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ХХ Х II Конвенція СУА 105 great achievement. Up until approval, WFU WO had be using links with the World Movement of Mother (Mouvement Mondial des Meres, MMM) to gain access to the UN arena. WFUWO External Relations Officer Lidia Hladkyj, a member of Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA) assumed responsibili ties as WFUWO’s official representative at UNDPI/NGO. She worked with the help of a committee that included Olena Prociuk (then a vice president of WFUWO), Iryna Kurowyckyj, and Olha Stawnychy (also members of UNWLA). Olha Stawnychy was elected Lidia Hladk yj’s deputy as a representative to the UN. Dora Rak, a journalist and co - editor of the WFUWO journal Ukrainka v Sviti, also worked with the committee. Lidia Hladkyj and Olha Stawnychy took a three - day orientation course for newly admitted members of the DPI/NGO and then began to participate in weekly briefings on various topics covered by the UN. In those days, representatives often visited the UN Resource Center for NGOs and took the opportunity to visit the UN Dag Hammerskjöld Library and supplement the collection with books about Ukraine. Also, the WFUWO’s publication Ukrainka v Sviti appeared on the lists of periodicals offered by the resource center for other NGOs. The proclamation of Ukraine's independence on August 24, 1991, brought about an incredibly emotional experience for WFUWO representatives when on September 30, 1991, the blue and yellow flag of Ukraine was first hoisted on a mast in front of the UN building, one of among 175 flags of the nations of the world. On that day, WFUWO representatives welcomed the President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk, who addressed the General Assembly, and had the opportunity to have a long conversation with his wife to inform about the activitie s of Ukrainian women's organizations in the diaspora. In 1991, for the first time, the representatives took part in a conference for non - governmental organizations organized annually by the Department of Public Information. Despite being new, the represent atives of WFUWO continued to develop their involvement in numerous committees and conferences in which they had participated through other means since the 1950s. In 1993, WFUWO was accredited as an NGO with consultative (advisory) status to the UN Economic and Social Council (UN/ECOSOC). This status opened up additional opportunities for WFUWO to influence the opinion of the world community regarding Ukraine and Ukrainian women. * Department of Public Information is currently Department of Global Communic ations (New York City) On September 29, 2015, the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaite, chair of the Council of Women World Leaders, hosted an informal High Level Roundtable on the topic “The Future of Eastern Europe: Empowerment of Women” at the Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania. On the program was a message from Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, then a Russian POW. Nadiya’s sister, Vira Savchenko, (s econd from left), read the message. UNWLA President Marianna Zajac (far right) attended the event, along with UNWLA Vice President for Public Relations Roksolana Misilo (not in photo), as well as UNWLA member and WFUWO Main Representative UN/ECOSOC Martha Kichorowska Kebalo (third from left), who translated Nadiya Savchenko’s message into English. Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright (second from right) joined members of the delegation from Ukraine tha t also included MP Ivanna Klympush - Tsintsadze (first from left) and MP Iryna Herashchenko (fourth from left). Pictured in the back row are additional members of the delegation of women from Ukraine.
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