UKRAINIAN PEACE COUNCIL
Academician Mykola Semenenko was the first head of the organization from 1951 to 1962. Vasyl Komisarenko, a member of the World Peace Council, led the organization from 1962 to 1975. Oles Honchar, a writer, academician, and member of the World Peace Council, took over as head of the UPC in 1975, a position he held until his death in 1995. The First President of independent Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk, was at the helm of the Ukrainian Peace Council from 1997 to 2022.
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Mykola Semenenko (1905 - 1996) was a Ukrainian geologist who founded the Institute of Geochemistry and Physics of Minerals. In 2007 the institute was renamed the M.P. Semenenko Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Ore Formation under the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Mykola Semenenko was a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Geological Society of France. |
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Vasyl Komisarenko (1907-1993) was a Ukrainian endocrinologist and pathophysiologist who was a member of both the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He was the founder and director of the Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism. |
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Oles Honchar (1918-1995) was a Ukrainian-Soviet writer, literary critic, and public figure. He won the Stalin Prize and was the first winner of the Taras Shevchenko Prize. Oles Honchar was also the Chairperson of the Writers' Union of Ukraine, a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and a member of the World Peace Council.
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Leonid Kravchuk (1934-2022)
was the First President of Ukraine, serving from 1991 to 1994 after this country gained independence.
He was a member of Ukraine's Parliament from 1990 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 2006.
Kravchuk was a Hero of Ukraine and a recipient of the Chevalier of the Order of Freedom (2014) and the Full Chevalier of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise. He held a Dr. in Economics and was honored as the "Person of the Year" in the 2020 Celebrity Awards.
Leonid Kravchuk was known for initiating the state non-nuclear movement, which set an unprecedented example of peacemaking and sound social psychology aimed at establishing peace in the world. This movement remains a benchmark for other countries to follow.
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In 2023, Professor MYKHAILO ZGUROVSKY, Rector of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, became the Head of the Ukrainian Peace Council. He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Corresponding Member Abroad of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Honored Worker of Science and Engineering, Winner of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Engineering, Winner of the V.M. Glushkov Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Engineering Science. |
The Presidium and the Advisory Board
The Presidium and the Advisory Board of the Ukrainian Peace Council Presidium have included prominent public and political figures, scientists, cultural and educational workers, and renowned experts who are well-known not only in Ukraine but also abroad. Over the years, the Ukrainian Peace Council has become a recognized international non-governmental organization, actively participating in international symposia, summits, conferences, roundtables, and other events.
Considering its activities as an integral part of the global peacebuilding process, the Ukrainian Peace Council, committed to people's diplomacy, declares its openness and constant readiness to be a partner and participant in various forms and structures of international cooperation through the United Nations, UNESCO, and other non-governmental organizations, national peacemaking movements and foundations.
The Ukrainian Peace Council is a vital component in formulating the country's foreign policy of peacekeeping and enhancing Ukraine's prestige on the international arena.
The main purpose of the organization is to unite the efforts of the public to safeguard peace and harmony in Ukraine and beyond, as well as to spiritually unite the nation, educate young people in the spirit of peace and patriotism, and foster a conflict-free, peace-loving psychology.
The Ukrainian Peace Council accumulates the functions of governmental and non-governmental institutions on a voluntary basis and exercises them under its programs specified in its statutory documents and international cooperation agreements.
The Ukrainian Peace Council has a set of statutory tasks that focus on meeting the needs of Ukrainian civil society, which are under the responsibility of the state. These tasks include:
- - Safeguarding peace and harmony in Ukraine
- - Promoting the establishment of constitutional principles and laws that support a peaceful, civilized, and democratic state in Ukraine
- - Preserving Ukraine's cultural heritage
- - Assisting socially vulnerable sections of the population
- - Educating young people in the spirit of peace and friendship
- - Improving the health of children and youth in Ukraine
- - Enhancing Ukraine's prestige on the international arena.
The Ukrainian Peace Council co-founded several non-governmental organizations such as the Medicine-Ecology Association, the international charitable foundation ‘Peace for Children’, the Pryroda (Nature) Association, the Ukrainian ecological association ‘Zeleny Svit’ (Green World), the Ukrainian Institute for Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution, and more Safeguarding peace and harmony in Ukraine.
· Promoting the establishment of constitutional principles and laws that support a peaceful, civilized, and democratic state in Ukraine
· Preserving Ukraine's cultural heritage
· Assisting socially vulnerable sections of the population
· Educating young people in the spirit of peace and friendship
· Improving the health of children and youth in Ukraine