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Ukraine: State Committees, Commissions, & Agencies

AGENCY FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE

The Agency for Reconstruction and Development merged with the Ministry of Economy and European Integration in 2000.  Roman Shpek, the former chairman of the Agency for Reconstruction and Development, is now the Ukrainian delegate to the European Union.
[NISNP Interview with Sergiy Khudiyash (Second Secretary of Economics, Embassy of Ukraine, Washington, DC), 7 November 2002.] {Updated 11/7/2002 EL}

STATE CUSTOMS SERVICE OF UKRAINE

The State Customs Service of Ukraine is responsible for controlling the movement of goods and other items across the border of Ukraine. The predecessor of the State Customs Service, the State Customs Committee of Ukraine, was created on 12 December 1991 by a Verkhovna Rada resolution. On 29 November 1996, the Committee was transformed into the State Customs Service of Ukraine by presidential decree. As of 2001, the Customs Service employed 18,000 officers and consisted of 54 customs-houses, 195 customs checkpoints, and 12 specialized customs agencies.[1,2]  The central office of the State Customs Service houses the Department of Export Control, which develops legal documents, ensures that exporters are in line with customs laws, terminates licenses in cases of violation, and coordinates implementation of customs control.[3]
Sources:
[1] "Introduction," State Customs Service of Ukraine Web Site, http://www.customs.gov.ua.
[2] "Novyny. 25.06.2001 Derzhavniy mytniy sluzhbi Ukrainy - 10 rokiv," State Customs Service of Ukraine Web Site, http://www.customs.gov.ua.
[3] Scott A. Jones, "An Evaluation of Export Controls in Ukraine," Center for International Trade and Security Web Site, http://www.uga.edu/cits. {Entered 11/5/2001 EF}
 
LOCATION: Kiev
Address: 11 vul. Dehtyarivska, Kiev 04119
Telephone: (044) 274-82-98, (044) 274-82-81
Fax: (044) 274-82-81
["Nasha adresa," State Customs Service of Ukraine Web Site, http://www.customs.gov.ua.] {Entered 11/5/2001 EF}
HOMEPAGE: http://www.customs.gov.ua 
Chairman: Mykola Kalenskyy
["Mytnytsyu ocholyv Mykola Kalenskyy," Korespondent.net, http://www.korespondent.net/main.php?arid=18348, 22 November 2001.] {Entered 11/26/2001 EF} {Checked 10/31/2002 EL}
Customs Registration Unit
Head: Viktor Bakhtin
Chief Inspector: Viacheslav Krasnovyd
["Customs Administration: State Customs Service of Ukraine," ReliefWeb Web Site, http://www.relief.int/ocha_ol/programs/
response/custnet/cust_ukr.html, 15 August 2001.] {Updated 10/31/2002 EL}
Department of Export Controls
Acting Head: Yuriy Griniov
[List of Workshop Delegates, "Protecting Trade and Strengthening Export Controls Industry Outreach and Enforcement Workshop," LAWS workshop, Kiev, Ukraine, 14-16 June 1995.]
Deputy Department Head: Vadim Karpenko
[List of Workshop Delegates, "Protecting Trade and Strengthening Export Controls Industry Outreach and Enforcement Workshop," LAWS workshop, Kiev, Ukraine, 14-16 June 1995.]

STATE COMMITTEE FOR PROTECTION OF STATE BORDERS OF UKRAINE

The State Committee for Protection of State Borders of Ukraine is in charge of the border guard troops of Ukraine and implements state policies regarding border issues.[1] The Ukrainian border guards are directly subordinate to the President, not to the Prime Minister or Cabinet of Ministers.[2]
Sources:
[1] "Ukaz Prezidenta Ukrainy 14 veresnya 2000 roku No. 1071/2000," State Committee for Protection of State Borders of Ukraine Web Site, http://www.pvu.gov.ua/index_ru.htm.{Updated 11/16/01 EF}
[2] Taras Kuzio, "The organization of Ukraine's forces," Jane's Intelligence Review, June 1996, pp. 254-258.
 
Chairman of the Committee and Commander of the Border Guard Troops: Mykola Lytvyn
["Ukaz Prezydenta Ukrainy pro pryznachennya M. Lytvyna Holovoyu Derzhavnoho komitetu u spravakh okhorony derzhavnoho kordonu Ukrayiny. 12 lystopada 2001 roku  No. 1069/2001," President of Ukraine Web Site, http://www.kuchma.gov.ua/main/?whatto-400.] {Entered 11/16/2001 EF} {Checked 10/31/2002 EL}

ENERGY CONSERVATION COMMITTEE

Chairman: Yuriy Ivanovych Shulga
["Kerivnytstvo," Derzhavnyy Komitet Ukrayiny z Energozberezhennya Web Site, http://www.cenef.kiev.ua/telefon_of_scec.htm.] {Updated 10/31/2002 EL}

COMMITTEE ON GEOLOGY AND THE USE OF MINERAL RESOURCES

Chairman: Serhiy Goshovskiy
[Janet Matthews Information Services, July 1999; in "Ukraine: Politics," Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe.] {Updated 8/24/99 SK} {Checked 10/31/2002 EL}

NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY

HOMEPAGE: http://www.nkau.gov.ua 

As a part of a series of reforms ordered by a March 1999 Cabinet of Ministers resolution, 18 Ukrainian enterprises and companies managed by the Ukrainian Industrial Policy Ministry, including the Pivdenne design bureau, Pivdenmash, the Kievprylad plant, and the Khartron plant, became subordinate to the Ukrainian National Space Agency.  Several of these enterprises expressed interest in the National Space Agency's proposal to create a space sector consortium.
[UNIAN, 6 April 1999; in "Consortium Of Plants Transferred To National Space Agency," Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe.] {Entered 4/13/99 SK}
Director: Olexandr Oleksiyovitch Nehoda
["Leadership - National Space Agency of Ukraine," National Space Agency of Ukraine Web Site, http://www.nkau.gov.ua/nsau, 2002.] {Updated 10/31/2002 EL}

STATE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The State Committee on Science and Intellectual property was created in March 1999 by presidential decree on the basis of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Ukraine, the State Patent Department of Ukraine, and the State Agency for Copyrights and Associated Rights, which were abolished.
[Uryadovyy Kuryer, 16 March 1999, p. 6; in "Edict On Changes To Executive Branch," FBIS Document FTS19990402001115.] {Entered 4/9/99 SK}

SECURITY SERVICE OF UKRAINE

HOMEPAGE: http://www.sbu.gov.ua 

President Leonid Kuchma liquidated the Committee on State Secrets and Technical Protection on 22 March 1999.  The Committee's duties were transferred to the Security Service of Ukraine.
["Kuchma Signs Decree on Administrative Reform: Several Ministries and Committees Disbanded," Ukraine Today Web Site, http://www.ukrainet.lviv/ua/infobank/1999/0322e.html, 22 March 2002.
 
Head: General Volodymyr Ivanovych Radchenko
["Organizational structure of the Security Service of Ukraine: Senior SBU Officals," Security Service of Ukraine Web Site, http://www.sbu.gov.ua/eng/structure/.] {Updated 10/31/2002 EL}

COMMITTEE ON THE USE OF ATOMIC ENERGY (DERZHKOMATOM)

After sacking Chairman Viktor Chebrov in early April 1997,[1] on 5 May 1997, President Kuchma ordered that the State Committee on the Use of Atomic Energy (Derzhkomatom) be merged with the Ministry of Energy and Electrification in order to create the Ministry of Energy.[2] At the same time, Kuchma also ordered the inception of a State Department on the Problems of Nuclear Power, which is subordinate to the new Ministry of Energy.  The deputy minister of energy heads this new department,[2,3] which is responsible for safety at Ukraine's five nuclear power plants.[4] The creation of the Ministry of Energy supercedes the 26 October 1996 decision of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council to form a Ministry of Atomic Energy that would oversee all nuclear issues, with an emphasis on safety standards, utilization of foreign aid for Chornobyl closure, oversight of the 30km Chornobyl exclusion zone, and nuclear fuel supplies.[5,6]
 
Derzhkomatom was created in the beginning of 1993, replacing Ukratomenergoprom (the Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Operators Consortium).[7] This Committee's Statute outlined its responsibilities as (1) the preparation and realization of state projects on the development of atomic energy and the atomic industry, (2) the formulation of the main lines of cooperation with foreign countries concerning the use of atomic energy and the preparation of international treaties in this field, and (3) the representation (in IAEA and other international organizations), in accordance with the Academy of Sciences, of Ukraine's interests in the resolution of problems associated with the peaceful use of atomic energy.[8,9]
Sources:
[1] Intelnews, 6 April 1997; in "Ukraine: Kuchma Dismisses Oil, Nuclear Energy Committee Chairmen," FBIS-SOV-97-097.
[2] "Ukrainian Presidential Edict: 'On the Creation of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine,'" Uryadovyy Kuryer, 15 May 1997, p. 6; in "UKRAINE: Edict Creating Ministry of Energy," FBIS-SOV-97-107.
[3] Intelnews, 6 May 1997; in "Ukraine: President Kuchma Consolidates Energy Ministries," FBIS-SOV-97-127.
[4] "Kuchma creates Energy Ministry," Ukrainian Weekly, no. 19, 11 May 1997, p. 2. {Entered 12/9/97 TR}
[5] Interfax-Ukraine, 26 October 1996; in "Security Council Discusses Nuclear Industry Situation," FBIS-SOV-96-209, 26 October 1996. {Entered 1/16/97, MEW}
[6] "New nuclear energy ministry," Nuclear Engineering International, December 1996, p. 6. {Updated 12/9/97 TR}
[7] Steinberg interview, August 1994.
[8]"Official on Peculiar Plan for Chernobyl Reconstruction," ITAR-TASS, 17 July 1995.
[9] "Spent Nuclear Fuel Sent to Russia," Kiev Radio Ukraine World Service, 15 July 1995; in FBIS-TEN-95-011, 15 July 1995.
 
Department for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste
This department was formed because the Ministry for the Protection of the Population from the Aftermath of the Chornobyl Accident, which according to state guidelines is responsible for dealing with radioactive waste, was not paying sufficient attention to the issue. This has resulted in a dangerous situation in which several nuclear power plants may be forced to close due to storage ponds that are nearly or completely full.
[UNIAN (Kiev), 27 January 1995, in "New Radioactive Waste Disposal Department Formed," FBIS-TEN-95-003, 27 January 1995, p. 62.]

STATE COMMISSION ON THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

This commission develops and implements state policies in support of Ukraine's military-industrial complex.[1] Its duties include guiding the development of Ukraine's defense industry, coordinating the activities of all government bodies involved in this area, preparing and overseeing state orders, and introducing new legislation concerning the defense industry.[2] The commission was created in July 2000.[1] 
Sources:
[1] "Prezident Ukrainy utverdil Polozheniye o Gosudarstvennoy komissii po voprosam oboronno-promyshlennogo kompleksa strany," Agentstvo voyennykh novostey, 20 September 2000; in Integrum Techno, http://www.integrum.ru/.
[2] Tatyana Ivzhenko, "Vladimir Gorbulin: 'My rano ili pozdno pridem k sotrudnichestvu,'" Nezavisimaya gazeta, 6 September 2000, p. 5; in Integrum Techno, http://www.integrum.ru/. {Entered 6/15/2001 MJ}

Chairman: Volodymyr Horbulyn
Volodymyr Horbulyn is the first chairman of the committee and was appointed to that position in July 2000. Born in 1939, Horbulyn is an engineer by education and profession, and spent 14 years (1962-1976) in the Yuzhnoye (now Pivdenne) Design Bureau, where he was involved in strategic ballistic missile design. His more recent positions include General Director of the Ukrainian National Space Agency (1992), National Security and Defense Council Secretary (1994-1999), Presidential Council on Science and Technology Policy Deputy Chairman (since 1996), and Advisor to the President of Ukraine (since 1999). He is also a member of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.
[Tatyana Ivzhenko, "Vladimir Gorbulin: 'My rano ili pozdno pridem k sotrudnichestvu," 6 September 2000, p. 5; in Integrum Techno, http://www.integrum.ru/.] {Entered 6/15/2001 MJ} {Checked 10/31/2002 EL}
 
First Deputy Chairman: Oleh Uruskyy
["Podkhody k formirovaniyu oboronnogo goszakaza izmeney printsipyalno - predstavitel Goskomissii po voprosam OPK," UNIAN, No. 173 (1800), 14 May 2001; in Integrum Techno, http://www.integrum.ru/.] {Entered 6/15/2001 MJ} {Checked 10/31/2002 EL}

STATE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMITTEE (SNRC)

Creation of the SNRC was initiated in December 2000, when President Kuchma issued a decree replacing the Nuclear Regulatory Administration under the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety with a new organization having the status of a state committee. In doing so, Kuchma satisfied a condition imposed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for providing loans for completing additional reactors at the Rivne and Khmelnytskyy NPPs.[1] In March 2001, President Kuchma signed an edict governing SNRC activities. The new committee's responsibilities include enforcing nuclear and radiation safety standards; defining safety conditions and requirements for the use of nuclear energy; developing and disseminating safety regulations; and regulating physical protection requirements for nuclear facilities, nuclear materials, radioactive waste, and other sources of ionizing radiation. SNRC will be a central executive body, directed and coordinated by the Cabinet of Ministers.[2]
Sources:
[1] "Prezident utverdil polozheniye o gosudarstvennom komitete yadernogo regulirovaniya," UNIAN, No. 011(151), 12-18 March 2001.
[2] Alexei Breus, "Kuchma Signs Regulations Governing New Safety Agency," Nucleonics Week, 15 March 2001, p. 14. {Entered 5/10/2001 MJ}

Chairman: Vadym Vasylovych Hryshchenko
["Kerivnytsvo," Derzhavnyy Komitet Yadernoho Rehulyuvannya Ukrayiny Web Site, http://www.snrcu.gov.ua/about/adm.html.] {Updated 10/31/2002 EL]
Deputy Chairman and Chief Nuclear & Radiation Safety Inspector: Anatoliy Ivanovych Demyanenko
["Kerivnytsvo," Derzhavnyy Komitet Yadernoho Rehulyuvannya Ukrayiny Web Site, http://www.snrcu.gov.ua/about/adm.html.] {Updated 10/31/2002 EL]
Main Department of Nuclear and Radiation Safety Inspection
Head: Mykola Semenovych Berezhnyy
["Holovne upravlinnya derzhavnoyi inspektsiyi z nahlyadu za yadernoyu i radiatsiynoyu bezpekoyu," Derzhavnyy Komitet Yadernoho Rehulyuvannya Ukrayiny Web Site, http://www.snrcu.gov.ua/about/giu.html.] {Updated 10/31/2002 EL}
Department of Monitoring and Crisis Regulation
Head: Oleksiy Mykhaylovych Ananenko
["Ypravlinnya monitorynhu i krizovoho reanuvannya," Derzhavnyy Komitet Yadernoho Rehulyuvannya Ukrayiny Web Site, http://www.snrcu.gov.ua/about/giu.html.] {Updated 10/31/2002 EL}
 

Page updated 25 February 2003

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