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An Assessment of the International Science and Technology Center Redirecting Expertise in Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Former Soviet Union (1996) / Chapter Skim
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C Agreement to Establish a Science and Technology Center in Ukraine
Pages 37-41

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... To give weapons scientists and engineers, particularly those who possess knowledge and skills related to weapons of mass destruction or missile delivery systems, in Ukraine and, if interested, in other states of the former Soviet Union, opportunities to redirect their tal ents to peaceful activities; and (ii) To contribute thereby through its projects and activities: to the solution of national or international technical problems; and to the wider goals of reinforcing the transition to market-based economies responsive to civil needs, of supporting basic and applied research and technology development, inter alla, in the fields of environmental protection, energy production, and nuclear safety, and the remediation of the consequences of nuclear power reactor accidents, and of promoting the further integration of scientists of Ukraine and the former Soviet Union into the international scientific community.
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From page 38...
... ARTICLE IV (A) The Center shall have a Governing Board and a Secretariat, consisting of an Executive Director, Deputy Executive Directors, and such other staff as may be necessary, in accordance with the Statute of the Center.
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... ARTICLE VI Each project submitted for approval by the Governing Board shall be accompanied by the written concurrence of the stators) in which the work is to be carried out.
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... (C) Representatives of the Parties on the Governing Board, the Executive Director, and the Deputy Executive Directors shall be accorded by the Government of Ukraine, in addition to the privileges and immunities listed in paragraphs (A)
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... Upon approval by the Governing Board, that state shall be permitted to accede to this Agreement. In the event that a state or states of the Former Soviet Union accede to this Agreement, that state or those states shall comply with the obligations undertaken by the Government of Ukraine in Articles VIII, IX(C)
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Key Terms

  • legal proceedings
  • center projects
  • project agreement
  • customs duties
  • peaceful purposes

  • center project
  • import taxes
  • mass destruction
  • similar taxes
  • charges imposed

  • ukrainian nationals
  • movable property
  • deputy executive
  • weapons scientists
  • executive directors

  • written concurrence
  • project activities
  • obtain scientific
  • union accede
  • missile delivery

  • states government
  • applicable international
  • status equivalent
  • article viii
  • rights resulting

  • otherwise agreed
  • single vote
  • branch thereof
  • executive heads
  • unless otherwise


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