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June 20 – World Refugee Day
Despite the considerable improvement of the humanitarian situation by many states, the problem of refugees remains one of the most burning both on religious and global scales.
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Oleksandr Feldman: No ‘tradition’ can justify anti-Semitism in modern society | December 24, 2019
ECHR: Ukraine Must Reform Whole-Life Sentence Review Procedure | March 20, 2019
Court: Germany Can Return Refugees to EU Countries with Worse Life Conditions | March 20, 2019
European Parliament Urges to Introduce New Sanction Regime for Human Rights Violation | March 19, 2019
Eurostst: Numbers of Asylum-Seekers from Ukraine Fell in 2018 | March 19, 2019
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International Summit on the problems of protection of the rights of national minorities. PHOTO REPORT
The International Summit on the problems of protection of the rights of national minorities took place in Kyiv.
Registration of the Summit participants
Guests and participants of the Summit. We are all your children, Ukraine
A. Kisse. The Head of the Association of Bulgarian National and Cultural Organizations and Unions in Ukraine
Official opening of the Summit. Welcoming speech of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych
Summit participants: the second from the left – O. Myrskyi, the Member of the European Parliament, the Member of the Committee on International Relations; the third from the left – R. Bogatyrova, the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine; G. German, Ukrainian Presidential Adviser, the Head of the Main Administration for Humanitarian and Social and Political Issues under the Administration of the President of Ukraine, the Secretary of Public Humanitarian Council Board.
Spiritual leaders of religious communities of Ukraine – supporting peace and mutual understanding between citizens of Ukraine of different religions and nationalities
Speech of Mr. Myrskyi
The hall of the National Palace of Arts “Ukraine” hosting the International Summit on the problems of protection of the rights of national minorities “Experience of Ukraine for the World”
Speech of Tibor Szanyi, the Member of Hungarian Parliament
From left to right: R. Bogatyrova; G. German; M. Kulyniak, the Minister of Culture of Ukraine; O. Feldman, the People’s Deputy of Ukraine, the founder of the Institute of Human Rights and Prevention of Extremism and Xenophobia
Speech of Mr. Feldman
The Metropolitan of Vinnytsia and Mohyliv-Podilskyi Symeon reads the Message of His Beatitude Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Ukraine
Speech of Ms. Bogatyrova “On main achievements and problems in the area of ensuring of rights of national minorities of Ukraine”
Speech of Ms. German “Feedback between authorities and the public: experience, ways of development”
Presidium of the International Summit on the problems of protection of the rights of national minorities “Experience of Ukraine for the World”
Speech of Rufat Atakishi Ogly Kuliev, the Deputy of the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Deputy Head of the Standing Commission on political issues and international co-operation of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS “On main achievements of co-operation of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Ukraine in the area of ensuring of rights of national minorities”
Speech of the Mufti of Ukraine, Sheikh Ahmad Tamim
Speech of I. Haidosh, the Head of the Hungarian Democratic Federation in Ukraine, Berehove mayor “Experience of ensuring of rights of national minorities in the places of their dense living”
Speech of P. Hryhorychenko, the President of the All-Ukrainian Union of Public Organizations “Roma Congress of Ukraine”
Speech of V. Davydovych, the Deputy President of the Union of Armenians of Ukraine “On ensuring of rights of Armenians of Ukraine”
Speech of R. Khusnutdinov, (the Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine “Kyiv Muftiate” ) “Initiatives of the public in insuring of interreligious dialogue in Ukraine”
Speech of Yu. Gempel, the Head of the Republican Society of Crimean Germans “Wiedergeburt”, the chief editor of the Hoffnung Newspaper
Ceremonial closing of the Summit
Informal communication after finishing of the official part of the International Summit on the problems of protection of the rights of national minorities “Experience of Ukraine for the World”