The state inter-departmental commission on Ukraine-NATO cooperation
State Inter-departmental Commission on Ukraine-NATO cooperation (SIC) was created by the Ukrainian President’s Decree dated April, 3, 1997 ¹292/97 in order to assure effective cooperation between the Alliance and the Ukrainian foreign policy activities in this sphere.
The SIC is an advisory body, created to prepare proposals on cooperation with NATO command and executive structures, with NATO-members and PfP-partners as well as proposals on organization, coordination and control over fulfillment of the decisions in this area taken by ministries and other central executive power bodies and state bodies of Ukraine.
The SIC is subordinate and accountable to the President of Ukraine. The Constitution of Ukraine, laws of Ukraine, President’s Decrees and instructions, Cabinet of Ministers and NSDC resolutions, international treaties, govern its activities.
SIC principal tasks are:
- Elaboration of proposals on concepts and decisions in Ukraine-NATO cooperation policy, NATO-Ukraine individual partnership program and other documents that determine and clarify the cooperation strategy and tactics;
- Preparation of proposals to the President on organization, coordination and control over activities of ministries, other executive power bodies and state bodies of Ukraine in cooperation with NATO-members and partners;
- Introduction of proposals on solving practical problems linked with Ukraine’s participation in multinational PKOs;
- Preparation of proposals to the President on priorities and volumes of funding of main directions of Ukraine - NATO and its members cooperation.
In fulfillment its tasks the SIC is entitled to:
- Cooperate in a preset order and within its authority with NATO command and executive structures, NATO-members appropriate state bodies, officials and private individuals from abroad;
- Recommend to Ukrainian executive power bodies on cooperation with NATO and its members and participation of Ukraine in multinational PKOs
- Recommend to Ukrainian executive power bodies on using budget allocations and foreign financial aid allocated for cooperation with NATO and its members and participation of Ukraine in multinational PKOs;
- Receive information, statistics and other data necessary for fulfillment of assigned tasks from Ukrainian executive power bodies, institutions and organizations;
- Involve in a preset order experts from other ministries and other executive power central bodies, institutions and organizations in development of separate issues of cooperation with NATO.
The SIC consists of reps from ministries and departments that take part in cooperation with the Alliance as well as President Administration and Verkhovna Rada (at consent). The Head of the SIC is the NSDC Secretary. His deputies are first Deputy of the Minister of foreign affairs and the Chief of General Staff who is the First Deputy of the Minister of Defense.
The organizational activities of the SIC are provided by the NSDC Office.
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