UN General Assembly
2011

We also welcome the holding of the high-level meeting on nuclear safety and security, scheduled for tomorrow. We are committed to jointly working further on this issue. Our country has unique experience in the rehabilitation of the area and the population victimized by the Chernobyl disaster. We are ready to share this experience. Ukraine consistently supports efforts to ensure gradual and irreversible nuclear disarmament for the purpose of completely eliminating nuclear weapons from the world. We continue to insist that security assurances for non-nuclear and non-aligned States should be enshrined in a legally binding international instrument. I urge the leaders of other States to consciously follow the example of Ukraine and its practical actions to promote disarmament and non-proliferation. Ukraine is actively participating in United Nations efforts to maintain international peace and security. Throughout its 20 years of independence, over 34,000 Ukraine’s soldiers and police have taken part in peacekeeping missions in more than 20 operations under the United Nations mandate. Ukraine is a dedicated supporter of United Nations peacekeeping reform, the goal of which is to strengthen the