Congressional reception slated for June 24 (06/20/99)

Congressional reception slated for June 24

by Michael Sawkiw Jr.
Ukrainian National Information Service

WASHINGTON - One of the joint programs of the Joint Conferences of Ukrainian American Organizations, to be held here on June 23-27, will be a Congressional Reception on Thursday, June 24, at 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Rayburn House Office Building, Rooms B339-B340.

The main focus of the reception is to provide members of the Ukrainian American community an opportunity to meet their members of Congress. The reception is sponsored by the 1st Security Federal Savings Bank (Chicago/ Philadelphia) and hosted by the Ukrainian National Information Service (UNIS), the Washington bureau of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America.

The member-organizations of the Joint Conferences have unanimously decided to recognize four members of Congress for their efforts to promote U.S.-Ukraine relations: Rep. Benjamin Gilman (R-N.Y.), chairman of the International Relations Committee; Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.), chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE); Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), ranking member of the Armed Services Committee; and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), member of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee. They will be presented "Friend of Ukraine" awards.

Tickets for the reception are very limited; cost per person is $25. For further information, contact UNIS, (202) 547-0018.

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