On November 13-15, The Hague hosted the third preparatory meeting on the establishment of an international Claims Commission for Ukraine, during which the Ukrainian delegation presented its position on the future Commission.
Iryna Mudra, Deputy Head of the Office of the President, opened the meeting online and urged participants to accelerate the work on establishing the Commission.
"I express my gratitude to the countries that have supported us on this long journey from the very beginning. The Register of Damage now includes 43 states and the EU. At the same time, I am deeply grateful to the 12 new countries that have recently joined our efforts in the preparatory meetings, standing shoulder to shoulder with us in our fight for justice," she said.
The meeting covered, among other topics, an analysis of the experience of previous compensation commissions and possible options for creating the Claims Commission for Ukraine, as well as the second draft of the Commission's founding document.
"The discussions and conclusions of this meeting mark another important step toward the creation of a comprehensive mechanism for processing compensation claims related to the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine," Iryna Mudra concluded.
The first preparatory meeting was held in July this year, and the second in September. The fourth is scheduled for January 2025. After that, official negotiations to conclude an international agreement on the establishment of the Claims Commission are expected to begin.