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I would like to optimize this UNION SQL statement [migrated]

I would like to optimize this SQL statement:

   SELECT hyobjects_id, hyobjects_globalpriority
  FROM hyobjects, hyobjectypes, actionlltypes
 WHERE hyobjects_hyobjectypes = hyobjectypes_id
   AND hyobjectypes_actionlltypes = actionlltypes_id
   AND actionlltypes_id = 1 
 UNION
   SELECT hyobjects_id, hyobjects_globalpriority
  FROM hyobjects, actionstatuses, actionlltypes
 WHERE actionstatuses_id = hyobjects_actionstatuses 
   AND actionstatuses_actionlltypes = actionlltypes_id
   AND actionlltypes_id = 1
 EXCEPT
   SELECT hyobjects_id, hyobjects_globalpriority
  FROM hyobjects, actionstatuses, actionlltypes
 WHERE hyobjects_actionstatuses = actionstatuses_id
   AND actionstatuses_actionlltypes = actionlltypes_id
   AND actionlltypes_id = 2
UNION
   SELECT hyobjects_id, hyobjects_globalpriority
  FROM hyobjects, hyobjectypes, actionstatuses, actionlltypes
 WHERE hyobjects_hyobjectypes = hyobjectypes_id
   AND hyobjectypes_actionlltypes = actionlltypes_id
   AND actionlltypes_id = 1 
   AND hyobjects_actionstatuses = 1
   ORDER BY hyobjects_globalpriority DESC

where by the table actionlltypes has actionlltypes_id = 1 which means “ACTIVE” and actionlltypes_id = 2 which means “INACTIVE”.

And where column hyobjectypes_actionlltypes references actionlltypes and column hyobjects_actionstatuses references actionlltypes. I need result where actionstatuses_id may be 1 or having actionlltypes_id = 1.