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Treaty on Open Skies

TREATY TEXT: Preamble and 19 Articles

PREAMBLE
ARTICLE I: General Provisions
ARTICLE II: Definitions
ARTICLE III: Quotas
ARTICLE IV: Sensors
ARTICLE V: Aircraft Designation
ARTICLE VI: Choice of Observation Aircraft, General Provisions for the Conduct of Observation Flights, and Requirements for Mission Planning
ARTICLE VII: Transit Flights
ARTICLE VIII: Prohibitions, Deviations from Flight Plans and Emergency Situations
ARTICLE IX: Sensor Output from Observation Flights
ARTICLE X: Open Skies Consultative Commission
ARTICLE XI: Notifications and Reports
ARTICLE XII: Liability
ARTICLE XIII: Designation of Personnel and Privileges and Immunities
ARTICLE XIV: Benelux
ARTICLE XV: Duration and Withdrawal
ARTICLE XVI: Amendments and Periodic Review
ARTICLE XVII: Depositaries, Entry into Force and Accession
ARTICLE XVIII: Provisional Application and Phasing of Implementation of the Treaty
ARTICLE IX: Authentic Texts

 

OPEN SKIES CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION DECISIONS:

OSCC Decision 1-20a

OSCC Decisions: 21-40

OSCC Decisions: 41-60

OSCC Decisions: 61-80

OSCC Decisions: 81-100

OSCC Decisions: 101-118

ANNEXES: Annexes A-L to the Treaty on Open Skies

ARTICLE–BY–ARTICLE ANALYSIS: An article–by–article analysis of the Treaty on Open Skies

PREAMBLE
ARTICLE I: General Provisions
ARTICLE II: Definitions
ARTICLE III: Quotas
ARTICLE IV: Sensors
ARTICLE V: Aircraft Designation
ARTICLE VI: Choice of Observation Aircraft, General Provisions for the Conduct of Observation Flights, and Requirements for Mission Planning
ARTICLE VII: Transit Flights
ARTICLE VIII: Prohibitions, Deviations from Flight Plans and Emergency Situations
ARTICLE IX: Sensor Output from Observation Flights
ARTICLE X: Open Skies Consultative Commission
ARTICLE XI: Notifications and Reports
ARTICLE XII: Liability
ARTICLE XIII: Designation of Personnel and Privileges and Immunities
ARTICLE XIV: Benelux
ARTICLE XV: Duration and Withdrawal
ARTICLE XVI: Amendments and Periodic Review
ARTICLE XVII: Depositaries, Entry into Force and Accession
ARTICLE XVIII: Provisional Application and Phasing of Implementation of the Treaty
ARTICLE XIX: Authentic Texts

 

LIST OF FLIGHTS (through September 17, 2008)

FACT SHEET: Open Skies Treaty Overview (2009)

FACT SHEET: Open Skies: Basic Elements

FACT SHEET: Open Skies Consultative Commission

FACT SHEET: Open Skies Participating States (as of May 2009)

FACT SHEET: Statement by the Press Secretary on the Open Skies Treaty

FACT SHEET: Report on Treaty Compliance (2005)

FACT SHEET: First Russian Observation in the United States

FACT SHEET: Second Russian Observation in the United States

FACT SHEET: Third Russian Observation in the United States

FACT SHEET: Fourth Russian Observation in the United States

GLOSSARY: Open Skies Terms and Their Definitions
(Also see DTIRP’s Arms Control Security Glossary

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