Signed
at Moscow May 24, 2002
Delivered to Senate for "advise and consent" process June 20,
2002
Ratified March 6, 2003
Text
of Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
The
United States of America and the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred
to as the Parties,
Embarking
upon the path of new relations for a new century and committed to the
goal of strengthening their relationship through cooperation and friendship,
Believing
that new global challenges and threats require the building of a qualitatively
new foundation for strategic relations between the Parties,
Desiring
to establish a genuine partnership based on the principles of mutual security,
cooperation, trust, openness, and predictability,
Committed
to implementing significant reductions in strategic offensive arms,
Proceeding
from the Joint Statements by the President of the United States of America
and the President of the Russian Federation on Strategic Issues of July
22, 2001 in Genoa and on a New Relationship between the United States
and Russia of November 13, 2001 in Washington,
Mindful of
their obligations under 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 START Treaty,
Mindful of
their obligations under Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons of July 1, 1968, and
Convinced
that this Treaty will help to establish more favorable conditions for
actively promoting security and cooperation, and enhancing international
stability,
Have agreed
as follows:
Article
I
Each Party
shall reduce and limit strategic nuclear warheads, as stated by the President
of the United States of America on November 13, 2001 and as stated by
the President of the Russian Federation on November 13, 2001 and December
13, 2001 respectively, so that by December 31, 2012 the aggregate number
of such warheads does not exceed 1700-2200 for each Party. Each Party
shall determine for itself the composition and structure of its strategic
offensive arms, based on the established aggregate limit for the number
of such warheads.
Article
II
The Parties
agree that the START Treaty remains in force in accordance with its terms.
Article
III
For purposes
of implementing this Treaty, the Parties shall hold meetings at least
twice a year of a Bilateral Implementation Commission.
Article
IV
1. This Treaty
shall be subject to ratification in accordance with the constitutional
procedures of each Party. This Treaty shall enter into force on the date
of the exchange of instruments of ratification.
2. This Treaty
shall remain in force until December 31, 2012 and may be extended by agreement
of the Parties or superseded earlier by a subsequent agreement.
3. Each Party,
in exercising its national sovereignty, may withdraw from this Treaty
upon three months written notice to the other Party.
Article
V
This Treaty
shall be registered pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter of the United
Nations.
Done at Moscow
on May 24, 2002, in two copies, each in the English and Russian languages,
both texts being equally authentic.
FOR THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA:
FOR THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION:
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