INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, AGREEMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND GROUPS
(Dates indicate Year Entered into Force, Red indicates not yet or no longer in force)
BIOLOGICAL
- Geneva Protocol, 1928
- Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), 1975
- Organization for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons (lack of BWC verification protocol)
CHEMICAL
- Strasbourg Agreement, 1675
- Hague Conventions, 1899, 1907
- Treaty of Versailles, 1920
- Geneva Protocol, 1928
- Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), 1997
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), 1997
NUCLEAR
Multilateral, Global:
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), 1970
- Additional Protocol to the NPT, 1997
- Outer Space Treaty, 1967
- Seabed Arms Control Treaty, 1972
- Partial Test Ban Treaty / Limited Test Ban Treaty (PTBT / LTBT), 1963
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
- Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT)
Multilateral, Regional:
- Antarctic Treaty, 1961
- Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco), 1969
- South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Rarotonga), 1985
- South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone, 1986
- Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany (Two Plus Four Agreement), 1990
- Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Bangkok Treaty), 1997
- Central Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Semipalatinsk), 2009
- Africa Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba), 2009
Bilateral, U.S. and Soviet Union / Russia:
- Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty), 1972(2002)
- Prevention of Nuclear War Agreement, 1973
- Threshold Test Ban Treaty (TTBT), 1974
- Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), 1987
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I & SALT II), 1969-1972, 1972-1979
- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I, START II, START III), 1991, 1993(2002), X
- Mutual Detargeting Treaty (MDT), 1994
- Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT / Moscow Treaty), 2003
- START Replacement Negotiations, Ongoing
Bilateral, U.S. and U.K.:
- 1958 US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement, 1958
- Nassau Agreement, 1962
- Polaris Sales Agreement, 1963
Institutions & Groups:
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 1957
- Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), 1974
- Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), 2003
GENERAL WMD
- Environmental Modification Convention (ENMOD), 1978
- Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), 1987
- Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program (Nunn-Lugar Initiative), 1992
