JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION
AGREEMENT NUMBER 55
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

CHANGES TO SECTION I OF THE CONVERSION OR ELIMINATION PROTOCOL REGARDING THE ELIMINATION PROCESS FOR ICBMS FOR MOBILE LAUNCHERS OF ICBMS

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 Procedures Governing the Conversion or Elimination of the Items Subject to the Treaty, hereinafter referred to as the Conversion or Elimination Protocol,

Have agreed as follows:
 

Article One
Subparagraph 4(b) of Section I of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol shall be superseded by the following provision:

"(b) Rocket motor nozzles and cases, as well as the interstage skirts of a missile remaining after completion of the procedures provided for in subparagraphs 2(c), 2(d), and 4(a) of this Section, or after the completion of static testing provided for in paragraph 3 of Section VII of this Protocol, shall be crushed, flattened, cut into two pieces of approximately equal size, or destroyed by explosion, or, if the parties so agree, rocket motor cases remaining after removal of propellant by processes of washing out the propellant and the subsequent burning out of residual propellant may be eliminated by the drilling of holes through the cylindrical portion of such rocket motor cases in accordance with agreed procedures; and".

Article Two
This agreement shall enter into force on the date of its signature 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 July 24, 2008, in five copies, each in the English and Russian languages, both texts being equally authentic.

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
(Signed--J. Taylor)
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS:
(Signed--V. Kolesnik)
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN:
(Signed--A. Akhmetalin)
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION:
(Signed--C. Koshelev
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE:
(Signed--V. Belashov)
 

Return to JCIC Agreements Table of Contents

TC Home | Treaties & Agreements | Guidance & Directives | Training Courses | Links | E-mail the Webmaster