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style="background-color: #efefef">Bureau overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">2010</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceding bureau</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Bureau of Verification, Compliance and Implementation<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Executive_branch_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive branch of the United States">Executive branch of the United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">141 (As of 2014<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bureau_of_Arms_Control,_Verification_and_Compliance&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-OIG_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OIG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$31.2 million (FY 2013)<sup id="cite_ref-OIG_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OIG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bureau executives</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Mallory_Stewart" title="Mallory Stewart">Mallory Stewart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_Arms_Control,_Verification,_and_Compliance" title="Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance">Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Paul Dean, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent department</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">U.S. Department of State</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-arms-control-and-international-security-affairs/bureau-of-arms-control-verification-and-compliance/">Official website</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability</b>, formerly the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (<b>AVC</b>) is a bureau within the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">United States Department of State</a>. It is responsible for providing oversight of policy and resources of all matters relating to the verification of compliance or discovery of noncompliance with international <a href="/wiki/Arms_control" title="Arms control">arms control</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nonproliferation" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonproliferation">nonproliferation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Disarmament" title="Disarmament">disarmament</a> agreements. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name_Change">Name Change</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bureau_of_Arms_Control,_Verification_and_Compliance&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name Change"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 13 November 2023, the State Department announced the renaming of the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance. It is now the Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability.<sup id="cite_ref-Rename_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rename-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IISS_rename_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IISS_rename-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_Mission">History and Mission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bureau_of_Arms_Control,_Verification_and_Compliance&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History and Mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bureau is headed by the <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_for_Arms_Control,_Verification,_and_Compliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance">Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance</a>. The Arms Control Bureau, a predecessor to the AVC Bureau, was established on April 1, 1999,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by Secretary <a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Albright" title="Madeleine Albright">Madeleine Albright</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bureau of Verification and Compliance was split off on February 1, 2000. Some of the functions of these two Bureaus were recombined in 2005 into the Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation. The AVC Bureau was established in a reorganization in 2009.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The AVC Bureau is responsible for coordinating an Annual Report on "Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control and Nonproliferation Agreements and Commitments," a report required by statute (Section 403 of the <a href="/wiki/Arms_Control_and_Disarmament_Act_of_1961" title="Arms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961">Arms Control and Disarmament Act</a>, as amended (<a href="/wiki/Title_22_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 22 of the United States Code">22 U.S.C.</a> 2593a)) to be annually submitted by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a>. In its noncompliance assessments, the Bureau utilizes all source intelligence related to weapons of mass destruction and the proliferation behavior. The assessments are used in the process for evaluating and determining sanctionable activities.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As the Bureau acts as the Department's policy liaison to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community" title="United States Intelligence Community">Intelligence Community</a> for verification and compliance, it provides guidance on funding and tasking priorities for collection resources. Bureau personnel participate regularly as Special Verification Advisors to, and as members of, delegations to ongoing bilateral and multilateral agreements. The Bureau co-chairs a number of Interagency Verification and Compliance Analysis Working Groups, including those related to the <a href="/wiki/Biological_and_Toxin_Weapons_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention">Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_on_Conventional_Armed_Forces_in_Europe" title="Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe">Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention" title="Chemical Weapons Convention">Chemical Weapons Convention</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Open_Skies_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Open Skies Treaty">Open Skies Treaty</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Intermediate-Range_Nuclear_Forces_Treaty" title="Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty">Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/New_START" title="New START">Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance also serves as co-chair with the intelligence community of the Verification and Monitoring Task Force to improve nuclear test detection and verifiability of nuclear related agreements. These groups provide the fora for discussion and resolution of issues arising from the implementation of treaties and commitments in-force and under negotiation, and the participation in the Department of State's sanctions groups provides further information for noncompliance assessments.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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