Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance

Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance
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Bureau overview
Formed	2010
Preceding bureau	Bureau of Verification, Compliance and Implementation;
Jurisdiction	Executive branch of the United States
Employees	141 (As of 2014)
Annual budget	$31.2 million (FY 2013)
Bureau executives	Mallory Stewart, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance; Paul Dean, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance;
Parent department	U.S. Department of State
Website	Official website

The Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability, formerly the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (AVC) is a bureau within the United States Department of State. It is responsible for providing oversight of policy and resources of all matters relating to the verification of compliance or discovery of noncompliance with international arms control, 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,^[5] by Secretary Madeleine Albright.^[6] 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 Intelligence Community for verification and compliance, it provides guidance on funding and tasking priorities for collection resources. Bureau personnel participate regularly as Special Verification Advisors to, and as members of, delegations to ongoing bilateral and multilateral agreements. The Bureau co-chairs a number of Interagency Verification and Compliance Analysis Working Groups, including those related to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, the Chemical Weapons Convention, 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

^ "The Department of State's Reorganization of the Arms Control and International Security Bureaus". U.S. Department of State. October 1, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Inspection of the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance" (PDF). 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.
^ "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.
^ "the International Institute for Strategic Studies". the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
^ "Assistant Secretaries of State for Arms Control". U.S. Dept of State: Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
^ "Looking Back: Arms Control Reorganization, Then and Now | Arms Control Association". www.armscontrol.org. Retrieved 2024-06-15.

External links

[1] "The Department of State's Reorganization of the Arms Control and International Security Bureaus". U.S. Department of State. October 1, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2015.

[OIG-2] "Inspection of the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance" (PDF). 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.

[Rename-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.

[IISS_rename-4] "the International Institute for Strategic Studies". the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Retrieved 25 November 2023.

[5] "Assistant Secretaries of State for Arms Control". U.S. Dept of State: Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. Retrieved June 15, 2024.

[6] "Looking Back: Arms Control Reorganization, Then and Now | Arms Control Association". www.armscontrol.org. Retrieved 2024-06-15.

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