Donetsk, March 21, 2007. On 20-21 March 2007 members of the UN Country Team in Ukraine – UN Resident Coordinator Francis M. O’DONNELL and Head of WHO Country Office Mr. Igor POKANEVICH visited Donetsk, joined by Ms. Severine DEBOOS, ILO Programme Coordinator in Central and Eastern Europe.

On 21-23 March Kyiv hosts the 2nd National Conference on Drugs Related Harm Reduction. On the eve of this important event, a UNDP-led project “Governance of HIV/AIDS in Ukraine” has published a specialised book ‘Coming Back to Life: substitution therapy with the eyes of experts and former intravenous drug users’.

On March 12-14, 2007 UN Resident Coordinator Mr. Francis M. O’DONNELL visited Odesa along with Deputy Resident Representative of UN Development Programme Mrs. Joanna KAZANA-WISNIOWIECKA and Head of International Organization for Migration Mission Mr. Jeff LABOVITS.

March 8, 2007. This year the International Women’s Day is observed all over the world with a call to take action in ending impunity for violence against women and girls.

27 February 2007. Kyiv, Ukraine. The Second Annual Donor Conference was organized by the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UK Department for International Development (DFID).

VIENNA, 23 February (UN Information Service) -- The European Commission and Environment Ministers from all 16 countries sharing the Danube River Basin and Black Sea region today adopted a new Declaration on the Enhancement of Cooperation during a High-Level Meeting in Bucharest, Romania.