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Closing ceremony for elimination of 1000 MANPADS near the town of Shostka Sumy Oblast, September 20, 2006

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	On the way to MANPAD destruction location near Shostka, Ambassador Taylor (center) and other memebers of the diplomatic observation team arrived by Ukrainian military helicopter to Konotop, Sumy Oblast
	Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Volodymyr Tereshchenko (first from left) welcomes Ambassador Taylor (third from right), Swiss Ambassador Christian Faessler (first from right), Head of NATO Maintenence and Supply Agency's (NAMSA) Project Office in Ukraine Steve Brown (fourth from right)and other delegation members at a defense site near Shostka. Mayor of Shostka Mykola Noha (second from left) watches on. NAMSA Office Administrative Assistant Tetyana Shlapak (center) interprets.
	Deputy Minister Tereshchenko (first from left) explains details of the project to the guests. Right to left in the front are Swiss Ambassador Christian Faessler, U.S. Ambassador William Taylor, Tetyana Shlapak of NAMSA Office, Shostka Mayor Mykola Noha, and Sumy Oblast Governor Nina Harkava.
	Deputy Minister Tereshchenko (first from right) displays MANPADS prepared for destruction through explosion -- tied in pairs with explosive attached
	The last two of 1000 MANPADS to be eliminated delivered to the explosion spot.
	Ambassador Taylor operates electric circiut to explode the last MANPADS