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The Media-Club with Hanne Severinsen, former Co-Rapporteur of the Monitor Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1995-2007) took place on February 21st, 2011 at the Institute of World Policy.Communicating to journalists, Hanne Severinsen paid much attention to the assessments of the internal policy of the Ukraine under the President Viktor Yanukovich. She, in particularly, criticized the consolidation of powers in the hands of President Yanukovich, and selective justice directed against representatives of the former government.
{1}She also claimed that it was an unreasonable decision to finish the Council of Europe’s monitoring of Ukraine. She explained that Kyiv is far from implementing the responsibilities laid down by the Strasbourg authorities. {2}
However, Hanne Severinsen believes the comparison of Ukraine with Belarus to be inappropriate: “Previous Presidential elections in Ukraine have been recognized by the international community, so no one can doubt that Viktor Yanukovich is the legitimate President. Belarus is an absolutely different case”.
Hanne Severinsen also stated that visa-free regime with the EU should be established for the Ukrainian citizens. According to her it would widen the outlook of the Ukrainians, showing them how other states are ruled.
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The decision on the Associate Membership of the Institute of World Policy in PASOS was approved at the Board of Directors meeting on February 18th, 2011.PASOS supports the development and strengthens the outreach and impact of its 37 member policy centres (and eight Associate Members), which are the leading European think-tanks, such as Association for International Affairs (Prague, Czech Republic), Institute of Public Affairs (Warsaw,Poland), Jefferson Institute (Belgrade, Serbia), European Council on Foreign Relations (London, United Kingdom).

PASOS aims to promote and protect democracy, human rights and open society values – including the rule of law, good governance, and economic and social development – by supporting civil society organizations that individually and jointly foster public participation in public policy issues at the European Union level, in other European and global structures, and in the wider neighbourhood of Europe and Central Asia.

Institute of World Policy with the support of the Embassy of Georgia of Ukraine presented a photo exhibition “Georgia 2000 vs. Georgia 2011” in Lviv.Special photo project provides an opportunity to see two realities separated by a decade, to feel the spirit of Caucasus and the breath of the Georgian wind of change. The exhibition was successfully presented in Kyiv and was admired by visitors and photo-art connoisseurs. {1}

Among first visitors of the exhibition were Head of the Lviv Region Council Oleh Pankevich, wife of the Head of the Lviv City Council Kateryna Sadova-Kit, representatives of the Regional Council, Head of the International Relations Department of the Regional Council Levko Zaharchyshyn, Gorgishveli Sisters, representatives of foreign Consular Missions, Enterpreneurs Committee of Lviv Region, designer Olena Dats, Lviv Feshion Week Organizer Petro Nesterenko-Lenio, well-known artists, journalists. {2}

Photo exhibition “Georgia 2000 vs. Georgia 2011” in Lviv takes place in the Lviv Arts Palace (Kopernika str., 17) and will be opened till February, 28.
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Institute of World Policy held a videoconference “The U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership: Defining the Challenges and Proposing Solutions” with Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington).The event took place within the framework of the eponymous two-day conference, organized by
Carnegie Endowment in Washington, in which well-known American and Ukrainian politicians, experts and civic leaders took part.
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Participants discussed the current situation in Ukraine, and problems of the economic transformations and democratic development in particular. Much attention was paid to issue of the freedoms of speech and press in Ukraine, increasing political pressure on media. Speakers could not ignore the challenges confronted by the Ukrainian civil society, focusing on mechanisms of cooperation between state bodies and civic organizations.
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Panel discussions were dedicated to current situation and perspectives of the U.S. – Ukraine cooperation, in the economic, political, security and humanitarian fields. Some points were made concerning European integration of Ukraine.
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In Kyiv discussion involved People’s Deputies, experts, diplomats. Mykhailo Poherbinsky, Volodymyr Aryev, Ksenia Liapina, Yurii Pavlenko, Andriy Shkil, Ihor Huzhva, Olexiy Haran, Oleksandr Lytvynenko were among them.
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H. E. Hans-Jurgen Heimsoeth, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Ukraine, Eric Shultz, Deputy Head of the Mission of the U.S. Embassy to Ukraine and representatives of the other foreign diplomatic missions in Ukraine also took part in the discussion.
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The videoconference was held before the Third meeting of the Ukraine-U.S. Commission on the Strategic Partnership, which is scheduled to take place on February 15th, 2011 and will be conducted at the level of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Kostiantyn Hryshchenko and the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Photo by Stanislav Gruzdev

On February 2nd, 2011 the Media Club on Russian Black Fleet took place in the Institute of World Policy.Viktor Semenov, Ambassador of the Ukrainian MFA and Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Delegation in the Ukrainian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on Black Sea Fleet was the guest of the event.
Media Clubs are aimed at the making the Ukrainian foreign policy more transparent for media and developing the knowledge of the prominent journalists on the current problems of the international relations. {2}{1}

Photo by Natalia Sagalata

Alyona Getmanchuk, Director of the Institute of World Policy and Serhiy Solodkiy, deputy director of the IWP have met the leading experts and politicians in Chisinau and Tiraspol.Visit of the IWP to Republic Moldova took place within the framework of the project named “Scenarios of Development of the Transnistrian Conflict: Challenges for the European Security”, which is supported by International Visegrad Fund.
At the first stage of the project implementation the representatives of Republic Moldova and Transnistria were interviewd. As a result the challenges and risks of the conflict resolution will be analyzed and assessed.
IWP’s management met Oazu Nantoi, director of the programs of the Institute of Public Policy (Moldova), Viktor Kirila, director of the Association of Foreign Policy (Moldova), Viktor Osipov, former vice Prime-Minister of Moldova, Vladimir Jastrebchak, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Transnistria, Anatoliy Dirun, Transnistrian political analyst.
Photo: RIA Novosti

Institute of World Policy held a Media-Club Discussion participated by Volodymyr Kryzhanivskyy, the first Ambassador of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.Volodymyr Kryzhanivskyy states that searches and threats to the staff of the Ukrainian library in Moscow are the part of the strategy of the Russian authorities to put as much pressure as possible on Ukraine.

{1}”Russian Government has to make it clear to the world that Ukraine is still in the sphere of influence of the Russian Federation”, – Ukrainan diplomat said.

Answering the question whether the reaction of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is corresponding to the situation around Ukrainian minority in Russia, he claimed that this reaction is not tolerant towards Ukrainian state and people.
“MFA should work out a strategical line of the countrym while President should be the one to take actions”, – former Ambassador underlined and added that “Presenting books to the Ukrainian library on behalf of President Janukovich is a right step, but it should be supported with political declarations, statements. There should be no pressure towards Russian organizations in Ukraine, but diplomatic notes, statements should be made on political level”.{2}

Photo by Stanislav Gruzdev

The full transcript of the press-conference in the Glavcom Press Center participated by Director of the Institute of World Policy Alyona Getmanchuk and independent expert on Japanese policy issues Olena Mykal.

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Institute of World Policy held a videoconference with Giorgi Bokeria, well-known Georgian politician, Secretary of the National Security Council of Georgia. He discussed the current state of the Ukrainian-Georgian relations with Ukrainian experts and journalists.Full transcript is available in Ukrainian