10 July 2008, 14:20
The Draft Resolution (Reg. No.2631) envisages national celebration of the 65th anniversary of Kopyshche tragedy and commemoration of its victims.
According to the Committee members, on 13 July 1943 in the village Kopyshche (Olevsk district, Zhytomyr region), fascist occupants excruciated, shot, burnt alive 2887 people, among them 1347 children under 12.
The Committee members recommend that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine sets up an Organization Committee, elaborates the plan of events, and secures its funding, material and technical provision.
Pursuant to the Draft Resolution, the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting is to secure mass media coverage of events related to commemoration of Kopyshche tragedy.