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Letter From the President

January 2005

Dear Members and Friends of the Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation!

I would like to give you a brief report of the activities and achievements of the Foundation

during

the

year 2004.

The Foundation continues to further public awareness of the Ukrainian Genocide to the

local

and

international community. We have begun work on a Foundation website. We

expect the

web page

to be up and running during the first quarter of 2005.

In partnership with the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, our Foundation is

pushing

the

US Senate adopt Resolution 202, which would make the US Senate

pronounce that the

Famine in

Ukraine during 1932-33 was a deliberate act of Genocide.

We are actively persuading the Illinois legislature to make the teaching of the Ukrainian

Genocide a

compulsory part of the K-12 curriculum. We are currently organizing and

financially

sponsoring an

accredited Ukrainian Genocide continuing education seminar for

US middle

school teachers.

We are collaborating with the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, the Trident

Foundation of

Hollywood, California and various civic organizations to pursue new

research,

publications and

educational programs to promote awareness on a national and

international

level.

On September 19th, 2004, Congressman Henry Hyde of Illinois participated in our

commemoration

of the 71st anniversary of the Ukrainian Genocide.

In Ukraine, we are supporting Ukrainian Genocide research and documentation through

our

partnership with the Association of Genocide Researchers, “Memorial”, the Ukrainian

Language

Society, Genocide Researchers of the Ukrainian State University in Kyiv, and

Professors Yuri

Shapoval, Vasyl Marochko and Alexandra Veselova of the National

Academy of

Sciences of

Ukraine

in Kyiv.

As a result of our Ukrainian Genocide essay competition in Ukraine, we awarded five

scholarships to

graduate students at the National University of Ostroh Academy for their

excellent research essays.

We plan to translate their essays into English and publish then

for

distribution in the United States

as well all publish them in Ukrainian for distribution in

Ukraine.

Furthermore, the Foundation financially sponsored the publication and distribution of

100,000

Ukrainian Genocide pamphlets in Ukraine. The pamphlets were distributed by

university

students

throughout Eastern Ukraine prior to the Presidential elections.

We developed and published 10,000 English language brochures about the Ukrainian

Genocide for

distribution at the Ukrainian National Museum in Chicago. The brochure

includes

historical facts

and a reading and research list for Museum visitors.

The Foundation has pledged to underwrite the translation and publication of Ukrainian

researchers,

historians and educators Genocide works into the English language. We

intend to

provide the

translations and books to academic institutions and researchers in

the United

States and abroad.

The Foundation has begun to collect material and testimonial evidence in the attempt to

seek

justice

and retribution from the Russian Federation which inherited the

responsibilities of the

former Soviet

authority.

Nicholas Mischenko

President

Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation - USA, Inc.