ACTION ITEM

Senate Resolution 202

It has been learned that personnel of the Embassy of Russia have sought out high-level U.S. State Department officials to lobby against the Senate resolution recognizing the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 in Ukraine (S. Res. 202) - even though nowhere in the resolution is there any mention of Russia. (See story on page 1 of last week's issue. - Ed.)

We cannot allow this resolution, introduced by Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.), co-chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, to be sabotaged by anyone. It is crucial, therefore, to telephone your senators as soon as possible to urge them to co-sponsor S. Res. 202. Please join the campaign to save this resolution.

Call (202) 224-3121 (or go online at http://www.senate.gov) for Senate phone numbers. (The following senators do not need to be called as they are already co-sponsors: George Voinovich (R-Ohio), Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), George Allen (R-Va.), Norm Coleman (R-Minn), Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), Joe Biden (D-Del.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.).

- submitted for the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council by Ihor Gawdiak, president.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, September 28, 2003, No. 39, Vol. LXXI

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