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1995, continues to energize the efforts to encourage governments around the globe to fulfill their commitments to improve the lives of women and girls. As part of this endeavor, the President encouraged everyone to urge the US Senate to join 161 other countries in ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The President also asked the Attorney General to ensure that United States laws are going to be of help in working with multinational organizations, as well as with individuals nations, to do a better job of combatting trafficking. To do his part, the President announced a series of measures his administration will take to curb the abuse of women worldwide, especially international trafficking, a problem that has plagued Ukraine and other countries in Eastern Europe. The President outlined his plan of action, which includes an expansion of US efforts on behalf of women at home and overseas and the convening of an international conference to develop new strategies to combat the international trafficking of women. He thanked Secretary General Kofi Annan for his efforts on behalf of women and ended by expressing his hope that all Americans would join him in renewing the efforts to advance women's progress and to protect human rights at home and around the world. THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE FAMILY by IRYNA KUROWYCKYJ In 1993, with resolution 4/237, the United Nations General Assembly decided that beginning with 1994, May 15 would be celebrated every year as the International Day of the Family. Since 1994, the International Day of the Family has become significant throughout the world as a platform for focusing attention on issues of the family, which the United Nations describes as "the smallest democracy in the heart of society". The definition encapsulates much of what is most important about the family: its relationship to the wider world of politics, its function as people's emotional base and security, and its central role in society as the basic social unit. Family can mean different things to different people. Even in standard dictionaries like Webster's or the Oxford, one finds it hard to agree on a single definition. Sociologists and anthropologists stress that family involves kinship. In the industrialized countries, we believe in the "traditional" nuclear family, the mother, father and children. Normal Rockwell painted the ideal family that we all want to relate to, but unfortunately, it is often only in pictures that the family is portrayed in such harmony. Looking through history, the family pictured in the "Golden Age of the Family" never existed. Whether today the "normal" family is happy and secure and whether family values prevail is a very good question. Happy or not, there is no denying that the family is the most important place of education; it is where most important lessons about life are learned. It is the family that gives children their first lessons about values, principles of fairness, respect and how to resolve disputes and share gains. Since the first lessons come from the family, it is the most powerful tool to shape and develop children. There is no recipe or special education or training for the important responsibility of bringing up children. Yet any changes in our society begin with the family. Ukrainian American parents have a dual responsibility toward their children -- to raise them in the American environment and culture while passing on to them Ukrainian tradition, language, religion and culture that was passed on to them by their parents. Today Ukraine is an independent nation, but still our Ukrainian schools, youth organizations and churches know that not many second and third generation Ukrainians will go to live in Ukraine; they know we are here to stay. Young parents need the support of our institutions to help children be proud of their heritage, culture and identity, especially here in America where everyone comes from somewhere. Each year, the International Day of the Family can remind us of the responsibility that parents and grandparents, churches, Saturday Schools, youth organizations, the UNWLA and other organizations have in helping future generations develop self-esteem and a sense of community belonging that will help them lead successful and productive lives. ’’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ТРАВЕНЬ 1998 19
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