| Type: | Committee |
| Nativename: | Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Environmental Policy, Nature Resources Utilization and Elimination of the Consequences of Chornobyl Catastrophe |
| Jurisdiction: | Ukraine |
| Employees: | 15 deputies[1] |
| Chief1 Name: | vacant (since March 2016) |
| Chief1 Position: | Chairman |
The Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Environmental Policy, Nature Resources Utilization and Elimination of the Consequences of Chornobyl Catastrophe (Ukrainian: Комітет з питань екологічної політики, природокористування та ліквідації наслідків Чорнобильської катастрофи, Ukrainian: Komitet Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy z pytan’ ekolohichnoi polityky, pryrodokorystuvannia ta likvidatsii naslidkiv Chornobyl’s’koi katastrofy) is a standing committee of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's unicameral parliament. The committee consists of 15 people's deputies in the parliament's 8th convocation.[2] Its entire composition was approved on December 4, 2014.
Legislative development of the environmental policy of the Ukrainian state began on July 16, 1990, with the adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine. The Declaration states that the Ukrainian state independently establishes the procedure for organizing nature protection on the territory of the Republic and the procedure for using natural resources, has its own national commission for radiation protection, has the right to prohibit construction and cease operation of any enterprises, institutions, organizations and other facilities.[3]
Officially the Committee was created on June 28, 1990 during the twelfth convocation of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (first convocation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine) as the "Permanent Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR on issues of ecology and sustainable use of natural resources" (Ukrainian: Комісія у питаннях екології та раціонального природокористування).[4] At the time, the commission of the Verkhovna Rada on issues of the Chornobyl disaster was a separate commission, which was merged with the commission on issues of ecology during the parliament's third convocation.
In June 1992, at the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 155 states, including Ukraine, signed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ratified this Convention on October 29, 1996.
Currently, Ukraine is a party to 20 global and regional environmental conventions and 5 additional protocols and amendments to the convention.
On December 4, 2014, the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on issues of ecological policy's composition was approved by the Verkhovna Rada. Its presidium consists of five deputies:[1]
| Office | MP | Since | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Post vacant[5] | |||
| First Deputy Chairman | Anatoliy Dyriv | People's Front | ||
| Deputy Chairman | Oleksiy Lenskyi | Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko | ||
| Deputy Chairman | Oleh Nedava | Petro Poroshenko Bloc | ||
| Secretary | Ostap Yednak | Self Reliance | ||
The Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on issues of ecological policy's scope is recognized as follows:[6]
The Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on issues of ecological policy consists of the following subcommittees:[7]