BRAMA, May 20, 2004, 1:00 pm ET
Press Release
УКРАЇНСЬКА АМЕРИКАНСЬКА КООРДИНАЦІЙНА РАДА
UKRAINIAN AMERICAN COORDINATING COUNCIL
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Upcoming Ukraine presidential elections concern the U.S. - Ukrainian Americans call for support of S.Con.Res. 106
The October presidential election in Ukraine is critical to the future of
Ukraine, US-Ukrainian relations, and to the very security of Europe. It is
also crucial that all presidential candidates be given equal coverage in the
media and full unhindered opportunity to present themselves before the
Ukrainian electorate during the election campaign. Ukrainian Americans and
their friends and supporters are therefore urged to call their congressional
representatives, both in the House and the Senate, to become co-sponsors
Senate Concurrent Resolution #106, which urges that the presidential
election process in Ukraine be carried out in a "democratic, transparent and
fair" manner. In the House of Representatives, House International Relations
Committee Chairman Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-IL) has cosponsored an identically
worded resolution – H. Con.Res.415 – with Helsinki Commission Chairman
Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) and Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA). Helsinki
Commission Co-Chairman Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) is sponsor of
the Senate resolution which is co-sponsored by Commission Ranking Member
Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ranking Member Senator Joseph R. Biden (D-DE).
Telephone numbers of your Senators and Representatives may be obtained by
calling the Capitol Information Line at (202) 225-3121. Contact
information, including e-mails addresses, can also be found by going online
to www.house.gov and www.senate.gov.
For the text of the resolutions and accompanying statements, see the
Helsinki Commission website – www.csce.gov, or contact Orest Deychakiwsky
at the Commission for more information: orest.deychak@mail.house.gov
Submitted by Ihor Gawdiak
President, Ukrainian American Coordinating Council
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