Lisbon Protocol

Lisbon Protocol
The Lisbon Protocol to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
Signed23 May 1992
LocationLisbon, Portugal
Effective5 December 1994
Signatories Belarus
 Kazakhstan
 Russia
 Ukraine
 United States

The Lisbon Protocol to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty[1] was a document signed by representatives of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan that recognized the four states as successors of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and all of them assume obligations of the Soviet Union under the START I treaty. The protocol was signed in Lisbon, Portugal, on 23 May 1992.[2]

  1. ^ http://www.armscontrol.org/node/3289 from the Arms Control Association website
  2. ^ Lisbon Protocol from the U.S. State Department website

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