Ukrainian govt proposes quitting CIS agreements on cooperation in fighting human trafficking, car thefts

MOSCOW. July 17 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian government has asked the parliament to endorse the country's withdrawal from Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) agreements on cooperation in fighting trafficking in humans and human organs and tissues and in cracking down on vehicle thefts.

The government adopted this decision at its meeting on Friday, Ukrainian media said, citing the government's representative to the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnichuk.

In particular, a bill titled "On withdrawal from some international treaties concluded within the Commonwealth of Independent States" has been approved.

The bill paves the way for Ukraine's departure from the CIS agreement on cooperation in countering trafficking in humans and human organs and tissues and the CIS agreement on cooperation to crack down on thefts of vehicles and to ensure their return. Both documents were signed in Moscow on November 25, 2005.