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13.08.08 |
Address of NaUKMA to the United Nations and the world academic community
The Address has been sent to the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations and other international organisation.
Address of the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” to the United Nations and the world academic community
National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” condemns Russia’s interference in the internal conflict of the sovereign state of Georgia.
The title of “peacekeeping operation” is being used as a cover for Russian aggression in Georgia. In fact, we are witnesses to an international security threat caused by a totalitarian system, which rests upon traditions of Russian imperialism, including its communist period.
Since 2002, the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Collegium has worked in Tbilisi; it belongs to the NaUKMA Collegiums Network and is supervised by Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. This year Mykhailo Hrushevsky Collegium celebrated its first graduation. From the Collegium teachers, students and parents we are informed about aggressive hostilities, perpetrated by Russia, about bombardment of innocent civilians and about victims among Georgian citizens of different nationalities. Today the Collegium students are waiting for new bombs from the Russian “peacekeepers”. These Georgian children, equally with regarding the national heritage and traditions, have chosen the western values of democracy and freedom. They are ready and they will defend independence and the integrity of their country.
They desire to live in a common European home, not in a Russian camp. This is their choice, and we ask the world to respect it.
We, the academic community of one of the oldest universities in Eastern Europe, which began its history in 1615, denounce any military resolution of conflict and Russian intervention in the internal affairs of Georgia, as well as of any other country.
NaUKMA appeals to U.N.O. and to the world academic community and asks them to condemn the Russian military intervention into the internal affairs of Georgia, to call things by their proper names, to unite against the aggressive stance of Russian government and to support the peaceful settlement of the conflict.
If the world keeps silent or hesitates in holding Russia responsible, this may abet further aggression and embed the feeling of impunity in the cynical politics of this agonizing empire.
In the name of NaUKMA academic community,
Serhiy Kvit,
NaUKMA President
Vyacheslav Briukhovetskyi,
NaUKMA Honorary President
Please, send the supporting letters at the NaUKMA Mykhailo Hrushevsky Collegium address: 380002, Georgia, Tbilisi, Dgebuadze St.,8.
e-mail: gannysa@mail.ru
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1615 - Kyiv-Mohyla brotherhood school, later turned into Collegium, was founded
2012 - NaUKMA is a classical university with six faculties (Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, Economics, Computer Sciences, Natural Sciences). During the twenty years since its re-establishment, Academy has initiated reforms in higher education, was the first university in Ukraine to introduce the bachelor, master and PhD programs, a curriculum in Liberal Arts Education, and a system of entrance tests
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