The October presidential election in Ukraine is critical to the future of Ukraine, US- Ukrainian relations, and to the very security of Europe. It is also crucial that all presidential candidates be given equal coverage in the media and full unhindered opportunity to present themselves before the Ukrainian electorate during the election campaign. Ukrainian Americans and their friends and supporters are therefore urged to call their congressional representatives, both in the House and the Senate, to become co-sponsors Senate Concurrent Resolution #106, which urges that the presidential election process in Ukraine be carried out in a “democratic, transparent and fair” manner. In the House of Representatives, House International Relations Committee Chairman Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-IL) has cosponsored an identically worded resolution — H. Con.Res.415 — with Helsinki Commission Chairman Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) and Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA). Helsinki Commission Co-Chairman Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) is sponsor of the Senate resolution which is co-sponsored by Commission Ranking Member Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Senator Joseph R. Biden (D-DE).
