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     On Recommendations on Russian deadline extension request. With respect to the request of the Russian Federation for extension of the intermediate and final deadlines for the destruction of its Category 1 chemical weapons, the Executive Council recommends that the Conference at its Seventh Session:
  1. grant, in principle, an extension to the Russian Federation's obligation to meet the intermediate deadline for the destruction of one percent of its Category 1 chemical weapons stockpiles, on the understanding that:
    (a) the Chairman of the Council will report to the Thirty-First Session of the Executive Council, based on a visit to the Gorny facility by experts from States Parties that are members of the Council; and
    (b) the Russian Federation will provide an update on the status of the Gorny facility to the Thirty-First Session of the Council;
  2. authorise the Council to establish a specific date for the one percent deadline, with a view to the Council's taking a decision at its Thirty-First Session, and request the Chairman of the Council to report on its actions to the Conference at its Eighth Session;

  3. grant, in principle, an extension to the Russian Federation's obligation to meet the intermediate deadline for the destruction of twenty percent of its Category 1 chemical weapons stockpiles, so that the twenty percent deadline will occur after the one percent deadline, on the understanding that:
    (a) the Russian Federation will provide updates at each session of the Council on the status of the programme, with supporting documentation, particularly on progress in construction of destruction facilities necessary to meet the revised twenty percent deadline;
    (b) the Russian Federation accepts a benchmark target of 31 January 2003 for beginning construction of the chemical weapons destruction facility at Kambarka, which will be used to meet the twenty percent deadline;
    (c) the Russian Federation accepts a benchmark target of 1 December 2005 for the completion of the facility and starting chemical weapons destruction at Kambarka;
    (d) the Russian Federation will submit to a Council meeting prior to the Eighth Session of the Conference detailed information updating EC-29/NAT.3, dated 25 June 2002, sufficiently early to permit thorough review thereof, in order to allow the Eighth Session of the Conference to reach competent decision on this outstanding Russian deadline extension request;
    (e) the Chairman of the Council will report annually on the status of work to the Council, based on annual visits to the Kambarka facility and any other facility to be used in meeting the twenty percent requirement, by experts from States Parties that are members of the Council;
  4. request the Council to recommend to the Conference a specific and practical date for the extended deadline for the destruction of twenty percent of Russia's Category 1 chemical weapons stockpiles, with a view to the Conference's taking a decision establishing a revised deadline at its Eighth Session;

  5. call upon the Russian Federation to take the necessary steps to meet the revised destruction schedule it has proposed (20 percent-29 April 2007; 45 percent-29 April 2009; 100 percent-29 April 2012), which will be taken into account in decisions to establish revised destruction deadlines;

  6. request the Director-General to report periodically to the Council on the progress made by the Russian Federation in the destruction of its chemical weapons, in accordance with its obligations under the Convention;

  7. request the Chairman of the Council, in the exercise of his competencies and in cooperation with the Director-General, to report periodically to the Council on these matters;

  8. request the Chairman of the Council to report to the Conference on an annual basis regarding the status of Council deliberations on this issue;

  9. call upon States Parties, who are in a position to do so, to provide assistance to support the efforts of the Russian Federation for implementation of the programme of chemical weapons destruction; and

  10. take a decision at its Eighth Session establishing a substitute deadline for the twenty percent deadline established in the Convention, based on the recommendation of the Council, pursuant to paragraph 4; and consider further, on the basis of the recommendations of the Council, the proposals of the Russian Federation with a view to establishing practical deadlines substituting for the forty-five percent and one hundred percent deadlines established in the Convention.