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E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/01/2019 
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SUBJECT: START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V): 
(U) RUSSIAN-PROPOSED TREATY ANNEX, SECTION VI (BILATERAL 
CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION)   (CABLE 6 OF 6) 
 
Classified By:  A/S Rose E. Gottemoeller, United States 
START Negotiator.  Reasons:  1.4(b) and (d). 
 
¶1.  (U) This is SFO-GVA-V-022. 
 
¶2.  (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official 
translation of Section VI (Bilateral Consultative Commission) 
of the Russian-proposed Treaty Annex to the Russian-proposed 
New START Treaty.  Because of the length of the complete 
Annex, which has six sections, each section is being sent as 
a separate cable.  This is the final Section, 6 of 6. 
 
¶3.  (S) Begin text of official translation: 
 
                         Section VI 
 
              BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION 
 
     These provisions shall govern the operation of the 
Bilateral Consultative Commission, hereinafter referred to as 
the Commission, established pursuant to Article XII of this 
Treaty. 
 
     ¶1. Each Party shall have the right to be represented in 
the Commission by the Party's Commissioner to the Commission 
and Deputy Commissioner, as well as by their alternates, and 
by members, advisors, and experts.  A session of the 
Commission may be convened without the participation of the 
Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner.  In such a case, any 
other individual provided for in this paragraph may be the 
head representative of a Party to a session of the Commission. 
 
     No later than 30 days after entry into force of the 
Treaty, the Parties shall communicate to each other through 
diplomatic channels the names of the designated Commissioner 
of the Party to the Commission and the Deputy Commissioner. 
 
     ¶2. No fewer than two sessions of the Commission shall be 
held each year.  A session of the Commission shall be 
convened at the request of either Party.  The request shall 
include:  the questions that the Party intends to raise, the 
date for convening the session, and the place it will be 
held.  In its response, which shall be provided no later than 
15 days following receipt of the request, the Party that 
received the request to hold a session may express its 
consent to the proposals received or raise additional 
questions, and propose an alternate location and date for 
convening the session, which shall be convened no later than 
45 days following the initially proposed date. 
 
     ¶3. The agenda for a session shall consist of the 
questions that the Parties have included in the 
communications provided to each other in accordance with 
paragraph 2 of this Section.  Each Party shall have the right 
to raise in the Commission questions that arise during a 
session, provided that for consideration of such questions 
during the current session the consent of the other Party 
shall be required.  The Parties shall have the right during 
the current session to agree on the starting date, duration, 
and location of the next session of the Commission and on the 
questions that the Parties intend to raise at that session. 
 
     ¶4. In accordance with Article XII of the Treaty, the 
 
 
Parties shall have the right to consider questions concerning 
fulfillment of the obligations assumed and related 
situations, which may be considered ambiguous; to agree, if 
necessary, upon additional procedures for providing 
notifications, converting and eliminating strategic offensive 
arms, and conducting inspections and visits; and to work out 
measures that may be necessary for improving the viability 
and effectiveness of the Treaty. 
 
     ¶5. Sessions of the Commission shall be convened in 
Geneva, Switzerland, unless otherwise agreed. As a rule, a 
session of the Commission shall last no longer than 15 days 
unless otherwise agreed. 
 
     ¶6. The Commissioners of the Parties shall alternately 
preside over meetings during a session of the Commission, 
unless otherwise agreed.  For the consideration of specific 
questions raised during a session, the Commission shall have 
the right to constitute working groups, which may consist of 
any of the individuals specified in paragraph 1 of this 
Section. 
 
     ¶7. The work of the Commission shall be con fidential 
except as otherwise agreed by the Commission.  The Commission 
may record agreements or the results of its work in an 
appropriate document.  Such documents shall not be con 
fidential, except as otherwise agreed by the Commission. 
 
     ¶8. Communications pursuant to this Section, with the 
exception of paragraph 1 of this Section, shall be provided 
through the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers. 
 
     ¶9. Each Party shall bear the cost of its participation 
in the work of the Commission. 
 
     ¶10. The Commissioners of the Parties shall communicate 
with each other during the intersessional period concerning 
questions that are related to the competency of the 
Commission. 
 
End text. 
 
¶4.  (U) Gottemoeller sends. 
GRIFFITHS