Belarus: CTR Developments

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CUMULATIVE CTR FUNDING THROUGH FY1997*

PROJECT	Amount Requested to Congress	Amount Obligated by Congress	Amount Disbursed
Chain of Custody
Emergency Response Training/Equipment	$5,000,000	$4,959,669	$4,474,000
Material Control & Accountability	$3,000,000	$2,661,285	$1,558,071
Export Control	$16,260,000	$10,793,185	$8,689,213

Demilitarization
Industrial Partnerships	$20,000,000	$19,782,569	$18,604,507
Defense Enterprise Fund	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000
Science & Technology Center	$5,000,000	$4,950,000	$488,000
Defense & Military Contracts	$3,524,000	$754,326	$374,749

Destruction and Dismantlement
Strategic Offensive Arms Elimination	$33,900,000	$2,665,560	$195,169
Continuous Communication Link	$2,300,000	$1,158,55	$938,414
Site Restoration	$25,000,000	$24,987,909	$15,051,348
TOTAL	$118,984,000	$77,713,059	$55,373,472

*Figures provided by CTR Program Office, U.S. Department of Defense, 2/10/97. {Updated 2/13/97 SA}

CTR DEVELOPMENTS IN BELARUS

12/14/97: US DELEGATION ARRIVES IN MINSK TO DISCUSS IMPROVING RELATIONS: Special Advisor to the US Secretary of State on the New Independent States Stephen Sestanovich traveled to Belarus to hold talks with Belarus Foreign Minister Ivan Antonovich. Sestanovich's delegation consisted of high-ranking Clinton Administration officials and representatives from the US Department of Defense. Among the topics discussed was the possibility for Belarus to continue receiving Nunn-Lugar funding. The US Congress froze $40 million in CTR funds in early 1997 based on the fact that Belarus did not adhere to international standards for human rights.; [ITAR-TASS, 14 December 1997; in "Premier--Belarus Ready for Observation of Human Rights," FBIS-SOV-97-348.] {entered 2/9/98 djw}
3/21/97: US SUSPENDS $40 MILLION IN CTR FUNDS FOR BELARUS: State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns announced on 21 March 1997 that the United States will suspend $40 million in CTR program funding for Belarus because of Minsk's lack of respect for human rights. The funding cutoff would suspend programs for destruction of missile launch pads, disposal of rocket fuel, radiological surveys, and activities to monitor the export of nuclear weapons. Burns further stated that CTR funding could be resumed when Belarus' human rights performance improved.; ["U.S. cuts off $40 million in aid to Belarus," Reuters, 21 March 1997.]{Entered 7/28/98 FW}
10/22/92: UMBRELLA CTR AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH US: the US and Belarus signed an umbrella agreement for cooperative threat reduction assistance under the terms of Nunn-Lugar legislation. The umbrella agreement provides the legal framework for Nunn-Lugar assistance, while specific forms of assistance are outlined in subsequent agreements.

Last updated 7 August 1998

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