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TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 05-829
WEAPONS Proliferation
Agreement Between the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and UKRAINE Signed at Kiev August 29, 2005
NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966 (80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the United States, and of the several States, without any further proof or authentication thereof.”
UKRAINE Weapons: Proliferation Agreement signed at Kiev August 29, 2005; Entered into force August 29, 2005.
AGREEMENT between the Department of Defense of the United States of America and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine Concerning Cooperation in the Area of Prevention of Proliferation of Technology, Pathogens and Expertise that could be Used in the Development of · Biological Weapons The Department of Defense of the United States of America ("U.S. Department of Defense") and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, hereinafter referred to jointly as the Parties, l desiring to implement the Agreement between the United States of America j and Ukraine Concerning Assistance to Ukraine in the Elimination of Strategic 1:. Nuclear Arms, and the Prevention of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, signed October 25, 1993, as extended and amended (hereinafter the Umbrella l Agreement), as it pertains to the prevention of proliferation of technology, • ~~~;;~:,s and expertise that could be used in the development of biological recognizing the existing cooperation between the Science and Technology Center Ulaaine and the Lviv Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Hygiene, and noting that pursuant to Article II of the Umbrella Agreement, the Ministry of ~ Health of Ukraine has been designated by the Government of Ukraine (Cabinet of ~ ; 1 Ministers) as the executive agent to implement this Agreement, I 9 I I 1 HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
Article I
1. In order to assist Ukraine in preventing the proliferation of technology, i pathogens, and expertise that are located at the Scientific Research Institute of , Epidemiology and Hygiene (Lviv), the Ukrainian Scientific Research Anti-Plague ) Institute (Odessa), the Central Sanitary Epidemiological Station (Kyiv), and other 1 facilities in Ukraine identified by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, and that could ! be used in the development of biological weapons, the U.S. Department of Defense shall provide assistance to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine at no cost, subject to --. ~. ··--.-. -the availability of funds appropriated for this purpose, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. j -;3 2. The Ministry of Health of Ukraine shall use all material (including ' equipment, instruments, and other supplies), training of personnel and services provided in accordance with this Agreement exclusively for the purpose of preventing the proliferation of technology, pathogens and expertise that are located at facilities in Ukraine and that could be used in the development of biological weapons. 3. This Agreement and all activities undertaken in accordance with this Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of the Umbrella Agreement. In the event of any discrepancies between tllis Agreement and the Umbrella Agreement, the provisions of the Umbrella Agreement shall prevail. 4. The Ministry of Health of Ukraine shall provide to the U.S. Department of Defense a list of facilities in Ukraine that may receive assistance under this Agreement, establishing the Ministry of Health of Ukraine's order of priority for such assistance.
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