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http://news-centre.uwinnipeg.ca/all-posts/axworthy-joins-internaitonal-mission-to-ukraine/
UWinnipeg sends two senior executives to assist with pre-election assessments
WINNIPEG, MB – Dr. Lloyd Axworthy is honoured to be an official delegate with the respected Washington-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) which is fielding a pre-election assessment mission for the May 25 presidential election in Ukraine. The mission will be in Ukraine fromMonday, April 7 to Friday, April 11, 2014, to demonstrate the interest of the international community in the development of the country’s democratic political process and offer an impartial assessment of the political environment.
Members of the delegation are Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, president and vice-chancellor of The University of Winnipeg and former Canadian minister of foreign affairs; Edward “Ted” Kaufman, former U.S. senator from Delaware; Tom Andrews, former U.S. representative from Maine and president and CEO of United to End Genocide; Matyas Eorsi, former member of parliament from Hungary and former member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; Nadia Diuk, vice president of programs for Europe, Eurasia, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean for the National Endowment for Democracy; Andrew Bruce, executive director of Electoral Reform International Services; Laura Jewett, NDI regional director for Eurasia; and Catherine Cecil, resident director for NDI in Ukraine.
