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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law

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On January 15, 1993, President George Bush transmitted to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (the START II Treaty), signed at Moscow on January 3, 1993. In his letter of transmittal, President Bush discussed the importance of the Treaty, in major part as follows:

The START II Treaty is a milestone in the continuing effort by the United States and the Russian Federation to address the threat posed by strategic offensive nuclear weapons, especially multiple-warhead ICBMs [intercontinental ballistic missiles]. It builds upon and relies on the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (the START Treaty) signed at Moscow on July 31, 1991. At the same time, the START II Treaty goes even further than the START Treaty.

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American Journal of International Law , Volume 87 , Issue 2 , April 1993 , pp. 258 - 281
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1993

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page no 259 note 1 S. Treaty Doc. No. 1, 103d Cong., 1st Sess., at III–V (1993).

page no 263 note 2 Id. at VII–XI.

page no 273 note 3 Id. at 1–18. The exchanges of letters referred to by Secretary Eagleburger at the beginning of the aricle-by-article analysis can be found in id. at 62–65 (first exchange, Dec. 29, 1992); id. at 66–71 (second exchange, Dec. 29 and Dec. 31, 1992); and id. at 72–75 (third exchange, Dec. 29, 1992, and Jan. 3, 1993).

page no 276 note 4 Id. at 18–24.

page no 279 note 5 Id. at 24–27.

page no 281 note 6 Id. at 27–31.

On October 1, 1992, the Senate gave its advice and consent, subject to conditions and declarations, to the resolution of ratification of the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (the START Treaty), signed at Moscow on July 31, 1991, including Annexes on Agreed Statements and Definitions; Protocols on Conversion or Elimination, Inspection, Notification, Throw-weight, Telemetry, and Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission, Memorandum of Understanding (all transmitted with S. Treaty Doc. No. 102–20), the Corrigenda of December 19, 1991, and the Protocol 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 signed at Lisbon, Portugal, on May 23, 1992, between the United States of America and the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine, as successor states of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in connection with the START Treaty (transmitted with S. Treaty Doc. No. 102–32).

The Lisbon Protocol is an integral part of, and constitutes an amendment to, the START Treaty and was designed to allow its implementation in the new international situation following the dissolution of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.