SIGNING CEREMONY

AGREEMENT ON PROCEDURES FOR
PHASED ELIMINATION OF SS-24 ICBMs
Geneva, December 11, 2000

On December 11, 2000 in Geneva representatives of the United of America, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine signed an agreement that provides additional procedures in the START Treaty's Conversion or Elimination Protocol for the phased elimination of mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). In addition, they initialed a joint statement, which provides the specific procedures to be used for the elimination of SS-24 ICBMs in two phases.

These documents will enhance the viability and effectiveness 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), which entered into force in December 1994.