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The fifth president of Ukraine, the leader of the European Solidarity party, Petro Poroshenko, has declared receipt of UAH 152.4 million in dividends from Sequent Schweiz AG (formerly Rothschild Trust Schweiz AG), the corresponding information is published in the unified state register of declarations.
According to it, Poroshenko received dividends in the amount of UAH 152.4 million from the Swiss company on March 31 this year.
In addition, the ex-president declared income of UAH 610,900 in the form of interest from deposits in the International Investment Bank belonging to him, which he declares in a similar amount every month.
As reported, in 2016, Poroshenko appointed Rothschild Trust as a trustee in the blind trust to manage his stake in Roshen Confectionery Corporation.
For 2020, the leader of European Solidarity declared UAH 222 million of income, of which UAH 214 million are dividends, UAH 7 million are interest on deposits in the bank, and UAH 500,000 is a salary in the Verkhovna Rada.
Poroshenko kept $ 3.09 million, EUR 40,000 and UAH 330,000 on accounts in the International Investment Bank, as well as $ 51.2 million and UAH 423.3 million in cash.
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Retail goods turnover in Ukraine in March 2021 year-over-year grew by 13.1% year-over-year in comparable prices, the State Statistics Service has reported.
In the first quarter of 2021, retail trade turnover grew by 7.5% compared to the first quarter of 2020, while in March 2021 compared to the previous month, its growth was 11.8%.
The largest increase in the retail turnover of enterprises (legal entities and private entrepreneurs) in January-March 2021 year-over-year was recorded in Kyiv (by 14.6%), Chernivtsi (by 13.7%), Vinnytsia (by 12.5%), Ternopil (by 11.8%), Chernihiv (by 10.5%), Khmelnytsky (by 10%), Poltava and Zakarpattia (by 9, 9%), Zaporizhia (9.8%), Dnipropetrovsk (9.1%), Odesa (8.9%), Lviv (7.8%) regions and Kyiv city (6.8%).
The authority said that the data are given without taking into account the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol and the Joint Forces Operations area.
The United Nations Economic and Social Council elected Ukraine to the Executive Council of UN Women for 2022-2024, and also re-elected for a three-year term to the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), the press service of Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on Tuesday.
“The election of Ukraine to the governing body of UN Women was a confirmation of our state’s consistent adherence to the strategic course on ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men at the national and international levels. As part of the Executive Council, the Ukrainian side will continue to strengthen women’s leadership and promote women’s participation in political processes, in particular in the context of implementation of the Women. Peace. Security,” Ukrainian diplomats report.
It is reported that the last time Ukraine was represented in the Executive Council of UN Women in 2011-2013.
“The main task of the Ukrainian membership in the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA, UNOPS will be to improve the efficiency of the operational activities of the UN development system, to provide assistance to member states for economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic,” the Foreign Ministry said.
They add that Ukraine is one of the thirty countries on whose territory major projects are being implemented with the support of the UN.
“Our state is especially interested in the UN operational activities being effective and result-oriented, eliminating duplication and avoiding gaps in the interaction of agencies in the host countries,” the message says.
It says that over the next few years, UN agencies in Ukraine will continue to provide assistance to the Ukrainian government in order to overcome the negative consequences in socio-economic sphere amid the spread of the coronavirus.
Other areas of enhanced interaction will be the development of democratic governance, sustainable economic growth, employment, green energy and modern technologies.
“These projects are being implemented within the framework of partnership between the government of Ukraine and the UN for 2018-2022 with a budget of $667 million,” the Foreign Ministry said.
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) was established by UN General Assembly Resolution 64/289 on 2 July 2010.
The goal of UN Women is to accelerate the achievement of the UN goals in the field of gender equality and the empowerment of women, in particular by implementing policies, global standards and norms in this area, providing technical and financial assistance to member states in the implementation of these norms, strengthening effective partnerships with civil society and the like.
The Cabinet of Ministers at an extraordinary meeting on April 19 approved a project to attract a $ 100 million loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) for export-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), the Ministry of Finance said.
“Today, on April 19, 2021, the has government adopted a resolution on some issues of the implementation of the joint investment project with the IBRD on additional financing to counter COVID-19 within the framework of access to long-term financing, the Finance Ministry’s website said.
The additional financing project provides for a loan from the IBRD in the amount of $ 100 million to provide export-oriented SMEs with access to long-term financing, the ministry explained.
The Ministry of Finance notes an increase in demand from potential financial institutions participating in the project amid the coronavirus crisis.
At the same time, the government supported the draft presidential decree on the creation of a Ukrainian delegation to participate in negotiations with the IBRD and authorized the chairman of the board of Ukreximbank to sign the guarantee agreement between Ukraine and the IBRD, the Ministry of Finance said.
