Ukraine Gov't Condemns MAUP - 12.06.2005

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko Condemns Anti-Semitic Academy "MAUP"

Statement by Pres. Yushchenko


Ukrainian American Organizations Condemn MAUP

U.S.-Ukraine Foundation

Ukrainian American Coordinating Council


MAUP statements

Nov. 18, 2005: MAUP responds to Israel's criticism

Nov. 18, 2005: MAUP responds to media

Nov. 01, 2005: MAUP: "Stop world Zionism"


News

Dec. 09, 2005: JTA - Shul attacked in response? 

Dec. 07, 2005: Kyiv Post - "Bad People, Good Statement" [editorial]

Dec. 06, 2005: JTA - School asks U.N. to ‘close´ Israel

Nov. 14, 2005: Israeli FM Demands Ukraine Gov't Respond to MAUP

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U.S.-Ukraine Foundation - 12.05.2005

USUF condemns Nov. 4 statements by MAUP

The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation condemns the November 4, 2005 statements by the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (MAUP) as hateful, virulent and having no place in the public discourse in Ukraine or anywhere else. MAUP’s anti-Semitic statements supporting the Iranian President's recent call for Israel to be “wiped off the map” was an affront to decency that provoked the unequivocal international condemnation it deserved.

Even before Ukraine’s independence the leadership council of the democratic movement, Rukh, included representatives of all religious and ethnic groups in Ukraine and advocated religious and ethnic tolerance and cooperation. Since independence one of the most notable achievements of each successive government of Ukraine has been a consistent commitment to defending the religious and ethnic rights of all the people of Ukraine. Current President Victor Yushchenko has continued this unambiguous commitment by pledging to bring minority groups together and reconciling historic conflicts.

The International Religious Freedom Report for 2005, published by the U.S. State Department, recognized that “President Yushchenko has, since taking office, spoken publicly about his vision of a Ukraine in which religious freedom flourishes and people are genuinely free to worship as they please.” 

There is no place in any civilized society for the type of vicious and malignant sentiments being espoused in the name of MAUP. Such ugly views must be openly and unequivocally denounced and not allowed to influence and distort either Ukraine’s domestic or external dialogue.

The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, is a non-for-profit organization working in Ukraine for 15 years “…to facilitate democratic development, encourage free market reform, and enhance human rights in Ukraine. The Foundation creates and sustains channels of communication between the United States and Ukraine for the purpose of ‘Building Peace and Prosperity Through Shared Democratic Values.’ USUF is dedicated to strengthening the mutual objectives of both nations while advancing Ukraine as a cornerstone of regional stability and as a full partner in the community of nations.”

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UACC - 12.05.2005

UKRAINIAN AMERICAN COORDINATING COUNCIL
MAIN OFFICE 142 Second Avenue New York, N.Y. 10003 Tel: (212) 595-1765 Fax: (212) 475-6181	Metropolitan WASHINGTON OFFICE P.O. Box #1405 Columbia, MD 21044-0405 Fax: (410) 884-9030 Tel.: (410) 992-3550 Email: ukrdc@aol.com
To: FROM:	Viktor Yushchenko President of Ukraine Yuri Yekhanurov Prime Minister of Ukraine Ihor Gawdiak UACC President

We are writing to convey our profound shock and distress concerning the horrific statement made on 4 November by the heads of the International Academy of Manpower Management (MAUP) in support of the Iranian President’s statement that Israel should be wiped off the map.

President Yushchenko’s exemplary record so far in combatting anti-Semitism will be reversed and besmirched if a swift, outspoken protest is not issued from the President and Ukraine’s government in response.

Ukrainian-Israeli relations are at risk. Also at risk are the efforts of the Ukrainian American community to gain support for the graduation of Ukraine from the provisions of the Jackson-Vanik amendment, now coming up for a crucial vote in the U.S. Congress. These efforts have been supported by leading American Jewish organizations and this very cooperation may now be at risk. Ukraine’s acceptance into various European organizational structures may also be hampered.

Everything, in fact, that makes us human – above and beyond political and economic consequences – calls for a strong, decisive and immediate response to this outrageous manifestation of hatred. 

It has been said that one cannot legislate morality, but Ukraine may need to look into whether current legislative approaches can be brought to bear in this situation to prevent teaching in the future that incites racial, ethnic, or religious prejudice or whether new provisions need to be devised and implemented. 

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MAUP - 11.01.2005

Stop world Zionism offensive to the speech and thought freedom

Statement of the Presidium of International Personnel Academy

Presidium of International Personnel Academy, uniting research workers, teachers, businessmen, political and public figures from more than 60 countries of the world, which holds annual World conferences «Dialog of civilizations» and assists to development of science, culture and education in all regions and among all nations, makes a decisive protest against large-scale campaign, organized by Zionists, against Islam Republic Iran and its President Mahmud Ahmadi Nedzhad.

This campaign of defamatory Zionist Mass-media offensive to the speech and thought freedom acquires hysterical sharpening after recent appearance of Iran President at the international student conference «World without Zionism», where he quoted the words of the Iranian spiritual leader Aiatoli Homeini about future death of Israel and the USA.

Zionists of Israel, the USA, England and other almost fully Zionostic countries of Western Europe, who had already renounced Jesus Christ officially in the project of Constitution of European Union and control almost all world mass medias, try to give quoting of the Iran President as his personal lunge against prozionist America and zionist Israel, which will be «raze to the ground». More than 3 milliards of modern Christians and Moslems know this fact, ad notam all Zionists, as the reasons and consequences of theological activity of Israel are prescribed in New Testament and in Koran many ages ago.

We’d like to remind, that the Living God Jesus Christ said to Jews two thousand years ago: «Your father is a devil!» (John 8, 41-44). «Thus, your house is empty» (Mat. 23, 37-38). But for all that Jesus Christ said to his followers -Christians that they would not be tried at the end of times, but vice versa, would judge together with Him «twelve Israelites generations» (Маt., 19, 28), whereas «cognize peoples, that the Israelites house was transmigrated for its lie: for that they acted insidiously against me, I hid my face from them and gave them in their enemies hands - and all of them perished from a sword» (Ies., 23, 39). The question about the disgraceful end of Israel is examined also in Koran - sacred book of Moslems. At the same time it is marked: undoubtedly, you will make sure, that Jews hate the faithful (Moslems) most of all... There is no doubt that you will make sure, that most friendly to the believers (Moslems) those, who speak: «Indeed, we are the Christians» (5, 82).

So, the Christians and Moslems, who makes a greater part of modern humanity, had already know about inevitable death of Israel and its present supporters in the person of the leaders of the USA, England and some other zionistic countries. Israel, as known, means «Theologian», and zionism in 1975 was acknowledged by General Assembly of UNO as the form of racism and race discrimination, that, in the opinion of the absolute majority of modern Europeans, makes the most threat to modern civilization. Israel is the artificially created state (classic totalitarian type) which appeared on the political Earth map only in 1948, thanks to good will of UNO. Before, the state with such name was destroyed in the VIII B.C., and its population was scattered among different people. Humanity lived without the state Israel exactly for 2670 years, but after the second creation a whole world feels unceasing aggression of old «sons of devil», who «wants to execute their father’s lust» (Joan. 8, 41-44).

Therefore the Presidium of International Personnel Academy in its Address to UNO in 2002 required to abolish the decision of 1947 about creation of the state Israel (see the magazine «Personnel». - 2002. - № 4).

Now, captured by Zionists, the USA and England are waging bloody war against the population of Iraq, before -Yugoslavia was destroyed, Syria, Iran, North Korea are the next. These are the first stages of the Third world war. The present premier of Israel Ariel’ Sharon, the world-wide war criminal, declared in public about a willingness to begin this war in 1982. But for all that, zionist leaders of the USA and England accuse loudly to all disagreeable for them states, about development of nuclear weapon and, at the same time, obediently keep silent that theological Israel has been owning such weapon for about 20 last years. This is nothing more than sacrilege and ill-intentioned treacherous of all humanity by the small group of «devil’s children» and their Satan comrade-in-arms, who is covered up by the light flag of Christianity.

The Presidium of the International Personnel Academy declares about the inadmissibility of world totalitarianism establishment with Israel, the USA, England at the head, and transformation of the whole world on an unique concentration camp, where freedom of speech and thought, right for every nation and man on his own life and confession of the eternal God’s testaments of Light and Love, instead of darkness, hatred and revenge will be finally strangled. These forces try today to spread theological and antihuman forces of «devil’s children». Their end is known, and only the God’s true will rescue all of us. We are not afraid, as God always together with his children!

Presidium of International Personnel Academy

The Appeal of International Personnel Academy is translated into all official and working languages of UNO

Posted by MAUP on November 18, 2005


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Foreign Ministry of Israel - 11.14.2005

Ukrainian Charge d'Affaires a.i. Summoned to Foreign Ministry Press Communiqué

Mark Sofer, Deputy Director General for Central Europe and Euro-Asia, summoned the Ukrainian Charge d'Affaires a.i., Olexander Khomiak, to the Foreign Ministry today, following the shocking statement issued on 4 November by the heads of the International Academy of Manpower Management (MAUP). The statement expressed support for the call by the President of Iran to wipe Israel off the map.

Israel views this statement as an extremely serious escalation of the Academy's antisemitic activities and expects the Ukrainian authorities to react immediately, with vigor, using all the means at their disposal.

At the meeting with the Charge d'Affaires a.i., Sofer made clear that Israel will not tolerate this situation and that if the Ukrainian authorities continue to ignore MAUP activities, despite repeated appeals by Israel, the friendly relations between the two countries are likely to be harmed.

At MAUP, which is a private academy, about 57,000 students are constantly exposed to malicious, systematic antisemitism. The academy's publications, "Personal" and "Personal+", provide an ongoing platform for venomous antisemitic incitement. Until now, the Ukrainian authorities have not taken any direct action against the academy, beyond statements of condemnation on the part of Government leaders.

Israel demands that the Ukrainian Government act without delay to ensure that this dangerous organization ceases its antisemitic incitement.


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MAUP - November 2005

Statement of the Press Service of the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management

As numerous mass media that are at the will of the organized Jewry have reported “Israel reacted tough to the statement made by the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management in support of the Iranian president “to wipe Israel off the map of the world” and will respond appropriately if Ukraine further disregards reiterated requests of this state to close up the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management.”

The press service of the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (IAPM) is empowered to state: the IAPM has not made any statements whether to support or not to support the President of Iran. This is a bundle of calumnies and insinuations with respect to the IAPM.

We consider the charges of the IAPM of ill-intentioned and systemic propagation of the idea of anti-Semitism, contained in the official report of the Embassy of Israel to Ukraine, as a just another attempt to bring the largest non-governmental higher education establishment in Ukraine into discredit and to deprive the Ukrainian society and the international community of impartial and reliable information. Such acts and statements by the Embassy are at variance with international and domestic statutory and legal documents providing for the right to freely gather, use and disseminate information.

We have to remind that all previous attempts to accuse the Academy and its edition the “Personnel” journal and “Personnel Plus” newspaper of spreading materials that are allegedly anti-Semitic have been an all-round failure. Judicial and prosecuting authorities have disallowed all the charges aimed at the Academy and exacted considerable amounts of indemnities for the moral damage inflicted.

The claims set up to Ukraine to close up the IAPM are illicit in terms of international law and inadmissible in view of the general rules of common life in the world community. One could equally well demand to liquidate all those discordant (and they constitute a majority in the world) with the aggressive, militarist policy of the State of Israel.

At the same time, we will further advocate the right of each individual to free speech and expression of his/her thoughts and opinions, which represents the fundamental principles of human, civilized, and democratic coexistence set forth in the UN Declaration of Human Rights.

Posted by MAUP on November 18, 2005

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MAUP - November 2005

Statement of the Press Service of the International Personnel Academy

In its official report as of November 16, 2005, the Embassy of the State of Israel to Ukraine disseminated false information concerning the International Personnel Academy (IPA) that had allegedly upheld the appeal of the President of Iran to wipe Israel off the map of the world.

The IPA’s press service is empowered to state:

In its statement as of November 1, 2005 “To Stop the World-Wide Zionist Offensive on the Freedom of Speech and Thought” the Presidium of the International Personnel Academy expressed its vigorous objection as to the large-scale campaign conducted against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad organized by Zionists. This campaign of defamatory advance of Zionist mass media on the freedom of speech and thought was escalated after the speech of the President of Iran at the world students’ conference “The World without Zionism,” where he quoted the words of Iranian spiritual leader ayatollah Khomeini about the future downfall of Israel and the USA.

Each individual, each organization is entitled to freely express words and thoughts, which is guaranteed by corresponding international legislation, and nobody may inhibit to make use of these fundamental principles.

We regard the partial opinion of the Embassy of Israel about the IPA’s statement as an attempt to inadmissibly, illicitly censor public opinion and an effort to distract the world opinion’s attention from the real causes of the conflicts in the Middle East and in the world, as well as from the Israel’s policy. 

Posted by MAUP on November 18, 2005


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Kyiv Post - 12.07.2005

Bad people, good statement

Editorial

President Viktor Yushchenko is often frustratingly vague in his public pronouncements, but he certainly hit the right notes this week in condemning xenophobic hatred in Ukraine. On Dec. 5 he called on the media, intellectuals, cultural figures and society in general to be united in condemning any manifestation of anti-Semitism or foreigner-bashing, and promised that the government will take a hard-line position on the matter. "In a European country, there can’t be a ‘national question,’" Yushchenko said.

The statement is somewhat naive, given Western European countries are these days seeing levels of ethnic strife and anti-Semitism that Ukraine, blessedly, isn’t. It’s in civilized France, and not in “backwards” Ukraine, that synagogues get burnt and minority groups are so disenfranchised that they riot for several weeks on end. Ukraine can be modestly proud of itself. But we commend the sentiment anyway, especially in the wake of several violent anti-Semitic and anti-foreigner incidents that threw a chill over life in Ukraine during the past year. 

The president had particularly harsh words for the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management. That’s the private Kyiv institution of higher learning that, weirdly, has been at the center of allegations of anti-Semitism over the last several years. Personnel, a magazine associated with MAUP, has published all sorts of offensive nonsense, including material by notorious U.S. racist leader David Duke. Yushchenko condemned MAUP for publishing material that can be construed as anti-Semitic, and issued a reminder that it was his disapproval of the school’s politics that led him to resign from Personnel’s advisory board. He also called on the MAUP administration to respect the rights of people of all nationalities and faiths and to stop "kindling interethnic enmity."

The ethnic situation in Ukraine, despite some ugly incidents, is something that this country should be proud of. In fact, it should serve as a model for its Western European neighbors. Good for Yushchenko for showing that he takes it seriously, and setting the right tone.

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Jewish Telegraphic Agency- 12.06.2005

Earning reputation for anti-Semitism, university asks U.N. to ‘close’ Israel 

By Vladimir Matveyev

KIEV (JTA) -- Iran’s president, who wants to see a world without Israel, has a vociferous ally in Ukraine. 

A Kiev-based university that already has gained international notoriety for its anti-Zionist propaganda and anti-Semitic publications now wants the United Nations to “close” Israel. 

The call came in November from the Interregional Academy for Personnel Management, known by its Russian acronym MAUP, whose leadership said the United Nations should revoke its 1947 resolution on the creation of a Jewish state. 

“Mankind lived without the State of Israel exactly 2,670 years, but after the second of its creation all the world feels a constant aggression of the old ‘sons of the devil,’ ” according to a university statement, published last month in the school newspaper, supporting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent call to destroy Israel.

MAUP in recent months has become a major purveyor of anti-Semitism in Ukraine. But the silence until recently of Ukrainian authorities — many of whom have ties to the university — has led to criticism from the local Jewish community, international Jewish organizations and Israeli officials. 

Critics say the issue could seriously compromise Ukraine’s hard-earned reputation as a new democracy seeking full acceptance by the international community, including the European Union and NATO. 

Stung by growing criticism, Ukrainian officials may finally be taking the issue seriously. President Viktor Yuschenko this week urged his country’s elites to condemn anti-Semitism and xenophobia.

“There can be no ethnicity issue in a European country,” Yuschenko was quoted as saying Monday by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency. In his remarks, directed toward artists, journalists and academics, Yuschenko specifically condemned MAUP for the first time.

The anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism of MAUP’s leaders run against Ukraine’s official policy line, but the school appears to have close ties to leading policymakers, including Foreign Minister Boris Tarasyuk, an expert on Arab countries who only recently gave up his job at MAUP, reportedly under pressure from Yuschenko.

Many of Ukraine’s top politicians — including Yuschenko, Tarasyuk, former president Leonid Kravchuk and several members of Parliament — have received honorary degrees or titles from MAUP. Many lesser-known politicians and bureaucrats also call MAUP their alma mater. 

These leaders find themselves in good company: The school has bestowed honorary titles and degrees on some internationally renowned hate-mongers, including U.S. white supremacist David Duke, who has a doctorate in history from MAUP and has participated in a number of MAUP-organized anti-Zionist conferences in Kiev. 

Zoya Borisova, head of the school’s Department of Russian and Ukrainian as Foreign Languages, dismissed accusations of anti-Semitism. 

“This is a fight against Zionism, but not against Jews,” she said. 

MAUP is the country’s largest private university. With a dozen branches throughout Ukraine, MAUP has about 35,000 students, including hundreds of foreigners, mostly from Arab and developing countries. 

The university offers degrees in law, economics, business administration, accounting, political science, practical medicine and psychology and claims to have a network of alumni and supporters in 60 countries. 

Formerly a state-owned college system that offered post-graduate education for the public sector, MAUP went private after the fall of communism in 1991. 

“MAUP was created by prominent representatives of the Ukrainian ruling elite,” said Josef Zissels, leader of the Ukrainian Va’ad, a leading Jewish group, and one of MAUP’s most vocal critics. 

Such influence over government disturbs Ukrainian Jews, especially when the school’s name has become synonymous with Ukrainian anti-Semitism today. 

The school has found itself in hot water in recent weeks, but its leaders appear unrepentant. Neighboring Poland said it may not recognize MAUP degrees because of the school’s controversial stand on international issues. The Israeli Foreign Ministry and the Simon Wiesenthal Center have urged Ukraine to open a probe into the school’s anti-Semitic activities. 

Yet the criticism seems to have had little effect on the school and its president, Georgy Schokin. Schokin earlier this year founded a political party, the Conservative Party of Ukraine, that’s preparing for parliamentary elections in the spring. 

Besides his friendship with figures such as Duke, Schokin and his school are said to maintain close ties to a number of Muslim countries, particularly Saudi Arabia and Iran. According to some press reports, a substantial portion of the school’s funding comes from these two countries, as well as a number of public groups in the Arab world. 

University officials would not confirm these reports, but said the school did have good ties with the Arab world. 

In fact, the school’s reputation is precisely what appeals to some of MAUP’s foreign students. In an interview with JTA, a first-year student from Iran acknowledged that it was the university’s anti-Zionism that attracted her and many Arab students. 

The student, who gave her name as Ilda, said she had wanted to study medicine in Ukraine but instead studied Russian at MAUP because the school “struggles against the evil of world Zionism.” 

Other students who don’t agree seem afraid to speak openly about the situation. 

Liana Musatova, who graduated from MAUP last year with a master’s degree in political science, said the school is permeated with the political views of its leadership, which she said could be “dangerous for the students.” 

Like other current and former students, Musatova receives a free copy of MAUP’s newspaper, Personal Plus. Almost every issue of the newspaper carries anti-Semitic and anti-Israel articles. 

According to Zissels, 70 percent of all anti-Semitic publications today in Ukraine are published by MAUP, including “Mein Kampf” and “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”

Ukraine’s Education Ministry recently demanded that the school change its name to indicate that it is privately run. MAUP’s rector responded to the request by accusing the ministry of political persecution. 

The ministry “wants to close MAUP because of our political activities,” rector Nikolay Golovaty told JTA. 

But Ukraine’s science and education minister, Stanislav Nikolayenko, told JTA that his agency was going to close several MAUP branches because they did not meet ministry criteria.


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Jewish Telegraphic Agency- 12.09.2005

Ukrainian shul attacked


(JTA) - Several windows were shattered in an attack on a historic Ukrainian synagogue. 

Vandals threw stones early Wednesday at the shul in Dnepropetrovsk where Levi-Yitzhok Schneerson, father of the last Lubavitcher rebbe, was a rabbi before World War II. 

The shul now houses a Chabad boarding school for boys. No one was hurt, and the vandals ran away before police arrived. 

Police are investigating the case. Some local Jewish leaders believe the attack could be a response to President Viktor Yuschenko’s statement this week condemning xenophobia and anti-Semitism in Ukraine.

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