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Sir Elton John today delivered a keynote speech at the 12th YES Annual Meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine about the role of business in promoting human rights. He told a packed audience of business leaders and politicians: “I want to talk about the important role the business community can play in creating a new paradigm of inclusion -- one that benefits individuals personally and society at large, and one that is also uniquely good for business”.

Most Ukrainians and international delegates of the 12th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting agree that Ukraine should resolve the situation around Crimea, which was annexed by Russia, and the conflict-torn east of the country through negotiations, according to the results of an interactive survey conducted during the forum.

Reforms in Ukraine must include government leadership’s continuous engagement and communication with the public; otherwise they will not hold out against populism, a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, Ivan Mikloš, said at the 12th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting, today in Kyiv.

The second day of the 12^th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting began with a discussion about Ukraine’s progress on reforms and outlook, featuring Arseniy Yatsenyuk, prime minister of Ukraine, and moderated by Stephen Sackur, presenter of HARDtalk, BBC World News.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has driven himself into a political trap and, when it comes to Donbas, the only choice he has is to sacrifice himself for Russia and the world, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said today at the 12th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting.

Ukraine requires greater international support, Donald J. Trump, chairman and president of The Trump Organization, said during a satellite television link interview, during which he discussed new Ukraine's impact on Europe and the world, with delegates of the 12th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting in Kiev on Friday 11 September.

The renowned French author and media personality Bernard-Henri Lévy joined a panel entitled “Truth Today. Information, Narratives, Media, Propaganda,” and spoke of his belief that Russia is promoting a number of myths about Ukraine.

In an open and robust discussion about the role of Russian media in shaping the perception of Ukraine, Peter Pomeranzev, senior fellow of the Transitions Forum, Legatum Institute, described “Russian propaganda media” as perpetuating the image of a "terrible Ukraine," today at the 12th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting in Kyiv.

The Ukrainian citizens are working to build a free country despite the great threat to its territorial integrity, Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States, said in a video address to the delegates of the 12th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting today in Kyiv.