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OUR LIFE Monthly, published by Ukrainian National Women’s League o f America Vol. LVIII OCTOBER 2001 Editor: TAMARA STADNYCHENKO September 11, 2001 We grieve for the victims. We pray that the mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives, friends and colleagues who waited in vain shall be comforted. We salute the heroes who risked their own lives to save the lives of strangers. God Bless America FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT “Into the future - in the name o f Ukraine ” In 1992, Ukraine’s President Leonid Kravchuk invited Ukrainians from around the world to come to Ukraine to participate in an unprecedented event - the First World Forum of Ukrainians. The forum was an attempt to consolidate and foster a sense of national unity among the people of a nation scattered around the globe. At that time, a newly independent Ukraine was struggling financially and ideologically, and help from the Ukrainian Diaspora was sorely needed. For this reason, the First World Forum of Ukrainians saw the birth of an international organization of Ukrainians - the Ukrainian World Coordinating Council. The organization immediately became a pivotal force in actualizing the ambitious dream of President Kravchuk to bring together Ukrainians from the motherland and Ukrainians of the Diaspora for the purpose of mutual interaction and coordinated assistance to Ukraine. One of the by-laws of the new organization was to make the World Forum of Ukrainians a tradition rather than a single event. According to the UWCC by-laws, the Forum was to be held every four years and, consequently, the Second World Forum of Ukrainians was held in 1996. By agreement of the leadership of the UCCW and Ukraine’s current president, Leonid Kuchma, the Third World Forum was delayed by one year to coincide with the commemoration of Ukraine’s 10th anniversary as an independent nation. Thus, the Third World Forum of Ukrainians was held in Kyiv, Ukraine, from August 18 to August 20, 2001. Never have so many Ukrainians from so many diverse countries and backgrounds assembled in one city. The objectives of the Forum remain the same: to look at the work of Ukrainians in the world, their problems, and their needs, and their efforts to help consolidate Ukrainians as one people. According to Alexander Schokalo, the Director of UWCC outside Ukraine, there are 270 Ukrainian communities around the world. Most of these were represented at the Third World Forum held this year. Among those participating in the forum was the
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