The Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Belarus, the
Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech and Slovak Federal
Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the French Republic, the Republic of Georgia, the
Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic
of Iceland, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,
the Republic of Moldova, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Norway, the
Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Russian Federation, the
Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland and the United States of America, which are the States Parties
to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990, hereinafter referred to as the States Parties,
Reaffirming their determination to bring into force the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990, hereinafter referred to as the Treaty, by the time of the Helsinki
Summit Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe on July 9-10,
1992,
Desiring to meet the objectives and requirements of the Treaty while responding to the historic changes which have occurred in Europe since the
Treaty was signed,
Recalling in this context the undertaking in paragraph 4 of the Joint Declaration
of Twenty-Two States signed in Paris on November 19, 1990, to maintain only such military
capabilities as are necessary to prevent war and provide for effective defence and
to bear in mind the relationship between military capabilities and doctrines, and
confirming their commitment to that undertaking,
Having met together at an Extraordinary Conference chaired by the Kingdom of Spain
in Oslo on June 5, 1992, pursuant to Article XXI, paragraph 2, of the Treaty, as provisionally applied,