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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛЮТИЙ 2011 15 OUR LIFE Monthly, published by Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Vol. LXVI II FEBRUARY 2011 SHARING THOUGH TS, VIEWS, & NEWS February seems to be a month of transition. Those of us who celebrated January 7 as the birth of Jesus Christ and January 14 as the New Year are just winding down from all the preparations and festivities of Christmas. This was evident in the number of Christmas greetings still flowing into the UNWLA office as well as by the number of e mail greetings received through the end of January. It was heartwarming to read Christmas and New Year’s greetings from the president of Soyuz Ukrainok o f Ukraine, Lilia Hryhorovych; from the president of the Lviv Regional Council of Soyuz Ukrainok, Olya Pastushenko; and from individual branches of Soyuz Ukrainok of Ukraine, such as, for example, the branch in Zaporizhia. Besides those from Soyuz Ukrainok, we received greetings from the Ukrainian World Congress and from the World Federation of U k r a i n i a n Women’s Organizations and many of their respective member organizations worldwide. The Christmas season and spirit afford us the opportunity to reach out across conti nents to hold hands with fellow Ukrainians who are engaged in like goals and missions — working for the good of our Ukrainian diasporas, wherever they may be. Shortly after these seasonal greetings stopped trickling in, the UNWLA received communiqués and new s bulletins about disturbing events occurring in Australia and Ukraine. Australia has been hit by what has become one of the country’s most devastating natural disasters; more than 30,000 homes and businesses were inundated in the country’s northeast as ra ging floodwaters converged. Homes and businesses were totally or partially submerged after two major river systems burst their banks, sending a slow - moving brown tide through dozens of neighborhoods. The torrent closed highways and bridges. The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organizations has appealed to Ukrainians across the world for help in rebuilding the affected Ukrainian communities. The UNWLA will do its small part in this time of need. Current events occurring in Ukraine are easily accessible i n the media, but the Ukrainian World Congress has been e - mailing bulletins to its member organizations as they occur. T he U WC has called for the condemnation of politically motivated prosecutions in Ukraine with a request for a written protest or appeal to each of the following : (a) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights , (b) the Organization for the Security and Cooperation of Europe Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, (c) the Chair of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights, (d) the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights , (e) the Chair of the European Parliament Delegation to the EU - Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, and (f) Amnesty International Secret. In this appeal, the Ukrainian World Con gress states that “ there are increasingly worrying signs of a lessening of respect for democracy and pluralism.” A current event which has not been publicized by the media but which is very disturbing is the confiscation of books and newspapers by Russian authorities from the Library of Ukrainian Literature in Moscow and the ultimate closing of the library. Russian authorities have arbitrarily curtailed the freedom of expression of the Ukrainian minority in the Russian Federation, despite the fact that fre edom of expression is one of the most fundamental freedoms enshrined in several international covenants. Indeed, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 19), adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948, states that: “ Ever yone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” The UNWLA continues to voice it s condemnation of violations against democracy and human rights as it did back in 1958 when the horrific news of the killing of 500 female prisoners in Kingir, Kazakhstan, reached the United States. These brave women formed a barricade in defense of their fellow female prisoners and were blatantly run down by tanks for their heroic stance. This single tragic event, together with the other
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