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Forum by the distinguished professor from Norway. During the women’s round table, even though I was not on the official speakers’ list, I presented greetings from the UNWLA and spoke briefly about our organization, sharing that the UNWLA was founded after the National Council of Women in Ukraine lost its membership in the International Council of Women in 1925. I also commented on the UNWLA’s efforts, in international forums, to disseminate information about our enslaved sisters and mentioned my own role in making certain that today’s Ukrainian women were not excluded from the international arena. Before the International Council’s General Assembly in Perth, Australia, a meeting was held at the Kyiv Mohyla Academy, attended by representatives of all the women’s organizations in Ukraine. It was at that meeting that I proposed that the President of National Council of Ukraine should invite the next General Assembly to be held in Kyiv. I lobbied very strongly in Perth for the support of Ukrainian women and am happy that the results were so positive and so gratifying. I am also proud that the UNWLA’s work on behalf of Ukraine’s women has been so outstanding for so many years. At the IV Forum, all the National Presidents of Ukrainian organizations represented received Presidential Awards, with the exception of the UNWLA. We were, however, invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to speak with Foreign Minister Borys Tarasiuk. While in Kyiv, I was invited to take part in a television program aired on Canal 5; I was under the impression that it would be an interview about the UNWLA. Unfortunately, it turned about to be a nasty experience with people whose primary purpose was to insult and discredit the people participating in their program. Some of the questions that were posed to me are worth listing in this report: Ms. Chortianni, who had replaced WFUWO President Maria Szkambara as a speaker as the IV Forum opened, had said that there is no intelligentsia in Ukraine. I was asked, “Is not our President intel ligentsia?” My answer was that I did not wish to make any comments on Ms. Chortianni’s words and that they should invite her to the show to explain what exactly she had meant by these words. I added that there are many highly educated people in Ukraine—writers, poets, scientists and others—but there are no groups that call themselves “intelligentsia.” I was also asked, “Were you unhappy about the coalition formed by the President?” I responded that I was disappointed but that, as Lilia Hryhorovych, Deputy of Verkhovna Rada, had explained during the WFUWO meeting, it was a necessary part of the political process and that those not directly involved in the process may not be qualified to sit in judgment. There were many other inflammatory questions posed to me, and I tried to answer them politely and accurately. I think I did. The last question was “What do you wish for Ukraine at this time?” I answered that I hoped that the newly formed coalition would not turn out to be another Pereyaslavsky Dohovir. The following day was a wonderful contrast. We attended a concert, and young people approached me and congratulated me on the way I had handled the interview and the interviewer. They were especially appre ciative about the wish I had expressed. On August 22, I attended the premier of a film about the life of the late Viacheslav Chomovil. After the screening, there was a reception during which I had the honor to meet the actors and the film’s producer, Volodymyr Onyszenko. On August 23, I attended the unveiling of the Viacheslav Chomovil Monument. Ukraine’s President and First Lady attended the event, and the President addressed the audience. Other speakers included Borys Tarasiuk and Atena Pashko, Mr. Chomovil’s widow. On behalf of the UNWLA, I placed a basket of flowers at the foot of the life-size bronze statue. First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko with Atena Pashko at unveiling o f Viacheslav Chomovil Monument 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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