4) to hold  presentations of documentary, educational and feature films:

The James Ernest Mace’s Candle;

“The Famine”;

“Dumb Bells”;

“Small Life”;

“Destinies” (cycle of mini-films);

“Holodomor-Genocide in Ukraine in 1932-1933”;

“The Live”.

MCT, State Committee for Radio and TV, Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.

October – November;

 

5) by Nov. 10, to publish all the volumes of the National Book of Memory for the Holodomor victims and to hold presentations of its regional volumes by Nov. 21.
 
Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, oblast and Kyiv city state administrations.

6) to announce an international competition for the best design project of the 1932-1933 Holodomor Museum (the 2nd stage of the

Memorial Holodomor Complex in Kyiv).

Kyiv city administration, Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.

November – December;

 

7) to assist in the implementation of “Yellow Count” theatrical film by Vasyl Barka.

 

MCT, Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.

November;

 

 8) to open an exhibition in Kyiv dedicated to James Mace.

Ukrainian Institute of National Memory,

Kyiv city administration.

November;

 

9) to hold regional contests of theatrical and art groups dedicated to the 1932-1933 Holodomor.

MCT, Crimean Autonomous Republic Council of Ministers, oblast and Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations.

October – November;

 

10) to build and unveil memorials and monuments in the areas afflicted by the Holodomor.

Crimean Autonomous Republic Council of Ministers, oblast and Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations.

October – November;

 

11) to continue detection and identification of Holodomor victims burial sites.

State interagency commission for commemorating victims of war and political repression, Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, Crimean Autonomous Republic Council of Ministers, oblast and Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations.

On a permanent basis;

 

12) to continue pulling down monuments to persons implicated in the creation of the totalitarian regime and orchestration of the 1932-1933 Holodomor, renaming streets, parks and squares in Ukraine.

Crimean Autonomous Republic Council of Ministers, oblast and Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations, MCT.

On a permanent basis;

 

13) upgrade medical services and welfare programs for the survivals of the 1932-1933 Holodomor.  

Health Ministry, Labor Ministry, Crimea’s Council of Ministers, oblast and Kyiv and Sevastopol state city administrations.

On a permanent basis;  

14) to draw up a draft of a national program for research of the Holodomor and commemoration of its victims for the period until 2012.

Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.

November – December;

 

15) to ensure the publication of books about Holodomor planned for publication in 2008 and their dissemination.

Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, MCT, State Committee for Radio and TV, Crimean Autonomous Republic Council of Ministers, oblast and Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations, MCT.

 

2. In the run-up to the Remembrance Day for Holodomor victims:

 

1) to complete stage one of the Memorial Complex for Holodomor victims in Kyiv.

Kyiv city administration, Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.

By November 18; 

 

2) to hold Holodomor victims remembrance lessons in all educational institutions of Ukraine.

Ministry of Education and Science (MES), Crimean Autonomous Republic Council of Ministers, oblast and Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations.

November;

 

3)    a) to hold an all-Ukrainian contest for the best work of art about the 1932-1933 Holodomor and award its winners;

b) to hold an all-Ukrainian contest for educational and patriotic projects to commemorate the memory of the Holodomor victims within the framework of the “People’s Memory” and the “Spikelet of Memory” campaigns.

MCT, MES, Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, Crimean Autonomous Republic Council of Ministers, oblast and Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations.

By November 21;

4) to hold Holodomor lectures, conferences, round tables in secondary schools, vocational colleges and universities.

MES.

October-November;

5)    to implement research projects and tours to study the tragedy of the 1932-1933 Famine. involving  Holodomor-hit areas and eyewitnesses

MES, MCT.

October – November;

6) to hold exhibitions of archive materials, works of art, books for schoolchildren and servicemen.

MCT, MES, Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, State Archive, Defense Ministry, Crimean Autonomous Republic Council of Ministers, oblast and Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations.

October – November;

7) to place social advertising in mass media, on big-boards in cities and along the roads.

State Committee for Radio and TV, MCT, MES, MFYS, Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, Crimean Autonomous Republic Council of Ministers, oblast and Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations.

October – November;

8) to show the Holodomor trailer on CNN.

FM, MCT, Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.

November;

9) to show Holodomor films on regional and central TV channels in Ukraine.

State Committee for Radio and TV, MCT, Crimean Autonomous Republic Council of Ministers, oblast and Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations.

November;

10) to hold a Holodomor-commemorating event (Yurij Laniuk’s “The Grieving Mother” oratorium to the poem by Pavlo Tychyna).

MCT.

November 21;

 11) to hold the following events November 18-22 at The Ukrainian House in Kyiv:

      a) the exhibition of Holodomor documents, books and photographs.

      Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, MCT, Department for State Matters;   

   b) the demonstration of Holodomor films.

       MCT, Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, Department for State Matters;

      c) the exhibition of the winning projects of the “Spikelets of Memory” all-Ukrainian campaign .

MES, Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, Department for State Matters;

     d) the opening of an international press center.

        FM, MCT, Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, Department for State Matters;

    e) the presentations:

        - on the National Book of Memory for 1932-1933 Holodomor Victims.

           Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, oblast and Kyiv city     administrations, Department for State Matters;

       - on the joint Ukrainian-Polish publication “Poland and Ukraine in the 30s and 40s of the 20th century. Unknown documents from special services archives.”

Security Service of Ukraine, Department for State Matters;

      - on the 4-volume edition of “The Great Famine in Ukraine.”

Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, National Academy of Sciences, Department for State Matters;

      - on the award ceremony for the winners of the All-Ukrainian “The People’s Memory” educational and patriotic contest of events to commemorate the memory of the Holodomor victims and the All-Ukrainian contest for the best Holodomor work of art.

MES, MCT, Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, Department for State Matters; 

12) to cancel a postal stamp dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor

Ministry of Transport and Communications.

November;

13) to hold a conference titled “Contribution of Ukrainian archivists in the restoration of historic memory about the Holodomor”

State Committee for Archives.

November 18;

14) to ensure wide coverage by the mass media of preparations for and events dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor and the Day of Remembrance for Holodomor victims.

State Committee for Radio and TV, Crimean Autonomous Republic Council of Ministers, oblast and Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations.

October - November;

 

3. Activities to be held on the Day of Memory for the victims of the Holodomor:

 

1) - to fly the state flag at half-mast on all central and local executive, organizations, educational institutions and companies buildings,

    - to cancel entertainment programs on TV and radio.

Central and local executive bodies; 

 

2) - to hold remembrance prayers for the Holodomor victims jointly with the leaders of local executive and government, civil organizations in cities, towns and villages;

    - to hold ceremonies of laying wreaths made of flowers and wheat and rye spikelets at the Holodomor victims monuments and graves;

Crimean Autonomous Republic Council of Ministers, oblast and Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations.

3) to hold a procession and remembrance prayer by leaders of Ukrainian churches, top government and state officials of Ukraine and other countries at Sophia’s Church in Kyiv.

Ministry of Regional Construction, MCT, State Committee for Religions, FM, Kyiv city administration;

 

4) to hold remembrance ceremonies of laying wreaths made of flowers and wheat and rye spikelets in Kyiv and a mourning procession of top-ranking government and state officials of Ukraine and other countries.

Kyiv city administration, MCT, FM;

 

5) to observe a minute of silence in Ukraine at 16.00 to commemorate the 1932-1933 Holodomor victims.

Central and local executive bodies;

 

6)    to light candles in the homes of Ukrainians as part of the “Light Your Candle” campaign.

 MCT, MES, Crimean Autonomous Republic Council of Ministers, oblast and Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations.

 

7) to hold an international forum in commemoration of the Holodomor to be attended by top government and state officials of Ukraine and other countries.

FM, MCT, Ukrainian Institute of National Memory;

 

8) to open the first stage of the Memorial Complex to commemorate the Holodomor victims in Kyiv to be attended by top state and government officials of Ukraine and other countries.

Kyiv city administration, Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, FM;

 

9) to ensure coverage of Holodomor remembrance events by national and regional TV channels.

State Committee for Radio and TV, Crimean Autonomous Republic Council of Ministers, oblast and Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations.

 

10) to ensure public order during the remembrance events.

Ministry of Interior.

 

4. Holodomor remembrance events to be held jointly with international organizations and Ukrainian diaspora:

1) events to be held jointly with the International Coordinating Committee of the World Ukrainian Congress;

2) the “Ever-Burning Candle” international campaign;

3) Holodomor remembrance events and “Light Your Candle” campaign at Ukraine’s diplomatic missions abroad;

4) Placement of Holodomor remembrance materials on web sites and information boards at Ukraine’s embassies, in the foreign media and press releases;

5) completion of agreements to install monuments and plaques to the victims of the 1932-1933 Holodomor in Ukraine in Warsaw, Cracow, Budapest, Munich, Sremska-Mitrovica (Serbia);

6) initiation of Holodomor remembrance services in foreign countries;

 

7)    the international Holodomor remembrance tour by a Ukrainian theatrical company.

FM, MCT.

October – November;

 

8)    invitations to attend official Holodomor remembrance events to foreign diplomats posted in Ukraine.

FM, MCT.

November. 

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Translated into English for the Action Ukraine Report (AUR)

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