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 Alain Martineau
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| Front Description : | Arms Control and Verification (ACV) is responsible for many conventional arms treaties. Open Skies is one such treaty and is a sub-section of ACV. The Treaty on Open Skies entered into force on January 1, 2002, and currently has 34 States Parties. It establishes a program of unarmed aerial surveillance flights over the entire territory of its participants. The treaty is designed to enhance mutual understanding and confidence by giving all participants, regardless of size, a direct role in gathering information about military forces and activities of concern to them. Open Skies is one of the most wide-ranging international efforts to date promoting openness and transparency of military forces and activities. States Parties have quotas of annual observation flights to be conducted and received. Observation flights are unrestricted and occur no sooner than 24 hours after the Observing State presents its flight plan to the Receiving State. They are normally conducted in the Observing State's aircraft, with the national escorts of the Receiving State onboard. Observers from other States Parties may also be present. |
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