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APPENDIX A
Nuclear and Arms Control Treaties and Agreements
QUICK GUIDES TABLE 22
DOD Quick Guide to Online Sources of Treaties and Agreements
ACDA Treaties and Agreements Homepage
http://www.acda.gov/treaties2.htm
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/Department of State Treaties and Other Legal Issues
gopher://dosfan.lib.uic.edu:70/1D-1%3A7636%3A6TreatiesIAEA Information Circulars (INFCIRCS)
http://www.iaea.or.at/worldatom/infcircs/Multilaterals Project (Tufts University)
http://www.tufts.edu/fletcher/multilaterals.htm
Searchable by subject.Nuclear Weapons and Energy Treaties
gopher://wealaka.okgeosurvey1.gov:70/11/nuke.treatiesTreaties On Arms Control and Warfare (Cornell University)
gopher://gopher.law.cornell.edu:70/11/foreign/fletcher-cat/United Nations Treaty Database
http://www.un.org/Depts/Treaty/
Some 470 treaties deposited with the UN, including registration, date entered into force, location of text, and participants with their signature, ratification/accession/succession and reservations.
- Accidental Measures Agreement (signed 30 September 1971)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/accident.htm
- African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty ("Treaty of Pelindaba") (December 1995)
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/00/ga/recs/50/78ACDA Fact Sheet
http://www.acda.gov/factshee/nwfz/whanwfz.htm
- The Antarctic Treaty (signed 1 December 1959)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/antarc.htm
Narrative, text, and signatories.
- Anti-Ballistic Missile Protocol (signed 3 July 1974)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/abmprot1.htm
- Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty (signed 26 May 1972)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/abm.htm
Narrative and text.
- Ballistic Missile Launch Notification Agreement (signed 31 May 1988)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/balist1.htm
- Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) (September 1996)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/ctbtreat.htm
Text, annexes and signatories.
- Confidence- and Security-Building Measures (signed 19 September 1986)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/csbm.htm
Narrative, text, and annexes.
- Convention on Assistance in the Case of Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (signed 9 September 1986)
http://www.iaea.or.at/worldatom/glance/legal/cacnare.html
gopher://wealaka.okgeosurvey1.gov:70/00/nuke.treaties/COANARE
- Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (signed 9 September 1986)
http://www.iaea.or.at/worldatom/glance/legal/cenna.html
gopher://wealaka.okgeosurvey1.gov:70/00/nuke.treaties/CENNA
- Convention on Nuclear Safety (signed 17 June 1994)
http://www.iaea.or.at/worldatom/glance/legal/nukesafety.html
- Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (signed 3 March 1980)
http://www.iaea.or.at/worldatom/glance/legal/cppn.html
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/nucmater.htm
gopher://wealaka.okgeosurvey1.gov:70/00/nuke.treaties/CPPNM
Narrative, text, annexes, and signatories.
- Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter ("London Dumping Convention") (signed 29 December 1972)
http://sedac.ciesin.org/pidb/texts/marine.pollution.dumping.of.wastes.1972.html
- Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy (date of adoption, 29 July 1960)
gopher://wealaka.okgeosurvey1.gov:70/00/nuke.treaties/CTPLFNE
- Geneva Protocol (signed 17 June 1925)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/genproto.htm
Prohibition against Poison Gas and Bacteriological Warfare. Narrative, text, and signatories.
- Guidelines for Nuclear Transfers (Revision of NSG London Guidelines of 1977) (date of adoption 1 April 1993)
http://www.unog.ch/frames/disarm/distreat/lucerne.pdf
- Guidelines for Nuclear Transfers Adopted by the 15-Nation Nuclear Suppliers' Group "London Guidlines") (date of adoption 21 September 1977)
http://www.unog.ch/frames/disarm/distreat/london.pdf
- Guidelines for Transfers of Nuclear-related Dual-use Equipment, Material and Related Technology ("Warsaw Guidelines") (date of adoption 3 April 1992)
http://www.unog.ch/frames/disarm/distreat/warsaw.pdf
- Hot Line Agreement (signed 20 June 1963)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/hotline.htm
Narrative, MOU, and annex.
- Hot Line Expansion Agreement (signed 17 July 1994)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/hotexpa.htm
- Hot Line Modernization Agreement (signed 30 September 1971)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/hotmod.htm
Narrative and text.
- Incidents at Sea Agreement (signed 25 May 1972)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/sea.htm
Narrative and text.
- Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (signed 8 December 1987)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/inf.htmACDA INF Fact Sheets
http://www.acda.gov/inf.htmArmy Missile Command, The Pershing Weapon System and Its Elimination
http://michp753.redstone.army.mil/history/systems/pershing/
Army Missile Command history, from deployment to elmination.
- Joint Protocol on Application of the Vienna and Paris Conventions (date of adoption, 9 September 1988)
gopher://wealaka.okgeosurvey1.gov:70/00/nuke.treaties/JPAVCPC
Nuclear energy liability.
- Latin American Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty ("Treaty of Tlatelolco") (signed 14 February 1967)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/latin.htm
Narrative, text and signatories.ACDA Fact Sheet
http://www.acda.gov/factshee/nwfz/sanwfz.htm
- Limited Test Ban Treaty ("Partial Test Ban Treaty") (signed 5 August 1963)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/ltbt.htm
gopher://wealaka.okgeosurvey1.gov:70/00/nuke.treaties/LTBT
http://www.unog.ch/disarm/distreat/part_ban.htm
Narrative, text and signatories.
- North Atlantic Treaty (signed 4 April 1949)
http://www.nato.int/docu/basictext/treaty.htm
The NATO Juridical Texts Homepage includes various protocols to the Treaty relating to accession by additional countries.
- Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) (signed 1 July 1968)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/npt.htm
gopher://wealaka.okgeosurvey1.gov:70/00/nuke.treaties/NPT
Narrative, text and signatories. The 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 17 April to 12 May 1995, is extensively documented on the Internet.ACDA NPT Review Homepage
http://www.acda.gov/nonproli.htmUN NPT Review Homepage
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/cda/nptconf/162.htm
Extensive and official collection of documents: Preparatory Committee reports, opening statements, reports submitted to the Conference, notes and letters submitted by member states, Reports of the Main Committees, and summary and verbatim records of Plenary meetings.Stimson Center NPT Review Homepage
http://www.stimson.org/pub/stimson/campaign/index.html#docs
Stimson Center compilation of documents and links to speeches by U.S. officials.
- Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers (signed 15 September 1987)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/nrrc.htm
Narrative, text, and protocols.
- Nuclear Weapons on the Seabed Treaty (signed 11 February 1971)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/seabed.htm
gopher://wealaka.okgeosurvey1.gov:70/00/nuke.treaties/NWS
Narrative, text and signatories.
- Outer Space Treaty (signed 27 January 1967)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/outspace.htm
Narrative, text and signatories.
- Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaty (signed 28 May 1976)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/pne.htm
gopher://wealaka.okgeosurvey1.gov:70/00/nuke.treaties/PNET
Narrative, text and protocols.
- Prevention of Nuclear War Agreement (signed 22 June 1973)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/prevent1.htm
- SALT I: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (signed 26 May 1972)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/salt1.htm
Narrative only.Interim Agreement on Limiting Strategic Offensive Arms
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/interim.htm
Narrative and text.
- SALT II: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (signed 18 June 1979)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/salt2.htm
Narrative, text, protocols, MOUs, and statements.
- South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (SPNFZ) ("Treaty of Raratonga") (date of adoption 8 August 1985)
http://www.tufts.edu/departments/fletcher/multi/texts/BH869.txt
gopher://wealaka.okgeosurvey1.gov:70/00/nuke.treaties/SPNFZTACDA Fact Sheet
http://www.acda.gov/factshee/nwfz/spnwfz.htm
The text of the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act can also be found at http://www.chch.planet.co.nz/nukefree.html.
- START I: Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty (signed 31 July 1991)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/start/starttex.htm
Table of contents.ACDA Fact Sheet
http://www.acda.gov/start1.htm
- START II: Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty (signed 3 January 1993)
http://www.acda.gov/start2.htm
Background, treaty, chronology, and joint understanding. The Executive Report of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on consideration of the START II Treaty (E.Rpt 104-10), 15 December 1995 (to accompany Treaty Doc. 103-1) and the report "Capability of the United States to Monitor Compliance with the START II Treaty" (S.Rpt. 104-246) are available on line via GPO Access. The START II ratification debate on the floor of the Senate (22 December 1995) is online, and can be accessed at the Federation of American Scientists site at http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/congress/1996/s960126a.htm.ACDA Fact Sheet
http://www.acda.gov/start2.htmDepartment of State Fact Sheet
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/nis/russia_start2_treaty.html
- Threshold Test Ban Treaty (TTBT) (signed 3 July 1974)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/ttbt.htm
gopher://wealaka.okgeosurvey1.gov:70/00/nuke.treaties/TTBT
Narrative, text, and protocol (1 June 1990).
- U.S.-IAEA Safeguards Agreement (signed 18 November 1977)
http://www.acda.gov/treaties/usiaea.htm
Narrative, text, and protocols.
- Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (date of adoption 1963)
gopher://wealaka.okgeosurvey1.gov:70/00/nuke.treaties/VCCLND
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