authoritave interpreter of the teachings of Baha Ula
half-brother, Mirza Muhammad ‘Alíd
1912
4/11/1912 - arrived in New York City
1st disciples won in Chicago
Tablets of the Divine Plan
11/28/1921 - died
grandson, Shoghi Effendi
head of Committee of 19
Guardian of the Cause
World Council of Churches
new departure from current religious thinking
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
A Social Creed for the 21st Century
In hope sustained by the Holy Spirit, we pledge to be peacemakers in the world and stewards of God’s good creation, by working for:
Peacemaking through multilateral diplomacy rather than unilateral force, the abolition of torture, and a strengthening of the United Nations and the rule of international law.
US will soon have to subordinate its will to the UN, and all americans must be prepared to accept it
wanted meditation room
wedge-shaped
entrance
30' x 18'
two tinted glass-paned doors
United Nations guard stands outside
N to NE
From darkness to light
Tamaso Maa Jyotirgamaya
From ignorance to knowledge
North
fanatacism and intolerance wane
place of darkness
place of sun's annual death
In the northern hemisphere, sunlight doesn't come in to north facing windows.
East
the people begin to know their rights and to be conscious of their dignity and that the sun's rays will soon smite the summits of the mountains
place of light
place of sun's daily birth
Lux
other end 9'
Guard
sharp transition from the world of light to one of extreme darkness
darkened corridor which leads left
abrupt withdrawel from the outside world
turns right
inner arched entrance
to right are ten low wicker benches arranged in two rows of three and one back row of four against the corridor wall
dimly lit
recessed lighting from above focuses beam of light just beyond altars far edge
concentration of forces
thin lines of bluish light lap edges of shadow cast by altar
shadow cast to north
accoustic properties
padding material behind wall paneling
Swedish-woven blue rug
floors
two low railings 6' apart extending out from the east and west walls
blue-grey slate slabs laid in haphazard pattern
mural
if viewed from above is the truncated top of a pyramid
'"It has no title, and you can make what you wish of it."
In the New Yorker story, Beskow was quoted as saying: "My fresco contained no intentional symbols, though I've heard people say that the black-and-pale-blue circle in the upper middle section of the panel stands for the cosmos. All that I seriously sought to do was to open up the wall, in order to let the eye travel farther, and to open up the mind, provoking meditation but not directing it."
he admittedly sought to create a specific subjective effect in the mind of the spectator
painted originally on wet plaster one section at a time by the artist with the aid of an expert from Europe
8'8" in height, 6'8" in width
steel-framed narrow panel projected from wall
corners rounded
enclosed area 6" deep with own light source behind
behind is smaller pyramid which contains all-seeing eye
small, square projector throws diffused light from recessed aperture
ten hidden lights
five on each side of room
behind upper edges of thin suspended ceiling extending from top of mural
18" space between ceilings contains light control apparatuses
lower ceiling
wedge-shaped
separated from 3 walls of the inner room by foot
10/6/57 - Bo Beskow began
friend, John Steinbeck
friend, Secretary General Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld
7/29/1905 - born
1953 - Secretary General
got $10,000 from Friends of the UN Marshall Field Foundation for cost of Fresco
Beskow purchased houses for Dag in Hagestad
11/11/57 - mural seen for first time
designed to conform with a room of stillnes
purity of line and color
grays and blues
yellow and white patterns
black half-sphere
colors intersect to form deeper shades
geometric patterns repeated
proportions of room
focal point
upward movement
winding circles
spiraling diagonal line like a vibrating musical chord
feeling of space
the sense of a vessel is not in its shell but in the void
open up the room to harmony, freedom and balance of space
so eye can travel to the wall
extend room into another dimension
Duality
overlaid by other patterns in other colors
dark blue rectangle
altar
earth
middle tier
upper side passes through exact middle of small bisected sphere
yellow rectangle
angle into lower and middle tiers
one corner touches bottom
second representation of altar
light / the sun
duality
the sphere
left upper middle section
sun
bisected and quartered
magic circle
outstretched heavens and outspread earth divided into four quarters signified by a circle or square divided cross-ways
magic square
sacred because 15 is the numerical value of the Hebrew word for GOD
talismanic
assymetrical
3 rows
the enumeration of all of whose columns, vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, will give the same sum
4 9 2
3 5 7
8 1 6
tic-tac-toe based on it
72 geometrical figures and shadings
each their own figure
half circle
resting spot
all lines of the painting and room converge
one spot of black amid the light color
white half-crescent
upper right quadrant
inner curve
closest to bisected black, pale blue and yellow sphere
equidistant at all points from the exact center of bisected figure
the point in the circled denoted the principal of fecundity
lunette
moon
female principle
Isis
four long triangles
two upper tiers
counted as one figure
white
yellow
blue
black
spiral figure intertwined with the mural-length diagonal line
symbolizes caduceus of Hermes
9 arcs formed by intersection of spiral line with diagonal
stone engraven with figures of occult powers of planetary influences and celestial configurations under which it was made
sacred
4' high
6.5 tons
rests on two narrow cross pieces
rests on a concrete pillar that goes straight down to bed-rock
area and passageway beneath the room closed to the public
center of stillness surrounded by silence
unsanctified and unhallowed
no sacred meaning
cannot be used for sacrifice
dark gray block of crystalline iron ore from Swedish mine
lodestone
magnetite
possesses polarity
strongly magnetic
choice between destruction and peace
of iron man has forged his swords, of iron he has also made his ploughshares
bless by thoughts material from which arms are made
firm and permanent in a world of movement and change
Impression of more than temporary
has the weight and solidity of the everlasting
sure foundation of eternal life
cornerstone of immortality
immination
must survive tomb
cornerstone of endurance and faith on which all human endeavor must be based
1957 - King of Sweden presented to the United Nations
gift of Swedish Mining Company
Northern Sweden has largest magnetite deposits in world formed by segregation in magma
molten material held in solution under pressure of earth's crust
produced by melting of the mantle or the crust
1940 - founded by Dr. Arthur Holly Compton
scientist
6/1942 - brought Robert Oppenheimer into Atomic Energy Project
communist
espionage agent
3/15/1962 - died
1946 - sent Dr. Frank Laubach to Paris Peace Conference to lobby for room
Union Theological Seminary
Letters of a Modern Mystic
4/18/1949 - Trygve Halvdan Lie announced beginning
Secretary-General of the United Nations
temporary meditation room at Lake Success, New York
2/9/1951 - meditation room opened for one day at Secretariat building
10/14/1952 - permanent meditation room made public
2/16/1953 - Friends of the Meditation Room presented through its officers a set of guest books wherein visitors could inscribe their names, addresses and religious affilitiations
composed of Christians, Jews and Moslems
Laymen's Movement for a Christian World, Inc.
Members
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Population Council
Weyman C. Huckabee
Methodist Missionary
1937 - 1941 - secured grants from Rockefeller
Davidson Fund
New York City Riverside Church funds
Health Center in Hiroshima
Waynright House
since 1951
guestbook
1941, Secretary of the Movement
International HQ at Wainwright House, Milton Point, Rye, NY
Donors
Warren R. Austin
past permanent US delegate to UN
4/24/1957 - $12,600 to Hammarskjöld toward remodeling and elarging
John D. Rockefeller gave $5000
United Steel Workers / AFLCIO gave $500
Arthur Compton
Meditation Room
2nd floor
Prayer Vigils in 1953 and 1954
1955
Agba
300 year old
800 pounds
37" wide upright section
mahogany
from French Equatorial Africa
Wallace Kirkman Harrison
Director, international board of architects which planned the United Nations
co-architect, Director, Rockefeller Center
member, board of directors, New School of Social Research
philodendron plant on altar to symbolize an unknown person killed in a war
olive green rug
25 russet colored chairs
blue and white United Nations banner set in front of a ceiling-to-floor white drape
1957 - cherry wood chairs and drapes presented by UN
300 United Nations Meditation Room Identification Cards
Hindu
Buddhism
Islam
Seikh
Christian
St. Frances of Assisi
Thomas Sugrue Memorial Library
religion, occultism, spiritualism, Zen, Taoism, Yoga, Judaism
Every book in the library has a bookplate therein designed by the artist, Fritz Eichenberg
ancient cross in shape of T surrounded by serpent
wisdom and healing
forming the letter S
the Brazen Serpent
palladium or Talisman
coiled around Tau
T
phallus
Serpent set up by Moses was Egyptian Sun-god now known to his people as Jehovah
T&S are crowned by Lotus
Vedantic representation of all being
Symbol of ISIS & Osiris
sacred ornament
In the background lies the city of Jerusalem, over which shine two stars
star of the East of Christianity
six pointed star of Judaism
Star of the Microcosm
Seal of Solomon
Sacred Seal of Equilibrium
originally pentagram
the physical man and the spiritual man had attained equilibrium
son of man became son of God
negative / positive = cundalini = sex force
at each point of the star was placed the symbol of an Order which symbolized arcane wisdom
It was never called Solomon's Seal until it was adopted by the Jewish people as their symbol sometime in the 16th century
triangle
emblem of deity
if the apex of the triangle is pointed up it may represent Lucifer, particularly if its black
if the apex of the triangle is pointed down it becomes the male element
Flame spreads arc of light above
continuity of life and immortality of soul
New Jehovah
Ein Soph
Cabbalistic
Created world by virtue of 10 emanations from the Infinite One
1. This is a transition period between the passing out of the Piscean Age, with its emphasis upon authority and belief, and the coming in of the Aquarian Age, with its emphasis upon individual understanding and direct knowledge.
2. The world war marked a climax in the history of mankind
3. certain members of the planetary Hierarchy are approaching closer to the earth
goes on for millenia without any changes which makes its appearance suddenly
in the age of Aquarius the 5th root race will disappear and the 6th root race will emerge
Androgynous God
divine not-self
divine matter
necessary condition for its manifestation
manifested nature regarded as one which later becomes she the fourth making possible the activity of the 3 the field of their operations by virtue of her infinite divisibility and once the handmaid of the Lord and his mother yielding of her substance to form his body the universe when overshadowed by his power
the 2nd person is revealed by interaction between her the divine matter and the 3rd person of the trinity and becomes the mediator
ever dual
clothes himself in matter
the twin halves of deity appear in union
dual-natured
spiritual as reason
material as love
Krishnamurti Group
Ojai Valley
introduce Matreya in the Meditation Mountain
Lord Maitreya
Jews call Messiah
descendent of David
Cain
Marovingian bloodline of Kings of France
Christians call Christ
must hold title of Holy Roman Emperor
Muslims call Imam Mahdi
Buddhists call the Fifth Buddha
the Hindus call the Krishna
will claim to possess wisdom
the dragon of wisdom
Benjamin Creme
12/5/1922 - born
4/25/1982 - Newspaper Advertisement
live with the Asian community in East London, England
07/1977 - descended from his ancient retreat in the Himalaya Mountains along the border of India and Tibet
present on ship at Malta with Bush, Gorbachev, and ten regional heads of NWO
4/21 - 4/22/1990 - major conference initiated by Maitreya in London
Signed articles of incorporation with D. S. M. Unger
Elliot Holbrook
R. W. Ensor
Weller Van Hook
Presidents
A. P. Warrington
1920 - L. W. Rogers elected
8/11/1924 - L. W. Rogers changed name to American Theosophical Society
8/28/1926 - 40th Annual Convention of the American Theosophical Society
Chicago, IL
826 Oakdale Avenue
Wheaton, IL
1926 N. Main St
8/20/1934 - changed name to The Theosophical Society in America
9/1/1934 - filed with the state by President Sidney A. Cook
1882 - Blavatsky and Olcott visited India, adding Hindu and Buddhist elements
1888 - The Secret Doctrine
Tibet
Himalayan
The Hidden Elect
The Great White Brotherhood
universe fallen from spirit into matter, darkness and chaos
will rise once more to reach pinnacle of spirituality
each cycle of creation is 7 stages of human evolution
root races
Astral Race
pure spirit
Hyperborean Race
Continent in the Northern Ocean
Lumerian Race
Interbred with animals
first to be called human
began at least 18 million years ago
Indian Ocean to Australia
Atlantis
psychic powers
constructed giant cities using mysterious energy source
formed belt stretching from Mexico to Egypt and Asia
destroyed in great flood
Aryan
race of light, order and spirit
begin once more
Germans closest
Race of Hope
founded ancient Greece
Return man to pinnacle of spirituality
god, Ahura-Mazda
the present subrace is Teutonic
preceded by Atlantian than Lemurian
Anglo-Aryan race is superior
all other races inferior
Homo spiritalis
HS0 Anabiosis spiritalis
HS1 Scientella spiritalis
HS2 Aurora spiritalis
HS3 Ascensus spiritalis
HS4 Vocatus spiritalis
HS5 Illuminatio spiritalis
НS6 Creatio spiritalis
HS7 Servitus spiritalis
Pushkara
1891 - died
successor, Annie Bassant
1847 - born
daughter of English minister
Theosophist
adopted son
Krishna Merdie
Krishnagi
new messiah
1926 - Baron Felipe van Palant
gave estate at Oman in Netherlands to be HQ
11/20/1931 - renounced messiahship
annual conferences with 2000 attendees
1928 - 1750 women, 800 men
9/20/1933 - died
succesor, George S. Arendale
successor, Jinarajadsa
1945 - President
WW1
1914 - Archduke Ferdinand assassinated
Austrian
Axis Powers
Germany
Austria
Hungary
UN has never done anything about 80,000 Russian / Mongolian troops occupying Hungary
Hungarian freedom fighters slaughtered by Russians
Allied Powers
France
Britain
Russia
1917 - USA entered after Wilson's re-election
used sinking of Lusitania as excuse
April, 1918 - Jacob Schiff dispatched Colonel House to Moscow
delivered orders for Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin to change name of Bolshevism to Communist Party
adopt Karl Marx manifesto as constitution of communist party
they obeyed
beginning of Communism
Treason Documents
Peaceful Transformation
Revision of the UN Charter
James P. Warberg
not whether world government can be achieved, but whether it can be achieved by peaceful means
Senate Concurrent Resolutions 66
Peaceful transformation of UN nations into world federation avowed aim of US policy
September, 1950 - Our Foreign Policy
Department of State Publication #372
Prepared by Harry S. Truman
International Community
International Charter of Fair Trade Practices
International Control of all armament
1/9/1953 - Congressional Record
Appendix A63
J. W. Bricker
UN treaty supercedes consitution
Bricker Amendment
1954 - The Cause of Peace, 7 years with the UN
Sec. General has full authority
5/11/1955 - Congressional Record Appendix
Mr. Ricks
Article 55 and 56 of Charter of UN
Congress is no longer bound by its constitituional system of delegated powers
in position to pass legislation that crosses civil, economic, political, social and cultural lines
may legislate as unininhibited body unshackled of delegated powers under constitution
entire system of delegated powers changed to undelegated powers without amendment by people of US
any judge deciding on validity of legislation must have 2 books
US constitution
UN Charter
1/10/1963 - Congressional Record Appendix
current communist goals
1. US acceptance of coexistence as only alternative to atomic war
2. US willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war
3. develop illusion that total disarmament by US will be demonstration of moral strength
4. permit free trade between all nations despite whether they could be communist nations or items can be used for war
5. extension of long term loans to Russion and Soviet satellites
6. provide American aid to all nations regardless of communist domination
7. grant recognition of red China, admit red China to UN
8. set up East and West Germany as separate states despite Kirschoffs promise in 1955 to settle German question
9. prolong conference to ban atomic tests because US has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress
10. allow all Soviet satellite representation in UN
11. promote UN as only hope for mankind
if charter rewritten, demand it be set up as one-world independent government with its own armed forces
12. resist any attempts to outlaw Communist Party
13. do away with all loyalty oaths
14. continue giving Russia access to US patent office
15. capture one or both political parties in the US
16. use technical decisions of courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights
17. get control of schools, use them as transmission belts for socialism and current communist propaganda, get control of teacher's associations
18. get control of all student newspapers
19. use student riots to foment public protest against programs or organizations which are under communist attack
20. infiltrate the press
21. gain control of key positions in radio, tv, motion pictures
22. continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression
23. control art critics and directors of art museums
24. eliminate all laws governing obscenities by calling them censorship and violate free speech and free press
25. boot down cultural standards of morality by promiting porn and obscenities in books, motion pictures and tv
26. present homosexuality, degeneracy, and promiscuity as normal, natural and healthy
27. infiltrate churches and replace revealed religion with social religion, discredit bible and emphasise need for intellectual maturity which does not need religious crutch
28. eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in schools on grounds that it violates separation of church and state
29. discredit American constitution by calling it inadequate, old fashioned, out of step, a hindrance to cooperations by nations
30. discredit American founding fathers, present them as selfish aristocrats, with no regard to common man
31. belittle all forms of American culture and discourage teaching of American history on grounds it was only minor part of big picture, give more emphasis to teaching of Russian history since communists took over
32. support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of culture, education, social agencies, welfare agencies, mental health clinics
33. eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with operation of communist apparatus
34. eliminate House Committee on Unamerican Activities
35. discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI
36. infiltrate and gain control of more unions
37. infiltrate and gain control of big business
38. transfer some powers of arrest from police to social agencies
treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand or treat
dominate psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as means of gaining coersive control over those who oppose communist goals
40. discredit family as institution
encourage promiscuity and easy divorce
41. emphasize need to raise children away from negative influence of parents
attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents
42. create impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the american tradition
that students and special interest groups should rise up and use united force to solve economic, political or social problems
43. overthrow all Colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government
44. internationalize Panama canal
45. repeal Connelly Reservation so US cannot prevent world court from seizing jurisdiction over nations and individual states
March, 1993 - Increased Responsibility, a wider more practical role, becoming a functional world parliament
the UN Chronicle
47th GA
UN facing challenge on becoming a functional world parliament
UN should have its own committed army units on a permanent basis
agreement widespread for international order
we must commit ourselves fully to the idea of a fair division of the riches of the earth
establish a new world economic order
a redistribution of wealth
World Economic Forum
Klaus Martin Schwab
10/30/1938 - born in Ravensburg, Germany
father, Eugen Wilhelm Schwab
father, Jakob Wilhelm Gottfried Schwab
born in Karlsruhe, Germany
Baker
Machine Engineer
5/27/1898 - married Marie Lappert
4/27/1899 - born
Machine Engineer, Escher-Wyss
Sulzer Escher-Wyss
Vice President and President, Ravensburg Chamber of Commerce
Ravensburg Rotary
National Socialist Model Company
10/2/1926 - married Emma Gisela Tkelius Schwab
son, Hans Ernst Schwab
10/13/1927 - born in Ravensburg
wife, Anna Maria Schwab
daughter, Susanna Verena Schwab
9/28/1957 - born
son, Hans Jorg Eugen Schwab
2/19/1965 - born
son, Urs Reiner Schwab
wife, Erika Schwab
1982 - died
Chairman, Franco-German Regional Youth Association
Doctorate in Engineering
Swiss Federal Institute of of Technology in Zurich
1967 - Doctorate in Economics
University of Fribourg
Switzerland
Master of Public Administration
John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
taught by Henry Kissinger
2/1971 - married Hilde Stoll
son, Olivier Martin Schwab
1972 - born
daughter, Nicole Schwab
1975 - born
Gender Equality Project
European Management Symposium
Davos, Switzerland
Members
ABB
Volvo Group
Accenture
Adecco Group
African Rainbow Minerals
Agility
AIG
Alibaba Group
AlixPartners
Allianz
Google
Amazon
ArcelorMittal
AstraZeneca
Bahrain Economic Development Board
Bain & Company
Banco Bradesco
Bank of America
U.S. Trust Corporation
1853 - founded
Directors
Walter Rothschild
Daniel Davison
Richard Tucker
Daniel Roberts
Marshall Schwartz
Merril Lynch
Barclays
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
BlackRock
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
bp
Bridgewater Associates
Centene
Chevron
Cisco
Citi
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
The Coca-Cola Company
Cognizant
Credit Suisse
Dell Technologies
Deloitte
Dentsu
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Post DHL
Dow
DP World
EY
GE
Goldman Sachs
Hanwha Group
HCL Technologies
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hitachi
Honeywell
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX)
HP
HSBC
Huawei Technologies
Hubert Burda Media
IBM
Infosys
Intel
Itaú Unibanco
JD.com
JLL
Johnson & Johnson
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Kearney
KPMG
Kudelski Group
Lazard
Luksic Group
Mahindra Group
Majid Al Futtaim
ManpowerGroup
Marsh McLennan
Mastercard
McKinsey & Company
Meta
Microsoft
Mitsubishi Corporation
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Morgan Stanley
Nestlé
Novartis
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Palantir Technologies
LUKOIL
PayPal
PepsiCo
Pfizer
Procter & Gamble
Publicis Groupe
PwC
Qatar Investment Authority
Reliance Industries
Royal DSM
Royal Philips
Salesforce
SAP
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Basic Industries (SABIC)
Sberbank
Schneider Electric
Sequoia Capital
Siemens
SK Group
SOCAR (State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic)
S&P Global
Standard Chartered Bank
Suntory Holdings
Swiss Re
Takeda Pharmaceutical
Tata Consultancy Services
Ericsson
Uber Technologies
UBS
Unilever
UPS
USM
Verizon Communications
Visa
Volkswagen Group
VTB Bank
Wellcome Trust
Western Union
Willis Towers Watson
Wipro
Yara International
Zurich Insurance Group
Disarmament
any attempt to restrict gun rights is treasonous
Russian inspectors overseeing disarmament
Soviet military equipment being stockpiled across the US
1950 - Foreign Affairs Outlines: Building the Peace #23
Summer
prepared by Department of State
UN Action can be backed by Armed Force
Peaceful settlement of disputes, disarmament
Redistribution of wealth
World rule of law
US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Disarmament: 2 Approaches, A Comparison
September, 1961 - Department of State Publication 7277
Freedom From War: The United States Program for General and Complete Disarmament in a Peaceful World
Disarmament Series 5
merger of US armed forces and Soviet Union under UN as Peacekeeping force of World
FBI is opening international academy for law enforcement in Budapest
Soviet troops and officers are training in US
General and complete disarmament of all nations except for that limited armament required to maintain order and for contributions to UN peace force
UN peace force to enforce peace as disarmament process proceeds
November, 1961 - Disarmameent Goals
World free from war under principals of UN
USSR agree to disarm after general and complete disarmament has been attained
cold war scam to bring this about
2nd Annual Report to Congress, 1/1962 - 12/1962
US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Eventual establishment of International Police Force
American Journal of International Law
The Blueprint for the Peace Race
Outline of basic provisions of a treaty on general and complete disarmament in a peaceful world
May, 1962 - United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Publication 4
General Series 3
Merge US Army with Russia and China
ratified
15th Annual Report to the Congress
general and complete disarmament
conventional disarmament
regular guns
1978 - Yearbook of the United Nations
Disarmament and Related Matters
new international order strengthened
new international economic order
1984 - Yearbook
2nd disarmament decade
1st session of 82nd Congress
Volume 75
Public Law 87-287
establish arms control and disarmament agency
United States Codebooks Volume 9
Page 554 & 555
elimination of armed forces and all arms
page 557
Public Law 87-297
Arms Control and Disarmament Act
Ultimate goal of US is a world free of scourge of war and dangers and burdens of armaments
system of international control
elimination of arms of all kinds
first said Americans were immune, but then amended to say Americans were subject
Title 22
Foreign Relations & Intercourse
International Organizations immune
Supporters
Richard M. Helms
James Clapper
Frank Carlucci
Joe Biden
Al Gore
James Woolzey
Paul Wolfowitz
Donald Rumsfeld
John Bolton
Guardian of Zion award
Open Skies Treaty
enhance international security
full territorial openness
unarmed aerial surveillance flights
photograph military installations
global airborne monitoring regime
provides that all territory must be open to observation
rules set by observing party, not party being observed
parties may not restrict observation flights for national security reasons
will not be subject to refusal
obligated to accept up to 42 requests
increases tools for confidence building
establishes new framework for contacts and cooperating states
Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark (including Greenland), Estonia, Finland, France, the Republic of Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States