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Table Ed228 - U.S. arms control and weapons treaties and agreements: 1922-1996
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Treaty name
Row
Date signed
Date entered into force
1
Feb 6, 1922
June 9, 1923
Conference on the limitation of armament (Washington Naval Treaty)
2
June 17, 1925
Feb 8, 1928
Protocol for the prohibition of the use in war of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases and of bacteriological methods of warfare
3
Dec 1, 1959
June 23, 1961
The Antarctic Treaty
4
June 20, 1963
June 20, 1963
Memorandum of understanding between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics regarding the establishment of a direct communications link
5
Aug 5, 1963
Oct 10, 1963
Treaty banning nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere in outer space and under water
6
Jan 27, 1967
Oct 10, 1967
Treaty on principles governing the activities of states in the exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies
7
Feb 14, 1967
Dec 11, 1969
Treaty for the prohibition of nuclear weapons in Latin America
8
July 1, 1968
Mar 5, 1970
Treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons
9
Sept 30, 1971
Sept 30, 1971
The agreement on measures to reduce the risk of outbreak of nuclear war between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
10
Feb 11, 1971
May 18, 1972
Treaty on the prohibition of the emplacement of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction on the seabed and the ocean floor and in the subsoil thereof
11
May 26, 1972
May 26, 1972
Strategic arms limitations talks (SALT I)
12
May 26, 1972
Oct 3, 1972
Interim agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on certain measures with respect to the limitation of strategic offensive arms
13
June 1, 1973
June 1, 1973
Agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the prevention of nuclear war
14
Apr 10, 1972
Mar 26, 1975
Convention on the prohibition of the development, production, and stockpiling of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons and on their destruction
15
May 18, 1977
Oct 5, 1978
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques
16
June 18, 1979
June 18, 1979
Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the limitation of strategic offensive arms, together with agreed statements and common understandings regarding the treaty (SALT II)
17
Nov 18, 1977
Dec 9, 1980
Agreement between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the application of safeguards in the United States
18
Sept 22, 1986
Conference on confidence- and security-building measures and disarmament in Europe
19
Aug 8, 1986
Dec 11, 1986
South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty/Treaty of Raratonga
20
Mar 3, 1980
Feb 8, 1987
Convention on the physical protection of nuclear material
21
May 31, 1988
May 31, 1988
Agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on notifications of launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles
22
Dec 8, 1987
June 1, 1988
Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the elimination of their intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles
23
Nov 21, 1990
Nov 21, 1990
Charter of Paris for a New Europe: A new era of democracy, peace, and unity
24
May 28, 1976
Dec 11, 1990
Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on underground nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes
25
July 3, 1974
Dec 11, 1990
Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the limitation of underground nuclear weapons tests
26
Nov 19, 1990
Nov 9, 1992
Treaty on conventional armed forces in Europe
27
July 31, 1991
July 31, 1991
Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms
28
Jan 3, 1993
Jan 3, 1993
Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms
29
Jan 15, 1993
Apr 29, 1997
Convention on the development, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and their destruction
30
Apr 11, 1996
African Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone Treaty
31
Sept 24, 1996
Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban treaty signatories/ratifiers
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