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From Mail-Server@lex-luthor.ai.mit.edu Sat Aug 7 22:43:36 1993
To: Clinton-News-Distribution@campaign92.org,
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1993 21:41-0400
From: The White House <75300.3115@compuserve.com>
Subject: Statement on Open Sky Treaty 8/7/93
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
_________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release August 7, 1993
State by the Press Secretary
Last night, the Senate gave its unanimous advice and consent to
the ratification of the Open Skies Treaty. The Administration
applauds the Senate's decision on this important agreement.
The Treaty on Open Skies represents the broadest and most
flexible effort to date to promote openness and transparency of
military forces and activities. Present signatories include all
NATO Allies, the East European members of the former Warsaw Pact,
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, and Kyrgyzstan.
The Treaty on Open Skies will give all participants an agreed way
to gather information about foreign military forces and
activities of concern to them. Under the Treaty, each
participating state may conduct a limited number of unarmed
flights anywhere over the territory of the other participants,
using approved photographic, radar, and infrared sensors to make
and record observations. The information from all Open Skies
observations will be made available to all participants. This
innovative combination of breadth of coverage, flexibility of
use, and availability of information enables the Open Skies
regime to make a unique contribution to building confidence and
enhancing stability.
The Open Skies concept was first put forward by President
Eisenhower in 1955, and then revived in a Treaty proposal by
President Bush in 1989. It was signed by twenty-five nations on
March 24, 1992.
The United States looks forward to early ratification of the
Treaty by all signatories and its early entry into force. The
United States also welcomes the participation in the Treaty of
additional states which want to further its goals of openness and
transparency.
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