KIEV(EJP)--- Ukraine’s President, Viktor Yuschenko, has presented Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, with a file of archival documents relating to the actions of family members in rescuing Jews during the Holocaust.

The documents were presented by Yuschenko during a meeting in Kiev last week with Yad Vashem chairman Avner Shalev.

The meeting, initiated by the Ukrainian President, was a follow-up of Yuschenko's visit last month at Yad Vashem.

Shalev assured the Ukrainian leader that he would present the documents for consideration to the commission for the designation of the Righteous Among the Nations.

The Righteous Among the Nations designation is awarded by an independent Commission made up of Holocaust survivors, researchers and historians to people who helped save Jews during WWII.

Some 22,000 individuals have been recognized thus far.

During the two-hour meeting, Shalev and Yuschenko also agreed to cooperate in the area of historical research.