The Governments of the Parties to the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms of July 31, 1991, hereinafter referred to as the Treaty,

Acting in accordance with the Treaty,

In order that points of entry be established, at entry into force of the Treaty, to the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Ukraine,

To improve the viability and effectiveness of the Protocol on Inspections and Continuous Monitoring Activities Relating to the Treaty, hereinafter referred to as the Inspection Protocol,

To improve the viability and effectiveness of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of the Data Base Relating to the Treaty, hereinafter referred to as the Memorandum of Understanding,

Have agreed as follows:

1. Paragraph 1 of Section IV of the Inspection Protocol shall be superseded by the following provisions:

"The United States of America and the Russian Federation shall each establish on its territory no more than three and no fewer than two points of entry. The Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Ukraine shall each establish one point of entry on its territory. The points of entry and their associated inspection sites shall be listed in Annex I to the Memorandum of Understanding. Each Party may change a point of entry to its territory by providing notification of such a change to the other Parties in accordance with paragraph 23 of Section III of this Protocol."

2. Paragraph 8 of Section IV of the Inspection Protocol shall be superseded by the following provisions:

"The following routes for flights of inspection airplanes used in accordance with this Section to and from the points of entry shall be listed in paragraph 10 of Annex I to the Memorandum of Understanding:
(a) from the west, directly to and from the points of entry to the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and western points of entry to the Russian Federation and the United States of America;

(b) from the east, directly to and from the point of entry to the Republic of Kazakhstan and eastern points of entry to the Russian Federation and the United States of America;

(c) between the points of entry to the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and western points of entry to the Russian Federation. An inspection airplane of the United States of America shall use such routes only if it has arrived at one of these points of entry from the west;

(d) between the point of entry to the Republic of Kazakhstan and eastern points of entry to the Russian Federation. An inspection airplane of the United States of America shall use such routes only if it has arrived at one of these points of entry from the east.

Such flight routes shall be the basis for issuing standing diplomatic clearance numbers. Each Party shall assign alternate airfields in accordance with the rules of the International Civil Aviation Organization. Each Party may change routes for flights of inspection airplanes to and from points of entry established on its territory by providing a notification of such change to the other Parties in accordance with paragraph 27 of Section III of this Protocol."

Subparagraph 9(b) of Annex I to the Memorandum of Understanding shall be superseded by the following provisions:

"(b) Republic of Belarus: Inspection sites and facilities subject to continuous monitoring or monitored facilities associated with point of entry Minsk:

ICBM Base for Road-Mobile Launchers of ICBMs:

Lida, Mozyr'

Storage Facilities:

Kolosovo

Conversion or Elimination Facilities:

Lesnaya

(c) Republic of Kazakhstan: Inspection sites and facilities subject to continuous monitoring or monitored facilities associated with point of entry Almaty:

ICBM Base for Silo Launchers of ICBMs:

Derzhavinsk, Zhangiz-Tobe

Test Ranges:

Leninsk

Air Base for Heavy Bombers Equipped for Long-Range Nuclear ALCMs

Semipalatinsk

(d) Russian Federation:

(i) Inspection sites and facilities subject to continuous monitoring or monitored facilities associated with point of entry Moscow:

ICBM Base for Silo Launchers of ICBMs:

Bershet', Teykovo, Yoshkar-Ola, Vypolzovo, Dombarovskiy, Kartaly, Kozel'sk, Tatishchevo

ICBM Base for Road-Mobile Launchers of ICBMs:

Teykovo, Yoshkar-Ola, Yur'ya, Nizhniy Tagil

ICBM Base for Rail-Mobile Launchers of ICBMs:

Kostroma, Bershet'

Storage Facilities:

Surovatikha, Piban'shur, Khrizolitovyy,

Okol'naya, Revda, Nenoksa

Test Ranges:

Plesetsk, Nenoksa

Training Facilities:

Serpukhov, Balabanovo, Goryachiy Klyuch,

Rostov, Perm', Plesetsk, Ryazan'

Production Facilities:

Votkinsk

Repair Facilities for Mobile Launchers of ICBMs:

Bataysk

Submarine Base:

Nerpich'ya, Yagel'naya, Olen'ya, Ostrovnoy

SLBM Loading Facilities:

Okol 'naya, Severodvinsk

Air Base for Heavy Bombers Equipped for Long-Range Nuclear ALCMs:

Mozdok

Air Base for Former Heavy Bombers:

Engel's

(ii) Inspection sites and facilities subject to continuous monitoring or monitored facilities associated with point of entry Ulan Ude:

ICBM Base for Silo Launchers of ICBMs:

Krasnoyarsk, Drovyanaya, Yasnaya, Svobodnyy, Aleysk, Uzhur

ICBM Base for Road-Mobile Launchers of ICBMs:

Novosibirsk, Kansk, Irkutsk

ICBM Base for Rail-Mobile Launchers of ICBMs:

Krasnoyarsk

Conversion or Elimination Facilities:

Pashino

Submarine Base:

Rybachiy, Pavlovskoye

Air Base for Heavy Bombers Equipped for Nuclear Armaments Other than Long-Range Nuclear ALCMs:

Ukrainka

(e) Ukraine: Inspection sites and facilities subject to continuous monitoring or monitored facilities associated with point of entry Kiev:

ICBM Base for Silo Launchers of ICBMs:

Khmel'nitskiy, Pervomaysk

Storage Facilities:

Mikhaylenki, Uzin

Training Facilities:

Pomerki

Conversion or Elimination Facilities:

Sarny

Production Facilities:

Pavlograd

Air Base for Heavy Bombers Equipped for Long-Range Nuclear ALCMs:

Uzin, Priluki"

 

Article Three

Subparagraph 10(a) of Annex I to the Memorandum of Understanding shall be superseded by the following provisions:

"a. For flights of inspection airplanes of the United States of America to the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine:

ROUTE TO POINT OF ENTRY	ROUTE FROM POINT OF ENTRY
To Minsk (direct): (to be provided)	(to be provided)
To Minsk from Almaty: (to be provided)	__
To Minsk from Moscow: (to be provided)	__
To Minsk from Kiev: (to be provided)	__
To Almaty (direct from the west): (to be provided)	(to be provided)
To Almaty (direct from the east): (to be provided)	(to be provided)
To Almaty from Minsk: (to be provided)	__
To Almaty from Moscow: (to be provided)	__
To Almaty from Ulan Ude: (to be provided)	__
To Almaty from Kiev: (to be provided)	__
To Moscow (direct): G.T. SORLA, Ventspils, Belyy, Gagarin, Sheremet'yevo	Same as inbound
To Moscow from Minsk: (to be provided)	__
To Moscow from Almaty: (to be provided)	__
To Moscow from Kiev: (to be provided)	__
To Ulan Ude (direct): G.T. SQUID, Yedinka, Yekimchan, Bomnak G.T. LEMUR G.T. NALIM, Vitim G.T. RAMIS, Kirensk G.T. PIKET, Bratsk G.T. DOMOR, Osa, Irkutsk, Bol 'shoye Goloustnoye, Mukhino	Same as inbound
To Ulan Ude from Almaty: (to be provided)	__
To Kiev (direct): (to be provided)	(to be provided)
To Kiev from Minsk: (to be provided)	__
To Kiev from Almaty: (to be provided)	__
To Kiev from Moscow: (to be provided)	__

Article Four

The Parties agree that the routes of flights for inspection airplanes that are to be provided in subparagraph 10(a) of Annex I to the Memorandum of Understanding, as set forth in Article Three of this Agreement, shall be provided through diplomatic channels no less than 30 days in advance of entry into force of the Treaty, and shall be effective on the date of entry into force of the Treaty.

Article Five

Paragraph 12 of Annex I to the Memorandum of Understanding shall be superseded by the following provisions:

"For each Party, the facilities subject to suspect-site inspection and the points of entry for these facilities are as follows:

(a) United States of America
-	Point of Entry
OGDEN	San Francisco, California
SACRAMENTO	San Francisco, California
MAGNA	San Francisco, California
(b) Republic of Kazakhstan
-	Point of Entry
PETROPAVLOVSK	Almaty
(c) Russian Federation
-	Point of Entry
ZLATOUST	Moscow
BERSHET'	Moscow"

Article Six

1. Article Four of this Agreement shall apply provisionally from the date of signature of this Agreement until the date of entry into force of the Treaty, unless, before the expiration of this period, a Party communicates to all other Parties its decision to terminate the provisional application of Article Four of this Agreement.

2. The provisions of Article Four of this Agreement shall apply provisionally in light of and in conformity with the other provisions of the Treaty.

Article Seven

1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the date when the United States of America, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine have consented to be bound by this Agreement, or on the date of entry into force of the Treaty, whichever is later, and shall remain in force as long as the Treaty remains in force.

2. Signature of this Agreement for the Government of a Party shall express the consent of that Party to be bound by this Agreement. The consent of the Republic of Kazakhstan to be bound by this Agreement shall be expressed by its Government in accordance with paragraph 6 of Annex 1 to the Protocol on the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission Relating to the Treaty.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized by their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement.

DONE at Geneva on October 14, 1993, in five copies, each in the English and Russian languages, both texts being equally authentic.

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
Steven Steiner

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS:
Aleksandr Baichorov

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION:
Mikhail Strel'tsov

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE:
Konstantin Hrishchenko