Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, H.E. Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, hosted on 27 September, in New York a working breakfast for his colleagues of the CEI Member States. The gathering took place at the Premises of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations (UN). Discussions focused on issues of regional partnership and on enhancement of cooperation between the CEI and the UN, in the framework of the CEI's observer status in the UN General Assembly. With regard to the latter, Minister Gryshchenko presented a special initiative - draft Resolution “Cooperation between the United Nations and Central European Initiative” - to be considered by the 67th Session of the General Assembly under agenda item 121 “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations”.
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The CEI was granted observer status in the General Assembly of the United Nations during its 66th Session by Resolution 66/111 of 9 December 2011.
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