Abstract:
Adopted at the 91st Plenary Meeting of the Special Committee of the CSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Budapest, Hungary, where member states of the OSCE determined guidelines for annually exchanging information on major weapon and equipment systems and personnel of their conventional armed forces and territories. Demands exchange of information regarding location and peacetime strength of military staff, holdings of major weapon and equipment systems, levels of disaggregation, technical data and photographs such as inventory information, weapon and equipment systems newly entered into service. Allows member states to request clarification of provided information and establishes a format for communication.