KIEV, July 31 - UEFA President Michel Platini urged the international community on Thursday to back Ukraine and Poland in organizing Euro 2012 despite doubts the ex-communist states, especially Ukraine, are able to do so, Reuters reported.

Platini, quoted by the Ukrinform news agency while visiting Italy, said such public support was vital "in order to implement the democratic decision made by the UEFA executive committee to hold Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine".