Khitomer Accords

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Facts

History

  • First proposed in the aftermath of the destruction of Praxis, January 2293 (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
  • Drafted over following months
    • Federation representatives
      • Ambassador Curzon Dax (DS9: "You Are Cordially Invited")
      • Captain Spock (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
    • Klingon representatives
      • Ambassador Kamarag (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
    • Romulan observers
      • Ambassador Nanclus (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
      • Senator Pardek (TNG: "Unification I")
  • Signed April 2293 (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
  • Accords expanded late 2340s in the aftermath of Romulan attack on Narendra III, solidifying from a state of nonaggression to an explicit diplomatic alliance (TNG: "Samaritan Snare", "Yesterday's Enterprise", "Sarek"; DS9: "The Way of the Warrior"; Star Trek: Insurrection)
    • Federation representatives
      • Ambassador Sarek (TNG: "Sarek")
    • Klingon representatives
    • Officially known as the Treaty of Alliance, but commonly referred to as the Second Khitomer Accords (TNG: "Redemption"; Star Trek: Insurrection)
  • Klingon Empire withdrew from treaty December 18, 2372 (DS9: "The Way of the Warrior")
  • Accords re-established July 2373 upon the start of the Dominion War (DS9: "By Inferno's Light")

Contents

First Accords

  • Resolution territorial claims and conflicts between the two powers

Second Accords

  • Establishes a mutual defense pact between the two powers (TNG: "Redemption")
    • Applies only to matters of external threat (TNG: "Redemption")
  • Allows for unrestricted travel by foreign nationals of one nation in the space of the other (TNG: "Gambit, Part II")
    • Foreign vessels are subject to health and safety inspections by each nation's military as necessary (TNG: "Gambit, Part II")
  • If nationals of one nation request asylum from the other, they must be returned to their originating nation on request of that nation's government (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
    • Established in paragraph 27 (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
  • Bans the usage of subspace weapons due to potential damage to subspace (Star Trek: Insurrection)