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Appendix A Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation Regarding Cooperation in the Area of Nuclear Material Physical Protection, Control, and Accounting
Pages 49-56

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... A Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation Regarding Cooperation in the Area of Nuclear Material Physical Protection, Control, and Accounting The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the Parties, ACKNOWLEDGING the importance of strengthening the nuclear weapons nonproliferation regime through the improvement of systems of physical protection, control and accounting of nuclear materials (hereinafter referred to as MPC&A) ; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the considerable growth in cooperation in MPC&A between the Parties, including the increase in the technical exchanges between the relevant scientific centers of the United States of America and the Russian Federation; AFFIRMING their commitment to continue successful cooperation in MPC&A; NOTING the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials of March 3, 1980; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the recommendations of the IAEA in the area of physical protection of nuclear materials; ATTACHING important significance to strengthening MPC&A cooperation between the Parties in view of implementation of current and future agreements in the nuclear arms reduction area; BELIEVING that the increase of the efficiency of MPC&A is a contribution to the efforts to prevent illicit trafficking in nuclear materials; HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 51
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... The Co-chairmen of the JCC shall be representatives of the Parties' Executive Agents. Meetings of the JCC shall be convened periodically upon agreement of the Co-Chairmen of the JCC but not less than once a year, alternately in the United States of America and in the
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... ARTICLE V 1. Under this Agreement, no United States classified information or Russian Federation state secret information shall be exchanged.
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... 2. In all cases, the activities of the United States of America and the financial support it provides under this Agreement are subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
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