Geneva, Switzerland
June 17, 1997

JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION
JOINT STATEMENT NUMBER S-9

ON CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARY OF
PAVLOGRAD FACILITY SUBJECT TO SUSPECT-SITE INSPECTIONS

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 Pavlograd facility subject to suspect-site inspections provided in Annex A to this Joint Statement, agree on the following:

(1) The new boundary of the Pavlograd facility subject to suspect-site inspections shall be the boundary shown on the site diagram of the Pavlograd facility subject to suspect-site inspections dated July 31, 1996, which is attached as Annex B to this Joint Statement.¹

(2) The portions of the Pavlograd facility subject to suspect-site inspections to be excluded, pursuant to this Joint Statement, from within the boundary shown on the site diagram of the facility dated January 25, 1996, shall not be subject to inspection unless such portions are included within the boundary of any inspection site.

(3) The changes to the boundary of the Pavlograd facility subject to suspect-site inspections shall become effective on the date specified in the notification provided by Ukraine 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 Ukraine, 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 UKRAINE
ON CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE PAVLOGRAD FACILITY
SUBJECT TO SUSPECT-SITE INSPECTIONS

Ukraine:

1. 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 Pavlograd facility subject to suspect-site inspections to be excluded from within the boundary shown on the existing site diagram of the facility;

2. pursuant to subparagraph 19(b) of Annex J to the Memorandum of Understanding, states that all structures that were ever shown within the boundary shown on the existing site diagram of the Pavlograd facility subject to suspect-site inspections, dated January 25, 1996, 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, shall remain part of the Pavlograd Conversion or Elimination Facility declares as of April 19, 1996, and shall be subject to all applicable inspections conducted at the Pavlograd Conversion or Elimination Facility.

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¹ Attachment is classified and therefore is not included in this publication.

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