Support the Chornobyl Charity Bazaar

Sixteen years have passed since the Chornobyl accident, the largest in scope and the gravest in consequence technological catastrophe of the 20th century.

This year, on April 25, as in previous years, the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations, together with the Permanent Missions of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, and also with the support of the Consulate General of Ukraine in New York, is organizing at the United Nations headquarters a Chornobyl Charity Bazaar to commemorate the anniversary of this tragic event.

The purpose of this endeavor is not only to mobilize additional funds to support the medical institutions in Ukraine, which provide treatment for children from the Chornobyl zone, but also to renew international attention to Chornobyl and to reiterate that, even after 16 years, this problem remains one of the most painful for Ukraine.

The participation of the Ukrainian community in this important event has already become a good tradition. We are very grateful to all of our friends for their fruitful cooperation demonstrated in the past, and we hope that it will continue this year. Each of you can make an individual contribution to the charity event in the form of various books, crafts, arts, gift items, food, beverages and other items which will be exhibited for sale during the bazaar, as well as donations for any amount.

We ask those who wish to take part in the Chornobyl Charity Bazaar, to please send your donations to the Permanent Mission of Ukraine (220 E. 51st St., New York, NY 10022). If you send a check, please make it payable to the Permanent Mission of Ukraine for the Chornobyl Bazaar. We would also like to encourage you to provide brief information about yourself that could be properly reflected in the list of benefactors presented to all guests and participants of this event at the United Nations. Please, notify the Permanent Mission of Ukraine about your intention to attend our joint event in advance, so that appropriate arrangements for receiving a pass to the U.N. building could be made in a timely manner.

- Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, April 21, 2002, No. 16, Vol. LXX

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