S*0713 Resolution, By Leventis
 A SENATE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND HONORING NATALIYA BESSARABOVA, ALEXANDER
 EVGENOV, VALERIY MEDVEDEV, SERGEY NIKITIN, YURIY PARANICHEV, PAVEL RUBTSOV,
 BORIS SARAPULTSEV, LYUDMILA TSEPKINA, VLADIMIR USACHEV, AND YELENA YEMELYANOVA
 OF CHELYABINSK, RUSSIA ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR VISIT TO COLUMBIA, SOUTH
 CAROLINA AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO WISH THEM SUCCESS
 WHILE THEY ARE HERE TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

   04/29/97  Senate Introduced and adopted SJ-5

RECOGNIZING AND HONORING NATALIYA BESSARABOVA, ALEXANDER EVGENOV, VALERIY MEDVEDEV, SERGEY NIKITIN, YURIY PARANICHEV, PAVEL RUBTSOV, BORIS SARAPULTSEV, LYUDMILA TSEPKINA, VLADIMIR USACHEV, AND YELENA YEMELYANOVA OF CHELYABINSK, RUSSIA ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR VISIT TO COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO WISH THEM SUCCESS WHILE THEY ARE HERE TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

Whereas, Nataliya Bessarabova, Alexander Evgenov, Valeriy Medvedev, Sergey Nikitin, Yuriy Paranichev, Pavel Rubtsov, Boris Sarapultsev, Lyudmila Tsepkina, Vladimir Usachev, and Yelena Yemelyanova of Chelyabinsk, Russia, the capitol of Chelyabinsk region and sister city of our capitol Columbia, South Carolina, are visiting the South Carolina General Assembly this day, April 29, 1997; and

Whereas, the University of South Carolina's Institute of Public Affairs, through a grant awarded to the Institute by the United States Information Agency, has arranged a two-week program on environmental management and protection for our Chelyabinsk visitors to meet and exchange information with South Carolina's government officials, public interest groups, private industry, and educators; and

Whereas, our Chelyabinsk visitors include environmentalists, university educators, chief engineers, officials from the Chelyabinsk regional level and municipal levels, lawyers, geologists, biologists, and chemists whose primary interest is in the protection of natural resources and waste disposal; and

Whereas, the purpose of the visit is to better understand how environmental decisions are made, how environmental policy is set, and how environmental concerns are managed in the United States; and

Whereas, the city of Chelyabinsk is the capital of Chelyabinsk Oblast and the eighth largest city in Russia, located in the southern Ural Mountains where there are numerous cities and towns which are rich in natural resources; and

Whereas, it is important to the visitors of Chelyabinsk to preserve the natural resources in the Chelyabinsk region, and it is important for the people of South Carolina to share their knowledge in environmental protection and management; and

Whereas, we are pleased to have this opportunity to meet with and recognize our visitors and Chelyabinsk, Russia. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the Senate of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, recognizes and honors Nataliya Bessarabova, Alexander Evgenov, Valeriy Medvedev, Sergey Nikitin, Yuriy Paranichev, Pavel Rubtsov, Boris Sarapultsev, Lyudmila Tsepkina, Vladimir Usachev, and Yelena Yemelyanova for their willingness to travel such distances in order to exchange knowledge and expertise on environmental protection and management issues with representatives of South Carolina.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to our visitors of Chelyabinsk, Russia and the University of South Carolina's Institute of Public Affairs.