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| (9) INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND
RUSSIA FOR THE CONDUCT OF ACTIVITIES LEADING TO RUSSIAN PARTNERSHIP IN THE
DETAILED DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, OPERATION AND UTILIZATION OF THE PERMANENTLY
MANNED CIVIL SPACE STATION (Singed at Washington June 23, 1994. Entered
into force June 30, 1995) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States of America (hereinafter referred to as "NASA"), and the Russian Space Agency (hereinafter referred to as "RSA"), hereinafter also referred to as the "Parties", RECOGNIZING the Agreement between the United States of America and the Russian Federation Concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes of June 17, 1992; RECOGNIZING the successful cooperation being conducted by NASA and RSA under the Human Space Flight Agreement of October 5, 1992, and the Protocol to that Agreement of December 16, 1993; RECALLING the Summit Meeting of April 3, 1993, between Presidents Clinton and Yeltsin which established the U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on Energy and Space; RECALLING the Joint Statement of September 2, 1993, on Cooperation in Space issued by the U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on Energy and Space chaired by Vice President Gore and Prime Minister Chernomyrdin; RECALLING the Joint Statement of December 16, 1993, on Space Cooperation issued by the U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation chaired by Vice President Gore and Prime Minister Chernomyrdin; RECOGNIZING the Joint Invitation at the Occasion of the Intergovernmental Meeting of the Space Station Partners in Washington, DC, on December 6, 1993; and further recognizing the acceptance of the invitation by the Government of the Russian Federation on December 17, 1993; NOTING the obligations of the United States of America and NASA pursuant to: The Agreement Among the Government of the United States of America, Governments of Member States of the European Space Agency, the Government of Japan, and the Government of Canada on Cooperation in the Detailed Design, Development, Operation, and Utilization of the Permanently Manned Civil Space Station of September 29, 1988 (the Agreement is referred to hereinafter as the "IGA"; the Governments of the United States, Japan, Canada, and the European Governments collectively, are hereinafter referred to as the "Partners"); Memoranda of understanding on cooperation in the detailed design, development, operation, and utilization of the permanently manned civil space station between NASA and: The Ministry of State for Science and Technology of Canada (September 29, 1988), and further noting that upon its establishment on March 1, 1989, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) assumed responsibility for the execution of the Canadian Space Station Program from MOSST; The European Space Agency (ESA) (September 29, 1988); and The Government of Japan (March 14, 1989), and further noting the designation by the Government of Japan of the Science and Technology Agency (STA) as its cooperating agency; (CSA, ESA, and STA are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Cooperating Agencies of the Space Station Partners"); NOTING the commitments of NASA in the Space Station Program Implementation Plan of September 7, 1993; RECOGNIZING the Addendum to the Space Station Program Implementation Plan of November 1, 1993, hereinafter referred to as the "Addendum"; and RECOGNIZING the Joint Statement on Negotiations Related to the Integration of Russia into the Space Station Partnership issued by the Partners and the Government of the Russian Federation at the Intergovernmental Meeting on March 18, 1994, and the adoption of the following papers: "Changes in the Legal Framework to Include Russia as a Partner" and "Modalities for Forthcoming Negotiations on the Space Station Agreements;" HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
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