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That evening a call was placed to the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C. to inquire about the possibile relief effort to the stricken area. The organization had also placed an appeal in Svob- oda, the Ukrainian daily newspaper, urging the Ukrain ian community to participate in this letter-writing cam paign. On the front of the building housing the headquarters of UNWLA there is a banner draped in funereal coloring which states: “The Ukrainian Women's League of America mourns the suffering of our brothers and sisters in Ukraine at the Chornobyi nuclear plant site." This sign was put up at the initiative of the New York Regional Council. In subsequent days following the news of the acci dent members of UNWLA took part in many other or ganized efforts, demonstrations and news conferences. Editor PLENARY CONFERENCE IN LONDON The 24th Plenary Conference of the International Council of Women (ICW), was held in London between April 21 and May 2, 1986. The ICW, which represents 75 national womens’ councils, is among the oldest of the international organ izations in continuous existence since 1888. The cen- tary celebration is planned for 1988 in Washington. Furthermore, the ICW was one of the original 13 non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) at the birth of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945. The London Conference elected as its president Sook Ja Hong, a Korean, who holds an M. A. from Columbia University and a Ph. D. in international rela tions from Tong Guk University. Dr. Hong, Korea’s first woman diplomat, has served in the Korean Consulate in New York and as an adviser to the Korean U. N. mis sion. Since 1975 she has been active in the Korean National Council of Women, first as a vice president and currently as its president. After an initial nationalities discussion in the 1890s between the Austrian delegation and the Anglo-American women, the ICW has insisted on the principle of state hood for its member councils. A Ukrainian National Council became a full-fledged member in 1920, only to be expelled in 1925 when it became clear that the Ukrainian People’s Republic, with its autonomous wo men’s organizations, could not survive. The Russians also were expelled, from the ICW, and since the Soviets do not have any even pro forma independent women’s organizations, the USSR, and the Eastern European states (whose women had been very active in the ICW in the interwar years) do not participate in the work of the ICW. At times, they send their observers, but none were present at the London gathering. More than 400 women participated in the London Conference in an official capacity. About 100 more were observers. Iwanna Rozankowsky, the president of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, which is a member organization of the NCW/USA, was present at the deliberations, as was Iryna Kurowycky, member of the board of UNWLA. Also present was Dr. Maria Kwitkowsky,president of the World Federation of Ukrai nian Women’s Organizations. Martha Bohachevsky-Cho- miak, a vice president of UNWLA, was a delegate at the Conference as a member of the executive board of the National Council of Women of the United States. The American delegation was headed by Eleanor Donnen- feld, NCW president, and included Shirley Munyan, Ali cia Paolozzi, Elizabeth Chittick, Dorothy Willner, Dorothy Rinardo, and Merrinelle Sullivan, the executive director of the NCW/USA, as an observer. Ms. Paolazzi was elected vice president of the ICW, Dr. Willner became a voting member of the board, while Ms. Chittick, presi dent of the Woman’s Party of USA, was elected a member of the board. Daisy George, of the United States, became a.vice-convener of the Committee on International Relations and Peace, and Dr. Bohachev- sky-Chomiak was coopted to that committee. Emma Broisman, ICW project officer and the accredited ICW representative to the U. N., ran a workshop on the development programs of the ICW. As an old organization and as an NGO, the ICW carefully weighs its public statements and deliberates its positions at great length, with sensitivity to all its members, as well as the members of the U. N. who might not be part of the ICW. Its method of election is weighted to reflect the strength of the presidents of the national councils, and its debates, while lively in com mittees and general sessions, is quite structured. The resolutions of the Conference, prepared by a committee headed by E. E. Monro of South Africa, whose National Council had taken a very open and firm stand against apartheid, included statements on peace, development, and support of the U. N. Forward Looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, formulated last year in Nairobi. The ICW was also concerned with the retrogression in the position of women in many countries, and even included some brief mention of the renewed stress placed upon the traditional role of women in the USSR. The big shock to the conference, as indeed to the entire world, was the news of the nuclear accident in
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