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<p>The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has established an
expert group on language policy issues to study problem issues in the
implementation of public policy in this sphere.</p>
<p>The corresponding decision was made at a government meeting on Wednesday, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reported.</p>
<p>The Expert Group on Language Policy is a temporary advisory
body under the Cabinet, which is created to study problem issues related
to the implementation of the state language policy.</p>
<p>The main tasks of this expert group are: conducting a
comprehensive analysis of modern language policy and cultural policy,
defining mechanisms for monitoring the language and cultural situation
on an ongoing basis; preparation of proposals on the solution of
problems connected with language policy.</p>
<p>The deputy premier was appointed as the head of the expert
council, the minister of culture - the first deputy head, the deputy
minister of culture - the deputy head, the director-general of the
directorate of the language policy of the Culture Ministry - its
secretary. Deputy ministers of education and science, youth and sport,
foreign affairs and finance, as well as heads and deputy heads of other
institutions and central executive bodies are also included in the
group.</p></div>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div></div>