Table of Contents

FOREWARD……..................................5

Section 1. FUNCTIONING OF PARLIAMENTS AROUND THE GLOBE……………..7

Parliament’s on the Global Stage: Past and Present ……………………….7

Primary Mechanisms for International Parliamentary Activity ……….9

Ratification………………………..                         11

Parliamentary Diplomacy……14

Role of National Parliaments in the European Union………..19

Section 2. UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT’S PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL WORK….26

Ukrainian Parliamentarianism and the Issue of Foreign Policy in Historical Perspective ….26

Constitutional Authority of the Ukrainian Parliament with regard to International Relations 49

Primary International Efforts of the Ukrainian Parliament…51

Parliamentary Committees and Implementing Parliament’s International Work… 63

Section 3. INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION.. 82

Interparliamentary Associations. Ukraine’s Participation in Regional Parliamentary Assemblies. …..82

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe …83

Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe..86

Parliamentary Measure of Ukrainian-NATO Cooperation … 89

Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation ..90

Parliamentary Assembly of GUAM …93

Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS Member States…94

Interparliamentary Assemblies ..96

Bi- and Multi-lateral Interparliamentary Relations of the Ukrainian Parliament …97

Cooperation between the Ukrainian Parliament and Federation Council of the Russian Federation…97

Parliamentary Measure of US-Ukraine Relations ..100

Ukrainian-Polish Parliamentary Relations …102

Interparliamentary Cooperation between Ukraine and Lithuania …103

Cooperation between the Parliaments of Ukraine and the People’s Republic of China…105

International Development Projects working with the Ukrainian Parliament ..106

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS…109

REFERNCES ……..111