Left-right: The Women Union Leader Maria Orlyk, People’s Deputy Lilia Grigorovich and Parliament Plenipotentiary Person on human rights Nina Karpakcheva are standing and listening to the Anthem of Ukraine during the opening of the II all-Ukrainian Women congress in the presidium, Kyiv, Wednesday, Oct 24, 2001. The congress is held on Oct 24-26. 600 delegates take part in the congress. The congress will discuss UNO General Assembly political declaration passed in this June that determines the strategy of further activity of the UNO members and Convention "On liquidation of all the forms of discrimination of women". Photo by Alexander Sinitsa/ UNIAN