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Ministry of Internal Affairs is to apply the experience of the Presidential inauguration on Eurovision
29 March 2005.
Ukraine has experience in organization and conducting top level events. Thus, during the inauguration of the President of Ukraine there were 500.000 viewers on the central square, at the same time public order and security measures for 60 heads of different states present at the event were provided at a very high level. Diplomats from the countries which took part in the inauguration also expressed their appreciation of the event security.
Yuriy Lutsenko, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, personally supervises the process of preparation and hosting the ESC 2005. He took part in development and discussion of security plan and also appointed special deputy - Volodymyr Rudik -for coordination of the public order security during Eurovision.
Representatives of the structures, which will guard Eurovision - MIA, Security Service of Ukraine, Administration of the State Security and Emergency Situations Ministry gathered together on March 25, 2005. At the meeting complex security plan for such MIA structures as Department of public security, State motor licensing and inspection department and other operational departments and branch services was approved.
Oleg Zapadnyuk was appointed as the representative of the Minister. His responsibilities include direct cooperation with the Song Contest organizers, operational management and supervision on the venue.
According to the information of colonel Mayevskyi V. I., the Chairman of the Civil Security Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, there had been worked out the system of custodial services of public order in the city, on sites and on the territory around the venue of the ESC. 13 official hotels, transportation routs of the participants and guests will be treated with an enhance monitoring. The actions on the places of public events will be worked out on the fly.
The Ministry treats seriously the importance of the event and takes all the necessary security measures.
Later you will have an opportunity to get the information about the peculiarities of the work of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Administration of the State Security and the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Press Service
For the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest
Contact person: Marko Markovic
Tel: +38 067 404 25 02
E-mail: markom@ntu.com.ua
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