THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Greetings from President Bill Clinton

Greetings to everyone gathered in Toronto, Canada, for the 34th Convention of the Ukrainian National Association.

People from every region of the world have made profound and lasting contributions to our society. The abundant gifts of the Ukrainian people and culture have helped make America strong, and each of you can take pride in your efforts to maintain and advance this important legacy. I commend you for working to ensure that our great country continues to live up to the ideals of liberty and a quality on which it was founded. Together, we can create a more peaceful, prosperous world for all of our people.

Best wishes for a wonderful event,

Bill Clinton
President of the United States of America

Greetings from Prime Minister Jean Chrétien

I am delighted to extend my warmest greetings to everyone participating in the 34th Convention of the Ukrainian National Association being held in Toronto.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have traveled to Canada to take part in this event. One of the strengths of the Canadian social fabric is the degree to which the many groups which make up our cultural diversity maintain their individual characteristics, while at the same time contributing to a strong and harmonious Canada. Our country has grown and prospered largely due to the fact that it has made welcome men and women from all parts of the world. They have joined together in a common cause - to make Canada their home - and it is their skills, hard work and vitality which have created a flourishing and vibrant country.

Canadians of Ukrainian origin have contributed to this prosperity, and you can be proud of the role you have played in Canada's history. I congratulate you on your many cultural contributions to our Canadian heritage. May you have every success in meeting the challenges of the future.

Jean Chrétien
Prime Minister of Canada

List of greetings addressed to the 34th Convention of the UNA

• Bill Clinton, president of the United States of America
  
  
• Jean Chrétien, prime minister of Canada
  
  
• Leonid Kuchma, president of Ukraine
  
  
• Spencer Abraham, senator, U.S. Congress
  
  
• Christine Todd Whitman, governor of New Jersey
  
  
• John Engler, governor of Michigan
  
  
• Michael D. Harris, premier of Ontario
  
  
• Ralph Klein, premier of Alberta
  
  
• Glen Clark, premier of British Columbia
  
  
• Gary Filmon, premier of Manitoba
  
  
• J. Raymond Frenette, premier of New Brunswick
  
  
• Pat Binns, premier of Prince Edward Island
  
  
• Roy Romanow, premier of Saskatchewan
  
  
• Hennadii Udovenko, president of the 52nd session of the United Nations General Assembly; national deputy, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
  
  
• Yuri Shcherbak, ambassador of Ukraine to the United States
  
  
• Volodymyr Yelchenko, ambassador of Ukraine to the United Nations
  
  
• Victor Kyryk, consul general of Ukraine in Chicago
  
  
• Viacheslav Briukhovetsky, president of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
  
  
• Valeriy Borsov, president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
  
  
• Mykola Zhulynsky, director of the Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
  
  
• Ivan Drach, head of the Association for Relations with Ukrainians Abroad
  
  
• Myron Kertychak, head of the Association of Ukrainians in Poland
  
  
• Pavlo Movchan, head of the Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Society "Prosvita"
  
  
• Cardinal Myroslav I. Lubachivsky, primate of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
  
  
• Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
  
  
• Metropolitan Michael Bzdel of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg
  
  
• Metropolitan Wasyly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada Archeparchy of Winnipeg
  
  
• Archbishop Antony, of the Eastern Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. in South Bound Brook
  
  
• Archbishop Vsevolod of the Western Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. in Chicago
  
  
• Bishop Yurij of the Eastern Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada in Toronto
  
  
• Bishop Roman Danyliak, apostolic administrator of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Toronto
  
  
• Bishop Basil Losten, of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford
  
  
• Bishop Robert Moskal of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma
  
  
• Prof. Wasyl Janishewsky, president of the Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Center
  
  
• Natalia Iwaniw, president of the Ukrainian Gold Cross
  
  
• Volodymyr Procyk, president of the Organization for the Rebirth of Ukraine (ODWU) Inc. in the U.S.A.
  
  
• Adriana Stebelsky, head of the Association for Advancement of Ukrainian Culture in Canada
  
  
• Volodymyr Okipniuk of the Ukrainian National Aid Association of America
  
  
• Dr. Dmytro Cipywnyk, president of the Ukrainian World Congress
  
  
• Oleh Romaniw, president of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress
  
  
• John Oleksyn, vice-president of the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council
  
  
• Maria Shkambara, president of the Toronto Branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress
  
  
• Peter Demianiuk, president of the Brotherhood of Veterans of the 1st Division of the Ukrainian National Army, Toronto Branch
  
  
• Grant Swanson, superintendent of Ontario Insurance Commission

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, June 7, 1998, No. 23, Vol. LXVI

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