Recommendation #1: That the Ambassador make representations to President
Yushchenko regarding the need for a comprehensive strategy or concept for judicial
reform, the desirability of putting this in place sooner, rather than after the parliamentary
elections, and the US interest in supporting the speedy development of the National
Commission for Strengthening Democracy and Rule of Law as the most appropriate
vehicle for this purpose. ( NB: This recommendation has already been conveyed to
Ambassador Herbst during the team’s exit briefing April 25, at which were Mission
Director Crowley, Mike Scanlan, Necia Quast, and several others. Crowley and Scanlan
supported the recommendation.)