and speaks, baranov, baranov alek yuryevich, academician secretary of the department of biological sciences of belarus, doctor of biological sciences, professor, corresponding member, respected comrade president of the republic of belarus, respected delegates of the all-belarusian people's assembly. in my speech, i would like to dwell in more detail on the issues of ensuring biological safety, to note the importance and timeliness of including these new provisions in the concept of national security. as is known, on behalf of the head of state, a specially created working group worked on this topic, in which included representatives of all interested bodies, leading specialists of our country, and scientists, including the national academy of sciences of belarus, which i represent. effective work was organized to ensure interdepartmental interaction. between the security bloc and the civilian sector in resolving this complex issue. the time that has passed since the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has revealed new facts regarding the sources of pathogens of particularly dangerous viral infect