Dopis Světového kongresu Ukrajinců v AJ ve věci porušování práv Ukrajinců v Ruské federaci
Urgent human rights issues regarding the Ukrainian national minority in the Russian federation
СВІТОВИЙ КОНҐРЕС УКРАЇНЦІВ
CONGRÈS MONDIAL UKRAINIEN
UKRAINIAN WORLD CONGRESS
CONGRESO MUNDIAL UCRANIO
Her Excellency Navanethem Pillay
UN High Commissioner for
Human Rights
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
civilsocietyunit@ohchr.org
His Excellency Ambassador Janez Lenarcic
OSCE Director of the
Office for Democratic Institutions and
Human Rights
Public Affairs Unit
Aleje Ujazdowskie 19
00-557 Warsaw
Poland
bernhard.knoll@odihr.pl
aleska.simkic@odihr.pl
jens.eschenbaecher@odihr.pl
His Excellency Ambassador Knut Vollebaek
OSCE High Commissioner on
National Minorities
Prinsessegracht 22
2514AP The Hague
Netherlands
jennifer.croft@hcnm.org
The Honourable Heidi Hautala
Chair of the European Parliament Subcommittee on
Human Rights
Bât. Altiero Spinelli
08G301
Rue Wiertz 60
B-1047 Brussels
Belgium
heidi.hautala@europarl.europa.eu
The Honourable Knut Fleckenstein
Chair of the European Parliament Delegation to
the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
Bât. Altiero Spinelli
12G158
Rue Wiertz 60
B-1047 Brussels
Belgium
knut.fleckenstein@europarl.europa.eu
michal.czaplicki@europarl.europa.eu
His Excellency Ambassador Thomas Hammarberg
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
Avenue de l'Europe
F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex
France
commissioner@coe.int
Professor Rainer Hofmann
President of the Council of Europe Advisory Committee on the
Framework Convention for the Protection of
National Minorities
F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex
France
minorities.fcnm@coe.int
Dear Madams:
Dear Sirs:
Re: Urgent human rights issues regarding the Ukrainian national minority in the Russian
Federation
The Ukrainian World Congress wishes to express its grave concern regarding:
1) the attempts of the Russian authorities to liquidate the Federal National Cultural Autonomy of
Ukrainians of Russia and the Union of Ukrainians in Russia, the two most prominent Ukrainian
NGOs in the Russian Federation; and
2) a recent seizure of books and newspapers from the Library of Ukrainian Literature in Moscow, the
only Ukrainian library in the Russian Federation, and its subsequent closure by the Russian
authorities.
For your information, we enclose hereto two (2) Executive Summaries prepared by the Ukrainian World
Congress concerning the above issues.
The Ukrainian World Congress is calling upon the international community to take notice of this
unacceptable conduct of the Russian authorities and to take prompt and decisive action to protect the
human and national minority rights of the Ukrainian minority in the Russian Federation.
The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) is an international coordinating body for Ukrainian
communities in the diaspora representing the interests of over twenty (20) million Ukrainians, with
member organizations in over thirty (30) countries. Founded in 1967, the UWC was incorporated in
2000 in Canada and recognized in 2003 as a non-governmental organization by the United Nations
Economic and Social Council with special consultative status.
Sincerely,
UKRAINIAN WORLD CONGRESS
Eugene Czolij
President
Enclosures
c.c. His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
His Excellency Ambassador Kanat Saudabayev, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office
His Excellency Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament
His Excellency Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
His Excellency Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine
His Excellency Vladimir Yelchenko, Ukraine's Ambassador to Russia
His Excellency Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation
His Excellency Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Union of Ukrainians in Russia
Federal National Cultural Autonomy of Ukrainians of Russia
Ukrainian World Congress Member Organizations
