UN General Assembly
2008

country possessing the best black-earth soil in the world, Ukraine is going to contribute tangibly to the common work on solving the global food crisis. We plan to consolidate all possible efforts to realize an effective and just energy policy. The principles that should be implemented are mutual benefit, the continuous fulfilment of obligations and the inadmissibility of any energy pressure. We reinforce our call for more active global cooperation in the sphere of the environment. Ukraine puts forward an initiative to develop a binding framework agreement — a World Environmental Constitution — and to establish a single-structure system for ecological and environmental protection, 08-51749 6 with relevant authority and mechanisms in the United Nations. We plan to revitalize efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS and other dangerous diseases. This problem remains highly topical for Ukraine. Undoubtedly, Ukraine will continue to keep an eye on the whole range of common tasks and challenges, from poverty problems to trafficking in human beings, international terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The line we follow is clear. Our policy is based