Month: November 26, 2020 6:25 am

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The New Jersey District Committee of the Ukrainian National Association held its fall organizing meeting on November 16 via videoconference. It was the first virtual meeting ever for the district.

Participating were representatives of UNA Branches 37, 42, 76, 133, 171, 234, 269 and 287.

The meeting was chaired by Oksana Stanko, district chairperson. In attendance as a representative of the UNA Executive Committee was Yuriy Symczyk, UNA chief operating officer/national secretary.

Seven years ago, in preparation of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement that was to be signed on November 28-29, 2013, at the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers adopted a resolution on November 21 that halted those preparations, sparking large protests in Ukraine on November 24 that became known as the Revolution of Dignity. It was the largest protest action in Ukraine since the 2004 Orange Revolution.

The Cabinet’s decision attracted between 100,000 and 200,000 protesters to Kyiv’s Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosty) to demand the resolution’s cancellation and the Association Agreement’s signing by President Viktor Yanukovych.

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The statement below was released by the Ukrainian World Congress on November 21.

Seven years ago, on this day, the people of Ukraine stood up in defense of their will to live freely in a democracy that respects the choice of the people. This day, which began a spiral of events leading to the Revolution of Dignity with tragic consequences, is now marked as the Day of Dignity and Freedom.

On November 21, 2013, precipitated by the refusal of the Yanukovych regime to sign the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, the peaceful protest was answered by authorities with violence spurring the country to rise up in mass demonstrations.

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The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America issued the following release on November 18.

Following a historic election, with over 150 million combined votes cast for the first time in U.S. history, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), the largest grassroots representation of Americans of Ukrainian descent, reached out to President-elect Joe Biden with a letter of congratulations, urging the former vice-president to fortify relations with Ukraine and reinforce internationally recognized principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity.

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Dear Readers! Welcome to The Washington Notebook, a column compiled by the Ukrainian National Information Service (UNIS) to provide perspective and insight on activities in Washington that concern the Ukrainian community.

What did the November 3 elections prove in the United States? Firstly, an unprecedented number of citizens went to the polls to cast their vote for our elected officials. But more importantly for the Ukrainian community, many of our “Friends of Ukraine” in Congress have been re-elected, while those newly-elected to Congress have had opportunities to interact with community representatives during the campaign period.

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Part II

Sadly, the dictatorial regime of illegitimate President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has again stepped up its repression of the people of Belarus struggling for their democratic rights and freedoms. This includes the violent death of protester Roman Bondarenka in police custody. After the shocking brutality against peaceful protesters that the world witnessed in the immediate aftermath of the August 9 fraudulent elections, the degree of abuse by the Lukashenka regime’s security apparatus had diminished somewhat – although it never completely went away.

The recent comprehensive and authoritative OSCE Moscow Mechanism Report on post-election human rights violations notes the numerous instances of police brutality and torture on the part of security forces that operate with impunity.

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On December 6, the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA) will be celebrating its 95th anniversary. We invite the Ukrainian community to join us for this virtual event beginning at 3 p.m. Eastern Time. A wonderful program highlighting our various achievements is planned.

Formed in 1925, the UNWLA’s goals include informing the Free World about events in Ukraine, and promoting and preserving Ukrainian national identity, cultural heritage and ethnic traditions. The UNWLA is guided by the principles of political non-partisanship, religious tolerance and universal respect for human rights. These moral pillars helped the UNWLA become one of the largest and oldest Ukrainian organizations in the United States.

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WILMINGTON, Del. – The parishioners of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church and Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, both in Wilmington, Del., commemorated the 1932-1933 Holodomor with an ecumenical panakhyda celebrated by their pastors. Seen above are Father Volodymyr Klanichka (right) of St. Nicholas and Father Stephen Hutnick of Ss. Peter and Paul at the Holodomor Memorial on grounds of the Orthodox parish. Flowers were left at the memorial by the members of Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Branch 54.

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May 2019 saw Matthew Onyshko in his wheelchair at the front of a Washington County, Pa., courtroom, face to face with an attorney representing the NCAA. The Ukrainian was a football player for Division II California University of Pennsylvania from 1999 to 2003.

After graduating, he became a fireman in his hometown of Pittsburgh. On a November 2007 day while fighting a fire, he had difficulty putting on his gloves, becoming aware his hands were losing strength. The father of two was diagnosed a couple of months later with the degenerative brain disease ALS. After viewing a report about former New Orleans Saints Steve Gleason’s experience with ALS on Super Bowl Sunday of 2012, Onyshko questioned whether the head injuries he’d suffered playing football were the cause of his condition. His personal physicians agreed with him, concluding he had no genetic precondition for the disease.

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LVIV – On Saturday, November 14, Ukraine entered the first weekend of its new quarantine regime, whereby there are additional restrictions on weekends. On Saturdays and Sundays, bars, restaurants, cafes and other catering establishments are closed. Shopping centers and entertainment establishments are closed. Establish­ments of trade and consumer services are closed, with few exceptions. Gyms and swimming pools are closed. The government’s “weekend quarantine” is slated to last until November 30. In addition, previous anti-epidemic restrictions that affected regions with the worst coronavirus outbreaks will now apply to all regions.

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As Ukraine prepares to mark the anniversaries of the beginning of the Orange Revolution on November 22, 2004, and the Euro-Maidan, which was launched on November 23, 2013, and by the beginning of the following year evolved into the Revolution of Dignity, Belarusians on November 16 marked the 100th day of their white-red-white national revolution.

They have revolted against the dictatorship of Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who after 26 years in power has once again imprisoned rivals and rigged the August 9 presidential election. The Belarusian people’s resistance has now lasted longer than the 95-day Ukrainian popular insurrection against the kleptocracy of President Viktor Yanukovych and his pro-Russian lurch when Ukraine was poised to enter into an Association Agreement with the European Union.

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OTTAWA – The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) held its annual general meeting (AGM) on Saturday, November 7. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AGM was held online for the first time ever, with over 80 delegates and guests in attendance.

This meeting marked 80 years since the founding of the UCC, and special greetings were presented by dignitaries to mark this auspicious anniversary. These video greetings will be available on the UCC’s website in the coming days. The UCC’s 80th anniversary project was launched at the AGM. The video can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBm17SNFjso.

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