APPENDIXES APPENDIX I 1986 ARMS CONTROL CHRONOLOGY Expiration of first period of the Soviet self-imposed moratorium on nuclear weapons explosions. Soviets publicly announce plan to eliminate nuclear weapons by 2000. Round IV of the Nuclear and Space Talks (NST) begins in Geneva. Soviet Union extends testing moratorium to March 31 and asks the United States to join. The United States and the Soviet Union begin the first round in Geneva of intensified discussions on a comprehensive ban on chemical weapons (CW). Conference on Confidence and Security-Building Measures and Disarmament in Europe (CDE) resumes in Stockholm. Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (MBFR) nego- Conference on Disarmament (CD) winter session begins in Geneva. The Secretary-General of the United Nations President Reagan announces in State of the Warsaw Pact, at MBFR Talks, presents new draft treaty. Statement by President Reagan proposes "a process by which the United States and the President Reagan, in a televised address, states US House of Representatives passes a resolution Session XXX of US-USSR Standing Consultative Commision (SCC) convenes in Geneva. NST concludes Round IV. Feb. 4 Feb. 20 Feb. 26 Feb. 26 Mar. 4 Mar. 4 The United States and the Soviet Union, in Berne, The UN Commission on Human Rights adopts two Round IX of CDE ends in Stockholm. President Reagan announces a new proposal for General Secretary Gorbachev extends the Soviet United States condemns Iraq for use of chemical weapons. President Reagan rejects General Secretary Second period of Soviet moratorium on nuclear Round X of CDE begins in Stockholm. NATO disarmament experts meet in Brussels. CD winter session recesses in Geneva. Session XXX of the SCC ends. Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Preparatory UN Disarmament Commission (UNDC) opens in New York. Nuclear Risk Reduction Center discussions are held in Geneva. Round V of the NST begins in Geneva. USSR extends moratorium on nuclear explosions to NATO Nuclear High-Level Group meets in MBFR Round 39 begins in Vienna. Round X of CDE concludes. UNDC ends its session in New York. President Reagan states that the United States will make decisions concerning the deployment of future strategic systems on the basis of the US-Soviet military balance and not on the provisions of the SALT II Treaty. Soviet Academy of Sciences sponsors meeting on "Peace and Disarmament" in Moscow. NATO Ministerial Meeting in Halifax establishes a task force to consider the future of conventional arms control in Europe. US-USSR nonproliferation consultations are held in Moscow. CD summer session opens in Geneva. Round XI of CDE begins. Warsaw Pact issues "Budapest Appeal" to NATO calling for twenty-five percent cut in NATOWarsaw Pact troops by the early 1990s. NST Round V ends in Geneva. UN Conference on Disarmament and Development is held in Paris without US participation. MBFR Round 39 ends in Vienna. Round XI of CDE ends. Special Session of SCC convenes in Geneva. President Reagan sends letter to General Secretary Gorbachev making clear US preference for total elimination of US and Soviet SRINF missiles. US and Soviet nuclear testing experts meet in US-Soviet nonproliferation consultations are held in Moscow. President Reagan reports to Congress on Interim Experts (Blackwill/Mikhailov) discuss MBFR US-Soviet arms control experts meet on NST US-Soviet chemical weapons specialists meet in CDE opens final session. Round II of talks on Risk-Reduction Centers are held in Geneva. CD summer session ends. US-Soviet chemical weapons specialists meet in Berne. US-Soviet nuclear testing experts meet in Geneva. US-Soviet arms control experts meet on NST in BWC Review Conference is held in Geneva. Session 41 of the United Nations General Assembly opens in New York. NST Round VI resumes in Geneva. CDE's final session ends in Stockholm; agreement Soviet Foreign Minister Edward Shevardnadze Reagan-Gorbachev meeting in Iceland announced. President Reagan addresses the UN General Round 40 of MBFR opens in Vienna. Special International Atomic Energy Agency Safety is held in Vienna. Chemical Weapons Report issued; it describes CW deterrent posture. SCC begins Round XXXII in Geneva. President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev UNGA First Committee begins work. ACDA Director addresses UNGA First Committee Nuclear Planning Group meeting held in Palme Commission meets in Budapest, Hungary. US-Soviet chemical weapons specialists begin CSCE Review Conference begins in Vienna. Secretary of State Schultz and Soviet Foreign Atlantic Conference on East/West Relations is IAEA International Symposium on Nuclear Material |