Budapest Memorandum

Historical eventDecember 51994

Budapest Memorandum

The Budapest Memorandum is signed at the OSCE conference in Budapest, Hungary.

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When
Monday, December 5 199432 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
20th century · 1990s
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At a glance

Dates: From 1994-12-05.

Place: Budapest, Hungary.

Type: multilateral treaty and military operation plan.

Key figures / parties: Ukraine, Russia, United States, and United Kingdom.

What happened

History Partly as a way to gain international recognition, the Ukrainian government made commitments early on that Ukraine would be a non-nuclear-weapon state. The Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine on 16 July 1990 committed Ukraine "not to accept, produce, or acquire nuclear weapons", although this was opposed by some Ukrainian politicians, who saw Russia as a threat. [ 1 ] Until Ukraine transferred the Soviet nuclear weapons stationed on its soil,

The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances comprises four substantially identical political agreements signed at the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994, to provide security assurances by its signatories relating to the accession of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The four memoranda were originally signed by four nuclear powers: Ukraine, Russia, the United States,

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