The present normative background that regulates the activity of the Supreme Security Council (SSC) is not very clear and can be used as political instrument in the decision-making process. This is one of the conclusions of the experts that contributed to the elaboration of the research book “National Security Council in the decision-making process”, that was launched in Chisinau, on Saturday, May 13. According to the president of the Public Policies Institute (PPI), Arcadie Barbarosie, the normative background on the grounds of which SSC activates needs to be modified in order to improve its activity in accordance with the legislation in force. As Victor Popa, expert in constitutional law, mentioned after studying this problem he concluded that the president of the country ca interfere anytime motivating its decision by national security issues. In this context, according to the quoted source, a clear strategy is needed. The new strategy must stipulate the responsibilities of the state authorities in different areas. In this context, the politic analyst Nicolae Chirtoaca, former member of SSC declared that the state security is the competence of several structures – Presidency, Government, local public administration, SSC – each of the mentioned institutions having its role and duties. Referring to the situation of the Republic of Moldova, Iurie Pantea, project manager at PPI, mentioned about the necessity or reorganizing the National Security System in order to answer properly to the needs of the country. According to him, it is very important to take into consideration the way SSC is assisted in the decision-making process, what are the organizational procedures and its support structures. The book, elaborated at the initiative of PPI represents a sum of researches dedicated to a comparative analysis of the decision-making factors in the area of national security of thee countries – the Republic of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine. According to the authors the goal of the study is to find out how the Security Council of those three states can collaborate, whether they are well positioned and if their capacity is enough in order to answer to the challenges of the state. SSC of the Republic of Moldova was constituted through the agency of a presidential decree on 20 August 1991. By now, he was headed by three heads of state – Mircea Snegur, Petru Lucinschi and Vladimir Voronin.