scope:

Purpose.

Consistent with references a through c, this instruction provides updated guidance and military policy for the implementation of the Vienna Document 1999 (VDOC 99) (reference a) as agreed to by the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and subscribed to by the US government (USG) at Istanbul on 16 November 1999.

Applicability.

This instruction applies to US Central Command (USCENTCOM), US European Command (USEUCOM), other combatant commands that deploy forces into the ZoA as defined in Annex I of reference a, the Services, US Delegation to the Military Committee, NATO (USDELMC), the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Joint Staff, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Representative to the OSCE.