P a rlia ­ m ent passed a resolution on W ednes­ day, D ecem ber1 1 , dem anding

Procurator General Viktor S h y s h k in fo r c rim in a l in v e s tig a tio n . T h e e v id e n c e p o in te d to tw o lis ts o f le a d e rs .

S ta te s signed last Sunday by the presidents of R u ssia

th e d y in g S o v ie t U n io n , w a s sig n e d in a h u n tin g lo d g e

P r e s i­ d e n t B o ris Y e lts in , U k ra in ia n P re s id e n t Leonid K ravchuk and Belarusian Sejm C h a irm a n

U k ra in e 's declaration of independence w as over­ w h e lm in g ly c o n firm e d in a D e c e m b e r1 p le b is c ite .

d e p u tie s h a v e p ri­ v a te ly c o n n e c te d R u s s ia 's q u ic k re c o g ­ n itio n , w h ic h

is of key im portance to U k ra in e , to U k ra in e 's a g re e m e n t to jo in th e c o m m o n w e a lth .

p o in ts in th e a g re e m e n t s tre n g th e n in g th e s o v e re ig n ty o f th e in d iv id u a l m e m ­ b e r-s ta te s .

14-point accord. They regard the issues of m utual respect for existing state borders, the right to form

of coordi­ n a tio n o f fo re ig n p o lic y , a n d c o n s e n s u s d e c is io n s

President Kravchuk during a new s conference on M onday, D e c e m b e r 9 , in K ie v .

N azarbayev. W e decided to g iv e th e te x t o f th e a g re e m e n t to a ll th e fo rm er

"1 said before that U kraine w ill sign no treaty w hich m akes it part of another s ta te . W e said w e could agree to som e­ th in g

C ongressional support for U nited States'form al recog­ n itio n

closing days of the first session of the 102nd C ongress. A total of2 8 senators and 92

re s p o n d in g p o s itiv e ly to a le tte r, d a te d N o v e m b e r I, fro m

U k r a in e 's in d e ­ pendence referendum on December 1, 1 9 9 1 ?

The following M embers of Congress expressed their support of U .S . recogni­ tio n

Y o rk : D a n ie l P . M o y n ih a n , A lfonse M . D 'A m ato; N orth C arolina: J e s s e

to o u r a u th o ­ rity , o u r c o n s titu tio n s o f o u r in d e p e n d ­ e n t

"U kraine in all ofi t s m atters rem ains in d e p e n d e n t. W e a g re e d th a t th e issu e s o f

briefcase w ill be in the hands of three le a d e rs a n d th e b u tto n s w ill b e c o n n e c t­ e d . In o th e r w o rd s th e y w ill o n ly w o rk w hen pressed by all three sim ultaneous­ ly . T h e re fo re

law s of U kraine, to re s p e c t a n d p ro te c t th e rig h ts a n d lib e rtie s o f p e o p le a n d c itiz e n s , to d e fe n d th e s o v e re ig n ty

A m o n g th e n u m e ro u s c o n g ra tu la to ry g re e tin g s se n t to Leonid K ravchuk on the occasion of U k ra in e 's

K o­ re a , G re e c e , th e U n ite d S ta te s o f A m e­ rica, Germ any, Czecho-Slovakia,

c o n fid e n t th a t lo n g -te r mc o o p e ­ r a tio n b e tw e e n o u r tw o c o u n tr ie s w ill p r o v e to b e b e n e fic ia lfo rth ew e ll-b e in g ofo u rr e s p e c t i v e n a tio n s , our neighbors a n d a ll o fE u r o p e .

w h ic h c u lm in a te d in th e m o m e n to u s p o litic a l e v e n t o f S u n d a y (December I), whereby the

I ta k e th is o c c a s io n to e x te n dg r e e t ­ in g sto y o u o n b e h a lf o f th e g o v e r n m e n t a n d th e p e o p le o fC u b a . I w o u ld a ls o lik e

to g e th e r a sh e r e t o f o r e , in th e n a m e o f progress and the s tr e n g th e n in g of the m u ltila te r a l

p u b lic o f S o u th K orea a n dU k r a in e w ill c o n tin u e to d e v e lo p in th e in te r e s ts o f o u r n a tio n s .

g la dth a t U k r a in e has, in y o u r persona sp r e s i d e n t , a far-sigh ted le a d ­ e r , c a p a b le o f m e d ia tin gv a r i o u s s o c ia l a n d n a tio n a lin te r e s ts .

a n dc o n g r a tu la te y o u o n y o u r e le c tio n to s u c h ar e s p o n s i b l e ,h ig h p o s itio n . I w ishy o u a ll th e b e s t.

I w o u ld lik e to u s e th is o c c a s io n to e x te n da n in v ita tio n to y o u to v is it th e R e p u b lic o fL ith u a n ia a t y o u r c o n v e ­ n ie n c e .

R u ssian P re s id e n t B o ris Y e lts in a n d B e ia ru s ia n Suprem e

S ta n is la v Shushkevich m et here for tw o days, on D ecem ber 7-8, after

n o u n c e d th a t th e y h a d a g re e d to fo rm a C o m m o n w e a lth o f In d e p e n d e n t S ta te s . T h is c o m m o n w e a lth w o u ld in c lu d e th e th re e

p rin c ip le s . A s fo u n d in g m e m b e rs o f th e U S S R a n d s ig n a to rie s o f th e1 9 2 2

U n io n tre a ty , th e th re e re p u b lic s d e c la re d th e e n d o f th e U SSR "as a subject of international law a n d a g e o p o litic a l re a lity ."

w ill try to c o o r d in a te fo re ig n p o lic y , d e v e lo p m e n t of a com m on econom ic space, custom s a n d

o n D e c e m b e r 8 . It in c lu d e s th e m a in te n a n c e a n d d e v e lo p m e n t o f e x is t­ in g

th e ju ris d ic tio n o f in d e p e n d e n t s ta te s e x c e p t fo r a few areas w here joint control w as necessary, s u c h

why he had not con­ su lte d th e P a rlia m e n t firs t, o r th o u g h t h e

lo n g e r e x is ts a n d e v e ry s ta te o fth e w o rld m u s t n o w

o th e rs . I th in k th isi s a s ig n a l, n o t o n lya s ig n a l, but a fact," said

affairs com m ission, on D ecem ­ b e r 9 . " T h is is c re a te d o n th e m o d e l o f th e E u ro p e a n

C o m m u n ity . T h e a g re e ­ m ent has no legal status as a subject of in te rn a tio n a l la w a n d it c e rta in ly is n o t e te r n a l. T h is is all a tra n s itio n a l m o m e n t. I n

" R ig h t n o w w e h a v e n o o th e r c h o ic e . T h is a g re e m e n t w ill se rv e a s a b rid g e to c ro s s

u n d e r s tr e s s , its fo rm e r v a lu e s d is c re d ite d . It is a ls o

b e tw e e n th e g o v e rn m e n t, y o u th issu e s a n d y o u n g people. T he K om som ol had the funds; it w as

m ost visible and best know n in the W est is the p o litic a l o n e -

D or- n a n , E lto n G a lle g ly , D u n c a n L . H u n te r , T om

K o lter, Peter H . K ostm ayer, A ustin J. M urphy, J o h n