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Table Ed228 - U.S. arms control and weapons treaties and agreements: 1922-1996

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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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