Geneva, Switzerland
June 17, 1997
ON CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARY OF
VANDENBERG TEST RANGE
The 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.
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(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
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ON CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE VANDENBERG TEST RANGE
United States of America: