NEWS RELEASES
AXWORTHY SADDENED BY CANADIAN DIPLOMAT'S DEATH IN UKRAINE
November 14, 1997 No. 189
AXWORTHY SADDENED BY CANADIAN DIPLOMAT'S
DEATH IN UKRAINE
Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy today expressed shock and sadness at the
news of the tragic death of Canadian Foreign Service Officer, Mr. Roman
Lishchynski and his chauffeur, Mr. Ivan Bunu in a car accident in Ukraine
yesterday evening.
"Mr. Lishchynski made an enormous, enduring contribution to the international
community," said Mr. Axworthy.
At the time of his death, Mr. Lishchynski was on secondment to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO), directing the NATO Information and Documentation
Centre in Kyiv. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Lishchynski served as head of the
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Mission to Ukraine. Earlier,
he led the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv as Chargé, following three years there as
Political Counsellor and extensive experience within the Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade at home and abroad.
"We are all much in his debt and much poorer for his passing. Roman Lishchynski
was a dedicated and highly accomplished servant of Canadian bilateral and
multilateral interests. To our relations with Ukraine, the land of his ancestral
origin, he brought vision, understanding and energetic competence in the
fulfilment of Ukrainian freedom. He played an equally important role in building
Ukraine's relations with international security institutions, one of that
country's major foreign policy goals."
"I extend sincere sympathy and condolence to his family and friends and to those
of Mr. Ivan Bunu."
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Debora Brown
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
(613) 995-1851
Media Relations Office
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