The Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (hereinafter referred to as the Global Partnership or GP) was established at the Group of Eight («G-8») Heads of State and Government Summit in June 2002 in Kananaskis, Canada.

The Initiative envisages the development of bilateral and multilateral cooperation in countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related materials, in particular: destruction of chemical weapons, dismantling of nuclear submarines, ensuring nuclear and radiological safety, minimizing stockpiles of dangerous biological pathogens and toxins, and employment of scientists who were involved in the development of WMD in research institutions for the needs of the peaceful economy of the state.

It was initially designed to last for 10 years, during which donor states planned to allocate about USD 35 billion to implement relevant projects. In addition to the «G-8» countries, the donor states of the Global Partnership are Australia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Ireland, Switzerland, Hungary, the Republic of Korea, Japan, as well as the IAEA and the European Commission.

Following the meeting of the Working Group of States Parties to the Global Partnership held in January 2011 in Paris, the participating states agreed on the expediency of extending the term of the Initiative beyond 2012 and expanding its geographical scope.

Ukraine joined the Initiative as a recipient state in 2004 and uses this international platform to discuss substantive areas of expanding international cooperation in the field of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and to promote relevant project proposals aimed at strengthening CBRN security and defence in Ukraine.

In response to Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the «G-8» member states suspended Moscow's participation in this format, abandoning all joint activities with Russia since 2014, both at the highest and expert levels. In particular, in order to support Ukraine and isolate Moscow, these states boycotted the «G-8» summit scheduled for June 2014 in Sochi (Russia) and held a meeting in the «G-7» format in Brussels instead.

The following steps in support of Ukraine were the transfer, on the proposal of the United States, from Irkutsk (Russia) to London (UK) of the next meeting of the «G-7» member states on the GP line (June 2014), as well as additional attention to Ukraine through the meeting in the G-7 + Ukraine format held on the eve of the above-mentioned meeting.

Within the framework of the Global Partnership, Ukraine is implementing projects to ensure physical protection of radioactive materials and strengthen the capabilities of our state to detect and prevent illegal movement of nuclear materials at the state border crossings of Ukraine. Important areas of cooperation within the framework of the GP are also strengthening chemical and biological safety and security in Ukraine.

Ukraine participates in regular meetings of the Working Group of the Global Partnership Member States held in the country that holds the presidency of the Group of Seven. These events address the status of project funding and implementation, as well as the submission of new project proposals to donor countries.

Maintenance of cybersecurity remains a priority issue in the range of activities to counter modern threats and challenges to the national security of Ukraine given the rapid pace of global processes of computerization and digitalization.

Ukraine attaches great importance to its international cooperation in the field of cybersecurity, being actively engaged in various international collective efforts aimed at strengthening of the international cybersecurity at national and international levels.

In accordance with the Cyber Security Strategy of Ukraine, approved by the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated 26 August 2021 No. 447/2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Ukraine coordinates interaction with international partners in the field of ensuring the national cyber security.

Such international cooperation of Ukraine is aimed to promote its partnership relationships and participation in the development of joint measures in response to cyberattacks and cybersecurity crises. Within the framework of this cooperation, the exchange of information, sharing valuable experience and best practices, conducting joint cyber operations and investigations of international cybercrimes, as well as regular cyber training etc., are conducted.

To fulfill the Cyber Security Strategy of Ukraine, the MFA of Ukraine has conducted several bilateral interdepartmental consultations with the country’s partner-states for the first time in recent years. The consultations were held to enhance interaction in the field of cyber security and improve the experience in responding to modern threats and challenges with such partner states as Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Finland, the US, Germany, the UK, Estonia, and the Netherlands. On 29 September 2022, Ukraine and the European Union held their second round of Cyber Security Dialogue.

To strengthen the resilience of national critical infrastructure, Ukraine is broadly engaged in international cooperation on responding to cyber incidents, while enjoying access to global leading-edge practices and modern counteraction patterns. The development of international cooperation in the field of cyber security and regular participation in international confidence-building events in cyberspace strengthen Ukraine's capabilities in this field.

Ukraine is heavily involved in activities of numerous authoritative international organizations, associations and initiatives engaged in the joint elaboration of rules of conduct in cyberspace and the improvement of the respective international legal framework.

As the UN founding Member State and the OSCE participating State, Ukraine contributes to the activities of a number of cyber security working bodies of these organizations. Ukraine closely cooperates with European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA). Ukraine is also a member to Central and Eastern Europe Cybersecurity Initiative (CEECI) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).  On 16 May 2023, the national flag of Ukraine was raised at the headquarters of NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn as a sign of Ukraine’s official accession to this institution.

As a participant in international collective efforts in the field of combating terrorism, Ukraine is a party to all basic international conventions and protocols regulating various aspects of anti-terrorist activities. The Government of Ukraine signed more than 160 interstate and intergovernmental agreements and protocols in this area.

For Ukraine, terrorism as a shameful, criminal and inhumane phenomenon is politically unacceptable in all its forms and manifestations regardless of the reasons and motives of its use.

As of today, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ratified the European Convention on the Fight against Terrorism (1997), the International Convention on the Fight against Bomb Terrorism (1997), the International Convention on the Fight against the Financing of Terrorism (1999), the International Convention on the Fight against Acts of nuclear terrorism (2005) and other international acts.

Among the key normative legal acts of Ukraine in the field of combating terrorism are the Law of Ukraine "On Sanctions" of 2014, the Law of Ukraine "On Prevention and Counteraction of Legalization (Laundering) of Proceeds of Crime, Financing of Terrorism and Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction" of 2019 , the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine "On the application of personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions)" and other regulatory documents.

Ukraine actively cooperates with international anti-terrorist structures, in particular with the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the UN Security Council, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the OSCE Counter-Terrorism Network, the Committee of Experts of the Council of Europe on Combating Terrorism, etc. Ukraine is also a member of the Global Coalition to Fight ISIS/Daesh.

The purpose of such international cooperation is the exchange of world experience and best practices in the relevant field, improvement of the national system of combating terrorism, participation in joint anti-terrorist measures with partners, peacekeeping missions and naval operations.

Terrorist activity is one of the threats to the national security of Ukraine. Today, the main source of the terrorist threat to Ukraine is the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, which has been ongoing since 2014. Such terrorist acts by the Russian Federation, which is recognized as a terrorist state in several dozen countries and international organizations, include the creation in 2014 and the maintenance of illegal armed formations in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine - the so-called "Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics", the use of Wagner's private military company - an internationally recognized criminal and terrorist organization, etc.

Since the beginning of the large-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Russia has resorted to various acts of terrorism. The aggressor state systematically commits crimes against the civilian population of Ukraine and Ukrainian prisoners of war in violation of the norms of international humanitarian law, carrying out regular massive airstrikes on critical civilian infrastructure with the aim of creating a humanitarian crisis, using acts of nuclear terrorism and nuclear blackmail.

The Russian nuclear blackmail is evidenced by the documented shelling of Ukraine's nuclear energy facilities, as well as the seizure of the Chornobyl and Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plants. The occupiers have deliberately turned the Zaporizhzhya NPP into a powerful military base and use it as a human shield for Russian militants with the aim of shelling the Ukrainian civilian population with impunity.

The destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam on 6 June 2023 is the extreme manifestation of Russian terrorist activity. The committed act of ecocide is equated to a war crime, as a result of which about 16,000 people and 80 settlements were found in the disaster zone, and about 880,000 people lost access to centralized water supply. Most of the affected people are on the left bank of the Dnipro River, access to which is blocked by the occupiers even for international humanitarian missions.

Ukraine, which continues to suffer all negative consequences of the terrorist activities of the Russian Federation, will continue to strongly support all international measures aimed at eliminating any sources and forms of terrorism as a global threat to humanity.