Editing Treaty on Open Skies (section)

== Membership ==
The 32 state parties to the Open Skies Treaty are [[Belarus]], [[Belgium]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Canada]], [[Croatia]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Denmark]] (including [[Greenland]]), [[Estonia]], [[Finland]], [[France]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Germany]], [[Greece]], [[Hungary]], [[Iceland]], [[Italy]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Luxembourg]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Norway]], [[Poland]], [[Portugal]], [[Romania]], [[Slovakia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Spain]], [[Sweden]], [[Turkey]], [[Ukraine]], and the [[United Kingdom]]. [[Kyrgyzstan]] signed the treaty but has not yet ratified it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Open Skies Treaty at a Glance {{!}} Arms Control Association |url=https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/openskies |access-date=6 March 2022 |website=www.armscontrol.org}}</ref> [[Canada]] and [[Hungary]] are the [[Depositary|depositaries]] of the treaty in recognition of their special contributions to the Open Skies process. Depositary countries maintain treaty documents and provide administrative support.<ref>{{Cite web |title=View Treaty - Canada.ca |url=https://www.treaty-accord.gc.ca/text-texte.aspx?id=102747 |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=www.treaty-accord.gc.ca |language=en}}</ref>

The Open Skies treaty is one of unlimited duration, and is open to accession by other states. [[Post-Soviet states|Republics of the former Soviet Union]] (U.S.S.R.) that have not already become state parties to the treaty may join it at any time. Applications from other interested countries are subject to a [[Consensus decision-making|consensus]] decision by the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC).<ref name=stategov /> Eight countries have joined into the treaty since it entered into force in 2002: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, and Sweden.