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</span>Kostiantyn,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Your message is very moving and our heart is with you (and this is an understatement).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This morning there is a petition published in the most popular newspaper in Israel, in favor of Ukraine and its people. It is signed by dozens of known people, including many scientists. We have also collected donations for the cause.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I know it is not too much compared to the ordeal you are undergoing, but at least it reflects our big support.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Stay foot our friends,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Niv<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">Niv Ahituv, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">Professor Emeritus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">Coller School of Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">Tel Aviv University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">And Peres Academic Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red"><a href="mailto:ahituv@tauex.tau.ac.il"><span style="color:#0563C1">ahituv@tauex.tau.ac.il</span></a> ; phone: +972-54-4492575<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> CODATA-international [mailto:codata-international-bounces@lists.codata.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kostiantyn Yefremov<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 4, 2022 6:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Asha CODATA <asha@codata.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> codata-international@lists.codata.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CODATA-international] CODATA Statement on the War in Ukraine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Let me, on behalf of the World Data Center for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development team and the Ukrainian scientific community, express gratitude for the words of support expressed in the CODATA Statement on the War in Ukraine and your personal messages
and letters. It is very important for each of us to feel the support of friends and colleagues in this difficult time!<br>
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I'm afraid that you do not quite accurately imagine the scale of what is happening in Ukraine. Russia is waging a full-scale war on the Ukrainian territory. The Russian army has invaded along the entire length of the border between Ukraine and Russia, and is
also attacking from the territory of the Republic of Belarus (the total length of the border is about 3,000 km).<br>
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The Russian army uses aviation, rocket artillery, vacuum and cluster bombs. The Russian army cannot achieve superiority over the Ukrainian military and launches rocket and bomb attacks on civilian targets, killing and injuring civilians. Entire residential
areas of a number of large Ukrainian cities were destroyed, including Kharkov, Sumy, Chernihiv. Constantly carried out rocket attacks on the capital of Ukraine, the city of Kyiv. Many small towns were affected. Tonight, as I am writing this letter, Russian
troops are shelling the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, Europe's largest nuclear power plant, from tanks, and a fire has already started on the territory of the plant.<o:p></o:p></p>
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The tragedy of this war has already affected every family in Ukraine. Putin declared denazification as one of the goals of the war, which implies the destruction of Ukrainian culture, traditions and their bearers - i.e. genocide.<br>
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Reliable information about the course of military operations and the basic needs of the defenders of Ukraine is published quite quickly on the website
<a href="https://war.ukraine.ua/">https://war.ukraine.ua/</a> and twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/StratcomCentre">
https://twitter.com/StratcomCentre</a>.<br>
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We are very grateful to the international community for their help. Thanks to the international support of partners from all over the world, the armed forces of Ukraine are now holding back the onslaught of one of the strongest armies in the world. We understand
that Putin will not stop to the conquest of Ukraine. In future plans - to unite under the auspices of Russia all the countries of the Warsaw Pact, which threatens to destroy the fragile balance of global security.<br>
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Therefore, it is now extremely important for all progressive forces to unite and repulse the aggressor in all possible directions. Tough times call for tough decisions. We encourage the international scientific community to express their support for Ukraine
not only in words but also in deeds. In addition to the sanctions imposed by your countries, we ask you to initiate the termination of all forms of cooperation with Russian scientific organizations (including the consideration of applications for new projects,
the termination of funding for existing projects, the temporary exclusion/restriction of participation in the international scientific councils and unions, and etc.). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">We also urge you to temporarily suspend Russia's membership in CODATA.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">We have many great colleagues in Russia, we know them personally, we know that many of them do not support the government's actions to attack Ukraine. But now we are not talking about individuals. The proposed
restrictions should concern institutions. It so happened that Russian scientific and educational institutions are one of the pillars of the current regime in Russia. Therefore, it is extremely important to send a strong signal to such organizations through
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<p class="MsoNormal">With hope for the victory of Ukraine and all progressive forces,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kostiantyn V. Yefremov<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Director, World Data Center for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Address: 37, Peremohy ave., 03056, Kyiv, Ukraine.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: <a href="tel:%28%2B380%2044%29%20204%208014" target="_blank">(+380 44) 204 8014</a><br>
Fax: <a href="tel:%28%2B380%2044%29%20204%208153" target="_blank">(+380 44) 204 8153</a><br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:k.yefremov@wdc.org.ua" target="_blank">k.yefremov@wdc.org.ua</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ср, 2 мар. 2022 г. в 17:24, Asha CODATA <<a href="mailto:asha@codata.org">asha@codata.org</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><img border="0" width="593" height="261" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CDT_logo-sub_blue@3x-100-1024x451.jpg">CODATA
joins with our parent body, the </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><a href="https://council.science/current/news/isc-statement-ukraine/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2EA3F2;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">International
Science Council</span></a><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> (ISC), with </span><a href="https://council.science/statements-international-scientific-community-conflict-ukraine/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2EA3F2;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">other
partners, including ISC members</span></a><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">, in stating its deep dismay and concerns about the military operations being carried out in Ukraine and the resulting humanitarian crisis.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">As the Committee on Data of the ISC, we call for the respect for international humanitarian law, and the preservation of scientific institutions
and their valuable data resources. Most of all, we demand that the safety and well-being of our fellow scientists, data experts and colleagues be maintained.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Ukraine and Russia are both members of CODATA, and we work closely with many dear colleagues and friends at scientific and data institutes in
both countries. Kyiv, now under attack, hosted the 2008 CODATA Conference and is the location of our partner organisations, the </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><a href="http://wdc.org.ua/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2EA3F2;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">World
Data Centre for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development</span></a><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">, the </span><a href="https://kpi.ua/en" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2EA3F2;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Igor Sikorsky
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute</span></a><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> and the </span><a href="https://www.nas.gov.ua/EN/pages/default.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2EA3F2;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">National
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine</span></a><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">. Many colleagues from these institutes, colleagues who have attended CODATA conferences and workshops, and young scientist alumni of our training activities, remain
in Kyiv and are in danger. These women and men are our scientific colleagues, our partners in advancing the science of data and our friends in global collaborative work to use data better. Their freedom to pursue their scientific and human activities and their
safety is paramount. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><a href="https://codata.org/about-codata/our-mission/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2EA3F2;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">CODATA’s mission</span></a><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> is
to connect data and people to advance science and improve our world. We exist to bring scientists and data experts together to share knowledge and to collaborate across borders. Our origins lie in the bold and determined actions of scientists reaching across
the Cold War divides in the great data gathering exercises of the International Geophysical Year of 1958, and subsequent concerted efforts to gather fundamental reference data in a host of research domains. We will continue to work in this spirit with all
our colleagues. As stated by ISC we are “committed to continue advancing the equal participation and collaboration between scientists in all countries in its activities and the principle of the free and responsible practice of science which is enshrined in
its </span><a href="https://council.science/what-we-do/freedoms-and-responsibilities-of-scientists/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2EA3F2;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">statutes</span></a><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">”.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">The Officers, Executive Committee and Secretariat of CODATA are united in their wish for a peaceful resolution and are committed to the internationalism
and collaboration that has been a notable feature of CODATA’s history.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">CODATA Officers and Executive Committee, 2 March 2022</span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><a href="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CODATA-Statement-on-Ukraine-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2EA3F2;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Download
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