- •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.
28. Ukraine – nato relations
The Ukraine and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) relations started in 1995, Ukraine is as of January 2008 a candidate to join the NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP)[1][2], on December 3, 2008 NATO decided it will work out an Annual National Programme of providing assistance to Ukraine to implement reforms required to accede the alliance without referring to MAP.[3] Plans for Ukrainian membership to NATO were shelved by Ukraine following the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election in which Viktor Yanukovych was elected President.[4] President Yanukovych opted to keep Ukraine a non-aligned state.[5] This materialized on June 3, 2010 when the Ukrainian parliament excluded, with 226 votes, the goal of "integration into Euro-Atlantic security and NATO membership" from the country's national security strategy.[6] "European integration" is still part of Ukraine's national security strategy and co-operation with NATO was not excluded.[6] Ukraine considers its relations with NATO as a partnership.[7]
According to numerous independent polls conducted over the past few years[8][9][10][11][12][13], Ukrainian public opinion on NATO membership is low, with the majority against joining the military alliance and about 40% associating NATO as a threat.[14]
Russia's reactions to the 2008 plan of the (then) Ukrainian Government to join MAP where hostile. A NATO spokesman said that despite Russian reactions towards eastward NATO's expansion the alliance's door remained open to those who met the criteria.[15]
History of relations
Relations officially began when Ukraine became the first CIS country to enter NATO's Partnership for Peace program in February 1995.[16] On May 7, 1997 the first-ever official NATO Information and Documentation Center opened in Kiev, aimed to foster transparency about the alliance.[17] A Ukrainian public opinion poll of May 6 showed 37% in favor of joining NATO with 28% opposed and 34% undecided.[18] On July 9, 1997, a NATO-Ukraine Commission was established.[19] In 2002 relations with the governments of the United States and other NATO countries deteriorated after one of the recordings made during the Cassette Scandal revealed an alleged transfer of a sophisticated Ukrainian defense system to Saddam Hussein's Iraq[16]. At the NATO enlargement summit in November 2002, the NATO–Ukraine commission adopted a Ukraine–NATO Action Plan. President Kuchma's declaration that Ukraine wanted to join NATO (also in 2002) and the sending of Ukrainian troops to Iraq in 2003[16] could not mend relations between Kuchma and NATO[16]. Currently, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are working with NATO in Iraq.[20]
After the Orange Revolution in 2004 Kuchma was replaced by President Viktor Yushchenko who is a keen supporter of Ukraine's NATO membership[21]. In January 2008 the second Yulia Tymoshenko cabinet's proposal for Ukraine to join NATO's Membership Action Plan was met with opposition. A petition of over 2 million signatures has called for a referendum on Ukraine's membership proposal to join NATO. The opposition have called for a national referendum to be held on any steps towards further involvement with NATO. In February 2008 57.8% of Ukrainians supported the idea of a national referendum on joining NATO, against 38.6% in February 2007.[22]
Ukrainian governments proposal to join the NATO Membership Action Plan
On January 16, 2008 United States Senator Richard Lugar announced: "Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Parliamentary Chairman Arseniy Yatsenyuk have signed the statement calling for consideration on Ukraine's entry into the NATO membership action plan at the Bucharest summit."[23]
The Ukrainian parliament headed by chairman Arseniy Yatsenyuk was unable to hold its regular parliamentary session following the decision of the Parliamentary Opposition to prevent the parliament from functioning in a protest against joining NATO. The parliament was blocked from January 25, 2008 [24] till March 4, 2008 (at 29 February 2008 factions leaders agreed on a protocol of mutual understanding)[25]. US President George W. Bush and both nominees for President of the United States in the 2008 election, U.S. senator Barack Obama and U.S. senator John McCain, did offer backing to Ukraine's membership of NATO.[26][27][28] Russian reactions were negative.