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According to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, the United States will give notice of its intent to withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies on May 22, 2020; the withdrawal will occur in six months, on November 22, 2020. The Open Skies Treaty: Background and Issues May 22, 2020 By Opinion.org Leave a Comment According to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, the United States will give notice of its intent to withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies on May 22, 2020; the withdrawal will occur in six months, on November 22, 2020. The Treaty on Open Skies was originally negotiated between members of NATO and the former Warsaw Pact as a means of building confidence in the arms control process. The Treaty on Open Skies allows states to conduct of short-notice, unarmed, observation flights over the territories of other parties. It establishes a program of unarmed aerial surveillance flights over the entire territory of its participants. Although the Warsaw Pact ceased to exist before the treaty was signed in Helsinki, the former members of that alliance nevertheless continued to support Open Skies. The Treaty on Open Skies entered into force on January 1, 2002, and establishes a regime of unarmed aerial observation flights over the entire territory of its participants. The Treaty on Open Skies entered into force on January 1, 2002, and currently has 35 party states.