Informal or non-legally binding arms control arrangements are generally not subject to legislative approval to bring them into force.
Progress in arms control should also be measured against the record of compliance with existing agreements.
The onus was on the NWS to look at how to break the current deadlock in arms control.
Russia's swift seizure of the arms control initiative helped shift the logjam.
There may be scope for including specific reference to arms control provisions in Alliance planning documents dealing with crisis management.