2: LISBON PROTOCOL START TREATY

United States Department of State

2. For purposes of Treaty implementation, the phrase, "national territory,"

when used in the Treaty to refer to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, shall

be interpreted to mean the combined national territories of the Republic of

Byelarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine.

3. For inspections and continuous monitoring activities on the territory of

the Republic of Byelarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, or

Ukraine, that state shall provide communications from the inspection site or

continuous monitoring site to the Embassy of the United States in the respective

capital.

4. For purposes of Treaty implementation, the embassy of the Inspecting

Party referred to in Section XVI of the Protocol on Inspections and Continuous

Monitoring Activities Relating to the Treaty between the United States of America

and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of

Strategic Offensive Arms shall be construed to be the embassy of the respective

state in Washington or the embassy of the United States of America in the

respective capital.

5. The working languages for Treaty activities shall be English and

Russian.

ARTICLE IV

Representatives of the Republic of Byelarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan,

the Russian Federation, and Ukraine will participate in the Joint Compliance and

Inspection Commission on a basis to be worked out consistent with Article I of

this Protocol.

ARTICLE V

The Republic of Byelarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Ukraine shall

adhere to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of July 1, 1968

as non-nuclear weapon states Parties in the shortest possible time, and shall

begin immediately to take all necessary action to this end in accordance with

their constitutional practices.

ARTICLE VI

1. Each Party shall ratify the Treaty together with this Protocol in

accordance with its own constitutional procedures. The Republic of Byelarus, the

Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine shall exchange

instruments of ratification with the United States of America. The Treaty shall

enter into force on the date of the final exchange of instruments of ratification.

2. This Protocol shall be an integral part of the Treaty and shall remain in

force throughout the duration of the Treaty.