Secretariat - Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities

VIENNA, 11 April 2013 – On 16-17 April 2013, officials and experts from 57 OSCE participating States and key stakeholders will meet in Kyiv to discuss ways to improve the environmental footprint of energy-related activities in the OSCE area.

The meeting is part of the 21st OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum. It will be opened by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara and Halil Yurdakul Yigitgüden, the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities. Keynote speakers at the event will be Michael C. Camuñez, US Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance and Vadim Lukov, Ambassador-at-Large from the Russian Federation responsible for G8 and G20 issues.

During the event, national and international officials and experts, representatives of non-governmental organization, the business community and academia will discuss possible ways to increase stability and security in the OSCE area through sustainable energy solutions.

Journalists are invited to the opening session of the meeting, from 9:30 to 11:00 on Tuesday, 16 April, in the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, St. Velyka Zhytomyrska, 2, Kyiv.

Advance registration of journalists not later than 15 April at 16.00 EET is mandatory.

Contacts for advance registration of journalists and requests for interviews with the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and representatives of the Ukrainian Chairmanship: email press@mfa.gov.ua, phone +38 044 238 16 83 and +38 044 238 15 76.

For interviews with other participants of the event, please send requests to press@osce.org or contact Edelmira Campos Núñez, Economic and Environmental Adviser at the OSCE Secretariat at edelmira.campos-nunez@osce.org, mobile +43 664 920 92 94.