Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. PURPOSE 1
II. SCOPE OF THE REPORT 2
III. OVERVIEW 2
Libyan Renunciation of Weapons of Mass Destruction 3
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 3
Expansion of START Compliance Section 4
Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) 5
Open Skies Treaty 5
IV. ADHERENCE TO AGREEMENTS 5
A. Policy 5
B. U.S.Organizations and Programs to Evaluate and Ensure
Treaty Compliance 6
C. Importance of Treaty and Commitment Enforcement 6
1. Noncompliance Challenges and Required Responses 7
2. Enforcing Compliance 8
D. U.S. Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and
Disarmament Agreements and Commitments 8
1. U.S. Institutional and Procedural Organization
for Ensuring Compliance 8
2. Treaty Compliance 9
3. Issues Raised by Other Treaty Parties Concerning U.S. Compliance
a. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty 9
b. The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) 9
V. COMPLIANCE BY SUCCESSORS TO TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS
CONCLUDED BILATERALLY WITH THE SOVIET UNION 10
A. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty 10
B. The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) 11
VI. COMPLIANCE OF OTHER NATIONS (INCLUDING SUCCESSORS TO
THE SOVIET UNION) WITH MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS 15
A. The 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) 15
Country Assessments 17
China 17
Cuba 19
Iran 20
Iraq 21
Libya 24
North Korea 26
Russia 27
Syria 31
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