EMBASSY SECTIONS
The Executive Office
The Executive Office consists of the Ambassador, Deputy Chief of Mission, and an office staff that handles protocol issues. The Ambassador, assisted closely by the DCM, is responsible for the direction, coordination and supervision of all USG personnel and programs in Ukraine.

Management Section
The Management Section provides services to a dozen agencies represented at the US Misssion in Kyiv. The Management Section maintains the Chancery compound, several annexes, a warehouse, Marine Security Guard house and residential properties. In addition to the Management Counselor there is a Personnel Officer, , a Foreign Service Nurse Practitioner, three General Services Officers, a Facilities Maintenance Specialist, three Information Program Officers, two Community Liaison Officers and local-hire employees.

Consular Section
The Consular Section provides services to both American and Ukrainian citizens.  Through our American Citizen Services unit, we assist Americans living or traveling in Ukraine with a variety of issues. Our Non-Immigrant Visa unit serves Ukrainian citizens applying for a visa to visit, work, or study in the United States. The Consular Section is staffed by American Foreign Service Officers and local-hire Ukrainian nationals, and is committed to ensuring the highest quality of customer service to all of its patrons.

Economic Section
The Economic Section coordinates U.S. economic and trade relations with Ukraine and pursues U.S. policy objectives in the economic sphere. The Economic Section also works closely with Ukrainian officials, international organizations, corporations and private Ukrainian citizens to foster broad-based sustainable economic development in Ukraine through market-based economic reform, improvements in the investment climate and integration into the world economic structures such as the World Trade Organization (WTO).

General Services Office
General Services Office provides a wide range of services to support the U.S.Embassy in Kyiv: acquisition of supplies and services, residential and office building leases, warehousing and property moves, facilities maintenance and building operations, vehicle fleet operations, inbound and outbound shipments.

Office of Defense Cooperation
The Office of Defense Cooperation works with the Ukraine's Ministry of Defense to provide military equipment and training to support the modernization of Ukraine's military. They also do humanitarian work.

Political Section
The Political Section's top priorities are to support and strengthen U.S.-Ukrainian bilateral ties, to support Ukraine's integration into Europe and Euro-Atlantic structures, to work with Ukraine on nonproliferation and arms control issues, and to promote the democratization of Ukrainian society. The Political Section helps organize and facilitate high-level bilateral meetings and negotiations in support of these goals. It reports on issues affecting the bilateral relationship, as well as on domestic political events, including democratic practices, labor and human rights.

Public Affairs Section (PAS)
The Public Affairs Section, comprised of a press section and a cultural section, oversees one of the largest State Department public diplomacy programs in world. In order to promote democracy, a market economy and Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration, the Public Affairs Section places special emphasis on international exchange and training programs for the next generation of Ukrainians. Since independence, more than 10,000 Ukrainian citizens have traveled to the United States on State Department-funded exchange and training programs. These programs include the Fulbright and International Visitor programs. The press section works with local and international media, arranging press conferences, briefings and interviews. Through the Media Development Fund, the press section also supports independent media. An Information Resource Center provides information about the United States to embassy contacts. PAS also coordinates grant activities of the Democracy Commission and oversees Window on America Centers and the Library Electronic Access Project.

Regional Security Office (RSO)
The Regional Security Office is responsible for the security of Embassy and mission personnel. The office also issues periodic safety and crime reports for Kyiv and Ukraine that will be of interest to all American citizens living or traveling here. Questions concerning crimes against American citizens should be addressed to this office.

Law Enforcement Section (LES)
The Law Enforcement Section provides information on legal issues regarding U.S. - Ukraine cooperation and activities against international crime.

OTHER MISSION AGENCIES
Defense Attache Office
The Defense Attache Office communicates on official levels with the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and members of its military. In past years, the Defense Attache Office has sponsored a number of exercises with Ukraine's military forces.

Defense Threat Reduction Office
The Defense Threat Reduction Office-Kyiv, a forward element of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), is the focal point for the implementation of Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction programs and arms control treaty inspections and monitoring in Ukraine.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the primary law enforcement agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. The FBI's mission is to protect and defend the United States while protecting the rights of citizens guaranteed by the United States Constitution. The FBI's focus is the prevention of terrorist acts against United States' citizens and the investigation of violations of federal law.

Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is the official representative of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). FAS represents the diverse interests of U.S. companies abroad. It also collects, analyzes, and disseminates information about global supply and demand, trade trends, and emerging market opportunities.

The US and Foreign Commercial Service (FCS)
The US and Foreign Commercial Service in Kyiv is concerned with issues involving business information, marketing for U.S. and Ukrainian firms, and business development programs. FCS provides assistance and information to U.S. companies seeking U.S. trade and investment opportunities in Ukraine. FCS provides information about market needs, opportunities and contacts, and actively tries to ensure that U.S. business can compete on a level playing field and that Ukraine's markets are transparent and fair. FCS assists through government-to-government negotiations and advocacy on trade disputes.

Peace Corps
The goal of the Peace Corps program is to enable Ukrainians, Ukrainian organizations, and Ukrainian institutions to learn from Western business and environmental practices, and to develop the language skills necessary for full participation in the global community of nations. More than two hundred Volunteers are promoting sustainable development through their activities in education, business development, and environmental protection. Peace Corps Volunteers serve in over 70 cities, in every oblast in Ukraine. http://www.pcukraine.org

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Since 1992, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova has been working to assist the region in its transition to a broad-based, market-oriented democracy.  While each of these countries' developmental challenges are unique, the Mission's programs are broadly focused on the areas of democracy and governance, economic growth, and social assistance. USAID/Kyiv has worked with government, non-governmental organizations, and implementing partners to further the processes of democratic development, economic restructuring and social sector reform in the region. http://ukraine.usaid.gov