Ukrainian president approves composition of delegation for 69th UN General Assembly session

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has approved the composition of the Ukrainian delegation that will attend the 69th session of the UN General Assembly.

A respective order was posted on the Web site of the head of state on Monday.

The delegation will be headed by Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, and it will also include Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN Yuriy Serheyev, Acting Director of the Department of International Organizations of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Andriy Beshta, Deputy Director of the Department and Head of the UN Section at the Department of International Organizations of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Yuriy Vitrenko, Director of the Department of International Law at the Foreign Ministry Larysa Herasko, Deputy Director of the International Security Department at the Foreign Ministry Ihor Kyzym, Deputy Foreign Minister Serhiy Kyslytsia, and Director of the Department of Policy and Communications at the Foreign Ministry Oleksiy Makeyev.

In addition, the delegation will include Deputy Head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration Valeriy Chaly and Deputy Head of the Foreign Policy Department and Head of the Unit of Strategic Initiatives and Communications at the Main Department of Foreign Policy and European Integration at Ukraine's Presidential Administration Oksana Shuliar.

The order allows the head of the delegation to attract advisers, experts and technical staff to support the work of the delegation.

In addition, directives of the Ukrainian delegation are approved for the 69th session of the UN General Assembly.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry was instructed to ensure the financing of costs associated with the participation of the delegation in the UN General Assembly session.