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The Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine[1]

The Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine was established by the Presidential Decree in July 1992 as an advisory body in the system of state executive power under the President of Ukraine.

The Constitution of Ukraine of 1996 established a new state body – the Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine that inherited the functions of former Council of Defense and Council of National Security. Secondly, the Constitution determined the principle tasks of this body – coordination and control of the state bodies of executive power activity in the sphere of national security and defense.

Currently, the Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine is a specialized state body with constitutional status which is an integral part of the presidential power and is supposed to ensure one of the most important constitutional functions of the President – state independence and national security of the state.