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journey to the historic journey recently taken by Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko. She also contrasted political life in Ukraine to the political work she had observed at the convention. "I have been a member of the opposition for most of my political life. As a member of the Verkhovna Rada, I have voted often. Your elections are more transparent than most I have seen." Ms. Hryhorovych proceeded to thank the UNWLA for 80 years of support for Ukraine, saying "You have been there for us throughout all those difficult years. You have been our Ministers of Defense and our Ministers of Culture." Today, she continued, "the politics of Ukraine are the politics of nation building. As women, we follow in the tradition of Sofia Rusova and Milena Rudnytska and the soyuzianky who told the world about the Great Famine and about Chornobyl. You have been there with us through the worst of times . . . Kingir and the mining disasters . . . and through the best of times, the Orange Revolution. You have come to us with American passports and Ukrainian souls." The Verkhovna Rada deputy then turned her attention to the UNWLA's president, thanking her for her support for Soyuz Ukrainok of Ukraine. "It was through your initiative that our organizations forged a symbolic union four years ago. It was Verkhovna Rada Deputy and President o f Soyuz Ukrainok o f Ukraine, L ilia Hryhorovych through your intercession that the International Council of Women will be holding its 2006 con ference in Kyiv." Ms. Hryhorovych then spoke of the problems and challenges facing Ukraine. She noted that much of Ukraine is peopled with "homo sovieticus" and remnants of policies that have led to the destruction culture, religion, the brain, the family. "Of utmost concern is to teach Ukrainian children to know who they are and what they are . . . to regain the art of parenting. There is much to undo before we can do." She cited President Yushchenko and First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko as examples for the nation. "They represent what we need to achieve . . . the Ukrainian child in a Ukrainian family." The luncheon was to have included the presentation of the Kovaliv Prize to Dr. Andriy Danylenko, but as the recipient was not present, Vice President Oxana Farion channeled the dis cussion to The Ukrainian Woman in History, a new book recently published by Dr. Valentyna Bo rysenko, the previous recipient of the award. Ms. Borysenko is currently working with Ukraine's First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko on collecting stories and testimonies of survivors of the Holodomor. Sunday's agenda continued with concurrent seminars by Maria Polanskyj (Scholarship/Student stipend program), Irena Chaban, Kateryna Nemyra, and Tamara Stadnychenko (Press/Our Life), Ulana Hlynska (Branches-at-Large), Irene D'Alessio and Roma Dyhdalo (Social Welfare), and Maria Pazuniak (Art/Museum). The XXVII Convention Banquet, attended by some 300 guests and delegates, began with a formal introduction of the new administration and Regional Council Presidents by Maria Tomorug. Convention Committee Chair Mariana Zajac welcomed those attending and introduced the evening's Mistress of Ceremonies, Marta Danyluk, and distinguished guests representing Ukrainian diaspora organizations and institutions as well as members of Ukraine's diplomatic corps, Consul General Serhiy Pohoreltsev and Vice Consul Roman Ander, who attended with their wives. An invocation was offered by His Excellency, the Most Reverend Archbishop Antony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, who paid a tribute to women by quipping, "After the crucifixion, the men left. It was the women who remained." Greetings from President George Bush and New York's Governor Patacki were read by
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