From July 3 till 5 Ukraine will be hosting a three-day set of events dedicated to a Ukraine-NATO distinctive partnership, in collaboration with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
At 5 pm, there will be a joint press conference of Andrii Parubii, Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Paolo Alli, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) taking place at the Parliament’s premises.
From July 3 till 5, the 95th Seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly within the Rose-Roth programme of co-operation is to be held. The event is co-organized by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. A grand meeting dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Charter on a Distinctive Partnership between NATO and Ukraine and a joint press conference of Andrii Parubii, Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Paolo Alli, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly are to take place at the Parliament’s building.
The major topic of the seminar is security in Ukraine and in the Black Sea region on the whole. The speeches of welcome will be delivered by Andrii Parubii, Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Paolo Alli, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
The top seminar contributors:
-Metin Lutfi BAYDAR, Vice-President;
-David Hobbs, Secretary General;
-Ivanna Klympush-Tsyntsadze, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration;
-Alexander Vershbow, Distinguished Fellow at the Brent Scowcroft Center of International Security, former NATO Deputy Secretary General;
-Iryna Herashchenko, First Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Ukrainian President’s aide for peaceful settlement in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts (regions);
-Stepan Poltorak, the Minister of Defence of Ukraine;
-Ernst Wolfgang Reichel, German Ambassador to Ukraine;
-Raynell Andreychuk, Senator, the Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council (UNIC);
-Hugues Mingarelli, Head of Mission, Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine;
-Alexander Vinnikov, Head of the NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine.
Participating delegations of NATO member countries and the partners: Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Czech Rep, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia, Sweden, Ukraine.
The topical programme of the events comprises seven discussion panels:
Session 1. “Russia, NATO and the Black Sea Region”.
Session 2. “Humanitarian and Military Situation in Donbas”.
Session 3. “Political Situation and Human Rights in Crimea”.
Session 4. “Ukrainian Reforms Agenda: Internal Challenges”.
Session 5. “Ukraine-NATO: Relations of Virtue”.
Session 6. “Support to the Black Sea Region”.
Session 7. “Political and Economic Situation in Moldova”.
On July 3, a grand meeting dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Charter on a Distinctive Partnership between NATO and Ukraine is to take place at the Parliament’s premises.
The Charter on a Distinctive Partnership between NATO and Ukraine is, at the present stage, the basic treaty to determine mutual relations between Ukraine and NATO.
The principal conferees:
1.Andrii Parubii, the Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,
2.Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine,
3.Sorin Dumitru Ducaru, the NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges,
4.Pavlo Klimkin, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine,
5.Borys Tarasiuk, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO, 1997,
6.Robert Hunter, U.S. Ambassador to NATO,
7.Paolo Alli, the President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly,
8.Volodymyr Horbulin, Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies,
9.Iryna Friz, Head of the Permanent Delegation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
10. Stepan Poltorak, the Minister of Defence of Ukraine,
11. Iryna Herashchenko, First Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Ukrainian President’s aide for peaceful settlement in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts (regions),
12. Ernst Wolfgang Reichel, German Ambassador to Ukraine,
13.Refat Chubarov, MP, the Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People,
14.Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head of the Board of the Center for Civil Liberties,
15.Andreas Umland, Senior Research Fellow, the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation (Kyiv),
16.Ivan Miklos, the former Minister of Finance of Slovakia, the former Deputy Prime Minister for Economy of Slovakia,
17. Hugues Mingarelli, Head of Mission, Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine,
18.Ihor Hryniv, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament, the Presidential aide,
19.Valerii Pekar, Cofounder of the Nova Kraina Civic Platform, a former member of the National Reform Council,
20.Balazs Jarabik, Visiting Scholar at Carnegie,
21. Alexander Vinnikov, Head, NATO Liaison Office (NLO) in Ukraine,
22.Joel Wachter, acting Chairman of the EU Consultative Mission to Ukraine,
23.Iryna Suslova, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament,
24. Raynell Andreychuk, Senator, the Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council (UNIC),
25. Dominika KROIS, OSCE/COSCE Co-ordinator, the European External Action Service (EEAS),
26.Ihor Burakovskyi, Head of the Board, the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting,
27.Julian Popov, Fellow /adviser/ to the European Climate Foundation,
28.Ruslan Piontkivsky, adviser, the World Bank in Moldova,
29.Christina Gerasimova, the Robert Bosch Academy adviser,
The NATO PA’s International Secretariat:
1.Andrius Avizius, Director, a NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee,
2.Henrik Biddal, a Director, the Science and Tech Committee
3.Roberta Calorio, Head, Press and Media Relations,
4.Svitlana Svetova, Eastern Europe adviser
5.Karen Walker-Love, a coordinator
NOTA BENE. The Rose-Roth programme of co-operation with the parliaments of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) was initiated in 1990 by then President of the Assembly Congressman Charlie Rose and Senator Bill Roth. The original goal of the programme was to assist partner countries in Central and Eastern Europe through their challenging transition process to democracy after the fall of the Berlin wall, which involved the implementation of difficult political and economic reforms. The programme has evolved to include parliamentarians from an increasing number of non-NATO countries. Today it aims to enhance parliamentary awareness, to build contacts and provide experience and expertise. Particular attention is paid to promoting the principle of the democratic control of armed forces and to the development of effective parliamentary oversight of defence and the military. The programme has received since its birth the generous financial support of US AID, the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF), the Swiss Government, NATO, Norway, Denmark and the Parliament of Luxembourg. The Rose-Roth Programme involves a series of seminars focused on regional and topical security issues and training programmes for parliamentary staff and members of Parliament.