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2008-11-14 12:33:00
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JCIC-XXXIII: (U) UKRAINIAN OPENING PLENARY

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/17/2018
TAGS: KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ

SUBJECT: JCIC-XXXIII: (U) UKRAINIAN OPENING PLENARY
STATEMENT, NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Classified By: Jerry A. Taylor, United States Representative
to the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission.
Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d).

S E C R E T GENEVA 000964


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DOE FOR NNSA/NA-24
CIA FOR WINPAC
JCS FOR J5/DDGSA
SECDEF FOR OSD(P)/STRATCAP
NAVY FOR CNO-N5JA AND DIRSSP
AIRFORCE FOR HQ USAF/ASX AND ASXP
DTRA FOR OP-OS OP-OSA AND DIRECTOR
NSC FOR HAYES
DIA FOR LEA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/17/2018
TAGS: KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ

SUBJECT: JCIC-XXXIII: (U) UKRAINIAN OPENING PLENARY
STATEMENT, NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Classified By: Jerry A. Taylor, United States Representative
to the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission.
Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d).


1. (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-008.


2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of
the text of the Ukrainian Statement that was delivered at the
Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the
START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission
(JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on November 13, 2008.


3. (S) Begin text:

Official Translation

STATEMENT
by the Head of Delegation of Ukraine
to the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission
at the Plenary Meeting of JCIC-XXXIII

(November 13, 2008, Geneva)

Esteemed Mr. Chairman,

Esteemed Representatives, Heads, and Members of the
Delegations of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of
Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and the United States of
America,

The Ukrainian Delegation greets its START Treaty
partners as we begin the work of the Thirty-third Session of
the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission and
congratulates the U.S. Delegation on the convincing
conclusion of the presidential election campaign.

At the last session the Delegations of the Parties did
a considerable amount of work, which made it possible to
resolve a number of issues without prejudice to the START
Treaty, and in particular, which allowed the Ukrainian side
to resolve the issue of reaching agreement on and putting
into practice economically viable procedures for eliminating
solid rocket motor cases of SS-24 ICBMs located in Ukraine.

At the same time we failed to resolve the concerns over
a number of issues related to practical implementation of
certain obligations under the Treaty. Therefore, at this
session the Commission will have to consider priority issues
concerning the results of inspections, the terms for counting
SOAs, and procedures for their elimination and conversion.

The Ukrainian Delegation believes it is necessary to
focus our main attention on issues related to practical
implementation of the Treaty provisions.

Thus far our country has in effect been using its own
resources to implement the final phase of elimination of
SS-24 ICBMs because U.S. assistance was curtailed in 2003.
Our Delegation believes that the provisions of the Agreement
between Ukraine and the U.S. Concerning Assistance to Ukraine
in the Elimination of Strategic Nuclear Arms and the
Prevention of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction of
October 25, 1993, cannot be considered to have been fully
implemented until final completion of all the elimination
procedures for SS-24 ICBM cases in the territory of Ukraine.

This problem becomes more important in connection with
the recent statements by official representatives of the U.S.


State Department on the advisability of working out a new
legally binding document to replace the START Treaty, which
would focus mainly on reducing nuclear warheads, rather than
delivery vehicles for them.

In our view, this subject merits separate attention,
including during discussion of the future of the Treaty after
December 2009.

In the event the START Treaty terminates, there arises
a certain ambiguity in the area of strategic security, which
is a matter of concern to the Ukrainian side.

In conclusion we reaffirm that the Ukrainian Delegation
is prepared to discuss all the issues on the agenda of this
session, and it expresses the hope that during our work the
necessary solutions will be found so as to resolve at least
some of the accumulated problems concerning further
implementation of the Treaty and that practical steps will be
outlined in order to bring together the positions regarding
the future of the Treaty after 2009.

If final agreements are reached on the issues on this
session's agenda, the Ukrainian Delegation will be prepared
to sign the documents which, we hope, we can come to
agreement on at this session.

Thank you for your attention.

End text.


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