PARTIAL TEST
BAN TREATY (PTBT) Ukraine has signed the PTBT.
[William Potter, "Post Soviet States
and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime," Prepared for the conference "Multilateral
Security: Eurasia and the West," Barnett Hill, England, July 1994, p. 8.]
OUTER SPACE
TREATY Ukraine is a signatory to the Outer
Space Treaty.
[Timerbayev and Watt, Inventory
of International Nonproliferation Organizations and Regimes, 1995,
p. 55.]
INTERNATIONAL
OPEN SKIES TREATY Ukraine signed the treaty along with 23 other European
nations in March 1992. The Verkhovna
Rada refused to ratify it in January 1996 because the communist majority
felt it was not in Ukraine's interest. The treaty was finally ratified
on 2 March 2000 by a pro-Kuchma Rada with a vote of 250 to five.[1,2]
Sources: [1] Serhiy Zhgurets, "The Details:
Can Ukriane get by without 'Open Skies'," Narodna Armiya, 25 January
1996; in "Ukraine Views History of 'Open Skies' Verification Program,"
FBIS Document FTS19970326001572. [2] "Verkhovna Rada approves
key military agreements," The Fortnight in Review, 17 March 2000,
Volume VI, Issue 6, Jamestown Foundation website, http://www.jamestown.org.
{Entered 4/4/2000 GD} STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SOFA) The Verkhovna
Rada ratified the SOFA on 2 March 2000 with a vote of 228 to 10.
The SOFA defines the legal status of foreign troops on Ukrainian soil,
including NATO troops involved in the NATO-Ukraine Partnership for Peace
(PFP). Foreign troops will now be permitted on Ukrainian bases and
military installations.
["Verkhovna Rada approves key military
agreements," The Fortnight in Review, 17 March 2000, Volume VI,
Issue 6, Jamestown Foundation website,
http://www.jamestown.org.] {Entered 4/4/2000 GD}
BLACK SEA FLEET AGREEMENT Russian President Boris Yeltsin and
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma signed the agreement on 28 May 1997.[1]
The Verkhovna Rada ratified it
on 24 March 2000. The agreement allows Russia to maintain a military
presence for the next 20 years in the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol and
at other Russian naval and air bases on the Crimean Peninsula.[2]
Because of Ukraine's non-nuclear status, nuclear
weapons at the Russian bases are prohibited.
Sources: [1] Mikhail Melnik, ITAR-TASS, 24 March
2000; in "Ukraine, Parliament Ratifies Black Sea Agreement," FBIS Document
FTS19990324001184. [2] Mary Mycio and Carol Williams,
"Russia, Ukraine Sign Treaty on Long-Running Disputes," Los Angeles
Times, 1 June 1997; in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe.
{Entered 4/6/2000 GD}
