Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada convenes 20th Sobor in ...

INSIDE:• Forced/slave labor settlement is signed — page 3.• Ukraine’s National Mint to be at numismatic convention — page 4.• The pilgrimage to Zarvanytsia in photos — centerfold.THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLYPublished by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit associationVol. LXVIII No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000$1/$2 in Ukraine750,000 participate in pilgrimage to Zarvanytsia shrineby Roman WoronowyczKyiv Press BureauZARVANYTSIA, Ukraine – They cameby car, by bus and on foot. Some traveledfor a week, others for a few hours. Theyarrived from Donetsk in the east ofUkraine and from New York in the east ofthe United States, but mostly from theregions of western Ukraine. Adults, children,pensioners, the indigent and the disabled,and unexpectedly large numbers ofteenagers and young adults congregatedfrom many of the corners of the world inthe small village of Zarvanytsia, located onthe banks of the meandering Strypa Riverin the Terebovlia region of the TernopilOblast of western Ukraine.By Friday afternoon, July 21, the roadsto Zarvanytsia were clogged with a train ofhumanity slowly making its way to one ofthe holiest shrines of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church.An elderly women walked the road tothe shrine from the city of Ivano Frankivsk.It took four days. A young man from thecity of Stryi, located not far from the Polishborder, said he decided to join a group ofpilgrims walking to Zarvanytsia on thespur of the moment. A middle-aged man(Continued on page 9)Roman WoronowyczChildren hold an icon of Our Lady of Zarvanytsia during the blessing of a new church at the Zarvanytsia shrine.Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canadaconvenes 20th Sobor in Winnipegby Jars BalanWINNIPEG – Under a banner proclaiming“A Celebration of Life: Jesus Christ:The Same Yesterday, Today and Forever,”the clergy and faithful of the UkrainianOrthodox Church of Canada (UOCC) onJuly 12-16 held their 20th Sobor.Meeting in the Lombard Hotel in theheart of the provincial capital, Churchmembers and their pastors under the spiritualleadership of Metropolitan Wasyly,patiently worked their way through ademanding four-day program that includededucational workshops, administrativereports, speeches and in-depth discussionsof a wide variety of topics presented forconsideration by delegates from congregationsacross Canada.Vespers were held each night at a temporarychapel off the main meeting room, andthe Sobor culminated with a hierarchicaldivine liturgy at the Holy Trinity Cathedralin North End Winnipeg, followed by ayouth rally in a park opposite the offices ofthe UOCC Consistory.The Sobor was preceded by a two-dayconference of the clergy, a day-long meetingof clergy wives, as well as a nationalconference of the Ukrainian Women’sAssociation of Canada. The latter tookadvantage of the quinquennial Churchassembly to explore the topic of leadershipin a more relaxed setting than that customarilyafforded by the general conventions ofthe Ukrainian Self-Reliance League ofCanada.Two artistic presentations were mountedin conjunction with the Sobor. An exhibitionof icons, embracing the work of fourUkrainian Canadian iconographers, wasdisplayed at the Ukrainian Women’sAssociation Museum at Holy TrinityChurch, having previously been mounted inToronto and Saskatoon. Similarly, the touring“Flowers of the Bible” show featuringoriginal paintings by Edmonton’s LarisaSembaliuk Cheladyn, was presented at theAssiniboine Park Conservatory, while printsfrom the series were on view at theLombard Hotel.A Millennium Year project of theUOCC, the highly-successful “Flowers ofthe Bible” exposition is part way through atour of major Canadian centers that beganin Edmonton in October 1999 and will endin Montreal this December. The AssiniboinePark exhibit was seen by more than 6,000people during the first week of July alone,attracting local residents, tourists and participantsattending an international conventionof herbalists that was also taking place inWinnipeg.The Sobor itself enjoyed a recordturnout, with a total of 299 lay delegatesand 79 priests taking part in the delibera-(Continued on page 8)Ukrainian publishing industryseeks tax incentives to surviveby Roman WoronowyczKyiv Press BureauKYIV – National Deputy Les Taniuk,chairman of the Verkhovna Rada’sCommittee on Culture and Spirituality,told journalists that the Ukrainian publishingindustry is in dire straits and sooncould disappear altogether if the governmentdoes not give it support in the wayof tax incentives.The former theater director said thebook market in Ukraine has been gluttedby Russian products, especially in thelast two years, because of a liberal taxpolicy adopted by the Russian governmentin 1995 on the export of publishedmaterials that is quickly destroying theUkrainian publishing industry.Mr. Taniuk called on the Ukrainiangovernment to give the industry muchneededrelief from a 20 percent valueadded tax (VAT) on manufactured materialsand further exemptions on theimport of printing equipment and paperto make it competitive against theuntaxed Russian industry.Mr. Taniuk said that such a bill currentlywinding its way through theParliament, must be passed to at leastgive the industry a fighting chanceagainst the lower printing costs ofRussian publishers because of the taxadvantages they enjoy in Russia.“Without it you can put a cross on theUkrainian publishing industry,” said Mr.Taniuk.Mr. Taniuk’s observations came amonth after hearings by his committeeon the state of Ukrainian publishing, heldon May 12, in which there was little disagreementon the critical state of the sector– albeit some divergence on whatneeds to be done to fix it.Vice Prime Minister MykolaZhulynskyi summed up the tenuous stateof book publishing in comments he madeduring the hearings, which first weremade public by Mr. Taniuk on June 11.“We have come to a point at whichtomorrow we could be ordering textbooksfor our schools from Russia,”explained Dr. Zhulynskyi.He said that, while Ukraine battles ahistory of Russification, a key weapon inthat war – an extensive publishing industrythat publishes in the native tongue –has not been allowed to develop, whichonly further complicates the problem of alack of Ukrainian-language textbooks,encyclopedias, dictionaries, directoriesand scientific and children’s literature.(Continued on page 19)

2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000No. 31ANALYSISPolish politicians express concernover pipeline project bypassing Ukraineby Jan MaksymiukRFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine ReportPRAGUE – During Polish PresidentAleksander Kwasniewski’s talks with hisRussian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at theKremlin on July 10, the Russian side proposedconstructing a gas pipeline fromRussia to Slovakia via Poland and bypassingUkraine, the PAP news service reported.“We talked about that both one-on-oneas well as at a plenary meeting. Talks are inprogress on the matter; it is more an economicand less a political question,” Mr.Kwasniewski said at a press conference.Former Foreign Minister BronislawGeremek said the Polish government willnot agree to such a project. “I can assureyou that there has been no such agreementfrom the side of the Polish government and,what’s more, I am convinced there will beno such agreement, for it’s not in Poland’sinterests. And I think the Russian side isalso aware of that,” Mr. Geremek toldWarsaw-based Radio Plus.Presidential adviser Stanislaw Ciosek,former longtime Polish ambassador toMoscow, told PAP that during the talks atthe Kremlin, President Kwasniewski didnot make any commitments on the issue ofbuilding a gas pipeline from Russia toWestern Europe. He emphasized that “wewill not disturb our relations and partnershipwith Ukraine.”Andrzej Majkowski, another Mr.Kwasniewski aide, told the agency that thenegotiations on the construction of the gaspipeline will be conducted by Vice PrimeMinister and Economics Minister JanuszSteinhoff. Mr. Majkowski added that economicconsiderations are being given moreweight in the project than political ones.On July 12, Mr. Kwasniewski calledUkraine’s President Leonid Kuchma andassured him that “we will not be supportinganything that would be aimed againstUkraine and that would have an overtlyanti-Ukrainian character,” according toPAP. Ukrainian politicians, includingUkrainian Vice Prime Minister YuliaTymoshenko, had earlier expressed uneaseat the possibility that a pipeline might bebuilt bypassing Ukrainian territory.According to the Polish president, thequestion of how Poland and Ukraine are toparticipate in the transit of energy suppliesremains open. “This is in their interest andin ours, and this is a different discussion:not about whether we are for or againstJan Maksymiuk is the Belarus,Ukraine and Poland specialist on thestaff of RFE/RL Newsline.Ukraine, but about what to do for Polandand Ukraine to benefit from this,” PAPquoted Mr. Kwasniewski as saying.According to Mr. Kwasniewski, the worstthing that could happen would be the exclusionof Poland and Ukraine from the newtransit arrangements.On July 14, Mr. Kwasniewski told PolishRadio that there is no Russian proposal inwriting for the construction of a gaspipeline through Poland and avoidingUkraine. He added: “What we should dofirst of all is organize a group of experts,professional people and see what Russianoffers involve – carry out the economic,ecological and political analyses. ... Andthere is one thing that I can say directly toyou: that we will certainly be thinking interms of the Polish interest, since that is ourobligation and honor, to act in this way.Second, we will of course be striving for theUkrainian interest to be protected, too. Andthird, we want to have good contacts withRussia. And fourth, we have nothing at allagainst making a profit out of all this.”On July 15, Polish Prime Minister JerzyBuzek assured his Ukrainian counterpart,Viktor Yuschenko, at a meeting in Zamoscin eastern Poland that Poland will keepUkraine’s interests in mind regarding decisionsabout gas transit from Russia. “Wewant Ukraine to be included in a safeEuropean system of gas supply that providesdeliveries from different directions,”Mr. Buzek added.Following his talks with Ukrainian Fueland Energy Minister Serhii Yermilov inWarsaw on July 21, Economics MinisterSteinhoff assured the Ukrainian visitor thatPoland will not agree to Russia’s request tobuild a gas pipeline on Polish territory thatwould allow Moscow to bypass its maintransit route to the West, which now runsthrough Ukraine.Mr. Steinhoff said, however, that Polandwould like to finalize the 1993 agreementwith Russia, which provides for buildingtwo segments of the Yamal pipeline on itsterritory, which would have a total capacityof 64 million cubic meters. The first segment,which was opened last year with halfof that capacity, transports gas to Germany.The route of the second segment will benegotiated with Russia, but Mr. Steinhoffnoted that it cannot pose a threat to Ukraine.“Today, the Polish side confirmed its resoluteposition on the strategic partnershipwith Ukraine. I am particularly happybecause we clarified the issues that threatenedUkraine’s economic interests. And Ialso say that the Ukrainian side will honorits obligations,” Polish Radio quoted Mr.Yermilov as saying.Zhulynskyi meets with UCC officersOTTAWA – Ukraine’s Vice PrimeMinister Mykola Zhulynskyi paid an officialthree-day visit to Canada in early July.While in Ottawa, Dr. Zhulynskyi metwith Canadian government officials todiscuss issues of mutual concern.Later in the day he met with UkrainianCanadian Congress Ukraine’s Ambassadorto Canada Dr. Yuri Shcherbak, and a UCCdelegation headed by President EugeneCzolij.During the meeting Mr. Czolij providedan overview of UCC’s most importantachievements during its 60-year history andhighlighted the current priority issues onUCC’s agenda. The meeting also providedan opportunity for the vice prime ministerand the UCC president to exchange viewson Canada-Ukraine relations.Following the meeting, the UCC presidentattended a reception held at theEmbassy of Ukraine in honor of the viceprime minister’s visit to Canada. Theday’s itinerary concluded with a dinnermeeting at the Chateau Laurier organizedby Modest Cmoc, director of the UCCOttawa Office and hosted by the UCCOttawa Branch.Reflecting on Dr. Zhulynskyi’s visit,Mr. Czolij stated, “The UCC believesthat such high-ranking visits enhance theimportant ties between Canada andUkraine for the benefit of both countries.For its part, the UCC will continue workingtowards strengthening this specialrelationship.”PM to pay pension backlog by OctoberKYIV – Prime Minister ViktorYuschenko on July 25 said theUkrainian government will pay all pensiondebts by October 1, three monthsearlier than the Cabinet of Ministers hadpromised in February, Interfax reported.“The government has received a directorder from President Leonid Kuchma ...who has set the task of putting an end tothis shameful phenomenon,” Mr.Yuschenko noted. According to figuresreleased by the prime minister earlierthis month, the state owed a total of 1.45billion hrv ($268 million) as of January1, and only 32 percent of Ukraine’s pensionershad been paid in full. As of July1, 62 percent had received full payments,but the government still owedsome 850 million hrv to pensioners.(RFE/RL Newsline)Passports to be needed for Russia, BelarusKYIV – Viktor Kyryk, head of theConsular Department at Ukraine’sMinistry of Foreign Affairs, hasannounced that people traveling betweenUkraine, Russia and Belarus will requirepassports in the near future, the EasternEconomist Daily reported on July 25.Mr. Kyryk noted that this requirement isintended to reinforce control over theborder. Currently, there is no formalpassport control at Ukraine’s borderswith Belarus and Russia, and Ukrainianscan visit those countries by using onlyinternal passports or other identity cards.(RFE/RL Newsline)Ukraine abounds in illegal migrantsKYIV – According to PavloShysholin, deputy chief of the StateBorder Protection Committee, Ukrainehas acquired nearly 70,000 illegalmigrants over the past five years,Interfax reported on July 17. “Illegalmigration as a form of organizedtransnational crime has acquired athreatening character in the country.During the past 18 months, Ukraine hastransformed itself from a transit countryNEWSBRIEFSQuotable notesinto a country storing illegal migrants,”Mr. Shysholin noted. He said that lastyear Ukraine’s border guards detained14,646 illegal migrants, but only 369 ofthem were deported from the country.He explained that 95 percent of illegalmigrants in Ukraine are fromAfghanistan, Pakistan, Vietnam, Chinaand Bangladesh. Mr. Shysholin addedUkraine’s visa policy is unable to copewith this situation. (RFE/RL Poland,Belarus and Ukraine Report)Immigration fears reduce visa numbersKYIV – This year Ukraine issuedfewer visas to citizens of countries, whichare “potential providers of illegal immigrants,”said Viktor Kyryk, head of theConsular Department at the ForeignAffairs Ministry. He stated that in the firsthalf of 2000 149,000 visas were issued,while in 1998 the figure was over600,000 and 300,000 in 1999. Ukrainehas offered to reconsider a part of theagreement on bilateral trips with Chinaand Vietnam, which allows the use ofinternal passports for some trips. Thecountries have agreed to such a proposal.Mr. Kyryk also stated that revenues fromconsular activity since the beginning ofthe year totaled $8 million (U.S.).(Eastern Economist)Kuchma orders electricity for naval forcesYALTA – President Leonid Kuchma,who is currently vacationing in Crimea,made a surprise trip to Yalta during whichhe ordered that electricity supplies berestored to the Crimea-based naval forcesof Ukraine and Russia, ITAR-TASS andInterfax reported on July 24. The navalforces’ electricity was cut off because earlierdeliveries had not been paid for.President Kuchma was also displeased byhigh entrance fees for Yalta’s beaches andordered his aides to draft an executiveorder allowing disabled persons, war veterans,pensioners, Yalta residents andchildren to use beaches free of charge.(RFE/RL Newsline)(Continued on page 13)“The declaration of [Ukraine’s] state sovereignty, which was adopted 10 yearsago, during the existence of the USSR, is not an ordinary document. Do notthink that it was easy for me to press the button during the voting [in theParliament]. I was pondering which button to press.”– President Leonid Kuchma, as quoted by Interfax on July 16 and reported byRFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report. Mr. Kuchma was a people’sdeputy when the Ukrainian SSR’s Supreme Soviet passed the Declaration onState Sovereignty of Ukraine on July 16, 1990.THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED 1933An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc.,a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054.Yearly subscription rate: $50; for UNA members — $40.Periodicals postage paid at Parsippany, NJ 07054 and additional mailing offices.(ISSN — 0273-9348)The Weekly:UNA:Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 644-9510 Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 292-0900Postmaster, send address changes to: Editor-in-chief: Roma HadzewyczThe Ukrainian WeeklyEditors: Roman Woronowycz (Kyiv)2200 Route 10, P.O. 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No. 31THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000 3Forced/slave labor accord signed in Berlin after lengthy negotiationsby Myroslaw SmorodskyBERLIN – After 18 months of sometimesdifficult and frustrating negotiations,the representatives of five Centraland East European countries (Belarus,the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia andUkraine), Israel, Germany and theUnited States, and German industry, aswell as the legal representatives of formervictims of Nazi persecution, finallysigned a settlement agreement to compensatevictims for their suffering duringWorld War II. The signing tookplace in a formal ceremony on July 17at the German Foreign Ministry inBerlin.Such multilateral negotiations onissues relating to the second world warhave not occurred since the immediatepost-war era. They mark the closingchapter regarding reparations for warcrimes that occurred over half a centuryago. In addition, the settlement is a belatedand symbolic recognition of the millionsof victims from Central and EasternEurope who were forcibly deported fromtheir homelands and compelled to workagainst their will for the German warmachine.In his closing remarks, U.S. DeputySecretary of the Treasury Stuart Eizenstatacknowledged that it took over 55 yearsfor the world to recognize these victimsand for Germany to make an effort –although late and not fully compensatory– to address their suffering.The settlement discussions were protractedbecause of the multiplicity of partieswith various objectives and goals, thecomplexity of the legal issues created bythe existence of over 55 lawsuits filednationwide, and the desire of Germany toachieve an all-encompassing and conclusivesettlement resulting in legal andmoral peace. As such, unanimity had tobe achieved in stages.The first accord was reached onDecember 17, 1999, when the overall capof 10 billion DM was agreed upon. Thesecond stage was reached on March 23,when agreement on the allocation of the10 billion DM among all the categoriesLazarenko awaits trial in U.S.Hearing to determine court dateby Yaro BihunWASHINGTON – As a result of tworecent decisions – one in Geneva and theother in San Francisco – Ukraine’s formerprime minister, Pavlo Lazarenko,will not be extradited to Switzerland, butneither will he be set free as he awaitstrial in California on charges of launderingmillions of ill-gotten dollars in U.S.banks.Mr. Lazarenko, who was Ukraine’sprime minister for a year in the mid-1990s, will remain where he has been forclose to a year and a half – in a U.S.detention facility.The Swiss government had sought hisextradition to Switzerland, where he hadbeen arrested while entering the countryin December 1998 with various passportsin his possession. He was subsequentlycharged with laundering $9 million inSwiss banks and released after posting $3million bail.But last week, on July 20, the Swissgovernment sent a diplomatic note to theU.S. State Department withdrawing itsextradition request.Keri Douglas, of the Swiss EmbassyPress Office in Washington, said thedecision was made in light of Mr.Lazarenko’s guilty plead to the chargeand his conviction in absentia on June 29by a court in Geneva, which sentencedhim to an 18-month suspended prisonterm.Asked if this closes the book on theLazarenko case in Switzerland, Ms.Douglas said, “Probably – unless newevidence comes to light.”The Swiss government also confiscated$6.6 million from his bank accountsthere – a small part of $880 millionSwiss prosecutors alleged Mr. Lazarenkohad misappropriated from Ukrainebetween 1994 and 1997.Following a lengthy investigation inthis country, U.S. prosecutors last monthformally charged Mr. Lazarenko withlaundering $114 million through U.S.banks and other financial institutions, aswell as with numerous counts of transportingstolen property and with conspiracy.He has pleaded innocent to all charges.During a Federal Circuit Court hearingon July 25 in San Francisco, Mr.Lazarenko’s lawyer Joseph Russoniellounsuccessfully sought to have his clientreleased on bail. Magistrate ElizabethLaporte denied the request “on flightgrounds.”“(She) did not think there was anycombination of conditions which wouldreasonably assure his attending the courtsession” if he were set free before thetrial, said Mr. Russoniello.The magistrate’s decision could beappealed, he added, and the defense teamwill take “a very, very hard look” at thepossibility.He said the date of Mr. Lazarenko’strial would probably be set during a “statusconference” that was scheduled forJuly 27. He would not speculate aboutwhen the trial would begin, but he indicatedthat it would not be very soon.“The government has told us there are35,000 pages of documents that are availablefor review and discovery,” he said.“So it will take some time to figure outwhat that’s all about.”The government of Ukraine, thesource for Mr. Lazarenko’s alleged illgottenmillions, has called for Mr.Lazarenko’s return to stand trial there.But the absence of an extradition treatybetween Ukraine and the United Statesprecludes this from happening, Mr.Russoniello said. “So they couldn’t actuallydo that if they wanted to.”While Mr. Lazarenko’s assets in theUnited States have not been confiscated,Mr. Russoniello said, the U.S. governmenthas made a “forfeiture request” inits pleading to the court. This requestidentifies the assets the accused may notdispose of without substituting them withother unknown assets, he explained,adding that the ultimate fate of the assetswill be decided during the trial.Mr. Lazarenko’s assets include a $6.7million mansion near San Francisco,where his wife and three children livedwhen he was detained in February 1999at New York’s Kennedy Airport for enteringthe country without proper documents.First detained in New York, theformer prime minister was later moved toa federal detention center in SanFrancisco.His three student-age children, twindaughters and a son, were present at theJuly 25 hearing, Mr. Russoniello said.Mrs. Lazarenko could not attend, however,because the U.S. government wouldnot give her a visa, he added.of victims was achieved. Since then, thenegotiating parties addressed the thirdstageissues: the required legal structureneeded as a basis of implementing thesettlement. This accord was finallyreached on July 17 after intensive lastminutenegotiations via internationalteleconferences and sometimes heatedface-to-face discussions in Washingtonand Berlin.The July 17 agreement consists ofthree categories of documents.The first is the German legislation thatwas a prerequisite and had to be adoptedby the German Parliament to fund thesettlement and authorize the creation ofthe foundation that would oversee theimplementation of the compensation programto victims. The German Parliamentadopted the law on July 7.Second is the executive agreementbetween Germany and the United Statesoutlining the limited steps and termsunder which the U.S. government wouldintervene in lawsuits to have them dismissedso as to achieve legal closure forGerman industry.The third document was the jointstatement outlining the terms of the settlementsigned by each governmentinvolved in the negotiations, by Germanindustry and by the class action lawyersand victim representative groups whoparticipated in the settlement discussions.Ukraine’s Vice Minister for ForeignAffairs, Oleksander Maidannyk, signedthe joint statement on behalf of Ukraine,and Myroslaw Smorodsky signed onbehalf of Ukrainian class action victims.However, additional procedural stepsmust be taken before payments to victimscan begin. From the legal perspective, all55 lawsuits must be consolidated intoone court for swift judicial dismissal.German industry and government mustprovide the 10 billion DM of funding forthe compensation program. TheParliament-approved German foundation,which will oversee the entire compensationprogram, must be created, funded,manned and activated. A worldwide notificationand registration reporting systemmust be implemented and information onvictims must be gathered on the basis ofto be published criteria.Payments to residents of Central andEastern Europe will be processed throughexisting reconciliation foundations.Jewish claimants will be processedthrough the Jewish Claims Conference.Non-Jewish victims who live outsideCentral and Eastern Europe will beprocessed by the International Office onMigration, which, in turn, will subcontractsome of the activities to non-governmentalorganizations within theUkrainian, Polish and other ethnic communities.Although an enormous amount ofpreparatory work still needs to be completed,it is anticipated that payments tovictims can begin late this year or earlynext year. As was reported earlier, slavelaborers who were interned in concentrationcamps will receive up to 15,000 DM;forced laborers in industry up to 5,000DM and it is anticipated that agriculturalworkers will receive about 1,000 DM. Noexact figures are possible until the registrationprocess is fully completed.* * *For further information, please callMyroslaw Smorodsky at (201) 939-1999.Mr. Smorodsky may also be contacted at:Smorodsky & Stawnychy,75 UnionAve.,P.O. Box 1705, Rutherford, NJ07070-1705; fax, (201) 507-3970; e-mail, myroslaw@smorodsky.com; website,http://www.smorodsky.com/.Commission for Theological Dialoguediscusses implications of uniatismPARSIPPANY, N.J. – The EighthPlenary Session of the Joint InternationalCommission for the Theological Dialoguebetween the Catholic Church and theOrthodox Church, which met at Mount St.Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Md., onJuly 19, issued a communiqué about theresults of the meeting.The meeting, held July 9-19, was hostedby Cardinal William Keeler, archbishop ofBaltimore, and co-chaired by CardinalEdward Idris Cassidy, president of thePontifical Council for Promoting ChristianUnity, and Archbishop Stylianos ofAustralia of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.Forty-six delegates representing theworld’s 1 billion Catholics and 230 millionOrthodox attended the meeting. TheCatholic participants came from the UnitedStates, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, Greece, Israel,Lebanon, Poland and Romania. TheOrthodox participants were from theEcumenical Patriarchate of Constantinopleand the Patriarchates of Alexandria,Antioch, Moscow and Romania, and theChurches of Cyprus, Greece, Albania,Poland, Finland and Estonia.“The theme discussed at this plenarysession,” states the communiqué, “was the‘Ecclesiological and CanonicalImplications of Uniatism,’ ... a subjectwhich has assumed particular importancesince the changes which occurred inCentral and Eastern Europe over the last 10years.”“Although reactions were generally positive,”states the communqué, the documentstouching upon theological aspectsand practical guidelines concerning uniatism,“were met with some reserve andeven outright opposition, sometimes fromeach side. Therefore, it was felt necessaryto continue the reflection by the JointCommission in order to find commonunderstanding on this extremely thornyquestion.”“The discussions of this plenary werefar-reaching, intense and thorough. Theytouched upon many theological and canonicalquestions connected with the existenceand the activities of the Eastern CatholicChurches. However, since agreement wasnot reached on the basic theological conceptof uniatism, it was decided not to havea common statement at this time. For thisreason, the members will report to theirChurches, who will indicate how to overcomethis obstacle for the peaceful continuationof the dialogue,” the communiquécontinued.In addition to the conflict over theEastern Catholic Churches, there is a keytheological issue that remains a barrier toattaining reconciliation between theChurches: the role of the pope in Churchhierarchy.Catholics believe the pope, as the bishopof Rome, holds the highest position withinthe Church. Whereas the Orthodox leader,Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I ofConstantinople, is considered to be the“leader among equals” of more than adozen independent Orthodox Churches.Since December 7, 1965, when PopePaul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras ofConstantinople lifted their mutual excommunications,Catholics and Orthodox, who(Continued on page 8)

4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000No. 31Ukraine’s National Mint to be represented at Philadelphia conventionby Roman WoronowyczKyiv Press BureauKYIV – Stocked with a varied andengaging assortment of commemorativeofferings, and having recently celebratedits fifth anniversary, Ukraine’sNational Mint continues to moveahead in its efforts to represent thecountry in coin.As it has done every year since1996, the National Mint will take partin the annual American NumismaticAssociation (ANA) Convention,which this year will be held inPhiladelphia at the PennsylvaniaConvention Center on August 9-13.On display and for sale will bedozens of commemorative coinsdepicting Ukraine’s rich cultural traditionsand commemorating key datesand events in its more than 1,000-yearhistory.Five years ago the National Mint ofthe National Bank of Ukraine issuedits first collector’s coin, made ofcupronickel, which commemorated the50th anniversary of the end of WorldWar II (known here as the GreatPatriotic War). That issue was followedby a minting dedicated to theUkrainian “hero cities”: Kyiv, Odesa,Sevastopol and Kerch, which werecities given special status by the Sovietgovernment for the suffering theyendured during World War II.Since then the NBU has issuednearly 90 collectible commemorativesin cupronickel, silver and gold, whichhave been acknowledged by the worldnumismatic community for their highquality of engraving and minting.The last five years have been aseries of firsts for the Ukrainian commemorativecoin and the gradualdevelopment of the National Mint ofthe NBU as a leading producer of collectiblesin the world.The first collectible issued by theNBU that was dedicated to Ukrainianhistory and its heroes was the 1995issue in commemoration of the 400thanniversary of the birth of HetmanBohdan Khmelnytsky, the 17th centurymilitary and political leader.In late 1996, after the introductionof the new Ukrainian currency inSeptember, the Ukrainian mint issuedits first hryvnia piece, the two-hryvniadenomination commemorative, recognizingSofiyivka Park as one of thefinest in Ukraine.The newly rebuilt St. Michael’sGolden-Domed Cathedral on a1998 coin.The first gold collectible issued bythe NBU was minted in 1997 and dedicatedto Taras Shevchenko. That soonwas followed by another gold commemorative,this one celebrating thelong history and tradition of the 11thcentury Monastery of the Caves.On April 23, 1998, the NBU openedits own Banknote Printing and MintingWorks, which features state-of-the-artprinting and minting technology. It hasthe capability to annually produce 1.5billion circulation coins, 900,000 commemorativecoins and 200,000 ordersand medals. The new mint works is thefirst such operation on a governmentlevel in Ukraine in more than 1,000years.The first coin struck there was theKyiv Psalm Book gold commemorativecoin, dedicated to the 600thanniversary of the creation of theunique medieval prayer book.With its own mint works at its disposal,the Ukrainian Mint began toissue coins in series. The several seriesthat have appeared in the last twoyears have all been struck in silver andgold and include: the “Princes ofUkraine,” “Heroes of the Kozak Age”the “Spiritual Treasures of Ukraine,”and, most recently, “2,000 Years Sincethe Birth of Christ.”The first coin struck at the NBUMint depicted the “Kyiv Psalmbook”manuscript.The high artistic level and quality ofthe Ukrainian coins has been recognizedinternationally at forums inSwitzerland, Germany, the CzechRepublic and China, as well as at theannual ANA conventions in the UnitedStates. In January 1999 the MDMCompany of Germany paid tribute tothe high level of work in a very tangiblemanner when it ordered the mintingof 24,000 coins on two themes forits 2000 Sydney Olympic Series.In 2000 the ANA will include theNBU Mint and its products in its prestigiousCoins of the World guidebook,which is published for its annual conventions.The guidebook features onlythose mints whose production is indemand and growing.The National Mint of Ukraine hasplanned several offerings for the nearfuture, including a commemorativecoin, “Baptism of Rus’ “ and a serieson “Monuments of Ancient Cultures,”to include five coins representing culturalsymbols of the Paleolithic,Trypyllian, Olbian, Scythian andKyivan Rus’ ages.For more information on the workof the National Mint of the NationalBank of Ukraine visit their website at:www@bank.gov.ua.Resolution marks25th anniversaryof Helsinki AccordsWASHINGTON – Helsinki CommissionChairman Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.) won passageof a resolution marking the 25th anniversary ofthe Helsinki Final Act during the annual meeting ofthe Organization for Security and Cooperation inEurope’s Parliamentary Assembly. The resolutionrecalled the importance of the Helsinki process inpromoting human rights, democracy and the rule oflaw within the 54 countries that participate in theOSCE.The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly was heldJuly 6-10, in Bucharest, Romania, and included 249parliamentarians from throughout the OSCE region.The resolution also highlights the critical role ofhuman rights advocates, both historically and today,in pushing governments to respect the human rightsand fundamental freedoms enshrined in the HelsinkiFinal Act. The resolution specifically recognized thatsome human rights defenders have been the target ofretribution for their efforts to expose human rightsabuses throughout Europe, while others have died asa result of their efforts to promote human rights.“It is an honor to recognize the human rightsdefenders who serve to defend victims of humanrights abuses only to become victims themselves,thanks to the willingness of some political leaders tolook the other way in the face of blatant injustice,”Rep. Smith said.According to Mr. Smith, examples can be foundin several OSCE countries of human rights advocatesand attorneys, who are facing, or have faced,the problems described in the resolution. To illustratethis point, Mr. Smith described cases inNorthern Ireland, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan wherehuman rights attorneys or members of non-governmentalorganizations have faced harassment, intimidationor violence as a result of their human rightsactivities and related criticism of their respectivegovernments.The resolution expresses the ParliamentaryAssembly’s concern “that human rights defenders,including human rights attorneys, who are engagedin promoting and defending human rights and fundamentalfreedoms in the OSCE region today havebeen the targets of detention, harassment, intimidation,specious legal obstacles and criminal prosecutionand, in some instances, violence directedagainst them, and that human rights attorneys havebeen stripped of their licenses or threatened with disbarment.”The resolution also suggests that “OSCE participatingStates must take steps to ensure the safety ofhuman rights defenders and to hold accountable personswho are responsible for threatening, harassingor otherwise harming human rights defenders onaccount of their efforts to promote and defendhuman rights and fundamental freedoms.”The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: June 2000Amount Name City$150.00 Olexa Kostiuk Ottawa, Ontario$125.00 Roman Goy Baltimore, Md.$101.00 Lesia Poniatyszyn-Cady Phoenix, Ariz.$100.00 Maria Jaroslawska New York, N.Y.Taras SzmagalaCleveland, OhioUkrainian-American Cultural Club Houston, Texas.$60.00 Lidia and Orest Bilous Osprey, Fla.Andrew ZuraBroadview Heights, Ohio$50.00 Walter Clebowicz New Britain, Conn.George JaskiwSouth Euclid, OhioStephen KrysalkaMacon, Ga.Roman NestorowiczWarren, Mich.History Projects Photo And Video Chicago, Ill.$40.00 Victor Fedorowich Yorkton, Saskatchewan$30.00 Andrew and Anne Malan Astoria, N.Y.Taras ShegedynSouth Orange, N.J.Andrew SimockLas Vegas, Nev.$25.00 Robert John Chomiak New Haven, Conn.Walt CzepizakOakhurst, N.J.James KonopelskiLiverpool, N.Y.Jaroslaw Rozankowsky Jamaica Plain, Mass.Olga SoloveyDearborn Heights, Mich.Wolodymyr Wolowodiuk Chatham Township, N.J.$20.00 George Babchuk Crown Point, Ind.Christine HruszkewyczDerwood, Md.James IvchenkoLivingston, N.J.Myroslaw KulynychJackson Heights, N.Y.George DycioLewiston, MaineMary SowchukNew York, N.Y.S. 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No. 31THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000 5THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUMUNA invites artists to participatein annual Christmas card projectRECORDING DEPARTMENTMEMBERSHIP REPORT – MAY 2000Martha Lysko, National SecretaryJuvenile Adult ADD TotalTotal Active Members – 4/2000 7,394 15,583 3,804 26,781Total Inactive Members – 4/2000 7,302 18,109 0 25,411Total Members – 4/2000 14,696 33,692 3,804 52,192ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPGains in 5/2000New members 11 28 0 39New members UL 2 5 0 7Reinstated 5 9 4 18Total Gains: 18 42 4 64Losses in 5/2000Died 0 25 0 25Cash surrender 3 12 0 15Endowment matured 13 12 0 25Fully paid-up 7 16 0 23Reduced paid-up 0 0 0 0Extended Insurance 0 3 0 3Certificates lapsed (active) 5 7 14 26Certificate terminated 0 14 7 21Total Losses 28 89 21 138Total Active Members - 5/2000 7,384 15,536 3,787 26,707INACTIVE MEMBERSHIPGaines in 5/2000Paid-up 7 16 0 23Reduced paid up 0 0 0 0Extended insurance 0 3 0 3“Church at Soyuzivka” by Vitaliy Lytvyn (1983).by Oksana TrytjakUNA Special Projects CoordinatorUkrainian artists are encouraged andinvited to participate in the UNA’sChristmas Card Project. All proceeds fromthe sale of these cards are allocated toSoyuzivka, the UNA’s 400-acre resort. TheUNA is accepting works for reproductionthat have a traditional Ukrainian Christmastheme.In printing these Christmas cards theUNA popularizes Ukrainian artists. In thelast few years the UNA’s Christmas cardshave featured reproductions of works byartists from the United States, Canada andUkraine.Works published included those byBohdan Borzemsky, Mykhailo Dmytrenko,Maria Harasowska-Daczyszyn, TetiannaGajecky, Jacques Hnizdovsky, PetroHolovaty, Oleksander Kaniuka, YurijKozak, Yarema Kozak, Danylo Koshtura,Zenowia Kulynych, Vitaliy Lytvyn, AndrijMaday, Luba Maksymchuk, RomanMarkovych, Marta Anna, Natalka, LidiaPalij, Lidia Piasecky, Orest Poliszczuk,Myron Ryzhula, Martha Savchak, ChristineSaj, Jaroslav Stadnyk, Olena Stasiuk, IreneTverdochlib, Halyna Tytla, Yurij Trytjakand Yurij Viktiuk.Once again this year the UNA will publishapproximately 120,000 cards that willbe distributed throughout the United States,Canada and Ukraine. The intent is to popularizethe traditional Ukrainian Christmastheme and encourage Ukrainian artists tosubmit various works featuring traditionalmotifs, be they modern, religious or primitiveinterpretations. Diversified genres – oil,watercolor, tempera, graphics, woodcut,ceramic tile, mixed media or others – willadd variety and interest to the collection.Artists can participate in this project byforwarding either a slide, photo or originalwork that can be reproduced and printed to:Ukrainian National Association, 2200Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054; Att’n.Oksana Trytjak.The deadline for submission of art worksis August 31.Young UNA’ersTotal Gains 7 19 0 26Losses in 5/2000* Died 1 28 0 29* Cash surrender 8 12 0 20Pure endowment matured 2 3 0 5Reinstated to active 5 9 0 14Certificates lapsed (inactive) 0 2 0 2Total Losses 16 54 0 70Total Inactive Members – 5/2000 7,293 18,074 0 25,367TOTAL MEMBERSHIP - 5/2000 14,677 33,610 3,787 52,074(* Paid up and reduced paid up policies)RECORDING DEPARTMENTMEMBERSHIP REPORT – JUNE 2000Martha Lysko, National SecretaryJuvenile Adult ADD TotalTotal Active Members – 5/2000 7,384 15,536 3,787 26,707Total Inactive Members – 5/2000 7,293 18,074 0 25,367Total Members – 5/2000 14,677 33,610 3,787 52,074ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPGains in 6/2000New members 10 14 0 24New members UL 0 0 0 0Reinstated 4 6 2 12Total Gains: 14 20 2 36Losses in 6/2000Died 0 36 0 36Cash surrender 16 27 0 43Endowment matured 10 12 0 22Fully paid-up 16 22 0 38Reduced paid-up 0 0 0 0Extended Insurance 31 82 0 113Certificates lapsed (active) 28 37 88 153Certificate terminated 0 4 7 11Total Losses 101 220 95 416Total Active Members - 6/2000 7,297 15,336 3,694 26,327Tetiana Olha Smyk is a new memberof UNA Branch 82 in Detroit. She wasenrolled by her parents, Andrij andSonia (Lysyj) Smyk.Matthew Nicholas Lucyshyn, son ofTamara and Nicholas Lucyshyn, is anew member of UNA Branch 360 inBuffalo, N.Y. Matthew was enrolled byhis grandmother Ludmila Korytko.INACTIVE MEMBERSHIPGaines in 6/2000Paid-up 16 22 0 38Reduced paid up 0 0 0 0Extended insurance 31 82 0 113Total Gains 47 104 0 151Losses in 6/2000* Died 0 34 0 34* Cash surrender 12 11 0 23Pure endowment matured 3 3 0 6Reinstated to active 4 6 0 10Certificates lapsed (inactive) 0 0 0 0Total Losses 19 54 0 73Total Inactive Members – 6/2000 7,321 18,124 0 25,445TOTAL MEMBERSHIP - 6/2000 14,618 33,460 3,694 51,772(* Paid up and reduced paid up policies)

6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000No. 31THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLYAugust11975Helsinki’s promise“The participating states recognize the universal significance of human rights andfundamental freedoms, respect for which is an essential factor for the peace, justiceand well-being necessary to ensure the development of friendly relations and cooperationamong themselves as among all states.” – The Helsinki Final Act.Twenty-five years ago 35 states signed the Final Act of the Conference on Securityand Cooperation in Europe. These unprecedented meetings had begun in Helsinki inJuly 1973, continued in Geneva from September 1973 through July 1975, and concludedin Helsinki on August 1, 1975.The Final Act contained three “baskets” – Questions Relating to Security inEurope; Cooperation in the Field of Economics, Science and Technology, and theEnvironment; and Cooperation in Humanitarian and Other Fields – and a decalogueof fundamental principles ranging from inviolability of borders and territorial integrityof states to peaceful settlement of disputes and non-intervention in internal affairs, aswell respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.The Final Act underscored the ideals outlined in the Charter of the United Nationsand the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and in its third basket addressedbasic human rights, self-determination, reunification of families and access to information.The mere fact that these issues were addressed raised the hopes of millionsaround the globe. Rights activists in the USSR and other states that curtailed the rightsof their citizens were emboldened by the Helsinki Final Act. The USSR, of course,was not interested in the human rights sections of the accords, and it certainly did notforesee that Helsinki monitoring groups would spring up in Moscow, Ukraine,Lithuania, Georgia and Armenia. One of the most courageous of these groups, theKyiv-based Ukrainian Public Group to Promote Implementation of the HelsinkiAccords, pledged in its Memorandum No. 1 that: “The struggle for human rights willnot cease until these rights become the everyday standard in society.” For that pledgeand that struggle, many human and national rights defenders paid dearly – enduringjails, prison camps and exile. Some sacrificed their lives.It is notable also that the Helsinki Accords provided for “follow-up to the conference”to ensure implementation of its provisions. In fact, at review conferences inBelgrade, Madrid and Vienna participating states made further commitments to theprinciples embodied in the original accords.Today known as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, thestructure born in Helsinki now comprises several bodies, among them a Secretariat,Ministerial Council, Senior Council and a Permanent Council; a High Commissionerfor National Minorities, a chairman-in-office and a secretary general; the Forum forSecurity Cooperation, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and aParliamentary Assembly, as well as missions and field presences that operate in 18countries. All of these bodies function in addition to regular summit meetings involvingheads of state or government. The OSCE now encompasses 54 states – amongthem Ukraine, which became a participating state in 1992.The Helsinki Final Act, then, is a watershed in European history whose ramificationsare still felt today. In 1975 the accords were seen as visionary – idealistic, butperhaps impractical. In the end, however, the promise of Helsinki was realized.Turning the pages back...Twenty-five years ago on August 1, 1975, 33 European states,as well as the United States and Canada, signed the Final Act ofthe Helsinki Conference. The product of two years of meetings ofthe Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the internationalagreement dealt with issues relating to security in Europe, in the process recognizingexisting borders; outlined cooperation in economics, science, technology and the environment;and delineated humanitarian issues and human rights in a so-called “third basket”of wide-ranging and potentially far-reaching provisions.The Ukrainian Weekly commented on the effect of the Helsinki Accords in an editorialin its August 23, 1975, issue:“It took Brezhnev less than two weeks to state bluntly that the question of human rights,contained in the so-called third basket of the Helsinki declaration, which he and 34 otherleaders signed with such pomp and ceremony on August 1, is indeed in the basket, at leastas far as he is concerned“Queried on this topic by U.S. congressmen who comprised an 18-member delegationtouring the USSR, Comrade Brezhnev said that provisions contained in the “third basket,”including freedom of movement, freer flow of ideas and peoples, will require further negotiations.Predictably, the other baskets, dealing with non-interference in internal affairs and,more importantly, inviolability of the present borders of the Kremlin-ruled empire, are, inBrezhnev’s interpretation, no longer subject to discussion.“The Communist Party boss merely confirmed what scores of Western political analystsfeared for some time: that the West gained little from the Conference on Security andCooperation in Europe, but may have lost quite a bit. ...”Thus, as seen from the above, there was much skepticism over the Helsinki Accordswhen they were first signed by 35 states – particularly regarding recognition of the SovietUnion’s territorial conquests in Central and Eastern Europe.However, in the months and years that followed, it was the Helsinki Accords thatimpelled human and national rights activists in the Soviet Union to form groups aimed atmonitoring fulfillment of the provisions contained in this historic agreement – among themthe Moscow Helsinki Monitoring Group and the Ukrainian Public Group to PromoteImplementation of the Helsinki Accords. And, in the end, the Helsinki Accords lived up totheir billing.Source: “Human Rights – In a Basket” (editorial), The Ukrainian Weekly, August 23, 1975; FinalAct of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, August 1, 1975.FOR THE RECORDU.S. official’s address at conferenceon trafficking of women and childrenRemarks by Melanne Verveer, assistantto the president and chief of staff toFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, atthe Conference to Combat Trafficking inWomen and Children held in Kyiv onJune 21.First, I would like to say a few words inUkrainian. I am very happy to be back inUkraine, the birthplace of my grandparents,both on my mother’s and father’s side.This is my third visit. Four years ago, Iaccompanied President Bill Clinton on hishistoric visit to Kyiv. It was the first visit ofan American president to a free Ukraine.Two years ago, I was in Lviv with the FirstLady. There she announced a new publicinformation campaign aimed at warningUkrainian women and girls about the dangersposed by traffickers. Today it is a privilegeto join you for this important U.S.-Ukraine regional meeting for internationallaw enforcement officials on combatingtrafficking in women and children.When I was a child, I attended Ukrainianschool in the United States. There we sangthe Ukrainian national anthem and, like somany other Ukrainian Americans, weprayed that Ukraine would one day be free.Today, Ukraine is a democratic nation.As President Clinton said on his recent visitto Kyiv, America will be your partner andfriend as you work at building your democracyand reforming your economy.[Continued in English]:Each year close to 1 million humanbeings, especially women and children, areshipped across national boundaries and aresold into what has become modern-dayslavery. It is because of this flourishingcriminal industry that we gather to developconcrete law enforcement and related antitraffickingstrategies. No country can eradicatetrafficking by itself, because the characterof the problem is international inscope. With victims moving between countries,progress is possible only through ourmutual cooperation. The largest growingnumber of women and children is beingtrafficked from this region.I would like to express my gratitude tothe government of Ukraine for co-sponsoringthis law enforcement workshop withthe U.S. government. The United Statesand Ukraine have joined together in a bilateralcommitment to combat trafficking, andthis workshop will be the first of several toensure our joint progress. I want to congratulatethe government of Ukraine fortaking initial steps to address this problem.By the end of our discussions over the nextthree days, I hope the government will beable to put together a concrete plan ofaction that will include a government structurewith all the relevant ministries toaddress this issue.I also want to thank the Ukrainian ministerswho are here, as well as the representativesof educational institutions, internationalorganizations and NGOs. I ampleased that we have prosecutors fromsome of the oblasts with us. I know theirexperience at the local level in proactiveinvestigative work will be a welcome additionto this meeting.Yesterday I met with an official of theUkrainian Ministry of Education andlearned about the efforts that are beingmade in the schools to make studentsaware of the dangers that traffickers pose. Ialso heard how school officials are workingwith NGOs like Winrock and LaStrada tobetter prepare teachers on this issue.I am also very impressed with the collaborationamong Ukraine’s NGOs to combattrafficking. I saw their commitment andknow-how in action at a coordinatingmeeting yesterday. We need to enhance thiskind of coordination between the governmentand NGOs as well. This meeting isbringing together, for the first time, all thekey participants. Trafficking is not just aUkrainian problem or an American problem– it is a global menace. And it is notjust a women’s issue – it is an issue thataffects all of society.Because of the regional and internationalcharacter of trafficking, I am pleased thatthe representatives of so many foreign governmentscould be here. Your presence hereillustrates that your governments take thisissue seriously. Together we must create acoordinating body and commit resources.People who are trafficked are desperatefor economic opportunity and think theyare applying for jobs as waitresses, laborers,childcare providers or sales clerks.Many think they are following their dreamsof a better life; instead they find themselvesin an unimaginable nightmare living in virtualcaptivity. Enticed through false advertisingand deceptive offers, they fall prey toan organized criminal network, whichcomprises a new shadow economy. Oncethey arrive at the destination determinedfor them by their captors, their passportsand other documents are confiscated. Theyare subjected to extreme human rights violations– physical and mental abuse,including rape, torture, imprisonment anddeath threats.Trafficking has exploded in recent yearsbecause of a combination of factors – thesevere economic deprivation of the victims,a market in countries with larger sex industriesand an organized crime network thatutilizes local operatives to prey on vulnerablepeople.Trafficking in human beings is a majorsource of money for organized crime. Thetraffickers derive enormous profits fromtheir sales because of the relatively low riskof prosecution. Their work is often facilitatedby corrupt politicians. It is difficult toget at because the trafficking requiressecrecy, the women are silenced, the traffickersare mobile, well- equipped for theirwork and dangerous. As an NGO leaderremarked, “Smugglers and traffickers havebetter connections on the international levelthan we do.”My country is taking action on severalfronts. In March 1998 President Clintonissued an executive directive setting out aU.S. strategy to combat trafficking. He laidout a three-part plan for prevention, protectionof the victims, and prosecution of thecriminals. Law enforcement is the criticallink between all three areas. It is in yourpower to prosecute criminals who engagein this activity and to protect the victims.President Clinton also specificallydirected the U.S. government to work withUkraine. In a speech at the White House, inthe company of the Ukrainian ambassador,the U.S. secretary of state, the attorney generaland the first lady, he said we wouldjointly develop a comprehensive strategywith Ukraine to fight trafficking with thehope that our cooperation will be a modelfor anti-trafficking efforts across the globe.In the U.S. we are carrying out the president’sorder through a coordinated effortamong various agencies, including theState Department, the Justice Departmentand Immigration and NaturalizationService.The first step is prevention to ensurethat girls and women are made aware ofthis problem so that they will not be(Continued on page 12)

No. 31THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000 7LETTERS TO THE EDITORContinue to carryKuropas columnDear Editor:Regarding the recent assault on Dr.Myron Kuropas which appeared in TheWeekly of May 21, I am taking the libertyof writing this letter. I regularly enjoy readinghis columns and find them not onlyvery interesting, but also knowledgeable.Dr. Kuropas has the courage to discusscontroversial problems, stirring “themurky waters” that are carefully avoidedin open discussions by others. He alwayssigns his name to his articles. It is refreshingto read his “Faces and Places” column,in which he tries to educate theAmerican public to be more Ukrainianfriendlywithout pushing politically correctsocial agendas.Therefore, I strongly urge you to continueto carry Dr. Kuropas’ column, which isa popular feature in The Ukrainian Weekly.Dr. Theodore MackiwHeidelberg, GermanyP.S.: Enclosed I am sending a check for$50 for The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund.Four new bookswe should promoteDear Editor:We Ukrainian-Americans have to bevery proud that within the last year we witnessedthe publication of four books dealingwith Ukraine. These four books all arewritten in English and published here inthe United States.Their titles are:• “Scythian Gold: Treasures fromAncient Ukraine” (hard cover, publishedNovember 1999, price $60).The title is self-explanatory.• “Return to Ukraine” by Ania Savage(hard cover, published March 2000, price$29.95). This book shows what the SovietCommunists did to our ancestral home andits people.• “Borderland: A Journey through theHistory of Ukraine” by Anna Reid (hardcover, published June 1999, price $25; softcover, published June 2000, price $16. Anon-Ukrainian author tells readers whatUkraine lived through.• “The Sky Unwashed” by IreneZabytko (hard cover, published April 2000,price: $22:95). The author writes aboutwhat the Chornobyl disaster did to theenvironment and the population.All of these books were very positivelyreviewed on the pages of The UkrainianWeekly. Therefore, I support OlenaWelhasch’s idea (July 9) that we should tryto make a best seller out of “The SkyUnwashed,” and, I would like to includethe above titles in that attempt.Go to your Barnes and Nobles, Crown,Borders and other book stores and orderthem for yourselves. (Use the Internet ifyou have to order. The prices are more reasonableand delivery is within two, threedays.) Go to your local public and schoollibraries and request that they obtain all ofthe above books.By the way, next month you can expectanother book: “Thousands of Roads: AMemoir of a Young Woman’s Life in theUkrainian Underground during and afterWorld War II” by Maria Savchyn Pyskirand Ms. Savage (translator of this book andalso the author of the aforementioned“Return To Ukraine”).Wow, that makes five titles in less thanone year! Remember, book gift giving isstill popular. These books are all unusuallyvery well written. These titles are alsoappropriate for our teenage children andgrandchildren. And, again, they are all inEnglish. Why not buy them for variousgift-giving occasions for all the membersof our families? Are we going to see atleast three of these titles make it to thebest-seller list before Christmas?Batkivschynaand Ukrainian luckDear Editor:I had to laugh while reading OlenaStercho’s account in The UkrainianWeekly “Sailing Away On TheBatkivschyna...” (July 16). She refers tothe yacht crossing the Atlantic Ocean,weathering several storms without muchconventional communications and navitationalequipment and with no charts.And still they arrived.It reminded me of a recent experiencewhen l discovered a large, brown paperbundle sitting in my mailbox. I recognizedthe return address as one belongingto one of my relatives living in Odesa,Ukraine. The package, roughly 14 inchesin diameter and about 26 inches long,with several Ukrainian and French custom-ensigniasstamped around it, had nostrings tied around it, no tape, no staples,miraculously, no tears or holes, yet, waskept intact by some well-engineeredfolds at each end. I unfolded andunrolled the brown paper, and, lo andbehold, from a large, squished plasticbag, I pulled out three hand-embroideredblouses, two sun-hats and a beautifulcrocheted dress. No letter, no paperwork.Only after a phone call from my relativesdid I actually know that nothingwas missing from this surprise gift packagethey had mailed from Odesa a monthearlier. Two weeks later, I found thepackage’s Content Form in myflowerbed, 20 feet away from my mailbox.I laughed again when I realized thatI had received everything as was detailedon the form in my relative’s handwriting.The Batkivschyna arriving to the U.S.shores and my Ukrainian surprise packagefinding its way to my house can onlybe attributed to blessed Ukrainian luck!Dear Editor:Slavko PihutCrystal Lake, Ill.Nancy MelnykRochester, N.Y.Fedynsky columnshould be shorterWill Andrew Fedynsky ever be able todiscipline himself enough to fit his“Perspectives” viewpoint column onto onepage? His articles, though far less controversialand stimulating than those of Dr.Myron Kuropas, are nevertheless oftentimesworth photocopying and distributingto “others” [as Taras Shevchenko recommended]for discussion, comment or consideration.It is very annoying to photocopyhis, at times rambling, split column –especially when some of his comments areworth disseminating.Jaroslaw SawkaSterling Heights, Mich.The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes lettersto the editor. Letters should be typed (double-spaced)and signed; they must be originals,not photocopies.The daytime phone number and addressof the letter-writer must be given for verificationpurposes.The things we do...by Orysia Paszczak TraczChance encounters of the Ukrainian kindIsn’t serendipity wonderful? It happenswhen you least expect it. Most of mychance, truly surprising encounters in themost unexpected places have happened duringmy visits to Ukraine. From what I haveheard over the years, these meetings of peoplefrom both sides of the ocean happenmore often than we expect. I heard one professorsay that he usually sees more of hisNorth American colleagues on the streets ofKyiv and Lviv than he does back inCanada. During the 1988 Millennium ofChristianity in Ukraine celebrations, awoman from New Jersey traveled to Rome,then on to Prague and Ukraine. In thepedestrian underpass in the center ofPrague, she encountered a woman comingtowards her, who was a classmate from theLviv “gimnazia” (high school), where theyhad been seatmates back in the early 1940sand now lives in Europe.July 1998, a weekday,Lviv, by the OperaI’m in crowded open air folk art and fleamarket. I’m interpreting into English forsomeone who wants to buy some “harasivky”[woven head and neck bands]straight from the weaver. Two women, amother and daughter, are walking by, andthe younger woman turns to me and asks, inUkrainian, “Pardon me, would you be PaniOrysia from Winnipeg?” It turns out thather sister, now living in Winnipeg, had writtento her and mentioned that I may be inUkraine, and in Lviv, sometime that summer.Now what a chance that on this particularday I would be standing where I was,and they happened to be passing by and,hearing English, guessed that – of all thefemale English-speakers in Lviv – I wasPani Orysia?Kyiv, back in the summer of 1993I’m rushing up the steps of the pedestrianunderpass on the Khreschatyk, quickly turnright, and with some force bump into Dr.Jaroslav Rudnyckyj. He had retired as headof the department of Slavic studies at theUniversity of Manitoba (where I work inthe library) a few years before, and was thenliving in Montreal. It did not faze him at allthat after some years we have bumped intoeach other [or really, I into him] in Kyiv.True to character, his first words arewhether I know where a particular eventwas happening in Kyiv right then, becausehe had come to attend. I have no idea aboutthis event, and we part company.Lviv Airport, August 1999As we pile into the bus-type vehicle thatcarries us from the terminal to the airplane,I notice next to me an older woman and twoyounger ones, probably her daughters.Something about them seems familiar.Since I am standing beside them, I catch anEnglish phrase among the Ukrainian. Andthe English definitely has a Lower East Sideaccent. It was the Kozak family from NewYork, my brother-in-law’s close familyfriends, whom I had not seen for a goodeight or nine years! We have a great conversationin the bus and later on the airplane.Maybe we’ll see each other again in another10 years.Ternopil, 1998Our group had crossed paths with a tourgroup from the United States in the museumin Kolomyia. The leader of the groupwas the youngest sister of a person forwhom I had been a “sestrychka” (counselor)way back in the late 1950s at theSUM camp in Ellenville, N.Y. We meet upagain with the same group at the HotelTernopil. I notice one of the older men inthe group standing in the lobby. I do not recognizehim at all, but sense that I shouldknow him. I ask him who he is and wherefrom. It turns out it is Mr. Gensior, my latefather’s good friend from Newark andIrvington, N.J. He even spoke at my father’sfuneral 21 years before. After that long atime, I truly did not recognize the face, butcannot explain why I was drawn to find outmore about this particular person.Shevchenkivskyi Hai,Lviv, August 1999On a glorious sunny afternoon, my groupis about to leave this amazing outdoor architecturalmuseum. Where three paths converge,we are headed towards the exit, asare two groups of young people comingfrom the other two lanes. Something aboutthem tells me they also are tourists fromNorth America. Indeed, they are “plastuny”from New Jersey. Many of them had beenin Winnipeg for the International UkrainianScout Jamboree the year before. Amongthem are friends of my sister and her family,as well as the grandson of our family electrician.Selo Zubiv, south of Terebovlia,Ternopil region, August 1999As often happens on my tours, peoplewho have been in North America for generationswant to see the village of their ancestors.In this case, a woman whose wholefamily left Zubiv over a century ago forCanada wanted to visit her ancestral home,and see if any distant relatives were stillaround. I went along to interpret. It is arainy day, and the village roads are muddy.There is only one person walking on theroad, and our driver stops the car to ask ifhe knows anyone in the village with thisparticular surname. The old man says hedoes, and we get out of the car to walk withhim down the road. Looking back, as far asthe road goes, I see kerchiefed heads poppingout from each fenced gate on bothsides of the street. News travels fast in thevillage. As we walk, we explain that we arefrom Canada. The man then asks me if Iknow Prof. Potichnyj. I answer that I do. Itturns out that this man is not originally fromZubiv, but from Pavlokoma, in Poland.During the late 1940s, Pavlokoma was oneof the Ukrainian villages destroyed by thePoles in the Akcja Wisla, during whichUkrainians were exterminated and their villagesburned. In Pavlokoma the villagerstook refuge in the church, which was setafire by the Poles. Some Ukrainians survived,among them a few villagers whowere exiled and resettled in Ukraine.Others, like the surviving Potichnyj familymembers, came to Canada. This manremembered that a Potichnyj had gone toCanada, and he or his father had been thisman’s teacher. And this would be the onlyman I would meet on that rainy day on theroad in Zubiv.Kyiv, just inside the entranceto Pecherska Lavra, August 1999My group has already headed towardsour tour bus, and I am hurrying to catch up.Just at the gate, I hear someone nearbyspeaking in Ukrainian. 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8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000No. 31Founded 1894UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC.2200 Route 10 • P.O. Box 280 • Parsippany, NJ 07054 • Tel.: (973) 292-9800, Fax: (973) 292-0900Sincere congratulations and best wishes toMr. Michael Komichakand thePittsburgh Ukrainian Radio Programon the occasion of the 50th anniversary of their serviceto the Ukrainian community of greater Pittsburgh.Executive Committeeof the Ukrainian National AssociationThe Ukrainian Weekly W2000To mark the end of this millennium and the beginning of a newone, the editors of The Ukrainian Weekly have prepared “TheUkrainian Weekly 2000,” a two-volume collection of the best andmost significant stories that have appeared in the newspaper since itsfounding through 1999. Volume I, now available, covers events from1933 through the 1960s.“The Ukrainian Weekly 2000” is sure to become a resource forresearchers, and a keepsake for readers. A great gift idea!To order send a check or money order to: The Ukrainian Weekly,2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054.Each copy of Volume I of "The Ukrainian Weekly 2000" costs $15;additional donations to The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund are welcome.All donors will be acknowledged in The Weekly.For additional information call (973) 292-9800, ext. 3042(Continued from page 1)tions and the election of a new consistory,which for the next five years will be headedby the Very Rev. William Makarenko,of St. Volodymyr Cathedral in Toronto,who had previously served as the chair ofthe consistory presidium in 1990-1995.Among the many guests and dignitaries inattendance were Metropolitan Constantine,Archbishop Antony and ArchbishopVsevolod of the Ukrainian OrthodoxChurch of the U.S.A.A major focus of discussion at the Soborwas “Vision 2000: A Blueprint for theFuture of the Ukrainian Orthodox Churchof Canada.” The product of a consultativeprocess undertaken in the wake of the 19thSobor, “Vision 2000” was introduced bysections outlining the vision, mission andguiding principles of the UOCC, followedby a series of “Challenges” organizedunder three headings: “Spiritual Renewal,”“Educational Development” and“Stewardship.”Although long and rather cumbersomein form and content, the document did manageto keep debate tightly focused on a limitednumber of themes and issues, preventinga repeat of the last Sobor, when the finalresolutions session continued into the earlyhours of the morning.The business portion of the Sobor concludedwith a banquet and concert attendedby representatives of several differentChurches. Glen Murray, the mayor ofWinnipeg, brought greetings from the cityand emphasized the importance of faith ashe warmly recalled his Ukrainian Orthodox“baba” and his childhood years inMontreal. 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How is it possible, he asked, forthose Churches to retain the languageand rituals of their mother Churches andyet still profess papal primacy and infallibility,which run counter to Orthodoxfaith?Prior to this meeting, the last meetingof the commission was held in 1993 inBalamand, Lebanon. The commissionwas established in 1979. The UkrainianCatholic Church has had no memberfrom its Synod of Bishops designated bythe Vatican to attend those commissionmeetings as a delegate, and the Churchwas not invited to send an observer.Philadelphia receptionto show support for caucusPHILADELPHIA – In conjunctionwith the Republican Party conventionbeing held here during the first week ofAugust, the Ukrainian Human RightsCommittee will host a reception for themembers of the Congressional UkrainianCaucus. Members of the caucus havebeen effective in supporting policies thatbenefit Ukraine and the Ukrainian cause.The reception will take place onThursday, August 3, at Ulana’sRestaurant and Club at 205 BainbridgeStreet in the Society Hill area ofPhiladelphia. The Ukrainian communityis urged to show its support for theCongressional Ukrainian Caucus byattending the reception. After the reception,a post-convention party will be heldat the club. For more information pleasecall (215) 922-4152.

No. 31750,000 participate...(Continued from page 1)made the trek from a neighboring village. Ittook him and his family “merely” sevenhours, as he explained.What drew them was the July 22-23 All-Ukrainian Pilgrimage of the UkrainianGreek-Catholic Church to the Zarvanytsiashrine, and before it was over nearly750,000 people had taken part, making itone of the largest gatherings of Ukrainiansever. Although authorities could not giveexact figures, they estimated that at least200,000 people had entered the grounds ofthe Marian shrine on each of the two daysof the weekend event, with over 250,000more gathered for an evening candlelightvigil on Saturday evening.Organized as a second millennium celebrationof the birth of Jesus Christ by theUkrainian Greek-Catholic Church, theobjective reason for the mass gathering wasthe blessing of the new Sobor of the OurLady of Zarvanytsia. However, it was morethan that. Church leaders said that, in additionto giving thanks for the re-emergenceof the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Churchafter nearly a half century of persecution,they hoped the pilgrimage would becomean act of forgiveness and purification, anopportunity for the Church and the faithfulto ask forgiveness for their own affrontsand those committed by the variousUkrainian religious confessions against oneanother over the last century. It was also achance to pray for the reunification of thelong-divided Ukrainian Church.It became still more: an act of massbonding for the faithful of the long-sufferingChurch, as people made new acquaintancesand renewed old ones.“I came to pray for my family, for ourhealth and well-being, but also for nenkaUkraina (Mother Ukraine), so that shefinally achieves her potential,” said VasylHladchuk, who had traveled from the nearbyvillage of Monastyrsk.Some of the pilgrims slept in hotels inTernopil, while others found rooms inneighboring villages. But most spent thenight together on the grounds of the shrine:in tents or under the stars, or in the vehiclesthat carried them there. Many did not sleepat all, but spent the starlit hours praying andattending services through the morning.Meals for a large portion of the pilgrimsconsisted of bits of fatback or sausage andcoarse black bread, along with fruits andvegetables, which they had brought withthemselves and ate together as they sat onrocks, tree stumps or the bare ground.Others built campfires and ate more fully,while a large number didn’t eat at all, preferringto fast and sustain themselves on thewater that flows from the Zarvanytsiaspring that is said to have healing powers.Men, women and children, dressed ineverything from low cut t-shirts emblazonedwith the Calvin Klein logo andshorts to folk costumes embroidered in thestyle of the geographic region from whichthey hailed, took part in a dizzying array ofchoral contests, concerts, prayer servicesand divine liturgies dedicated to the OurLady of Zarvanytsia, who is credited fornumerous miracles at this site through thehealing waters of a spring that bubbles tothe earth’s surface only meters from theStrypa River. There was also a youth meeting,an art exhibit and a conference on martyrsof the 20th century.Across the river from the sobor, a tentcity rose on the first day of the retreat,home to several thousand mostly collegeagedadults and a smattering of older folks,representatives of parishes and churchorganizations, as well as three Ukrainianyouth groups: the Ukrainian scoutingorganization, Plast; the Tryzub SocietyYouth Organization of Stepan Bandera; andthe Youth: Hope of Ukraine group. Theycamped out, swam and attended variousevents during the day, and sang and playedUkrainian religious and folk songs at night.THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000 9Visitors jammed the main street of thetiny village of less than a thousand inhabitantsto buy ice cream, soda and an assortmentof icons, rosary beads, prayer booksand crosses. They also queued at faucetsthrough which the spring water now flowsto fill water bottles and jugs to take home.Throughout the weekend there weremany compelling sights: men and womenpraying the rosary under trees or beneaththe shrine built over the wellspring; elderlywomen lying prostrate, their heads bowedto the ground for the entire two-hour durationof the Sunday divine liturgy; a man ina makeshift wheelchair washing his legswith spring water at one of the manyfaucets near the foot of the sobor.Three events highlighted this remarkableweekend and gathering.First was the rain-soaked blessing of thesobor and its main altar on Saturday afternoon.At about 4 p.m., as dark clouds gatheredoverhead, the bishops and clergy ofthe Church circled and then entered the stillunfinished sobor, whose exterior cupolasare not yet all gilded and whose interiorstill lacks icons, frescoes and an iconostas.While the blessing of the structure andan archiepiscopal divine liturgy took placein the upper church, other bishops blessedthe main altar in the lower church andimplanted a relic of St. JosaphatKuntsevych beneath the altar’s surface.The church blessing did not go off withoutseveral hitches. First, Bishop LubomyrHusar, the administrative head of theChurch, who carries out official duties forthe leader of the Church, the aged and illCardinal Ivan Lubachivsky, was delayedand did not show up for the liturgy.Second, when the rains arrived, the hierarchydecided to change the venue of thedivine liturgy from its original site on astage before the church, which sits atop ahill overlooking a large valley, and to do itall inside. The only problem was that noone told the faithful, more than 50,000 ofwhom stood in the rain waiting patientlyfor the appearance of of the Church hierarchyand the beginning of the divine liturgy.Also, no one thought to provide externalspeakers so that the throngs outside couldhear the services taking place within thechurch. As word spread among the crowdthat the divine liturgy was well under wayinside, the disappointed masses dispersed.Much more successful – in fact, an aweinspiringvisual spectacle – was the eveningcandlelight vigil, which began after the sunhad set that evening. As large throngs againbegan to gather in the open field beneaththe sobor, on the streets of the village andin the surrounding hills, a procession fromthe village church, led by Bishop IulianVoronovsky, proceeded to the shrine for amoleben prayer service.As electrical lighting was extinguished,the ensuing darkness gradually was illuminatedby an increasingly larger number oftiny points of light, which eventuallyengulfed the whole area as if millions offireflies had descended upon the crowd.Following the prayer service, a bas relieficon of Our Lady of Zarvanytsia wasblessed and mounted in the shrine.As candles continued to burn, whichthey did for a good portion of the night,tens of thousands of believers made theirway to the stations of the cross located inthe woods behind the sobor, where theywaited patiently for hours before followingthe clergy through the 12 sites of the service,which commemorates the suffering ofChrist during his crucifixion.Well after midnight, those who still werenot sleeping listened to a concert featuringNina Matvienko, considered Ukraine’squeen of traditional folk music.The final day culminated with anotherarchiepiscopal divine liturgy held on thestage erected before the sobor. Present weremost of the bishops of the UkrainianGreek-Catholic Church; UkrainianOrthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate’s representative,Bishop Vasylyi of Kolomyia;DAUPHIN, Manitoba – A trilingualcommemorative plaque will be unveiledon Saturday, August 5, at 12:30 p.m. at theUkrainian National Festival, Selo-Ukraina.The marker will recall all 24 Canadianconcentration camps where Ukrainiansand other Europeans were held as “enemyaliens” during Canada’s first nationaland two representatives from the Vatican –Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine ArchbishopMykola Eterovic and special papal emissary,Archbishop Vinko Pulic of Sarajevo.Bishop Husar, who led the church service,explained that he was pleased PopeJohn Paul II had chosen Archbishop Pulicas his emissary, because he represents aSlavic Church – one that also had sufferedfrom Communist persecution, much as theUkrainian Greek-Catholic Church had.While Archbishop Eterovic read a greetingfrom the pope, Archbishop Pulic gavethe sermon during the service. Both Vaticanrepresentatives emphasized in theirremarks that the acrimony and even hatredthat may still linger from the events of thepast must be cleansed from the hearts of thefaithful. Archbishop Pulic underscored thatthe major tragedy of the Ukrainian nationhas been its religious divisiveness.Following completion of the churchservice, Ukraine’s vice prime minister forhumanitarian affairs, Mykola Zhulynskyi,who along with Minister of EmergencySituations Vasyl Durdynets led the officialUkrainian delegation representing the governmentand President Leonid Kuchma,extended greetings to the Church and thosegathered. President Kuchma was vacationingin Yalta that week.The celebrations, the prayer services andthe divine liturgies that occurred inZarvanytsia were a celebration of theMother of God, who many believe has performedmiracles through the waters thatflow from a spring there. According to legend,in the 13th century the Mother of Godappeared to a monk who was fleeing theMongol invasion that had destroyed Kyiv.On the banks of the Strypa River, he prayedto her for protection. In his sleep the monkhad a vision of the Mother of God, withtwo angels hovering beside her. She smiledand touched the monk with her cloak. Ashe awoke, he saw a brilliant light beamingnear the river. Approaching it he cameupon an icon of the Mother of God withJesus in her arms.The monk decided to stay in the areaand build a chapel to house the icon.Eventually he constructed a church and anadjoining monastery. Over the centuriesmany cases of miraculous healing havebeen recorded by the monks who haveresided there for centuries. Prince Vasylkoof Terebovlia was reportedly cured of aserious affliction in the 16th century.During the Soviet era, Communist Partyofficials repeatedly tried to cap the wellspringto no avail, according to local lore.When they covered one fount, water wouldburst forth from another.Pilgrims, who continued to visit theshrine even after it was officially shutdown, often would be met by local militiawith dogs or barbed wire to dissuadebelievers from entering. Although the faithfulcould not avoid the dogs, more oftenthan not barbed wire erected one day wouldbe pitched into the Strypa by the next.For photos of the pilgrimage toZarvanytsia, see the centerfold.Memorial plaque to be unveiled in Dauphininternment operations of 1914-1920.The event is organized by theUkrainian Canadian Civil LibertiesAssociation in cooperation with theDauphin-based Ukrainian NationalFestival and its Memorial Committee,headed by Peter Bilash. The public is welcometo attend. For more information callMr. Bilash at (204) 638-8400.

10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000No. 31750,000 participate in pilgrimage to Zarvanytsia shrineThe last groups of pilgrims make their way down a dirt road to the shrine.The newly blessed Sobor of Our Lady of Zarvanytsia.A trio of members of the Plast delegation participating in the pilgrimage.Some of the hundreds of thousands of participants of the All-Ukrainian pilgrimage to Zarvanytsia gathered for the Sunday divine liturgy.

No. 31THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000 11Holding prayer books (from left), Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Mykola Enterovic and special papal emissary ArchbishopVinko Pulic of Sarajevo participate in outdoor services.A Ukrainian Greek-Catholic priest hears confessionsprior to the liturgy.One of the scores of youths tasked with distributingZarvanytsia’s water, believed to have miraculous healingpowers, to the faithful from the newly constructed tapsat the shrine.Photos by Roman WoronowyczBishops place a relic of St. Josaphat into the sobor’s main altar during a ceremony in the lower church on Saturday.An elderly woman on the campgrounds adjoining the church where thousands spent the night.Young campers relax near their tents after Sunday liturgy.

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Theinformation must be easily and widelyaccessible.Because prevention is so important FirstLady Hillary Clinton announced in Lviv inlate 1997 a U.S.-EU information campaign,in conjunction with Ukrainian NGOs, toreach women and girls in Ukraine whomay be in danger and to inform lawenforcement and other agencies to be onthe lookout for, and hopefully to stop, thesecrimes.Mrs. Clinton was also responding to aplea she heard from Ukrainian womenleaders who had gathered in Vienna withwomen from Central and Eastern Europefor a Vital Voices Conference in 1997.There she heard stories about family membersand others in communities who hadgone off with the offer of jobs never to beheard from again.Prevention was also an important reasonfor President Clinton’s announcement duringhis recent visit to Ukraine to establish amulti-million dollar micro-credit program.At its root traffickers prey on those wholack economic opportunity. Trafficking alsorequires economic solutions. Creatingviable work alternatives for women andgirls is a critical aspect of an overall strategy.The terrible cost to any society istremendous when it loses a significant portionof its educated labor force.Today, I’m pleased to be able toannounce a new $500,000 program to provideassistance to the government ofUkraine to strengthen legal, regulatoryand enforcement mechanisms to ensurethat women are not discriminated againstin the workplace implemented by theChance encounters...(Continued from page 7)around me – yes, even in Kyiv. But this isthe language of my parents’ generation, thetype of Ukrainian I would hear in NorthAmerica. I turn to the two women and askthem where they are from. The older of thetwo introduces herself and her daughter:Lydia Odezynsky from Philadelphia and herdaughter Andrea from New York. I thenintroduce myself as Orysia from Winnipeg.Pani Lydia practically goes ballistic. To myastonishment, she gushes about how she’s afan of mine and enjoys my articles in TheWeekly. She and her family will be in Lvivthe next day, to have dinner at UkrainskyiKrai, the restaurant I wrote about in TheWeekly the year before. If I’m not mistaken,she even had the article with her. To herdelight, I ask if she would be interested inmeeting the Mykola of the article, who justhappens to be one of the two leaders of ourtour and is standing a few steps away, onthe other side of the gate. At the bus, Lydiaand Andrea meet Mykola Hunko and IhorMiklosh, the other leader, and makearrangements for their big family dinner inLviv at Mykola’s place the next day. Later,Mykola was pleased to tell me that the partyof eight had a good time at his restaurant.New York, June 1997Serendipity at its highest. I was in NewJersey for my mother’s funeral. There wasone day that I had time to take a break, soon the spur of the moment made plans tovisit The Ukrainian Museum in downtownManhattan. 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As all of you know, it requireslaws that criminalize trafficking, trainingfor law enforcement – police, judges andprosecutors, investigations of documentfraud, smuggling, official corruption thatfacilitates the illegal activity, and witnessprotection programs, as well as regionalcooperation.In a world where the rule of law shouldprevail, too many victims must wonderhow people can buy and sell human beingsand go unpunished. We need to use the fullforce of law to root out the criminal networksthat profit from trafficking.What concrete steps will we take fromthese meetings? As an Italian law enforcementofficial said: “The criminals areorganized and we are not.”We need to coordinate our effortsbetween government and NGOs, betweencountries and within countries, to help thevictims and to prosecute those involved:the traffickers, the middlemen, the corruptimmigration officials, the bogus employmentand travel agencies – all the criminalactors.The international community will bewatching our progress over the next dayshere, as well as our collective actions in theweeks and months ahead.Let us resolve to do the job that isours to do: to stop trafficking. We arecommitted to working with you to eradicatethis scourge. So many are dependingon all of us.pass her, I get a better look at her, stop andask: “Danya?” In total surprise, we stare ateach other, then hug.We had met at a conference of TheWashington Group in Washington a fewyears earlier. At the reception in theUkrainian Embassy the evening before thesessions, I was introduced to Danya, awoman from New York, who had arrived atthe Embassy straight from train station withher suitcase in tow. She mentioned that shedecided at the last minute to come to theconference, and hadn’t even made arrangementsfor a place to stay. Since I had anextra bed in my hotel room, I told her sheneedn’t to look any further, she could stayin my room. She seemed surprised at theoffer, and I was surprised at her surprisedreaction. To me, it was the normal thing todo. Even though we were both Ukrainian, Iguess the differences between a New Yorkerand a [now] Winnipegger came out. She didstay, and we had a great time during theconference. Even though we exchangedaddresses, after a while I had lost contactwith her for a few years, and every so oftenwondered where she was. It turned out thatafter working in Manhattan, she was inMoscow and Moldova for a few years. Themorning I ran into her in the East Villageshe was moving her belongings to hermother’s home and was leaving for Kyivfor a new position. I was in the East for anunexpected sad occasion, one I had notplanned on. In addition, my trip toManhattan was not specifically planned. If Ihad turned down one street earlier, or hadpassed by a few minutes later, our pathswould not have crossed, and I would still bewondering what ever happened to Danya.This was a real chance encounter!There are many more such stories outthere. I’m sure The Weekly readers canrelate, and have many of their own stories.I’ll be in Ukraine in August, and I amalready wondering whom I’ll run into –when, where and how.

No. 31Newsbrief...(Continued from page 2)5 percent of N energy paid for in cashKYIV – The national nuclear energycompany Enerhoatom reported on July 24that Ukraine’s five nuclear power plantsproduced 3.18 billion hrv ($585 millionU.S.) worth of electricity and heating inthe first six months of this year but only 5percent of that energy was paid for incash. Some 75 percent of the power generatedby Ukraine’s nuclear plants is soldon barter terms or used to reduce thenuclear energy industry’s debts. As ofJuly 1 consumers owed the country’snuclear plants 2.66 billion hrv for energysupplies. (RFE/RL Newsline)Kyiv hopes for two IMF tranches in 2000KYIV – Valerii Lytvytskyi, a top aideof Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko, hastold journalists that if the InternationalMonetary Fund loan program is resumedin September or October, Kyiv mayobtain two tranches worth between $250million and $260 million each before theend of the year, Interfax reported on July21. Meanwhile, First Vice Prime MinisterYurii Yekhanurov’s July 22-24 visit toIMF headquarters in Washington waspostponed until July 31 for “technical reasons,”Mr. Yekhanurov’s press secretaryannounced. (RFE/RL Newsline)Kuchma asked to ‘save’ jailed deputyKYIV – The lawyer for NationalDeputy Mykola Agafonov has sent a letterto President Leonid Kuchma askinghim to “save” the life of Mr. Agafonov byfreeing him from jail for medical treatment,Interfax reported on July 20. Theletter says Mr. Agafonov suffers fromcancer, diabetes and high blood pressure,adding that “the probability that he willlive until a verdict [is passed] is verylow.” Mr. Agafonov was arrested after theParliament lifted his immunity in June.The Procurator General’s Office suspectshim of embezzling $24 million in statefunds from an agricultural company heheaded from 1992 to 1997. (RFE/RLNewsline)Ukraine’s total debt decreasesKYIV – Finance Minister IhorMitiukov has announced that Ukraine’stotal debt, which includes the state’s foreignand domestic payment obligations,decreased in the period January to May2000 by $438 million to a total of$14.865 billion as of June 1, Interfaxreported on June 21. However, calculatedin the national currency, the total debtincreased in the same period by 700 millionhrv ($129 million) to 80.5 billion hrv.Mr. Mitiukov said the debt increase inhryvni was caused by inflation inUkraine. Mr. Mitiukov added thatUkraine’s foreign debt stood at $10.599billion as of June 1. (RFE/RL Newsline)Bilateral commission to tackle gas debtKYIV – Following his July 19 talks inMoscow with Prime Minister MikhailKasianov Ukrainian Prime MinisterViktor Yuschenko said the two sidesreached understanding on the size ofUkraine’s gas debt to Russia but he gaveno figures. Russia’s Gazprom saysUkraine owes more than $2 billion, whileUkraine maintains that its gas debt totals$1.4 billion. Mr. Yuschenko added thatboth countries agreed to set up an intergovernmentalcommission to resolve thegas debt problem. The commission willmeet next week, and Russian DeputyPrime Minister Viktor Khristenko willlead the Russian side. Prime MinisterYuschenko also said both sides discussedthe issue of a gas pipeline bypassingTHE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000 13Ukraine, which was recently raised byGazprom. “If we resolve the problem of[Ukraine’s] payment for gas, we will notneed to make any investments in newpipelines,” Nezavisimaya Gazeta quotedMr. Kasianov as saying. (RFE/RLNewsline)Odesa-Moscow train is derailedVINNYTSIA – The locomotive and sixcars of the Moscow-Odesa passengertrain went off the rails July 24 at 4:53a.m. in the Vinnytsia Oblast. Thirty-fivepassengers were injured, and one is incritical condition. According to preliminaryinformation, the crash took placedue to a damaged rail. The investigationgroup stated that the accident might bethe result of dismantling of the rails formetal scrap by local residents. The victimsof the crash will be issued compensationof 1,000 hrv. (Eastern Economist)Names to appear on rail ticketsKYIV – Railway tickets will be soldonly when a passport or other photo ID ispresented starting July 20. The passenger’slast name is to be printed on theticket. Such measures were taken due tothe increased number of re-sales of thetickets, which creates ticket shortages. Inthe past such measures did not prove tobe effective. (Eastern Economist)President signs decree on bankingKYIV – President Leonid Kuchmasigned a decree on measures to strengthenthe banking system and increase itsrole in the economic transformationprocesses. According to the document, amonitoring system for commercial banksis to be created separately from theNational Bank of Ukraine. The Cabinetof Ministers and the NBU are to createthe system and develop the program fordevelopment of the banking system for2001-2003 before November 1. The programwill establish an organization forrestructuring the debt obligations to commercialbanks, which were recognized asnot collectable. Also, a new state officewill be set up to control the activity ofinvestment companies, trusts, creditunions, insurance companies and otherfinancial intermediaries. Currently theNBU develops the principles of financialand monitoring policy, as well as themonitoring system for commercial banks.In 2001-2003 the government and theNBU are to implement measures to reorganizethe JS commercial bank Ukrainafor improvement of functioning of theState Export-Import Bank,UkrExImBank and improve the financialstate of Oschadnyi bank. These banks areamong the top commercial banks inUkraine. The total number of branchoffices of these banks is 10,870, whilethe personnel of only Ukraina bank isover 18,000. (Eastern Economist)Turkmenistan, Ukraine resolve disputeASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – Duringtalks in Ashgabat on July 25 with visitingUkrainian Vice Prime Minister YuliaTymoshenko, Turkmenistan’s PresidentSaparmurat Niyazov agreed to extend bytwo years the deadline for repayment ofKyiv’s restructured debt for deliveries ofnatural gas in 1993-1994, Interfax reported.One third of the total $211 milliondebt must be paid in cash before the endof 2002, and the remainder in goods andservices for Turkmenistan’s oil and gassector. In addition, before the end of thisyear Ukraine will pay $27 million out of atotal $107 million owed to Turkmenistanby Naftohaz Ukrainy. It is not clearwhether agreement was also reached onfurther Ukrainian purchases of Turkmengas or when deliveries, which were haltedin May 1999, will be resumed. 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14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000No. 31Come experienceOselia SUMin Ellenville, NY!Educational Council meets, elects officersSaturday, August 51st AnnualMaryland CrabFestLimited to 50 people - Reservations requiredJewelry Show & SaleZabava with “Oberehy”Saturday, August 12Wine-Tasting ReceptionDinner with Guest ChefFund-Raiser for Children’s CampSaturday, August 1910th Annual Softball TournamentHawaiian Luau Pub PartyZabava with “Lvivyany”Labor Day WeekendSeptember 1-4SUM “Zdvyh” FestivitiesFestival Stage PerformancesZabavas Friday, Saturday and SundayUkrainian VendorsVolleyball and Soccer TounamentsOvernight sleepingaccommodations available.To reserve rooms, register for sports tournaments,or make a reservation for ourCrabFest or Wine-Tasting and dinner,please write or phone us:Ukrainian AmericanYouth Association8853 Route 209Ellenville, NY 12428Phone: (845) 647-7230Fax: (845) 647-8488E-mail: ellenville@cym.orgby Lydia BabiukNeed a back issue?If you’d like to obtain a back issueof The Ukrainian Weekly,send $2 per copy(first-class postage included) to:Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly,2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280,Parsippany, NJ 07054.Participants of the elections meeting of the Educational Council.EAST HANOVER, N.J. – TheEducational Council, which functions underthe aegis of the Ukrainian CongressCommittee of America, held its electionsmeeting on June 24-25 at the Ramada Innand Conference Center. Teachers attendingthe meeting represented 35 Ukrainian studiesschools and courses in which 2,600 studentsare enrolled.The president of the Education Council,Dr. Eugene Fedorenko gave his summaryon educational activity in the schools ofUkrainian studies during the past four years.On the whole the schools are being reviveddue to the influx of highly qualified teachersfrom the fourth wave of immigrants, manyof whom have a new approach to the teachingof different subjects. The newly arrivedteachers make up 50 percent of the totalnumber of teachers working in the schoolsof Ukrainian studies.The total number of the students hasalso risen due to the new students fromUkraine. In fact, a school of Ukrainian studieshas been opened in Sacramento, Calif.,consisting mostly of pupils from Ukraine.This particular school is the second largestin the country, with almost 300 students.The general increase in the number ofstudents in Ukrainian schools also has beengenerated by children of the third and fourthgeneration, whose parents speak poorUkrainian, or don’t speak Ukrainian at all,Dr. Fedorenko noted. There are also childrenfrom Ukraine, who have been adoptedby Americans, attending schools ofUkrainian studies.It is important to maintain close ties withUkraine and to exchange information withour children throughout various levels oftheir education, Dr. Fedorenko said, so thatthey will know not only the Ukrainian language,but the history of their ancestors.Trips to America for children fromUkraine would be very beneficial, he continued.The young independent nation ofUkraine needs people who are multi-dimensionaland have a good understanding of aforeign language.The president of Ukrainian WorldCongress, Askold Lozynskyj, informed theEducational Council that the educationalprocess is being redefined in Ukraine. In(Continued on page 17)Jubilee Committee of the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Parishof Kerhonkson, New Yorkinvites all its past and present members,guests and their families who participated in our services,were married and/or baptized in our church, to be part of ourCelebration of the35th Anniversary of the Parish and25th Anniversary of its Churchon the24th of September, 2000Ceremonies will begin at 10:00 a.m. with the Celebration of a High Massfollowed by a Banquet at Soyuzivka, Ukrainian National Ass’n EstateSUPPORT THE WORKOF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY.Send contributions to: The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund,2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054If you would like to attend our banquet, please respond byAugust 30, 2000Holy Trinity UCC Jubilee CommitteeP.O. Box 712, Kerhonkson, NY 12446Tel.: (845) 626-2058 or Fax: (845) 626-5831

No. 31Wynar donates 11,000 volumesto University of Kansas LibrariesLAWRENCE, Kansas – In summer1999 the University of Kansas Librariesreceived an impressive gift of over 11,000volumes from the private library ofBohdan S. Wynar of Englewood, Colo.The collection focuses on Ukrainian studieswith an emphasis on the humanitiesand social sciences. The UniversityLibraries have excellent Ukrainian collections,the core of which were built byMichael Palij who retired as SlavicBibliographer in the early 1980s. TheWynar collection fills the university’s gapsin the late Soviet period.Mr. Wynar is the founder and chiefexecutive officer of Libraries Unlimited, apublishing firm specializing in library andinformation science. Born in Lviv, hecame to the United States in 1950 afterearning degrees in economics and politicalscience. In 1958 he earned an M.A. inlibrary science from the University ofDenver.He has been a professor of library scienceand was dean of the State Universityof New York School of Library andTHE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000 15Information Science. Mr. Wynar has publishedextensively in the fields of libraryscience and Ukrainian library history andbibliography.Maria Carlson, director of the Centerfor Russian and East European Studies,noted that “the donation of Mr. Wynar’scollection to the University of KansasLibraries represents a significant steptowards meeting the center’s goal ofenhancing Ukrainian studies in thiscountry.”Bradley Schaffner, bibliographer forRussian and East European Studies, andhis staff are working to create a title list ofthe collection. “Gifts such as the Wynarcollection are invaluable to collectionbuilding for Russian and East Europeanarea studies,” Mr. Schaffner said.“Many of the materials represented inMr. Wynar’s library would have beenimpossible for the libraries to obtainthrough traditional means. Donations helpto fill the holes in the university’s otherwisestrong holdings,” Mr. Schaffnerpointed out.Chicago reception honorsUkraine’s ambassador to U.S.Ñ¥ÎËÏÓÒfl ÒÛÏÌÓ˛ ‚¥ÒÚÍÓ˛, ˘Ó 28 Ú‡‚Ìfl 2000 . ‚¥‰¥È¯Î‡ Û ‚¥˜Ì¥Òڸ̇¯‡ ̇ȉÓÓʘ‡ åÄåñü, ëÖëíêÄ, íÖíÄ ¥ òÇÄ¢ÖêäÄ·Î. Ô.èÄÇãü áìÅÄãúëúäÄÁ ‰ÓÏÛ ÉÄãúé̇. 27 βÚÓ„Ó 1911 . ‚ ïËÓ‚¥, ëÚ‡Ó҇Ϸ¥Ò¸ÍÓ„Ó ‡ÈÓÌÛ, ‚ ì͇ªÌ¥.èéïéêéççß ÇßÑèêÄÇà ‚¥‰·ÛÎËÒfl 1 ˜Â‚Ìfl 2000 .‚ ˆÂÍ‚¥ çÂÔÓÓ˜ÌÓ„Ó á‡˜‡ÚÚfl ‚ Ñ¥ÚÓÈÚ¥.ì „ÎË·ÓÍÓÏÛ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ Á‡Î˯ËÎËÒfl:‰Ó̸ÍË – ÇßêÄ– üêàçÄÒËÌ– ÅéÉÑÄçÒÂÒÚ‡ – êìáüÒÂÒÚ¥ÌÍË – ÇßêÄ Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ ÇéãéÑàåàêéå¥ ‰¥Ú¸ÏË éãÖû ¥ ÉÄãÖû– çÄÑü Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ ßÇÄçéå¥ ‰¥Ú¸ÏË éäëÄçéû, éãÖû ¥üêàçéû¯‚‡£Â – íÖéîßãú Á ‰ÛÊËÌÓ˛ ßÇÄçäéû¥ ‰Ó̸ÍÓ˛ çÄÑÖû Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏèÖíêé寂‡£ÂÍË – ßÇÄçäÄ Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ ßÇÄçéå– ßêÖçÄ Á ‰¥Ú¸ÏËíÄåÄêéû Á Ó‰ËÌÓ˛∏Çéû Á Ó‰ËÌÓ˛ßêàäéå, åÄêÖäéå, Ñéêéíéû¥ ßÇÄççéû Á Ó‰Ë̇ÏË– ÅêéçäÄ Á¥ ÒËÌÓÏ êéåÄçéåÁ Ó‰ËÌÓ˛‰‚Ó˛¥‰Ì‡ – ÉÄãüÒÂÒÚ‡‰ÛÊË̇ – åÄêßü Á ‰¥Ú¸ÏË åÄêß∏û ¥ ßÉéêÖå‰‚Ó˛¥‰ÌÓ„Ó·‡Ú‡Ç¥˜Ì‡ ªÈ Ô‡Ï'flÚ¸!DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTSto be published in The Ukrainian Weekly – in the Ukrainianor English language – are accepted by mail, courier, fax, phone or e-mail.Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue.(The Weekly goes to press early Friday mornings.)CHICAGO – Illinois State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka (second from right) attendeda reception honoring Kostyantyn Gryshchenko (second from left), ambassadorof Ukraine to the United States, at the Ukrainian Consulate in Chicago. TreasurerTopinka commended Ukrainian Americans for the many contributions they havemade to advancement of the arts, science, business, medicine and education inthe state of Illinois. Also in the photo are Borys Bazylevsky (left), consul general ofUkraine in Chicago; and Bohdan Watral (right), president of the Self-relianceUkrainian Federal Credit Union.Rate: $7.50 per column-inch.Information should be addressed to the attention of the Advertising Departmentand sent to: The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 (NB: pleasedo not include post office box if sending via courier), Parsippany, N.J. 07054;fax, (973) 644-9510; telephone, (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040;e-mail, staff@ukrweekly.com.Please include the daytime phone number of a contact person.

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No. 31Matiaszek to head commercial law projectKYIV – Petro Matiaszek on August 1,will begin serving as director of a new,multi-year project to establish a commerciallaw center in Ukraine with fundingfrom the U.S. Agency for InternationalDevelopment.The Washington-based firm ofDeloitte Touche Tohmatsu will implementthe USAID contract to establish thenew center at the National University ofKyiv Mohyla Academy. Among the otherUkrainian partners in this project are theLaw Sciences Academy of Ukraine andthe Yaroslav Mudriy National LawPetro MatiaszekTHE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000 17Academy while the American partnersinclude the International Law Instituteand the American Bar Association.The five-year project is designed tofacilitate commercial law reform inUkraine in three primary areas: legislativedrafting support; training for publicand private lawyers, judges and otherlegal experts; and an outreach componentto promote a better understanding oflegal reform in Ukraine.Mr. Matiaszek, who was born in theUnited States and completed his legalstudies in New York City, has residedand worked in Kyiv for the past sixyears. His most recent position has beenwith the Poland-America-UkraineCooperation Initiative, a special USAIDfundedproject designed to promote trilateralcooperation in small businessdevelopment and local government andmacroeconomic reform.By helping to expand and deepenstate-to-state as well as society-to-societyties between Poland and Ukraine,PAUCI strives to accelerate Ukraine’stransition toward a market economy anda stable democracy, and also to create amechanism for both countries to benefitfrom shared experiences.Mr. Matiaszek has also managed otherprojects in Ukraine, including theCouncil of Advisors to the Parliament ofUkraine, the Rule of Law Consortiumand the Legal Unit of the British Know-How Fund.óà áçÄ∏íÖ, ôé ÇÜÖ èéüÇàãÄëü áÅßêäÄ é-äàèêé ñÖ ß íÖ?äÌËÊÍÛ ÏÓÊ̇ ÍÛÔËÚË Û◊åÓÎÓ‰ÓÏÛ ÜËÚÚ¥“ ‚ 縲-âÓÍÛ ÔË308 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10003a·Ó Á‡ÏÓ‚ËÚË Û ‡‚ÚÓÍË Á‡ ‡‰ÂÒÓ˛:O. Kuzmowycz64 East 3rd Street, Apt. 2, New York, NY 10003ñ¥Ì‡ ÍÌËÊÍË – 15 ‰ÓÎ.2 ‰ÓÎ. Á‡ ÔÂÂÒËÎÍÛThe Carpathian Ski Club of New Yorkunder the auspices of theUkrainian Sports Association of USA and Canada (USCAK)will holdthe annualTENNIS COMPETITIONat SoyuzivkaSEPTEMBER 2-4, 2000 (LABOR DAY WEEKEND)Tennis Tournamentfor individual CHAMPIONSHIPS OF USCAKand trophies of theEducational Council...(Continued from page 14)Kyiv there are 90 Ukrainian-languageschools, and only three Russian-languageschools, therefore, the Ukrainian nation ison the right path.Mr. Lozynskyj stated that we must raiseour children in America in the Ukrainianspirit. A Ukrainian community that has aschool of Ukrainian studies is clearly moreactive and stronger, he added.The second day of the conference, wasdevoted to practical matters. Educationalprograms were discussed, and a report ofnew handbooks and educational materialswas presented. Teachers exchanged ideason new teaching methods.A new executive board of theEducational Council was elected. Dr.Fedorenko, president; OlexanderLushnycky, Olha Kekish, OlexanderPryshlak, Nadia Ludmila Chojnacka, vicepresidents;Maria Reshitnyk, treasurer;Maria Lysetska, press chair; Roman Brukh,secretary; George Gajecky, LinaAndrijenko-Danchuk, Vira Bej, KaterynaNemyra, members of the board; IvanKobasa, Bohdan Harhaj, Ihor Huryn,Larissa Sonna and Bohdan Yasinsky, auditingcommittee; Stephan Wolanyk, KornelWasylyk, Yuriy Kosachevich, StefaniaKwasowska and Maria Kiciuk, arbitrationboard.Ukrainian National Association, Soyuzivka, (including the B. Rak,Dr. V. Huk, L. Rubel, and Dr. P. Charuk memorial trophies), Svoboda,The Ukrainian Weekly, the sportsmanship Trophy of Mrs. Mary Dushnyk,the Constantine Ben trophy and prize money.Qualifications: This competition is open to any player whose club is a member ofUSCAK. – Singles matches are scheduled in the following division: Men, Women,Women (35 and over), Junior Vets (35-44), Senior Men (45- 55), Junior (Boys and Girls).Juniors are persons aged 18 and under, while seniors are those over 45 years of age.Registration for tennis matches, including name, age divisions and the fee of $15.00should be sent to:Mr. George Sawchak724 Forrest Ave., Rydal, PA 19046Registration should be received no later than August 28, 2000. No additional applicationswill be accepted before the competitions, since the schedule of matches will beworked out ahead of time.ìäêÄ∫çëúäàâ êÖëíéêéêÄç ◊STAGE“ëı¥‰Ì¸Ó-‚ÓÔÂÈҸ͇ ÍÛıÌfl:❖ ÒÌ¥‰‡ÌÌfl,❖ Ó·¥‰Ë,❖ ‚˜¥.Ç¥‰ÍËÚËÈ‚¥‰ ÔÓ̉¥Î͇ ‰ÓÒÛ·ÓÚË ‚¥‰7-Óª ‡ÌÍÛ ‰Ó 9:30 ‚˜.128 2-„‡ ‡‚ÂÌ˛ Ï¥Ê 7-8 ‚ÛÎ. ‚ 縲-âÓÍÛÚÂÎ.: (212) 473-8614TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE:G. Sawchak, R. Rakoczy, Sr., Z. Snylyk, G. Popel, G. Hrabec.Schedule of matches:Saturday, September 2, Soyuzivka, 8:30 a.m. All players must contact the TournamentCommittee: They will be informed of the time and place of their first matches, as wellas matches in subsequent rounds. In case of rain, all players meet in the Main House.Because of limited time and the large number of entries, players can compete in onegroup only; they must indicate their choice on the registration blank.Players who fail to report for a scheduled match on time will be defaulted.REGISTRATION FORMPlease cut out and send in with registration fee of $15.001. Name2. Address3. 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No. 31Ukrainian publishing...(Continued from page 1)Numbers provided by the UkrainianAssociation of Publishers demonstrate justhow extreme and sudden the downturn inUkrainian publishing has been.In 1990 Ukraine published 170.5 millionbooks, while in 1999 it produced only 20million. From 1998 to 1999 the numberdecreased by more than half.A total of 148 different textbooks werescheduled to be published for Ukraine’sschools during 1999. However, only 7percent of those actually went to press.Yet, only 59 percent of grade school kidsin Ukraine have textbooks available tothem, while in the upper grades the percentagefalls to 34 percent. WhileUkraine needs about 216 million hrv toassure that there are sufficient texts forall school children, this year’s budgetallotted only 83 million hrv.In the field of general publishing the situationis no better. By May of this yearUkrainian publishers had printed merely221 titles – a nearly 50 percent drop overthe already paltry figure of 403 titles printedin the first five months of last year.Russian publications today make up90 percent of all titles found on theUkrainian book market. Two-thirds ofeverything produced in Russia andBelarus is sold in Ukraine.Oleksandra Afonina, head of theUkrainian Publishers Association, said shebelieves the condition of her industry couldhave been very different if government officialswould have taken the time to care.“The situation of the Ukrainian book,in my opinion, has been created artificially,”said Ms. Afonina. “There are specificindividuals who should shoulder theresponsibility.”While she did not identify those individualsin her report to the parliamentary committee,she said that a key moment in theUkrainian book publishing crisis came inlate 1995, when Russia’s lawmakers passeda bill that removed the VAT on all Russianpublications and, more importantly, anyexport taxes on publications leaving thecountry.She said that by the first two months of1996 Ukrainian publishing houses began tofeel the pressure, but the government hasyet to hear their cry for help.She explained that the Ukrainian bookcrisis deepened in October 1997 when theVerkhovna Rada passed an income taxlaw, which forced wholesalers to pay a taxon books they purchased immediatelyupon receipt; expected publishers to pay atax on deposits for book orders; anddeemed paper purchases for production aTHE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000 19part of a publisher’s income and therefore,subject to taxation.She said that delighted Russian publishers,seeing a window of opportunity, beganto flood the Ukrainian market with everysort of cheap publication and to increase theamount of their shipments.Russian publishers have also benefitedfrom a lucrative black market that thrives inUkraine, which further reduces the cost of aRussian book. It is believed that two-thirdsof what is sold in Ukraine enters illegallythrough the black market and Ukraine’s“transparent” corridors with Russia.“The black market of pro-Russian businessesis flowering, while the legalUkrainian one is dying,” said Ms. Afonina.She explained that there are three waysUkraine can deal with the situation in whichits publishing industry finds itself.One, Ukraine can maintain the status quoremain, with no tax relief, in which theindustry will slowly wither away.Two, it can put Ukrainian publishers onan even playing field with their Russiancounterparts by removing the VAT, exporttaxes and excise taxes, as well as import tariffson printing equipment and materials. Inthat scenario, she said, Ukraine’s publisherswould survive, although not thrive, becausethe last years of crisis have left them withfew real resources with which to make capitalinvestments.Three, Ukraine can develop a complexseries of measures to develop a solid legaland competitive base for the publishingindustry. She believes that if the effort wasintensive, the draft laws and regulation thatwould lay the foundation for a resurgenceof the industry could be developed withinthree to five months.Ms. Afonina underscored that reformsmust take place in attitudes within theindustry and the population as well. Forexample, parents must accept that textbookswill no longer be free and thatsome nominal costs must be borne bythem. She also said that government purchasesof textbooks must take place intenders, and not in the unstructured systemof favoritism used today.In its final recommendations, Mr.Taniuk’ s committee did not suggest ascomprehensive a plan as did Ms. Afonina.Among its seven resolutions were three specificproposals: that its committee workwith Verkhovna Rada factions to change thelaw on the value added tax that wouldexclude the technical operations of the publishingindustry from taxes, including excisetaxes on printing equipment and purchases;to develop the conditions for a system ofgovernment credits to the publishing industry,and to determine the feasibility ofimplementing protectionist policies for thedomestic book publishing industry.L A S E RVISION INSTITUTEL A S I K Specialists(973) 616-7337GRAND OPENINGAre you a SLAVE to Glasses and Contacts?Imagine the possiblity of...VISUAL FREEDOM for LIFE!Join over a million Americans who have hadLASER VISION CORRECTION.Introductory Program – $1750*(*Per Eye/First 200 Patients)Financing Available(973) 616-7337Doctors:S. 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20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2000No. 31PREVIEW OF EVENTSWednesday, August 2CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The HarvardUkrainian Summer Institute will present alecture by Hanya Krill of brama.com. Thelecture titled “Ukraine and the Internet: Thecase of brama.com,” will be held in EmersonHall, Room 108, Harvard University, at 7:30p.m. For more information please contact theinstitute, (617) 495-7833.Saturday, August 5HUNTER, N.Y.: Cellist Natalia Khoma andpianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky will appear inconcert at the Grazhda, adjacent to St. Johnthe Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, Route23A. The concert is part of the SummerSeries of the Center for Music and Art ofGreene County. The performance is at 8 p.m.Week of August 12-19KERHONKSON, N.Y.: This year the officialClub Suzie-Q is taking a “vacation,” butmany of the club’s alumni will still be enjoyinga well-deserved week off here atSoyuzivka, the Ukrainian NationalAssociation resort, during the third week ofAugust. Self-directed activities may include:hiking, rafting, biking, dancing, dining outand socializing with old and new friends.There is no registration and no official T-shirt.Participants are asked to bring an old ClubSuzie-Q T-shirt for an unofficial group photo.Bring an extra one for any newcomers. All arewelcome. For information call OrestBystrianyk, (860) 653-0167.Saturday-Sunday, September 9-10CHICAGO: The Ukrainian CongressCommittee of America, Illinois Division, issponsoring “Ukrainian Fest 2000,” aUkrainian cultural festival. It will take placeat the intersection of Grand and Rockwellavenues from noon to 9 p.m. on both days.The festival features cultural presentations,Ukrainian food, arts and crafts, and a rafflefor a round-trip package for two, anywhere inthe United States (courtesy of AmericanAirlines). 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Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054.NAME: __________________________________________________________________________________NAME: (please type or print)ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________________________________________CITY: _______________________________________________ STATE: _________ ZIP CODE: _____________PHONE (optional): ______________________________________________________SUMMER 2000Saturday, July 298:30 p.m. – concert – Prometheus choir, Philadelphia10 p.m. – dance – music by MONTAGESaturday, August 58:30 p.m. – concert – Lesia Hrabowa10 p.m. – dance – music by LUNASunday, August 6UNWLA Day at SoyuzivkaSaturday, August 128:30 p.m. – concert – Dumka choir, New York10 p.m. – dance – music by TEMPO11:45 p.m. – CROWNING OF MISS SOYUZIVKA 2001Saturday, August 198:30 p.m. – concertUKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS“Soyuzivka’s Ukrainian Dance Workshop”10 p.m. – dance – music by SVITANOKSunday, August 202:30 p.m. – concert – composer Myroslaw Skoryk;8:30 p.m. – concert – Anna Kovalko, soprano, from Lviv, UkraineSaturday, August 268:30 p.m. – concert – Solomiya Ivachiv, violin;8:30 p.m. – concert – Christina Anum-Dorhuso, piano10 p.m. – dance – music by VIDLUNNIASeptember 1-3LABOR DAY WEEKEND❏ UNA member subscription price — $40.00/yr.UNA Branch number _________________________❏ Non-member subscription price — $50.00/yr.PLUS: Enjoy the sounds of Greg and Stefan every Wednesday at Hutsulnight at 6 p.m., starting June 28.Dance to the tunes of Vidlunnia every Friday evening starting July 14.