JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION
AGREEMENT NUMBER 26
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
PROVISION OF SUMMARIES FOR TAPES THAT CONTAIN A
RECORDING OF TELEMETRIC INFORMATION
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,
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 Telemetric
Information Relating to the Treaty, hereinafter referred to as the Telemetry
Protocol,
Have agreed as follows:
Article One
1. Subparagraph l(c)(ii) of Section I of the Telemetry Protocol shall
be superseded by the following provision:
"(ii) information for each track, including track number, record period,
record mode, and broadcast frequency (megahertz), except for track numbers
for each tape, and each portion of a tape, that contain a recording of
telemetric information that has been encrypted;"
2. Subparagraph 1(c)(iii) of Section I of the Telemetry Protocol shall
be superseded by the following provision:
"(iii) digital data encoding methods employed and digital data recording
formats, except that the provisions of this subparagraph shall not apply
to each tape, and each portion of a tape, that contain a recording of
telemetric information that has been encrypted; and"
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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