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O U R L I F E Monthly, published by Ukrainian N ational W om en’s League of America Vol. M MAY 1995 Editor: TAMARA STADNYCHENKO C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S L I N A K O S T E N K O ! W E A R E V E R Y P R O U D O F Y O U ! UKRAINIAN POETESS LINA KOSTENKO AWARDED 1994 FRANCESCO PETRARCA INTERNATIONAL PRIZE Venice, Italy. Lina Kostenko has received the 1994 Francesco Petrarca International Prize for Literature for her work “ Inkrustatsiyi” ( Incrustations, 1993) that has been translated into Italian by Venetial Slavist Luca Calvi and published by Piovan Edditore of Padua. This prize is awarded annually by a consortium of publishers in Venice, Italy. Prof. Calvi lectures at the University of Venice and is president of the Italian Association of Ukrainian Stu dies. He has translated other works of Ukrainian authors, among them Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky’s “Tini Zabutykh Predkiv” ( Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors). He is cur rently preparing an article about the 17th century Ukra inian polemicist Mykhailo Andrella. D R E A M S A N D A S P I R A T I O N S O F T H E U N I T E D N A T I O N S : F IF T Y Y E A R S A F T E R . by JULIA T. ALVAREZ, Ambassador to the UN from the Dominican Republic. Presented at the Seminar sponsored by the National Council of Women/USA. New York, New York March 31, 1995 Greetings. I am delighted to have been asked to participate in this seminar sponsored by the National Council of Women/USA. Our theme today is “ Dreams and Aspirations of the United Nations — Fifty Years and After.” Unfortunately, the reality for women throughout much of the world, even after 50 years of the United Nations, is not so much dreams and aspirations as a struggle not to surrender to nightmares and despair. When you have to fight against great and unjust odds merely to survive, dreams and aspirations are a luxury. For those of us who can afford this luxury, I think that more to the point is our dreams and aspirations for the UN — particularly with respect to the position of women. For left to its own devices, even the best organizations will usually express their ideals in little more than windy speeches. Located on an river, the UN has more than enough wind; what it needs is direction. So we must dream and aspire for the United Nations. But if we are to reach for the stars, let us not do it starry-eyed. Productive dreams and aspirations ought to at least begin from present realities, with a clear and honest picture of where we are. I find it is always useful to reveal one’s premises at the start of any discussion, so let me make mine clear at the outset. As many of you know, a central incident in the history of the women’s rights movement occurred at an anti-slavery conference in Great Britain in 1840. Lucretia Mott, an accredited delegate to the meeting, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, traveling with her, were told that, while they would not be permitted on the floor of the meeting hall as participants, there was immediate seating for them as observers in the balcony. I’ve always fancied that this episode of seeming intolerance resulted form a terrible misunderstanding. Surely the male organizers of this meeting must have ’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ", ТРАВЕНЬ 1995 19
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