LCOI-Reviews, 2012, No. 08
On the Fundamentals of National Security of Ukraine Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; Law from 19.06.2003 â„– 964-IV http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/anot/en/964-15 The Law of Ukraine On the Fundamentals of National Security of Ukraine Date of Entry into Force: July 22, 2003 The Law defines the fundamentals of state policy aimed at protection of national interests and guarantee in Ukraine of safety of an individual, society and state from external and internal threats in all spheres of vital activity. Pursuant to this Law, the President of Ukraine develops and approves the Strategy of National Security of Ukraine and Military Doctrine of Ukraine. These documents shall be obligatory for fulfillment. The objects of national security are: - an individual and a citizen - their constitutional rights and freedoms; - the society - its spiritual, moral ethic, cultural, historical, intellectual and material values, informational medium and environment, as well as natural resources; - the state - its constitutional order, sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability. The priorities of Ukraine's national interests are as follows: - guaranteeing of constitutional rights and freedoms of an individual and a citizen: - development of civil society, its democratic institutions; - protection of state sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of the state borders, nonadmission of interference in the internal affairs of Ukraine; - strengthening of political and social stability in the society; - ensuring of development and functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state language in all spheres of public life on the whole territory of Ukraine; - other. The Law contains the list of types of threats to the national interests and national security of Ukraine and basic directions of state policy aimed at minimization of these negative factors in the spheres of: - external policy; - state security; - military and security of the state border of Ukraine; - internal policy; - economy; - social and humanitarian areas; - science and technology; - ecology; - information. Norms of the Law inscribe authorities and basic functions of the President of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine; the National Bank of Ukraine; the ministries, the Security Service of Ukraine; the local state administrations and bodies of local self-government aimed at ensuring of national security.
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