The term 'Assistant Secretary' means the position of Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance designated under section 1112 [22 U.S.C. 2652c].
The Bush administration has called for "verification" of compliance with the Geneva agreement, as well as new agreements for doing away with production, testing and sale of missiles and other weapons of mass destruction.
At a confirmation hearing last Thursday, Rose Gottemoeller, nominated to serve as the assistant secretary of state for verification and compliance and the chief negotiator for the treaty, testified that she wanted to avoid extra issues.
The Secretary of State shall designate one of the Assistant Secretaries of State authorized by section 2651a(c)(1) of this title as the Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance.
Several senior positions have gone through the confirmation process in recent days, including an undersecretary for arms control and international security, and an assistant secretary for verification and compliance.
However, the time limits for verification of compliance with registration conditions and requirements set in Article 10 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 should not apply to the new procedure.
Cyberweapons governance is a problematic proposition, on account of environmental complexity; monitoring, verification, compliance and enforcement; and, power politics.
Unfortunately, the BWC does not yet contain provisions for verification of members' compliance, and there has been evidence of significant cheating by some parties since the treaty went into effect.
We're starting to see the need for verification and documents for compliance reasons.
(6) The new procedure should exist alongside the current procedures used for the verification of compliance with registration conditions and in cases of manifest and serious breaches of the values on which the Union is founded.
