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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, СІЧЕНЬ 2010 19 atten d meetings in the United States and at the UN. Next on the agenda were 3 - minute reports given by NCW presidents. NCW/Ukraine reported that its main objective was working to address the following tasks: sustainable development, gender equality, prevention o f discrimination based on gender , and combating all forms of violence. The United States follows Ukraine alphabetically, and as proxy president for NCW/US, I was to deliver our president’s report, which I presented somewhat “ off the cuff” as I had been giv en no written version. I did emphasize that the NCW/USA president worked very hard, and that part of her work was to ensure that our organization met its financial obligations to the ICW. The UN representatives in NY, Geneva, Vienna, and Rome then reporte d on their work. As ICW – UN representative f r o m New York, I reminded delegates at the GA that, since being elected Co - Chair of Sustainable Development, I had proposed that we mark the 100 th anniversary of the National Council of Women of South Africa and th e 121 st anniversary of the ICW by planting trees on the hotel grounds. One important feature of ICW General Assemblies is the election of new ICW officers and the selection of a theme for the coming term. At this GA , Cosima Schenk Monfrini from Geneva was elected to serve as the next ICW president. The theme for the ICW for the next three years is “Progress for Women, Progress for All.” I was asked to bid farewell to outgoing President Dr. Anamah Tan. In my speech, I thanked Dr. Tan for the support that s he has given the UN team and NCW/US during the past six years; I also thanked Vice President Laura Finne - Elonen for paying dues for a new member of UN – ICW New York team — a woman who has recently come to New York from Ukraine and whose special skill is trans lating documents into the French language. Dr. Anamah Tan and newly elected President Cosima Schenk Monfrine from Geneva , Switzerland. On the last evening before the closing of the General Assembly , a banquet was held to honor the outgoing ICW preside nt and the newly elected president. There were many thank you speeches and a very special musical program — a g roup of street children in colorful costumes performing native South African dances. The ir performance was magnificent. I close this article with a personal note about one of the highlights of my stay in Johannesburg — meeting women I had previously met at other IWC General Assemblies. It was especially gratifying that many delegates to the GA in Johannesburg ap - proached me to thank me for playing a ro le in the ICW’s decision to hold its 2006 GA in Kyiv, an event they remembered with glowing praise and with enthusiasm. Our Cover Artist Erica Slutsky, born and raised in the beautiful, mountainous Boyko region of Ukraine, graduated from the Teaching Ins titute of Uzhhorod in 1982 with a degree in decorative arts applied to metal. In 1991, she received a degree in graphic arts from the Ukrainian Polygraphic Institute of Iv. Fedorov in Lviv, now the Ukrainian Academy of Printing. From 1993 to 1995, her illu strations adorned the Ukrainian children’s magazine Veselka (The Rainbow). Ms. Slutsky has illustrated a number of books and has exhibited her work in the Mayana Studio/Gallery in New York.
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