[Aaus-list] view UN Shevchenko event on UN TV

[irene jarosewich]

For those who did not RSVP in time or will not be able to attend the event
at the United Nations commemorating the 200th anniversary of Taras
Shevchenko, please be aware that the event can be viewed live on UN TV at
this link:  *http://webtv.un.org/ <http://webtv.un.org/>*



Please click the Schedule link on the right side of the screen



The event is scheduled to begin at 3pm New York on Thursday March 27 and
will go until 6pm



*Please pass along this information to those who do not live in the New
York area. *



Ukraine's acting foreign minister Andrij Deshchytsia who is in the US may
make guest appearance if schedule allows.


Program information below:


On the occasion of UN International Mother Language Day With the support of
the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations
The Ukrainian World Congress
and
The World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations
Invite you to support Ukraine by attending a
commemorative event at the United Nations honoring Taras Shevchenko:
Champion of the Ukrainian Language,
Self-Determination of Peoples, Human Rights and Social Justice March 27,
2014, 3-6pm
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Chamber
United Nations Building, New York City Program marking the bicentennial of
the birth of Ukraine's national poet:
Address by Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon
Address by President of the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations
John W. Ashe
Address by Eugene Czolij, President of the Ukrainian World Congress
Address by Orysia Sushko, President of the World Federation of Ukrainian
Women's Organizations
Keynote by Prof. Maxim Tarnawsky, University of Toronto
Prometheus Ukrainian Male Chorus
The Dobriansky Brothers Trio,  Ludmyla Hrabovsky and bandurist Alla
Kutsevych Readings of Shevchenko's poetry by Sofika Zielyk and Xenia
Ferencevych Peter Fedynsky, Master of Ceremonies, translator of
Shevchenko's Kobzar
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