СИСТЕМА КОНТРОЛЮ НАД ОЗБРОЄННЯМ В УКРАЇНІ: ВЕРИФІКАЦІЯ ДОГОВОРНОЇ БАЗИ

Abstract

This scientific article reveals the issue of verification activities of state authorities of Ukraine on agreements in the field of arms control in Ukraine. The example of the Verification Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shows the existing organizational and legal framework for the implementation of a set of measures related to the verification of the architecture of European and national security in the Ukrainian reality. It is noted that the main tasks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as the main state structure in the field of verification activities – is compliance with certain restrictions for certain types of weapons and military equipment in quantitative and qualitative terms, preparation and transmission of current and annual exchange information provided by international treaties and agreements. places of inspections on the territory of Ukraine, providing support for foreign inspection teams on the territory of Ukraine, as well as monitoring the implementation by member states of obligations under international treaties and agreements, by conducting control measures, etc.It is stated that in line with the studied problems, an important role is assigned to regional verification structures – Centers for ensuring the implementation of arms reduction agreements, which receive and send foreign inspection teams at certain points of entry / exit, accompany foreign inspection teams in areas of responsibility, collect, process and provide the Verification Office with data on the availability and movement of military equipment and armaments, as well as other information provided by international agreements in the field of arms control, etc. Attention is paid to the specific nature of arms control and it is proposed to increase the efficiency of their functioning in the current conditions of state management of national security. It is concluded that the appropriate regulatory framework in the field of security and arms control, established within domestic legislation, the system of organizational structures of Ukraine, designed for the practical implementation of measures to control arms, both in Ukraine and abroad, as well as the established procedure for interaction of state bodies of central executive power, form the basis of verification activities in Ukraine and in general are able to ensure control over the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine provisions of international treaties and agreements in the field of arms control.