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MOTRIA VOYEVIDKA-SLONIEWSKY VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS As Vice President for Public Relations of the UNWLA, I have continued to work over the last three years within the guidelines set forth in our charter and as established at previous UNWLA conventions. The public relations work for the UNWLA has been a collaborative effort. While I have been responsible for many of the events that have been held in the Washington D.C. area, President Iryna Kurowyckyj and other members of the Executive Committee covered many of the events that took place in the New York Metropolitan area. In addition, one of our members from the Branch 56 was kind enough to represent the UNWLA at an important event in Florida. Everyone contributed to the success of our efforts, making my job that much easier. During the three-year period covered by this report, a variety of events of interest to UNWLA members took place in the Washington, D.C. area. In my capacity as Vice President for Public Relations, I attended a number of briefings hosted by the United States Department of State, the Embassy of Ukraine, various non-govemmental organizations (NGOs), and others. On occasion, these briefings were directed specifically at Ukrainian-American organizations. At other times, they focused on more global interests and were attended by representatives of Ukrainian-American organizations as well as by individuals representing other communities with similar interests to those of Ukraine. For the most part, these briefings stressed the importance of strong cooperation among the governments of Ukraine and the United States, NGOs, and expatriate Ukrainian-American organizations. Three important round table discussions were held in Washington D.C. during the past three years. These were part of a series called Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood Roundtable Series initiated in 2000. The discussion were intended to bring together prominent individuals from academia, the private sector, and the governments of Ukraine, the United States, and Europe, for the рифове of monitoring Ukraine’s progress toward stronger ties with the United States and integration with the European community. Five conferences have been held since 2000: • Roundtable I: Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood (2000) • Roundtable II: Taking Measure of a U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership (2001) • Roundtable III: Ukraine and the Euro-Atlantic Community (2002) • Roundtable IV: Ukraine’s transition to a Developed Market Economy (2003) • Roundtable V: Ukraine’s Transition to a Stable Democracy (2004) I was able to attend Roundtable III, held on October 8 and 9, 2002, and Roundtable V, held on September 13 and 14, 2004. Both conferences brought together high level government officials, parliamentarians, and scholars from various fields of expertise for in-depth discussions on a range of topics important to Ukraine. The 2004 Roundtable was especially important because it was held one month before the elections in Ukraine. Topics covered during the high-power panels included regional stability, democracy building in Ukraine, and security. On August 1, 2003, an extremely important and interesting meeting took place at the U.S. Department of State. It was sponsored by the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, the Honorable Paula Dobriansky. The conference, entitled “Progress Against Trafficking in Persons in Southeastern Europe,” was organized to provide an in-depth examination of the subject and focus on multilateral cooperation arrangements as a way of combating the problem. The attendees included government representatives from various Central and Eastern European countries (Ukraine was not repre sented). The discussion featured an analysis of a successful multilateral anti-trafficking law enforcement effort against an Albanian trafficker in Macedonia who had operated for many years in Southeastern Europe. Law enforcement authorities were able to rescue hundreds of young women. The message was XXVII Конвенція СУА 85 www.unwla.org
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