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The Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program is an initiative housed within the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). The CTR program is better known as the Nunn–Lugar Act based on the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991 which was authored and cosponsored by Sens. Sam Nunn (D-GA) and Richard Lugar (R-IN). According to the CTR website, "the purpose of the CTR Program is to secure and dismantle weapons of mass destruction and their associated infrastructure in former Soviet Union states." CTR provides funding and expertise for states in the former Soviet Union (including Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan) to decommission nuclear, biological, and chemical weapon stockpiles, as agreed by the Soviet Union under disarmament treaties such as SALT I. After nuclear warheads were removed by the FSU military from their delivery vehicles, Nunn-Lugar assistance provided equipment and supplies to destroy the missiles on which the warheads had been mounted, as well as the silos which had contained the missiles. Warheads were then destroyed in Russia, with the highly enriched uranium contained in them made into commercial reactor fuel which was purchased by the U.S. under a separate program. In recent years, the CTR program has expanded its mission from WMD at the root source to protecting against WMD "on the move" by enhancing land and maritime border security in the former Soviet Union. == Objectives and programs == According to the CTR website, CTR has four key objectives:〔http://web.archive.org/web/20070927215354/http://www.dtra.mil/oe/ctr/programs/〕 * Dismantle Former Soviet Union (FSU)'s Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and associated infrastructure * Consolidate and secure FSU WMD and related technology and materials * Increase transparency and encourage higher standards of conduct * Support defense and military cooperation with the objective of preventing proliferation These objectives are pursued and achieved through a variety of programs.〔http://www.dtra.mil/oe/ctr/org_chart_ctr.cfm〕 Briefly, these include: * The Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP; formerly the Biological Threat Reduction Program ()) * Chemical Weapons Elimination Program * Nuclear Weapons Storage Security Program (NWSS) * Strategic Offensive Arms Elimination Program (SOAE) * Weapons of Mass Destruction-Proliferation Prevention Initiative (WMD-PPI) The CTR program is authorized by Title 22 of the United States Code, chapter 68a.〔 — Cooperative Threat Reduction With States Of Former Soviet Union〕 The FY 2007 CTR Annual Report to Congress provides a status update on the program as a whole and individual initiatives. It also details future planned endeavors in each area.〔http://www.dtra.mil/documents/oe/ctr/FY07%20CTR%20Annual%20Report%20to%20Congress.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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