/U.S. Ukraine Working Group Roman Loun Office of the Vice Prime Minister/Ukraine Askold Lozynskyj Ukrainian World Congress Petro Martynenko Justice of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Zenon Matkiwsky Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund David Merkel Eurasia Foundation Mitch McConnell United States Senator Nadia McConnell U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Jim McCracken Ukraine Desk/State Department Michael McFaul Carnegie Endowment Ronald McNamara Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe John Micgiel Harriman Institute/Columbia University Ulana Moroz Women’s Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Zenia Mucha Governor’s Office/New York State George Nesterczuk Global USA Steven Nix USAID

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N A M E A F F I L I A T I O N Ihor Ostash Member of the Parliament of Ukraine John Papp Andryj Paschuk Larysa Paschuk Victor Penzenyk Former Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Vyacheslav Pikhovshek Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research Claudia Pinto Embassy of Portugal to the United States Herman Pirchner American Foreign Policy Council Teresa Podratsky Department of State/Foreign Service Institute Mark Pomar IREX Borys Potapenko Ukrainian Congress Committee of America/Michigan Oleksander Poteikhin Embassy of Ukraine to the United States Mykhailo Ratushnyi Member of the Parliament of Ukraine George Joseph Rees International Operations & Human Rights SC/HR Brian Rohan ABA/CEELI (West NIS) Amb. Aivis Ronis Embassy of Latvia to the United States Oleh Rybachuk Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Peter Rybchuk Zakordonna Hazeta Robin Saavkian Center for International Private Enterprise Michael Sawkiw Jr. Ukrainian National Information Service William Schneider International Planning Services Karen Sherman Counterpart International Dmytro Shtohryn Ukrainian Academic and Professional Association Wendy Silverman State Department Angela Stent State Department Ed Stetson Booz, Allen & Hamilton Mark Suprun Merchants of Light, LLC Hilde Svartdal Embassy of Norway to the United States Myron Swidersky Ukrainian American Freedom Foundation Gyongyi Szenaky Embassy of Hungary to the United States Andrij Szul Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Boris Tarasyuk Ukrainian Foreign Minister William Taylor Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to the NIS John Tedstrom RAND Corporation Martha Trofimenko Shevchenko Scientific Society Swiatoslaw Trofimenko Shevchenko Scientific Society John Van Oudenaren Library of Congress Judy Van Rest International Republican Institute Yaroslaw Voitko Embassy of Ukraine to the United States Mark Von Hagen Harriman Institute/Columbia University Michael Waller American Foreign Policy Council Mary Warlick NIS Office/Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova Joyce Warner IREX Myron Wasylyk The PBN Company Bohdan Watral Selfreliance Ukrainian Federal Credit Union E. Morgan Williams Ukraine Market Reform Group Lidia Wolanskyj Eastern Economist Paul Wolfowitz SAIS/Johns Hopkins Lida Wroblewski Ukrainian Congress Committee/Michigan Konstyantyn Yartsev National Security Agency/Ukraine Wolodymyr Zaryckyj New York University Amb. Miomir Zuzul Embassy of Croatia to the United States

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