The ministries, departments and institutions of the Ukrainian SSR have been informed of the contents of Security Council resolution 661 (1990). The Government has ordered that ministries and departments responsible for the conduct of commercial, economic, financial and credit relations with Iraq and Kuwait should take appropriate measures to implement the provisions of the aforesaid resolution, which imposes mandatory sanctions in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. The ministries and departments concerned, and the enterprises and institutions which report to them, are applying that order to their activities. The Ukrainian SSR expresses the hope that the conflict in the Persian Gulf will be solved exclusively by peaceful means. 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a formal statement from the Ukrainian SSR government regarding its response to a UN Security Council resolution (661) imposing sanctions on Iraq and Kuwait. The text does not mention specific economic, industrial, or environmental issues, but rather focuses on the implementation of the sanctions and the government's stance on the conflict. Given the context, it seems likely that the text is related to international relations and trade.

**Category**
International trade