ABSTRACT
The Standing Consultative Commission (SCC), established by the Soviet Union and United States as part of the anti-ballistic missile treaty and SALT I agreements, is a model for bilateral dispute resolution in modern arms control. By its nature, the SSC was a forum to facilitate political relations between the parties, insofar as these concerned strategic arms reduction. The SCC's mandate included compliance issues, changes in the strategic situation, and "possible proposals for further increasing the viability of the Treaty." A zero nuclear weapon (ZNW) treaty, if only because it would be multilateral, and even universal, would require institutionalized dispute settlement means. If the UN Security Council were to exercise its full authority under the Charter, it could serve as the ultimate forum for dispute settlement. Finding a package of political and juridical means to frame, address, and resolve disputes poses one of the most difficult design problems for a ZNW regime.
