8) Sovereignty and independence declarations.

Independence declarations.

At the beginning of December, 1991 leaders of three republics: Russia - B. Yeltsin, Ukraine L.Kravchuk and Belarus – S. Shushkevich signed the Belovezhsky agreement on denunciation of the allied contract of 1922. Actually disintegration of the USSR was legally issued.

December 10, 1991. The Supreme Council made the decision on renaming Kazakh SSR to the Republic of Kazakhstan, and on December 16, 1991 the Supreme Council proclaimed the state independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The new stage in the history of the republic began. Process of the birth of the new state began. The Constitutional Law "About the State Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" of December 16, 1991 became a special stage of this process. Developing key ideas of the Declaration on the state sovereignty, the Constitutional Law unambiguously fixed that the Republic of Kazakhstan from now on builds the relationship with all states on the principles of international law, as well as it befits the independent state. For the first time uniform Kazakhstan nationality was established. The variety of forms of ownership proclaimed the Declaration, the principle of division of the government on legislative, executive and judicial was legalized, and the state course on independent economic system with the financial credit, tax and customs policy was fixed.

For protection of independence and territorial integrity of the Republic of Kazakhstan the Constitutional Law also provided for the first time creation of own Armed forces. In comparison with standards of the Declaration that the supreme body of judicial protection of the Constitution the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan admitted was new.

In essence this Law became the Temporary Constitution of Kazakhstan independence at a legislative stage of formation of its sovereignty de jure since standards of the Constitution Kazakh SSR and other acts admitted 1978 operating in the territory of the Republic as they didn't contradict the Constitutional Law of December 16, 1991. Its contents were directly based on the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1993.

In 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the Republic adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Kazakh ssr

October 25, 1990 the Supreme Soviet of the Republic adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Kazakh SSR.

In the Declaration, along with confirmation of the intentions of the republic enter on an equal basis to the Union of Sovereign Republics ( v. 1) were first established three basic conditions for the sovereign rights of the Kazakh SSR, the state- law :

On the territory of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic with the exception of matters delegated to it voluntarily Union, established the supremacy of the Constitution and the laws of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic .... (v. 8 )

In the exclusive property of providing a basis for its sovereignty are land and its resources, water , air, flora and fauna, and other natural resources, cultural and historical values ​​of the people , all the economic , scientific- technical potential - all the nation's wealth available to it territory (Article 9 ) ....... Kazakh SSR has a right to their share in the country's assets , respectively, the contribution of the Republic , including diamond , gold and foreign exchange reserve funds (Article 10)

The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic has the right to act as an independent subject of international relations , to determine foreign policy in their own interests, exchange diplomatic consular representatives , to participate in the activities of international organizations , including the UN and its specialized agencies.

Republic is building economic and trade relations with foreign countries on the basis of mutually beneficial agreements with the principles of voluntariness and equality , independently decides on foreign trade.