Geneva, Switzerland
June 17, 1997
JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION
JOINT STATEMENT NUMBER S-12ON CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARY OF
VANDENBERG TEST RANGEThe Parties, referring to paragraph 19 of Annex J to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of the Data Base 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, hereinafter referred to as the Treaty, taking into account the information with respect to the Vandenberg Test Range provided in Annex A to this Joint Statement, agree on the following:
(1) Area 4 of the test range shall be excluded from within the boundaries of the test range, and the site diagram of Area 4 of the test range dated January 1, 1994, shall be used only for the inspections provided for in paragraph 4 of this Joint Statement. Area 13 of the test range and the existing site diagram of Area 13 of the test range dated January 1, 1994 shall be redesignated as Area 4 of the test range and the site diagram of Area 4 of the test range, respectively.
(2) Area 12 of the test range shall be excluded from within the boundaries of the test range, and the site diagram of Area 12 of the test range dated January 1, 1994, shall be used only for the inspections provided for in paragraph 4 of this Joint Statement. Area 14 of the test range and the existing site diagram of Area 14 of the test range dated January 1, 1994 shall be redesignated as Area 12 of the test range and the site diagram of Area 12 of the test range, respectively.
(3) The new boundary of the Vandenberg Test Range shall be the boundaries shown on the site diagrams of the test range dated March 1, 1996, Area 4 of the test range dated March 1, 1996, Area 8 of the test range dated March 1, 1996, and Area 12 of the test range dated March 1, 1996, which are attached as Annex B to this Joint Statement, and the boundaries shown on the site diagrams of Area 1, Area 2, and Area 3, Area 5, Area 6, Area 7, Area 9, Area 10, and Area 11of the test range, which are unchanged.1
(4) The portions of the Vandenberg Test Range to be excluded, pursuant to this Joint Statement, from within the boundaries shown on the existing site diagrams of the test range dated January 1, 1994, Area 4 of the test range dated January 1, 1994, Area 8 of the test range dated January 1, 1994, and Area 12 of the test range dated January 1, 1994, shall be subject to inspection using the procedures of Section XII of the Protocol on Inspections and Continuous Monitoring Activities Relating to the Treaty, hereinafter referred to as the Inspection Protocol. Any such inspection shall be conducted within 60 days after the date this change of boundary becomes effective. Such portions shall also be subject to inspection using the procedures of Section XIII of the Inspection Protocol beginning after an inspection has been conducted using the procedures of Section XII of the Inspection Protocol or, if such an inspection was not conducted, beginning 60 days this change of boundary becomes effective.(5) The changes to the boundary of the Vandenberg Test Range shall become effective on the date specified in the notification provided by United States of America in accordance with paragraph 19 of Section I of the Protocol on Notifications Relating to the Treaty, or the date such notification is provided by the United States of America, or the date of entry into force of this Joint Statement, whichever is latest.
[Initialled](United States of America)___Steven Steiner
(Republic of Belarus)___Stanislav Orgurtsov
(The Republic of Kazakstan)___Kairtay Zhanbatyrov
(The Russian Federation)___Anton Vasil'yev
(Ukraine)___ Konstantin Hrishchenko
ANNEX A INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ON CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE VANDENBERG TEST RANGEUnited States of America:
- pursuant to subparagraph 19(a) of Annex J to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of the Data Base Relating to the Treaty, hereinafter referred to as the Memorandum of Understanding, declares that the requirements set forth in the first sentence of paragraph 2 of Section IX of the Protocol on Procedures Governing the Conversion or Elimination of the Items Subject to the Treaty have been met with respect to the portions of the Vandenberg Test Range to be excluded from within the boundary shown on the existing site diagram of the facility;
- pursuant to subparagraph 19(b) of Annex J to the Memorandum of Understanding, states that all structures that were ever shown within the boundaries shown on the existing site diagrams of the test range dated January 1, 1994, Area 4 of the test range dated January 1, 1994, and Area 12 of the test range dated January 1, 1994, pursuant to subparagraph 9(b)(iii) or 9(b)(iv) of Annex J to the Memorandum of Understanding and that will be excluded from within the boundary of this facility pursuant to this Joint Statement, are unchanged but will no longer be used for items of inspection as of March 1, 1996.
1 Attachment is classified and therefore is not included in this publication.