UNA to participate in UCCA congress (09/26/04)

UNA to participate in UCCA congress

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - This weekend, Friday through Sunday, September 24-26, the Ukrainian National Association will participate in the 19th Congress of Ukrainian Americans - the quadrennial convention of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America.

As readers may recall, at the 2003 annual UNA General Assembly meeting held November 21-23, at Soyuzivka, assembly members voted to restore the UNA's decades-long relationship with the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) on the same basis and status as had been established during its original membership. A UNA statement released after this important vote noted: "It is our sincere hope that this step will serve as an incentive for others to seek common ground on which to build mutual cooperation for the good of our community. For, let us remember, only with unity comes strength."

The statement also underscored: "Only from a position of strength and cooperation can we, as a community, have a powerful, united voice in the public arena. As such, the Ukrainian National Association, mindful of the fact it represents a body of over 45,000 members of diverse and varied viewpoints, believes it is essential to foster a cooperative and unifying spirit within our community."

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