United Nations body recognizes UWC as NGO (05/11/03)

United Nations body recognizes UWC as NGO

TORONTO - Following a lengthy application process the UWC has formally become a non-governmental organizatio in special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

The UWC has established a separate United Nations Committee, chaired by Borys Potapenko of Warren, Mich., and has designated representatives to the U.N. New York office consisting of UWC President Askold S. Lozynskyj, Secretary General Victor Pedenko, Marta Kokolskyj in New Jersey as the lead representative and Ihor Dlaboha in New Jersey and Mr. Potapenko as additional representatives. In addition to Messrs. Potapenko, Lozynskyj and Pedenko and Ms. Kokolskyj, the UWC's U.N. Committee includes Andriy J. Semotiuk in Los Angeles and the chairs of the World Social Services Council, Olga Danylak; World Coordinating Educational Council, Nadia Luciw, and Human and Civil Rights Committee, Jurij Darewych.

The committee held its first meeting on Saturday, April 6. Specific issues to be addressed at the United Nations were discussed, i.e., migrant workers and trafficking of women. Issue formulation is being shaped by the committee chair.

Inasmuch as the UWC membership within ECOSOC includes, in addition to the headquarters in New York, U.N. representations in Geneva and Vienna, the UWC seeks volunteers. The UWC is entitled to five delegates at each office in addition to its president and secretary general. Anyone with an educational, social service or political science background interested in working in a volunteer capacity at any of the U.N. offices is urged to contact Mr. Potapenko via e-mail at [email protected].

The UWC expressed its gratitude to Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Valeriy Kuchinsky, Mr. Potapenko and Ms. Kokolskyj for their substantial assistance to the UWC president in gaining NGO consultative status.

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