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The representatives of the UNWLA and the WFUWO to the United Nations are Nadia Shmigel, Slava Rubel, Olha Stawnychy and Iryna Kurowyckyj, who is concurrently serving as representative of the International Women’s Council and the World Movement of Mothers. At the initiative of Nadia Shmigel, Marta Kybalo and Dr. Ulana Kekish-Solodenko were invited to join the representative team of the WFUWO at the United Nations. Every year the Chornobyl tragedy is commemorated at the United Nations, and representatives of the UNWLA and the WFUWO take part. WFUWO president Oksana Sokolyk attended the Commission on the Status of Women meeting at the UN. All representatives of the UNWLA were present, as was a guest from Ukraine -- the president of the Lviv oblast' Ukrainian National Women's League of Ukraine, Zorianna Bilyk. At the initiation of the UNWLA president and with the help of the president of the New York Regional Council, Nadia Sawchuk, and Natalia Duma, a meeting of all member organizations was held. Ukrainian National Women's League of Ukraine From the time Ukraine proclaimed its independence, the UNWLA has been working with the Ukrainian National Women’s League of Ukraine on various projects (see report of scholarship committee chair and social welfare chair). The following individuals from UNWLA took part in the Convention of the UNWLA: Honorary President Anna Krawczuk, Vice President of WFUWO for the United States Natalia Danylenko, and Nadia Shmigel, Social Welfare Chair. Also present was UNWLA President, Iryna Kurowyckyj, who proposed that on the 10th anniversary of the UNWLU the World League of Ukrainian Women should be revived. In a historic event for both organizations, the UNWLA was symbolically joined to the UNWLU to create the WLUW. General Federation of Women's Clubs National Council of Women and International Council of Women The UNWLA became a member of the NCW in 1952 and since that time, our members have held posts in the NCW Executive Committee. In 2000, Maria Tomorug and Iryna Kurowyckyj represented NCW at the Conference of the ICW in Helsinki. At this meeting the National Council of Ukrainian Women assumed their historic place in the NCW, a place they had lost in 1925 when Ukraine lost its independence. I. Kurowyckyj currently serves as a member of the executive of the NCW, participates in monthly meetings and is active in the International Hospitality Committee — NCW/USA. Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, High Commisioner of Human Rights at the UN. In the office of General Federation of Women’s Clubs in Washington, D.C. The UNWLA became the first ethnic organization member of the GFWC in 1948. Since then, our organization has participated in several GFWC conventions. In June 2000, Motria Slo- nevsky, vice president for Public Relations Chair, and Susanna Shpak, the president of the newly found Branch 126 in Boston, participated in the GFWC convention in Boston. M. Slonevsky and I. Kurowyckyj visited the Federation's headquarters in Washington, D.C. 86 XXVI Конвенція СУА www.unwla.org
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