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to a given event. Even Finland's distinguished President was unannounced as she rose to deliver her speech. The entire opening ceremony proceeded in this manner, with each speaker or artistic performance listed in the program succeeding in an orderly fashion the one which had preceded it. The official opening of the plenary session took place on Monday, July 3, 2000. The agenda for the pro gram was accepted and after opening remarks from ICW President Pnina Herzog, WFUWO President Oksana Sokolyk welcomed the National Council of Women of Ukraine on its return to the ICW. We listened to her ad dress, delivered in Ukrainian and in English, with great joy. Four other National Councils, representing the women of Azerbaijan, Senegal, Congo, and Brunei, were also granted full membership status in the ICW at the conference. The president of each of the newly accepted councils was given the opportunity to speak to the as sembly. The President of the National Council of Women of Ukraine, Iryna Holubieva, spoke of Ukraine occupy ing its historical place as a free nation and of the work of the NCWU. She wished everyone at the convention suc cess in their work. The business portion of the conference continued. Members of the departing administration delivered their final reports. The reports of NCW Presidents and program coordinators of the standing committees were followed by the reports of representatives of the ICW to the United Nations from Paris, Rome, Vienna, Switzerland, Holland and New York. Special attention was given to the financial statement. Because many delegates were unhappy with the presentation of the report of the Treasurer, even though there were no irregularities, the matter was turned over to a special commission which, along with the Treasurer, prepared a special addendum to the report to clarify in formation about the organization's profits and losses. The elections of new ICW officers followed. Pnina Herzog was re-elected ICW President. Sorosh Roshan, president of the NCW/US, joined the new administration as member-at-large. After a meeting of the ICW's Execu tive Committee, I was asked to be the coordinator of the ICW-NGO representatives to the United Nations. One day of the conference was dedicated to the National Council of Women of Finland. The theme of the program for the day was "Women and Culture". In her speech, Peoi Varpaso, the President of NCW of Finland, stated that were it not for women, Finland would have no cultural life. She underscored that Finland's culture lies in its present, not its past. All of the main posts in the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Education and in other related ministries are held by women. At the local level, in schools and other institutions, three-fourths of the workers are women. However, with all they have achieved, parity in salaries earned by men and women is more a wish than reality. Resolutions proposed by the NCW of Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand and other countries dealing with coercion of women and girls, humanitarian aid, biotechnology, abuse of women, and problems faced by older women were addressed with minor corrections, additions and changes. During the week, we had the opportunity to participate in many meetings and meet many interesting peo ple. At the conference, for example, we were pleased to see our long time friend Lily Boeykens from Belgium, former president of the ICW and long time member of the ICW Executive Committee, who is currently serving as 6 “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ВЕРЕСЕНЬ 2000 At the Ukrainian Embassy in Finland (left to right): Olena Podoliev, Maria Komarnycka, Maria Tomorug, Ambassador Ihor Podoliev, Oksana Sokolyk, Iryna Kurowyckyj, Volodymyra Luchkiw. Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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