Open Skies Treaty Review Conference

On 8 june many participants voiced their belief in the continued importance of the treaty at the 3 rd open skies treaty review conference in vienna citing confidence building and promotion of openness of military forces.

Open skies treaty review conference. On may 22 2020 the united states exercised its right pursuant to paragraph 2 of article xv of the treaty on open skies by providing notice to the treaty depositaries and to all states parties of its decision to withdraw from the treaty effective six months from the notification date. Mahley deputy assistant secretary for multilateral arms control u s. 5 09 rules of procedure and working methods for the 2010 review conference of the states parties under article xvi of the treaty on open skies 09 14 2009. Delegation to the open skies consultative commission washington dc february 14 2005.

The third open skies treaty review conference will be held on 8 10 june in vienna under the chairmanship of the republic of belarus. 4 09 second review conference on the implementation of the treaty on open skies 07 13 2009 decision no. The first such conference took place in 2005 and the second chaired by the united states was held in vienna on 7 9 june 2010. On october 7 9 the open skies treaty review conference was held in video mode.

The previous three conferences were organized by germany 2005 the usa 2010 and belarus 2015. Chairmanship of the open skies consultative commission. Having considered the results of the five year period since the previous similar event the participating states emphasized the importance of the ost for strengthening confidence stability and security in europe. I ve had the privilege of working with many of you on conventional arms control issues including open skies.

The open skies treaty calls for a review conference to be held every five years. The first review conference was held in 2005. The open skies treaty calls for a review conference to be held every five years. This year belgium will chair the fourth review conference of the open skies treaty from 7 to 9 october.

Second review conference for the open skies treaty took place in vienna austria on june 7 9 2010 the event was organized by the u s. The first such conference took place in 2005 and the second chaired by the united states was held in vienna on 7 9 june 2010. This conference takes place every five years. Open skies treaty review conference ambassador donald a.

Chairperson ambassadors distinguished colleagues ladies and gentlemen good morning. It is a pleasure to be here to address the third review conference.