National Nuclear Risk Reduction Center
The National Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (Russian: НЦУЯО, Национальный центр по уменьшению ядерной опасности) is part of the Russian Ministry of Defense, and known also as The Directorate for Control of Agreements' Implementation (In Russian: Управление Министерства обороны Российской Федерации по контролю за выполнением договоров). It has counterpart in Washington D.C. in the United States Department of State. The main task is the organization of work on the implementation of agreements in the field of Arms reduction and implementation of all the international agreements which were signed by the Russian Ministry of Defence.
Sergei Ryzhkov is the current head of the Directorate.
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History
On September 15, 1987 An agreement between USA and US SR has been signed On the establishment of National Center for nuclear risk reduction in Moscow and Washington.[1]
Thus, On December 14, 1987 the Government of the Soviet Union established the NTsUYaO (Национальный центр по уменьшению ядерной опасности ,НЦУЯО) National Nuclear Risk Reduction Center which was subordinate under the Soviet Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union.
From the beginning the center has the task to inform the government about launches of a ballistic rockets, but soon its tasks increased due to agreement with the American about the liquidation of a mid and short term rockets, from December 8, 1987. Shortly, after that the center become the primary body in Soviet Union which was responsible for control and inspection over the nuclear and strategic weapons in the Soviet territory.
Since February 24, 1988 the center become full-time active, and since April 1 in the same year, a hotline between the center and the American Nuclear Risk Reduction Center began to work.
Its purpose was to create an additional channel of communication for the prevention of nuclear war, in addition to the Hot Line[1] and diplomatic channels. The Center is online 24 hours a day and relays information regarding the arms activities of both nations so as to prevent accidental outbreak of nuclear war.
The Centre is taking part in open skies agreements. The Treaty on Open Skies establishes a program of unarmed aerial surveillance flights over the entire territory of its participants. It was signed in March 1992 and became one of the major confidence-building measures in Europe after the Cold War. It entered into force on January 1, 2002, and currently has 34 States Parties, including Russia and the majority of the NATO countries. Moscow ratified the Treaty on Open Skies on May 26, 2001. The treaty allows its participants to openly gather information on each other's military forces and activities.
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References
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External links
- Official Homepage
- National Security //In U.S.-Russia deal, nuclear communication system may be used for cybersecurity, The Washington Post
- Agreement between the United States Of America and The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics On Establishment of Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers
- Federation of American Scientists information on the NRRCs in Washington and Moscow
