The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) is renewing calls for Australia to declare Russia a terrorist organisation, following the Latvian Foreign Minister’s request earlier this month for Australia to support a terrorist state designation for Russia. In a meeting with Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong, Edgars Rinkevics said the sanction was … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) has urged Amnesty International Australia to join the Canadian Section (English Speaking) of the organisation in acknowledging the recent Amnesty report on Russian strikes in Ukraine provided insufficient context and legal analysis, ignored Ukrainian input and in the end, failed to protect human rights and … [Read more...]

10 August 2022 In a meeting yesterday with Amnesty International Australia (AI Australia), the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) strongly condemned the report released by Amnesty International which makes claims that equate the Ukrainian military’s defensive actions to the tactics of the invading Russian army, and joined international calls for the … [Read more...]

The Board of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) would like to extend a very warm welcome to the new members of our team! The AFUO is grateful for the support provided by the Australian Government and the Migration Council of Australia (MCA). Liana Slipetsky - National Community Liaison Liana is the President of the Noble Park Branch of the … [Read more...]