The EU Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM) was established in November 2005 at the joint request of the Presidents of Moldova and Ukraine, to assist with the modernization of management of their common border in accordance with European standards, and to help in the search for a resolution to the “frozen conflict” over the separatist Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova. (The region declared its independence in 1990, and armed conflict took place in 1992. International efforts to achieve a negotiated resolution to the conflict have so far not been successful.) >>>

The Mission’s staff is over 200, including around 120 customs and border experts from EU member states, assisted by Moldovan and Ukrainian nationals. The Mission is entirely funded by the European Union, initially from the Rapid Reaction Mechanism, then through the European Commission’s TACIS programme, and currently from its European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI). A significant contribution is made by more than 20 individual EU Member States, which second their experts directly to the Mission to work at the border. UNDP is the Mission’s implementing partner, providing administrative and logistical back-up. >>>

April Fool's Day 01.04.

EUBAM HQ celebrates Odesa's Day of Humour and April Fool's Day on 1 April >>>

Visit of the Hungarian Customs and Finance Guards 31.03.

A delegation of the Hungarian Customs and Finance Guards is paying a working visit to the EU Border Assistance Mission on 30-31 March 2008. The delegation is led by Lt. Gen. Janos Nagy Dr, Commissioner of the Customs and Finance Guard of Hungary. >>>

Visit by UN Assistant Secretary-General 29.03.

Kori Udovički, Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, Assistant Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Regional Director for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), visited Moldova on 26-28 March. >>>