Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance

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Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance
Executive branch of the United States
Employees141 (As of 2014)[2]
Annual budget$31.2 million (FY 2013)[2]
Bureau executives
Parent departmentU.S. Department of State
WebsiteOfficial website

The Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability, formerly the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (AVC) is a bureau within the

nonproliferation, and disarmament
agreements.

Name Change

On 13 November 2023, the State Department announced the renaming of the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance. It is now the Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability.[3][4]

History and Mission

The Bureau is headed by the

Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance. The Arms Control Bureau, a predecessor to the AVC Bureau, was established on April 1, 1999 by Secretary Madeleine Albright. The Bureau of Verification and Compliance was split off on February 1, 2000. Some of the functions of these two Bureaus were recombined in 2005 into the Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation. The AVC Bureau was established in a reorganization in 2009.[citation needed
]

The AVC Bureau is responsible for coordinating an Annual Report on "Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control and Nonproliferation Agreements and Commitments," a report required by statute (Section 403 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2593a)) to be annually submitted by the President to Congress. In its noncompliance assessments, the Bureau utilizes all source intelligence related to weapons of mass destruction and the proliferation behavior. The assessments are used in the process for evaluating and determining sanctionable activities.[citation needed]

As the Bureau acts as the Department's policy liaison to the

Open Skies Treaty, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.[citation needed
]

The Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance also serves as co-chair with the intelligence community of the Verification and Monitoring Task Force to improve nuclear test detection and verifiability of nuclear related agreements. These groups provide the fora for discussion and resolution of issues arising from the implementation of treaties and commitments in-force and under negotiation, and the participation in the Department of State's sanctions groups provides further information for noncompliance assessments.[citation needed]

References

  1. U.S. Department of State
    . October 1, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  2. ^
    Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State. June 2014. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on November 22, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  3. ^ "Announcing the Renaming of the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance to the Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability". US State Department. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  4. ^ "the International Institute for Strategic Studies". the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Retrieved 25 November 2023.

External links

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