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February 23, 2006 President of the Republic of France Dear Mr. President: As the representative
organization of citizens or simply
residents of more than thirty countries who are of Ukrainian ethnicity,
we
write to you in a matter of grave importance. This matter was brought
to our
attention by representatives of the French-Ukrainian community and
involves an
employee of a state operated educational institution.
Madame le
Professeur Lacroix-Riz of the University Paris-7
has written that the famine-genocide in Ukraine 1932-33 is a
German-Polish-Vatican fabrication. Additionally, she has labeled the
Ukrainian
Catholic Church fascist and Nazi. The French-Ukrainian community has
written
letters to Madame le Professeur Lacroix-Riz, the University’s Rector
and
France’s Education Minister with no response.
With
consideration for academic freedom as well as freedom
of speech, nevertheless we are deeply concerned with historical
revisionism
bordering on bigotry. The famine of 1932-33 in Ukraine, as the world
has
recognized, was a heinous genocide of some seven million men, women and
children perpetrated by the Soviet regime under Josef Stalin. Ms.
Lacroix-Riz dishonors not only the
memory of these innocent victims but also the memories of victims of
other
genocides. Additionally, her slur against the Ukrainian Catholic Church
brings
to focus what can only be described as ethnic enmity.
Given
the fact that the
reputation of French education and
scholarship is at
issue as well as the compassion of the people of France for the
suffering of
others, we request that you involve yourself in this matter. We do not
seek Ms.
LaCroix dismissal nor even her condemnation. We do request that the
President
of France issue a statement disavowing the personal bigotry of one of
his
employees. Askold S. Lozynskyj President of Ukrainian World Congress The Permanent Representation of the Republic of France to the United Nations The Permanent Representation of Ukraine to the United Nations Embassy of the Republic of France in Canada Embassy of the Republic of France in the United States |
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