«LIHA:ZAKON» as a Universal Information and Legal System for Refl ecting Ukraine’s Cooperation in International Organizations

• Main Authors: Dudnik Oleksandr, Kolesnichenko Alina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian; Ukrainian
• Published: Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine 2020
• Subjects: «liha: zakon» information retrieval system; international organizations; legislative documents; international agreements; court decisions; euro-atlantic direction; Bibliography. Library science. Information resources; Z; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/e57c4a614797404cb7df6e9116a70f84

The article shows the years of the most fruitful cooperation of the highest authorities and officials of Ukraine with global and regional international organizations: the European Union (EU), the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO), Organization United Nations (UN), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Council of Europe (CE). Cooperation with these international organizations contributes to implementation by Ukraine its foreign policy priority direction - Euro-Atlantic integration. In addition, participation or cooperation with some of these organizations helps Ukraine to assert its state sovereignty, carry out economic and political reforms. To achieve this goal, the «LIHA: ZAKON» information and search system was used. Using the system «LIHA: ZAKON» allows evaluating the official activity of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the Ukrainian authorities at any time. The information system of the search «LIHA: ZAKON» allows to trace the history of participation of Ukraine or its cooperation with leading international organizations of global and regional cha- racter and concluding both bilateral and multilateral agreements with them. So, it was found out that the most effective cooperation of the highest authorities of Ukraine with international organizations in the implementation of priority directions of foreign and domestic policy of Ukraine took place in 2014-2019. The Ukraine’s cooperation with the North-Atlantic Alliance in 2005-2010 is a separate exception. At the same time, the analysis shows that during the entire period of its independence, Ukraine has approved just several decisions of courts related to the legal framework of Ukraine’s cooperation with mentioned international organizations.