Treaties & Agreements
TREATY OVERVIEWS (most are in pdf format; requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- Fact Sheets on Major Arms Control Agreements
- Overview of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM)
- Overview of the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (pdf)
- Overview of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I (START 1)
- Overview of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II (START II)
- Overview of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (pdf)
- Overview of nuclear weapons-free zones (pdf)
- Overview of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) (pdf)
- Overview of the Wassenaar Arrangement (pdf)
- Chronology
of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) (pdf)
TEXTS OF TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
- Nuclear weapons
- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
- Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)
- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I (START I)
- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II (START II)
- Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF)
- Anti-Ballistic
Missile Treaty (ABM)
Transcript of President Bush's announcement of the U.S. decision to withdraw from the ABM Treaty, 13 December 2001. - Strategic
Offensive Reductions Treaty (Treaty of Moscow)
- Biological & Chemical weapons
- Biological & Toxin Weapons Convention
- Chemical Weapons Convention (pdf format, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- Geneva
Protocol
- Other agreements
- Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE)
- Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space
- NATO's "Strategic Concept"
OTHER RESOURCES
- "U.S. Envoy Welcomes Conclusion of INF Treaty Inspections" Text of speech by U.S. Ambassador Stephen Steiner on the conclusion of INF inspections in May 2001.
- Acronym Institute tracks negotiations at the Conference on Disarmament and publishes information related arms control and disarmament treaties and agreements.
- The State Department Bureau of Nonproliferation, formerly known as the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, it housed a list of the major arms control treaties and agreements. The full text and lists of signatories and member states are still accessible.
- The United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs maintains a web site on the Status of Multilateral Arms Control Agreements.
- The United Nations Treaty Collection contains a comprehensive set of treaties that is keyword searchable. A one-month trial of this database is free.
- British American Security Information Council, BASIC is an independent research organization that analyzes government policies and promotes public awareness of defense, disarmament, military strategy and nuclear policies in order to foster informed debate. See Quotations on CTBT and ABM From Around the World.
