Center for Civil Society International ([email protected])
Fri, 27 Nov 1998 13:34:18 -0800 (PST)
Media Release
Representatives of more than 10 Ukrainian NGO got together on Friday, 20
November 1998, to formalize the foundation of the Ukrainian Campaign to
Ban Landmines. There were participants from Ukrainian Peacekeepers
Veterans Association (UPVA), Association of Afhgan war veterans,
organizations of disabled persons, representatives of Kyiv municipality,
etc. A delegation of the Canadian Embassy in Ukraine, headed by Canadian
military attachee Mr. R. Williams and representative of the Regional
Delegation of International Committee of the Red Cross, Mr. Eu.Tsybulenko,
were also present as honorary guests. The meeting took place in the
Ministry of Information of Ukraine.
It was a unanimous decision to establish a Ukrainian Campaign to Ban
Landmines (UCBL). The newly created campaign will become a part of ICBL
(International Campaign to Ban Landmines) and will serve in Ukraine as a
focal point for all Ukrainian NGOs and individuals, who share the common
objective--to achieve the ratification of the Ottawa Treaty by Ukrainian
Parliament, and to participate in and support ICBL activity.
As its primary goal, the UCBL will (a) disseminate the ideas of a total
ban on the use, production, stockpiling, sale, export, and transfer of
antipersonnel landmines, and (b) facilitate the creation of national
resources for humanitarian mine clearance and mine victim assistance
programmes.
Mr. Yuri Donskoy, President of UPVA, was unanimously elected as National
Co-ordinator of UCBL. Mr. Oleg Boitchun, President of the BAST Promotion
Fund, was unanimously elected as Deputy of National Co-ordinator of UCBL.
At the meeting the following decisions were taken:
1. The statute of UCBL was approved in general.
2. The UCBL must undergo, as soon as possible, official registration in
accordance with Ukrainian legislation.
3. A Steering Committee, consisting of 6 members, was elected.
4. Mr. Oleksiy Hrytsenko, board member of UPVA and landmines programme
manager, was authorised to represent UCBL on the international level.
Oleksiy Hrytsenko tel. 38-044-543-2617
E-mail: [email protected]
It was decided to hold meetings of the Steering Committee every month.
Yours sincerely,
Yuri Donskoy
President of Ukrainian Peacekeepers Veterans Association,
National Co-ordinator of Ukrainian Campaign to Ban Landmines
3, Boris Grinchenko St. r.645
Kyiv 252001
UKRAINE
fax. 380-44-228-9770
tel. 380-44-228-9770
http://infocenter.ukrpack.net/upva/index.html
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For More Information Please Contact:
Oleg Boitchun
Deputy of National Co-ordinator of UCBL
http://infocenter.ukrpack.net
http://www.online.com.ua
[email protected]
P.O. Box 40
Kyiv 253206
Ukraine
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