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ARTICLE 19GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR FREE EXPRESSION) Aarhus Convention Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (1998)BYTBloc of Yulia TymoshenkoCivil Defence Institute All-Ukrainian Research Institute “Civil Defence of the Population andTerritories from Technogenic and Natural Emergency” (part of the Ministryof Emergencies of Ukraine)ChornobylUkrainian transliteration for ‘Chernobyl’CPJCommittee to Protect JournalistsECHREuropean Convention on Human RightsEIAEnvironmental Impact AssessmentEIA LawLaw on Environmental Impact AssessmentEUEuropean UnionhryvniaUkrainian currency (1 Ukrainian hryvnia = approximately US$0.2)IAEAInternational Atomic Energy AgencyICCPRInternational Covenant on Civil and Political RightsKHPGKharkiv Group for Human Rights ProtectionKiev Protocol Kiev Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer RegistersKyivUkrainian transliteration for ‘Kiev’LANLocal Area NetworksMEPMinistry of Environmental Protection (of Ukraine)NGONon-governmental OrganisationoblastProvinceOSCEOrganization for Security and Co-operation in EuropePACEParliamentary Assembly of the Council of EuropeRio Declaration Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992)UNUnited NationsUNDPUN Development ProgrammeUSSRUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics (or Soviet Union)Verkhovna Rada Ukraine’s ParliamentWHOWorld Health OrganizationFor Internal Use Only. Is Post-Chornobyl Ukraine Ready for Access to Environmental Information?ARTICLE 19, London, 2007(