Впр. 12 Слободян 461 Article 15
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Article 15
Social life in Ukraine is based on the principles of political, economic and ideological diversity.
No ideology can be recognized by the state as mandatory. Censorship is prohibited. The state guarantees
freedom of political activity not prohibited by the constitution and laws of Ukraine.
Article 16
Ensuring ecological security and maintaining ecological balance on the territory of Ukraine, overcoming the
consequences of the Chernobyl disaster — a catastrophe of a planetary scale, preserving the gene pool of the
Ukrainian people is the duty of the state.
Article 17
Protecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, ensuring its economic and informational
security are the most important functions of the state and the business of the entire Ukrainian people.
Defense of Ukraine, protection of its sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability rely on the armed
forces of Ukraine.
The provision of state security and the protection of the state border of Ukraine rely on the relevant military
formations and law enforcement agencies of the state, the organization and procedure of which are
determined by law.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations cannot be used to limit the rights and freedoms
of citizens or to overthrow the constitutional system, remove authorities or obstruct their activities.
The state provides social protection for citizens of Ukraine serving in the armed forces of Ukraine and other
military formations, as well as their family members.
The creation and operation of any armed formations not provided for by law are prohibited on the territory of
Ukraine.
The location of foreign military bases is not allowed on the territory of Ukraine.
Article 18
Ukraine's foreign policy activities are aimed at ensuring national interests and security by maintaining
peaceful and mutually beneficial cooperation with members of the international community and generally
recognized principles and norms of international law.
Article 19
the legal order in Ukraine is based on principles according to which no one can be forced to do what is not
provided for by law.
State authorities and local self-government bodies and their officials are obliged to act only on the basis
within the limits of authority and in the manner provided by the constitution and laws of Ukraine.
Article 20
The national symbols of Ukraine are the national flag of Ukraine, the national coat of arms of Ukraine and
the national anthem of Ukraine.
The national flag of Ukraine is a flag made of two equal-sized horizontal stripes of blue and yellow colors.
The large state coat of arms of Ukraine is established taking into account the small state coat of arms of
Ukraine and the coat of arms of the Zaporozhian army by a law adopted by at least two-thirds of the
constitutional composition of the Supreme Council of Ukraine. The main element of the great state coat of
arms of Ukraine is the sign of the princely state of Volodymyr the Great, that is, the small state coat of arms
of Ukraine. The national anthem of Ukraine is a national anthem to the music of Mykhailo Verbytskyi with
words approved by law, which is adopted by at least two-thirds of the constitutional composition of the
Supreme Council of Ukraine.