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Launch of Intellectual Property Enforcement Cooperation Group Kyiv, February 28, 2006

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	Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Education and Science Borys Zhebrovskiy opens the first session of the intellectual property Enforcement Cooperation Group (ECG). He is joined by Mykola Paladiy Chairman of the State Department of Intellectual Property (SDIP) on his left and Volodymyr Zharov, First Deputy Chairman of SDIP on his right
	The U.S. Embassy delegation listens to Deputy Minister Zhebrovskiy's remarks. From left to right at the table: Deputy Economic Counselor JP Schutte, Deputy Chief of Mission Sheila Gwaltney, Economic Officer Nicole Weber, Economic Assistant Valentyna Sizaya, and Economic Intern Richard Murad
	The U.S. Embassy's Deputy Economic Counselor Schutte explains that the ECG will not only allow the U.S. Government to gather intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement information as required under U.S. trade law, but is also meant to be a forum for industry representatives to address IPR protection issues of concern to them. Mr. Stefan Krawczyk of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is seated to Mr. Schutte's far right
	The U.S. Embassy's Deputy Economic Counselor Schutte and Chairman of Ukraine's State Department of Intellectual Property Paladiy seal their agreement to cooperate with a handshake