“Does Much Depend on the Knowledge of Protocol and Etiquette?”

12.6.2025

On June 11, the fourth event “Does much depend on the knowledge of protocol and etiquette?” of the cycle “Women in Diplomacy: Challenge or Mission?” took place.

Lecturers of the Department of Political Science and International Relations of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University Olena Mezhenska and Liudmyla Novoskoltseva took part in the event, which is taking place within the framework of the implementation of the project of the Scientific Society for the History of Diplomacy and International Relations “The Female Face of Diplomacy” (author and curator – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Iryna Matiash) in cooperation with the Hanns Seidel Foundation in Ukraine with the support of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Opening remarks: Rostyslav Tronenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Mozambique, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Portuguese Republic (2005-2010), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Federative Republic of Brazil (2012-2021).

Speakers: Oksana Dramaretska, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Mexican States and to Guatemala, Costa Rica, Belize and Panama (part-time); Liudmyla Nedilska, diplomat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (Department of Consular Service, First Territorial Department), consul, acting Consul General of Ukraine in Toronto (2014-2016), associate professor of the Department of Information and Socio-Cultural Activities of the Western Ukrainian National University, candidate of political sciences; Oleh Shamshur, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the USA (2005–2010), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to France (2014–2020), Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UNESCO (2014–2020), Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in 2004-2005; Tetyana Izhevska, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Holy See (2007 – 2020), to the Sovereign Military Order of the Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta part-time (2009 – 2020), Deputy Chairman of the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO.

We sincerely thank the speakers for their incredibly interesting and informative reports. We thank the organizers for the invitation.

Department of Political Science and International Relations