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OUR LIFE Monthly, published by Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Vol. LX SEPTEMBER 2003 Editor: TAMARA STADNYCHENKO FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT From August 18 to August 21, 2003, 300 delegates from 26 countries and 200 guests and observers gath ered in the Teachers House in Kyiv, Ukraine to participate in the Quinquennial Convention of the Ukrainian World Congress. During the event, four countries with Ukrainian communities joined the UWC as affiliated members. Dr. Askold Lozynsky was reelected as president of UWC for another 5 years. Because there has been substantial coverage of the UWC meeting in the Ukrainian press throughout the world, my report will focus primarily on the participation of delegates from the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America and will include some personal observations of the event. Several delegates represented out organization at the UWC convention. I attended under the auspices of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations and participated as a member of the UWC Presidium. Also attending the convention were Oxana Farion, UNWLA vice president in charge of cultural affairs; Barbara Bachynsky, Social Welfare Chair; and Maria Polanskyj, Scholarship/Student Sponsorship Program Chair. A book was published with reports of the UWC International Board and affiliated countries. Among these was a report from the UNWLA, which included the financial reports of the Social Welfare and Scholarship/Student sponsorship program chairs. For the event, the UNWLA prepared an exhibit on its work. One segment of the exhibit featured docu ments from 1932-33 related to the Great Famine in Ukraine. A second segment featured the extensive work of the UNWLA Social Welfare Committee. Layouts for each of these rich and comprehensive displays were designed by Marta Danyliuk, secretary of the UNWLA National Board. The third segment of the exhibit focused on the UN WLA's Scholarship program and was designed by Maria Polanskyj. In addition, Vice President Oxana Farion pre sented a display of books published by the UNWLA during the last five years as well as copies of Our Life, two issues from each year from 1940 to 2003. An attractive UNWLA banner drew many visitors to the beautifully co ordinated exhibit, which was located in a high traffic area and aroused much enthusiastic interest. Soyuz Ukrainok of Ukraine's Vice President Ala Debeluk graciously assisted us by recruiting a number of young women who pro vided security for the exhibit. During the meeting, Prosvita Publishing Company brought approximately 100 books published by the UNWLA to the Teachers House. These were distributed by UNWLA representatives to guests, especially to repre sentatives of UWC member organizations that were not present in Kyiv at the official presentation of Svitlana Kucherha's Lysty tak dovho idut', held in Ukraine after the Ukrainian World Coordinating Council meeting in February of 2003. Before the official opening ceremony at the UWC quinquennial convention, members of individual coun cils and commissions gathered to present seminars and reports related to their respective work. Although, as UN WLA president, I was invited to speak at the Social Services seminar, I determined that information about the UNWLA's social service work should be presented jointly by Social Welfare Chair Barbara Bachynsky and Schol arship/Student Sponsorship Program Chair Maria Polanskyj. The two chairs were the first to address the audience, and their presentation was informative and to the point. Both provided an excellent overview of the UNWLA's wide-ranging and effective programs in the social welfare realm. UNWLA Vice President Oxana Farion represented our organization in the Social Services Verification Committee. I was elected to the Resolution Committee where I proposed several resolutions in regards to traffick ing of women and children, family issues, and homeless children. Many of the proposed resolutions were directed at the Ukrainian government's failure to initiate and sustain proactive policies with respect to these important is sues. Some of these issues have previously been cited as areas of concern as Ukraine's official policies do not ade quately reflect the UN Conventions, which were approved and accepted by Ukraine's government. It appears that “Н А Ш Е Ж И Т Т Я ”, В Е Р Е С Е Н Ь 2003 11
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