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OUR LIFE Monthly, published by Ukrainian National Women’s League of America REPORT OF MARTA JAROSEWICH Ecology Chair, at 24th UNWLA Convention This year we recognize the 10 year anniversary of the Chornobyl accident and celebrate the five year anniversary of Ukrainian independence. These two events provided an opportunity for international specia lists to participate in economic, political, social and environmental activities in Ukraine. My specialty in hydrology, geology and environ mental sciences provided me a unique opportunity to work as a consultant to the World Bank and be involved in projects in Eastern Europe. The World Bank, as a lending institution, works with governments to develop a portfolio of possible agricultural, infrastructure, and social investment projects. However, the Bank also works with several other international institutions (EBRD, UN), multilateral coope ration in developing countries and countries in transition. The Bank has an environmental mandate for quality assurance and sustainable development, initiated fol lowing the United Nations Rio Earth Summit in 1992. The Earth Summit resulted in several conventions (Glo bal Warming, Biodiversity, and International Waters). With these conventions was established the Global Environmental Facilities, an international fund of money to assist countries in need to improve the quality of the environment. Industry is 60% of Ukraine’s gross domestic product (in Eastern Europe it is 60%; in Europe it is 34%). Industrial pollution and poor management of hazardous and industrial waste has increased the impact on public health. Groundwater pollution, river and reservoir pollu tion have threatened water supply. The Dnipro River supplies 70% of the country’s water resources. Equally threatening is the discharge of untreated sewage and extensive leakage in the pipes, especially in urban areas where sewage discharges in the streets. There are several Bank projects being considered to address these problems. There are also GEF funded projects which provide technical assistance in the region. For example, the UNDP/GEF Black Sea Environmental Programme is designed to assist the six countries bor dering the Black Sea to improve the coastal and marine resource management and to improve the environmental quality of the Black Sea. Similarly the GEF funded Romania and Ukraine. Danube Delta Biodiveristy Pro jects are providing assistance and training to improve better management of the ecological resources in the Danube Delta wetland region, and a GEF Biodiversity Project is providing similar assistance for ecological conservation in the Carpathian Mountains. As a prominent Non-governmental organization, the UNWLA can make an effort here in the United States to 1) keep the environmental issues from the Chornobyl disaster alive through public information by contacting UNICEF, the leading children’s organization to have them acknowledge the impact of Chornobyl on the children of Ukraine 2) keep aware of the environmental issues in our own neighborhoods through recycling and keeping in touch about community issues, and 3) through our pre-school community involvement develop bilingual educational material to teach the children of our commu- ■ nity respect for their culture and nature. Marta on the Black Sea.
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