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JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION
AGREEMENT NUMBER 23
RELATING 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
DIPLOMATIC OFFICIALS MEETING AND ACCOMPANYING
INSPECTORS, MONITORS, AND AIRCREW MEMBERS AT POINTS OF ENTRY
The Government of the United States of America, the Government of the
Republic of Belarus, the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the
Government of the Russian Federation, and the Government of Ukraine, hereinafter
referred to as the Parties,
In accordance with 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,
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,
Have agreed as follows:
Article One
1. Paragraph 2 of Section V of the Inspection Protocol shall be superseded
by the following provisions:
Such diplomatic officials may accompany inspectors and monitors only
during the stay of the inspectors and monitors at the point of entry,
but may accompany the aircrew members throughout the in-country period."
2. Paragraph 3 of Section V of the Inspection Protocol shall be superseded
by the following provisions:
"3. An inspection airplane arriving at the San Francisco point of entry
shall land at Travis Air Force Base. No more than two diplomatic officials
of the Party that provided the notification of the inspection in accordance
with Section III of this Protocol and no more than one diplomatic official
of each other Party whose citizens are among the inspectors, monitors,
and aircrew members arriving at the point of entry shall be permitted
to enter Travis Air Force Base for the purpose of meeting inspectors,
monitors, and aircrew members arriving there. For that purpose, no less
than four hours prior to the estimated time of arrival of such an airplane
at Travis Air Force Base, the embassy or consular post of which such diplomatic
officials are members shall transmit to the Department of State of the
United States of America in Washington, D.C., by telephone, the names
of the diplomatic officials involved and the registration number of the
vehicle involved. The diplomatic officials so identified shall be granted
access to the base no less than 30 minutes prior to the estimated time
of arrival of such airplane."
3. Paragraph 4 of Section V of the Inspection Protocol shall be superseded
by the following provisions:
"4. The inspected Party shall provide, or arrange for providing transportation
to Travis Air Force Base of inspection teams and monitors that arrive
at San Francisco International Airport on airplanes making regularly scheduled
commercial flights. In such cases, no more than two diplomatic officials
of the Party that provided the notification of the inspection in accordance
with Section III of this Protocol and no more than one diplomatic official
of each other Party whose citizens are among the inspectors and monitors
arriving at the point of entry shall be permitted to accompany such inspection
teams or such monitors onto Travis Air Force Base. No less than two hours
prior to the estimated time of arrival of the inspection team or monitors
at San Francisco International Airport, the embassy or consular post of
which such diplomatic officials are members shall transmit to the Department
of State of the United States of America in Washington, D.C., by telephone,
the names of the diplomatic officials involved and the registration number
of the vehicle involved, for the purpose of providing the diplomatic officials
so identified access to Travis Air Force Base in order to accompany inspection
teams or monitors."
Article Two
This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of entry into force
of the Treaty, and shall remain in force as long as the Treaty remains
in force.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized by their respective
Governments, have signed this Agreement.
DONE at Geneva on November 3, 1994, 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:
Andrey Sannikov
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN:
Kairtay Zhanbatyrov
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION:
Mikhail Strel'tsov
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE:
Konstantin Hrishchenko
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