Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree on marking the Day of Dignity and Freedom, celebrated on November 21.
According to the decree of September 30, the Cabinet of Ministers should create in a ten-day period the organizational committee for preparing and marking the Day of Dignity and Freedom in 2017, appointing the prime minister and the head of the presidential administration as co-chairs of the committee.
The government should work out and implement a plan of measures to celebrate the Day of Dignity and Freedom this year. It should ensure the holding in Kyiv and other populated centers on November 21 of memorial and cultural events involving representatives of executive authorities, local government agencies, the clergy, participants in revolutionary events in Ukraine in 2004, 2013-2014, as well as participants in the anti-terrorist operation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
In addition, the Cabinet of Ministers was obliged to organize exhibitions, information events and meetings with active participants of revolutionary events and ATO participants at military units, educational and other institutions for children and young people. The government should also ensure broad coverage of events, and broadcasting of thematic television and radio programs.
The Ukrainian Interior Ministry, the Security Service of Ukraine, as well as regional and Kyiv city state administrations, were instructed to take measures to ensure public safety and order during the celebration of the Day of Dignity and Freedom.
The decree comes into force on the day it was published.
The Day of Dignity and Freedom is celebrated in Ukraine every year on November 21 in honor of the beginning of two revolutions – the Orange Revolution (2004) and the Dignity Revolution (2013-2014).
