31 Mar. 2004

NATO-Ukraine 2004 Target Plan online Key texts 31/03/04 NATO-Ukraine 2004 Target Plan in the Framework of the NATO-Ukraine Action Plan (.PDF/469KB) 22/11/03 - Prague NATO-Ukraine Action Plan Background NATO-Ukraine partnership The NATO-Ukraine Annual Target Plan for 2004 was approved on 22 March and has now been published online on the NATO website in English and Ukrainian. The Target Plan outlines activities that Ukraine plans to undertake in 2004 in working towards the objectives of the NATO-Ukraine Action Plan as well as joint NATO-Ukraine activities foreseen for the year. During negotiations of the 2004 Target Plan, the Allies delivered a strong message to Ukraine about the need to ensure free and fair elections and freedom of the media. This is the second Annual Target Plan to have been agreed in the framework of the NATO-Ukraine Action Plan, which was adopted at Prague in November 2002. The purpose of this Action Plan is to identify clearly Ukraine's strategic objectives and priorities in pursuit of its Euro-Atlantic integration aspirations, and to provide a strategic framework for existing and future NATO-Ukraine cooperation. It sets out jointly agreed principles and objectives, covering political and economic issues; information issues; security, defence and military issues; information protection and security; and legal issues.