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On behalf of the Board of the Ukrainian Publishers & Booksellers Association, we sincerely congratulate you, Ms. Gvantsa Jobava, on your election as President of the International Publishers Association. This is an extremely important step for the international publishing community. Your election is a testament to the recognition of your professionalism and dedication to the cause.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to you for your unwavering personal support of Ukrainian publishers. The strong backing we receive from our colleagues at the IPA is invaluable to us. Despite facing substantial human, material, economic, and financial losses, Ukrainian publishers remain dedicated to their work, creating and publishing books. In these difficult times of war, it is vital for us not only to sustain our connections within the global publishing community but also to broaden them.

28 years of serving Ukraine with faith and truth, fighting for Ukrainian culture and the book as the president of the Ukrainian Publishers & Booksellers Association. Thank you, dear Oleksandr, for your unquestionable authority and professionalism, personal honesty and decency, wisdom and dignity, courage and faithfulness to your duty and your word. Health, strength, stability and victories, dear honorary president of the Ukrainian Publishers & Booksellers Association. Honor and dignity!

Dear members of the Public Union Ukrainian Publishers & Booksellers Association!

We inform you that on March 12, 2024, a meeting of the Board of the Association was held, at which the statement of Oleksandr Afonin about his resignation from the position of president of the Ukrainian Publishers & Booksellers Association was considered.

Our dear friends, colleagues, and partners!

On behalf of the Ukrainian Publishers & Booksellers Association, I wish to sincerely congratulate you on the coming holidays - Christmas and the New Year 2024!

I wish you all a peaceful sky, vitality and strength, good health, family harmony, and prosperity! May all your plans and dreams come true! Successful projects and their successful implementation!

A huge thank you to all of you for understanding and supporting us in such a difficult and tragic time for Ukraine.

Best regards
Oleksandr Afonin,
President of the Ukrainian Publishers & Booksellers Association