Ihor Kozak is Chair of the Committee on International Relations at the National Executive of the League of Ukrainian Canadians (LUC), a member of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC). He is a retired officer of the Canadian Armed Forces, and a recipient of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrants 2011 award by the Canada Immigrant Magazine.
Borys Potapenko is vice President of the International Council in Support of Ukraine (ICSU) and Executive Director of the LUC.
Mr. Kozak and Mr. Potapenko were in Ukraine on behalf of the ICSU, LUC and Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), and in consultation with the Parliament of Canada (Canada Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group) and the US Congress (Congressional Ukrainian Caucus).