JTA - 01.24.2005

Yuschenko remembers Holocaust at swearing-in

(JTA) -- Viktor Yuschenko remembered victims of the Holocaust as he made his first public appearance as Ukrainian president. 

In his speech Sunday in Kiev’s public square following his inauguration, Yuschenko took a “popular oath” and said that in Ukraine “everyone will be able to pray in his prayer house. Everyone will be equal before the law.” Among the representatives of 64 nations at the official inauguration were the speaker of the Knesset and the U.S. secretary of state.