ACTION ITEM

Senate Resolution on Famine-Genocide

Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.), co-chairman of the Helsinki Commission, has written a "Dear Colleague" letter in support of the Ukrainian Famine resolution (Senate Resolution 202), which he introduced last session and which clearly labels the Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine a "genocide."

Senators from states having a significant number of Ukrainian voters co-sponsored the resolution, but those in other states have not. It is critical, therefore, that Ukrainians in all such states call and/or write their senators, urging them to co-sponsor S. Res. 202. It is imperative for those who know Ukrainian Americans or who have American friends in states whose senators have not yet signed up to call those people and have them contact their senators to solicit their support for S. Res. 202.

Ukrainians and their supporters are also urged to call Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, (202) 224-4814, to persuade him of the urgency of the adoption of this resolution.

If you do not see your senator's name in the list below, please give him or her a call today. For telephone numbers, call (202) 225-3121 or log on to http://www.senate.gov.

The 27 co-sponsors include both senators from the following states: California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Other co-sponsors include:

Wayne Allard (R-Colo.), Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), Joseph R. Biden, Jr., (D-Del.), Saxby Chambliss, (R-Ga.), Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), Susan Collins, (R-Maine), George Allen (R-Va.), Russell D. Feingold (D-Wis.).

- Submitted by Ihor Gawdiak, President, Ukrainian American Coordinating Council.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, January 25, 2004, No. 4, Vol. LXXII

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