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09GENEVA818
2009-10-01 10:05:00
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Mission Geneva
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START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V):

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/01/2019
TAGS: KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
SUBJECT: START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V):
(U) RUSSIAN-PROPOSED TREATY ANNEX, SECTION VI (BILATERAL
CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION) (CABLE 6 OF 6)

Classified By: A/S Rose E. Gottemoeller, United States
START Negotiator. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d).

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/01/2019
TAGS: KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
SUBJECT: START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V):
(U) RUSSIAN-PROPOSED TREATY ANNEX, SECTION VI (BILATERAL
CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION) (CABLE 6 OF 6)

Classified By: A/S Rose E. Gottemoeller, United States
START Negotiator. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d).


1. (U) This is SFO-GVA-V-022.


2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official
translation of Section VI (Bilateral Consultative Commission)
of the Russian-proposed Treaty Annex to the Russian-proposed
New START Treaty. Because of the length of the complete
Annex, which has six sections, each section is being sent as
a separate cable. This is the final Section, 6 of 6.


3. (S) Begin text of official translation:

Section VI

BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION

These provisions shall govern the operation of the
Bilateral Consultative Commission, hereinafter referred to as
the Commission, established pursuant to Article XII of this
Treaty.


1. Each Party shall have the right to be represented in
the Commission by the Party's Commissioner to the Commission
and Deputy Commissioner, as well as by their alternates, and
by members, advisors, and experts. A session of the
Commission may be convened without the participation of the
Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner. In such a case, any
other individual provided for in this paragraph may be the
head representative of a Party to a session of the Commission.

No later than 30 days after entry into force of the
Treaty, the Parties shall communicate to each other through
diplomatic channels the names of the designated Commissioner
of the Party to the Commission and the Deputy Commissioner.


2. No fewer than two sessions of the Commission shall be
held each year. A session of the Commission shall be
convened at the request of either Party. The request shall

include: the questions that the Party intends to raise, the
date for convening the session, and the place it will be
held. In its response, which shall be provided no later than
15 days following receipt of the request, the Party that
received the request to hold a session may express its
consent to the proposals received or raise additional
questions, and propose an alternate location and date for
convening the session, which shall be convened no later than
45 days following the initially proposed date.


3. The agenda for a session shall consist of the
questions that the Parties have included in the
communications provided to each other in accordance with
paragraph 2 of this Section. Each Party shall have the right
to raise in the Commission questions that arise during a
session, provided that for consideration of such questions
during the current session the consent of the other Party
shall be required. The Parties shall have the right during
the current session to agree on the starting date, duration,
and location of the next session of the Commission and on the
questions that the Parties intend to raise at that session.


4. In accordance with Article XII of the Treaty, the


Parties shall have the right to consider questions concerning
fulfillment of the obligations assumed and related
situations, which may be considered ambiguous; to agree, if
necessary, upon additional procedures for providing
notifications, converting and eliminating strategic offensive
arms, and conducting inspections and visits; and to work out
measures that may be necessary for improving the viability
and effectiveness of the Treaty.


5. Sessions of the Commission shall be convened in
Geneva, Switzerland, unless otherwise agreed. As a rule, a
session of the Commission shall last no longer than 15 days
unless otherwise agreed.


6. The Commissioners of the Parties shall alternately
preside over meetings during a session of the Commission,
unless otherwise agreed. For the consideration of specific
questions raised during a session, the Commission shall have
the right to constitute working groups, which may consist of
any of the individuals specified in paragraph 1 of this
Section.


7. The work of the Commission shall be con fidential
except as otherwise agreed by the Commission. The Commission
may record agreements or the results of its work in an
appropriate document. Such documents shall not be con
fidential, except as otherwise agreed by the Commission.


8. Communications pursuant to this Section, with the
exception of paragraph 1 of this Section, shall be provided
through the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers.


9. Each Party shall bear the cost of its participation
in the work of the Commission.


10. The Commissioners of the Parties shall communicate
with each other during the intersessional period concerning
questions that are related to the competency of the
Commission.

End text.


4. (U) Gottemoeller sends.
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