- •3. Appointment, arrival and departure of diplomatic staff
- •4. Knowledge skills and functions of a diplomat
- •Skill in negotiating and in day-to-day diplomacy Skill in observing, analysing and reporting
- •5. Full and limited diplomatic privileges and immunities
- •6. Consular relations and their principle designations (p. 52-55)
- •7. International Monetary Fund (80-85)
- •The International Court of Justice (74-75)
- •9. The un in the new millennium
- •The problems of the third world countries
- •11. The solution of Environmental Problems by International Organizations
- •12. The Governmental structure of the uk
- •13. The objectives & functions of nato today.
- •Nato's role today
- •Nato's functions
- •How Nato works
- •14. The un: its origins and functions (65-66)
- •15. The governmental structure of the usa.
- •Head of state
- •Legislative branch
- •Executive branch
- •Judicial branch
- •18. Nato’s civil & military structures & its principal committees
- •Chapter 10: Civilian Organisation and Structures
- •Chapter 11: Military Organisation and Structures
- •The 39 nato Committees
- •Chapter 13: Key to the Principal nato Committees and to the Institutions of Cooperation, Partnership and Dialogue
- •19. The un; it’s charter and objective (66-69)
- •Chapter I: Purposes And Principles Article 1
- •Article 2
- •1. Strengthening international cooperation for development
- •2. Promoting development based on an integrated approach
- •21. Principles of democracy, political freedom and equality
- •What are the 5 principles of democracy?
- •Principles of equality:
- •1) Formal Equality
- •2) Proportional Equality
- •3) Moral Equality
- •4) Presumption of Equality
- •3. Majority Rule, Minority Rights
- •22. A democratic government and role of the people
- •Distinctions
- •Direct democracy
- •Indirect democracy
- •23. Foreign policy of Ukraine
- •Western relations
- •Relations with cis states
- •24. Economy of Ukraine
- •25. Foreign trade of Ukraine
- •26. Investment policy and national economy of Ukraine
- •Investment guarantees
- •27. Functions of the National Bank of Ukraine
- •28. Ukraine – nato relations
- •2008 Bucharest summit
- •2008 Bucharest summit aftermath
- •29. International relations of Ukraine Russia
- •Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova (guam)
- •Commonwealth of Independent States (cis)
- •Ukraine's relations with the international community
- •The uk's relations with Ukraine
- •Uk development assistance
- •International disputes
- •30. Foreing policy of Ukraine.
Head of state
According to the constitution the President of Ukraine is the head of state. The current president of Ukraine is Viktor Yanukovych (since January 23, 2010)
President is elected by popular vote for a five-year term. The last presidential elections were held in 2004 (See: Ukrainian presidential election, 2004). While after the Constitutional reform in Ukraine the Presidential authority became substantially reduced, the president still wields significant powers accorded to him by law, but partially due to a strong tradition of central authority in the country.
Although most of the members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine are chosen and nominated to the Parliament by the Prime Minister, the President still retains the authority to nominate the Ministers of the Foreign Affairs and of Defense for the parliamentary approval.[1] The President also nominates for the heads of the central enforcement-related bodies that do not belong to the Cabinet, such as the Prosecutor General of Ukraine and the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, but not of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the largest governmental security arm whose responsibility includes most of the police (militsiya) agency.
Also, the President appoints and dismisses the Heads of the Local State Administrations (i.e. governors) by nomination of the Cabinet of Ministers. The debate on whether the President could hypothetically reject the candidate for the governernorship officially proposed by the Prime Minister, thus forcing the latter to come up with a different nomination, is yet to be resolved.
The President also has some other minor functions determined by the Constitution (e.g. granting state decorations and accepting the credentials of foreign diplomats etc.).
Legislative branch
Verkhovna Rada, a unicameral parliament (450 seats) amends the Constitution of Ukraine, drafts laws, ratifies international treaties, appoints a number of officials, and elects judges.
Elections were last held on September 30, 2007.
Following the Constitutional Reform in Ukraine the authority of the Verkhovna Rada over the selection and oversight of the executive branch has been substantially increased.
Executive branch
The Prime Minister of Ukraine (the head of the Cabinet) and the Cabinet are appointed by the Verkhovna Rada (the parliament). The Prime Minister is nominated by a parliamentary coalition and approved by the parliament. A candidate is proposed by the parliamentary coalition to the President and the latter submits an official nomination back to Verkhovna Rada for a formal approval vote. [2] While the official nomination of the candidate for the parliamentary approval is still made by the President, the Head of the State, formally, takes no part in the nominee's selection and there is an ambiguity whether the President may turn down the candidate suggested by the parliamentary coalition.
The Prime Minister, following his appointment, nominates other members of the Cabinet (ministers) for approval by the Verkhovna Rada, except the Ministers of the Foreign Affairs and of Defense, who are nominated by the President. The Cabinet of Ministers also nominates the heads of the local state administrations (i.e. governors) to be appointed by the President. The debate on whether the President could hypothetically reject the candidate for the governorship officially proposed by the Prime Minister is yet to be resolved.
The Prime Minister and his Cabinet could now be dismissed only by the Parliament while formerly the President could dismiss the entire cabinet unilaterally at any time, as it happened in 2005 for the First Tymoshenko Government.