Ukrainian World Congress accredited as NGO at United Nations

UNITED NATIONS - The Ukrainian World Congress delegation to the United Nations visited the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Friday, September 19 to receive its accreditation as a non-governmental organization.

The UWC's U.N. delegation includes Askold S. Lozynskyj and Victor Pedenko, respectively, president and chief administrative officer of the UWC and ex officio members of the delegation of the UWC/UN Committee, Borys Potapenko, chair Marta Kokolskyj, permanent delegate; and Ihor Dlaboha and Andrew Lastowecky, alternate delegates; as well as Motria Chaban, UWC delegate to the United Nations office in Vienna.

The UWC is accredited with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which has offices in New York, Geneva and Vienna.

In addition to receiving its accreditation, the delegates met with representatives of Ukraine's Mission to the U.N., including its permanent representative, Valeriy Kuchinsky, as well as his assistants, Oksana Boiko and Yuriy Khomenko to discuss issues of mutual concern, in particular, the upcoming commemoration at the U.N. of Ukraine's Great Famine of 1932-1933. They also discussed how to develop lines of communication for the long term.

The UWC delegates also held their first formal meeting, considering specific areas of activity at the United Nations, in particular through ECOSOC and the International Organization for Migration, such as migrant workers, trafficiking of women, AIDS and assistance to orphanages.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, October 12, 2003, No. 41, Vol. LXXI

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