KIEV, Nov. 9 ??“ The Millennium Challenge Corporation ( MCC ), a U.S. Government corporation designed to work with some of the poorest countries in the world, has selected Ukraine as an eligible country to take part in the Millennium Challenge Account program (MCA) in 2007 fiscal year, the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States reported on Thursday.

The Board of Directors of the MCC selected at its meeting on Nov. 8 three new countries, including Moldova , Jordan , and Ukraine , to join the 22 nations now eligible for development assistance from the MCA.