Ukraine's Quest for Mature Nation Statehood-Roundtable II--Conference
"Ukraine's Quest for Mature Nation Statehood-Roundtable II:
Taking Measure of a U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership"
September 20-21, 2001, Washington, DC
MEDIA COMMITTEE
ORGANIZER:
ORGANIZATION FOR THE DEFENSE OF FOUR FREEDOMS FOR UKRAINE
26601 Ryan Road
Warren, MI 48091
Tel.: (810) 757-8684
www.FourFreedoms.net
PRESS COMMUNIQUE No.1
International Conference to Assess
Ukraine's Global Strategic Role
WARREN, MI-Government leaders and international foreign-policy experts
will gather in Washington, DC, to analyze Ukraine's strategic role in
world and regional affairs at a follow-up conference to last year's
successful inaugural session, called "Ukraine's Quest for Mature Nation
Statehood: Roundtable II-Taking Measure of a U.S.-Ukraine Strategic
Partnership."
This year's gathering will be held at the U.S. Congress, Thursday,
September 20, and Friday, September 21. According to the conference's
organizers, the Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for
Ukraine, the roster of speakers will include government officials from
Ukraine, the United States and Eastern European countries, as well as
prominent leaders from financial institutions, research centers and
academia.
The conference will feature 13 panels, divided among four principal
sessions, two working lunches, two focus sessions and an evening
reception. Organizers said that 73 speakers, 24 of whom are expected to
be from Ukraine, will be featured at the conference.
"Over the course of the past decade, relations between the United States
and Ukraine have undergone significant change. Two principal,
overarching factors have emerged, which today constitute and justify the
strategic nature of that relationship: global security and regional
stability. Beyond these core considerations, there are critical direct
benefits to be derived form a strong bilateral relationship," observed
Bohdan Fedorak, president of the sponsoring organization.
Mr. Fedorak noted that the purpose of the conference is to objectively
assess the capacity of the United States and Ukraine to make the
requisite political, economic, diplomatic and military commitments to
the realization of these strategic goals.
The year's conference will be held on the occasion of the 10th
anniversary of Ukraine's restored independence, which should figure
prominently in the participants' analyses.
The year 2000 conference, which hosted 84 speakers, was held at the
Library of Congress and at the Council on Foreign Relations in
Washington, DC. Major sessions of that conference were webcast live
worldwide and, according to the sponsors, efforts are underway to
simulcast via the Internet this year's session. Last year's conference
was videotaped in its entirety by the U.S. Department of State for
frequent airing at special occasions. A complete transcript of the
proceedings was produced for the purposes of publishing a monograph in
both English and Ukrainian.
For attendance information, contact the Organization for the Defense of
Four Freedoms for Ukraine at (810) 757-7910.
PRESS CONTACT:
Ihor Dlaboha,
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