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May 21, 1999

New York, NY — On Thursday, May 20, Ukraine's Minister of Labor and Social Policy, Ivan Y. Sochan met with representatives of Ukrainian Diasporan organizations. The meeting was called by the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations to introduce the Minister to the local community of Ukrainian Americans. Minister Sahan (pronounced sakhan') spoke at length about the problems faced by Ukraine in meeting payrolls and social benefits for retirees and disabled persons, and about the efforts that are underway to resolve some of the issues involved. You may listen to the Minister's presentation (in two parts, Ukrainian only) below:

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— Wages arrears, economic issues — Social benefits (pensions)

Learn more about the meeting in journalist's Yurij Shewchuk's article in the next issue (#22, Friday May 28) of "Svoboda", the Ukrainian language weekly newspaper.

The Ukrainian Americans: (l-r) Andrij Lastowecky (Ukrainian American Coordinating Council, UACC), Volodymyr Sochan (UACC), M. Shpontak (Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, UCCA), Tamara Gallo (UCCA), R. Lozynsky (UCCA), Bohdan Kekish (Pres., Self-Reliance FCU New York), Lev Futala (UCCA)	Representing Ukraine: (l-r) Dina Neskorozhana (Second Secretary UN Mission), visiting dignitary Minister Ivan. Y. Sahan, UN Ambassador Volodymyr Yel'chenko, Consul General Yuriy V. Bohaievskiy

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