Memorandummet, der blev underskrevet i Patria Hall i Budapest Convention Center med blandt andre USA's ambassadør Donald M. Blinken til stede,<ref name="bubba">{{Kilde nyheder|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PPP-1994-book2/PPP-1994-book2-doc-pg2146|title=1994 Public Papers 2146 - Remarks at the Denuclearization Agreements Signing Ceremony in Budapest|date=5. december 1994|publisher=Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1994, Book II)}}</ref> pålagde Rusland, Storbritannien og USA i at afstå fra at true de tre underskrivende lande (Hviderusland, Kasakhstan og Ukraine) med militær magt eller økonomisk tvang, dog "undtagen i selvforsvar eller på anden måde i overensstemmelse med [[FN-pagten]]. Som et resultat af dette memorandum samt andre aftaler opgav Hviderusland, Kasakhstan og Ukraine mellem 1993 og 1996 deres atomvåben.<ref name="harahan-2014">{{Cite web|pages=101–134,186|last=Harahan|first=Joseph P.|date=2014|url=https://www.dtra.mil/Portals/61/Documents/History/With%20Courage%20and%20Persistence%20CTR.pdf?ver=2016-05-09-102902-893|url-status=dead|title=With Courage and Persistence: Eliminating and Securing Weapons of Mass Destruction with the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs|website=DTRA History Series|publisher=Defense Threat Reduction Agency|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228153820/https://www.dtra.mil/Portals/61/Documents/History/With%20Courage%20and%20Persistence%20CTR.pdf?ver=2016-05-09-102902-893|archive-date=28. februar 2022|access-date=7. marts 2022}}</ref><ref name="bmemo">{{Kilde nyheder|url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/showDetails.aspx?objid=0800000280401fbb|title=Memorandum on security assurances in connection with Ukraine's accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons|date=5. december 1994|publisher=treaties.un.org}}</ref>
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