A regularly-updated public reference covering all international organizations, treaties, & agreements relevant to WMD disarmament and nonproliferation.

Updated: May 10, 2013

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May 2013

Organizations

• [Overview] United Nations (UN)
• [General Assembly] United Nations (UN)
• [Office for Disarmament Affairs] United Nations (UN)
• [Board of Governors] International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• European Union (EU)
• [Overview] Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
• [Overview] G-8

Treaties

• [Text] Treaty between The United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START)
• [Overview] Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons (BTWC)
• [Overview] Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC)
• [Overview] Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Outer Space Treaty)
• [Overview] Treaty on Open Skies
• [Overview] Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE)
• [Membership] Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC)
• BTWC Participation of States Parties in the Agreed Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) Related to BWC from 1997 to 2002
• [Membership] African Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (ANWFZ) Treaty (Pelindaba Treaty)
• [Membership] Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (SEANWFZ) Treaty (Bangkok Treaty)
• [Membership] South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone (SPNFZ) Treaty of Rarotonga
• [Membership] Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (LANWFZ) (Tlatelolco Treaty)

April 2013

Organizations

• [Overview] International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• [Secretariat] International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• [Department of Safeguards] International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• [Overview] Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC)
• [Overview] African Union (AU) / Organization of African Unity (OAU)
• [Overview] Organization of American States (OAS)
• [Overview] Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)
• [Overview] Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC)

Treaties

• [Membership] Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
• [Overview] Antarctic Treaty
• [Overview] Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (LANWFZ) (Tlatelolco Treaty)
• [Overview] Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (SEANWFZ) Treaty (Bangkok Treaty)
• [Overview] South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone (SPNFZ) Treaty of Rarotonga

March 2013

Organizations

• [Overview] Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• [Overview] Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBTO)
• [Developments] Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBTO)
• [Verification Regime] Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBTO)
• [Overview] Australia Group (AG)
• [Overview] International Science and Technology Center (ISTC)
• [Overview] Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)

February 2013

Organizations

• [General Conference] International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Treaties

• [Overview] IAEA Additional Protocol
• [Membership] Central Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (CANWZ)
• [Overview] Nuclear-Weapon-Free Status of Mongolia
• [Overview] Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (LANWFZ) (Tlatelolco Treaty)

December 2012

Organizations

• [Overview] Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
• [Membership and Safeguards Agreements] International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• [Overview] Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
• [Overview] European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM)
• [Membership] United Nations (UN)

Treaties

• [Overview] Convention on Nuclear Safety
• [Overview] Treaty between The United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START)
• [Overview] Proposed Fissile Material (Cut-Off) Treaty (FM(C)T)
• [Overview] Proposed Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS) Treaty
• [Membership] African Nuclear-Weapons-Free-Zones: Comparative Chart

November 2012

Organizations

• [Overview] Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT)
• [Security Council] United Nations (UN)

Treaties

• [Overview] International Convention on the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
• [Overview] Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM)

October 2012

Treaties

• [Overview] Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)

September 2012

Treaties

• [Overview] Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
• [Overview] Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
• [Membership] Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)

August 2012

Organizations

• [Membership] Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC)
• ASEAN Regional Forum
• [Overview] Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
• [Overview] Conference on Disarmament (CD)
• [Membership] Conference on Disarmament (CD)
• [Overview] North Atlantic Assembly (NAA)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• [Overview] Organization for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)
• Rio Group
• [Overview] Six-Party Talks
• [Overview] Wassenaar Arrangement
• [Overview] Zangger Committee

Treaties

• [Overview] Proposed Internationally Legally-Binding Negative Security Assurances
• [Overview] Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation
• [Overview] Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf
• [Overview] Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation
• [Overview] African Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (ANWFZ) Treaty (Pelindaba Treaty)
• [Membership] Convention on Nuclear Safety
• [Membership] International Convention on the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
• [Overview] Proposed Nuclear Weapons Convention (NWC)

State Memberships

• Afghanistan
• Algeria
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Australia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Brunei-Darussalam
• Bulgaria
• Cambodia
• Canada
• China
• Colombia
• Croatia
• Cuba
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• DPRK
• Egypt
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lativa
• Libya
• Lithuania
• Malaysia
• Marshall Islands
• Mexico
• Micronesia
• Moldova
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Myanmar
• Nauru
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Niger
• Norway
• Pakistan
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Poland
• Romania
• Russia
• Samoa
• Saudi Arabia
• Serbia
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
• South Africa
• Sudan
• Sweden
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Timorleste
• Tonga
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• UK and Northern Ireland
• Ukraine
• USA
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Venezuela
• Vietnam

March 2012

Treaties

• [Membership] Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous, or Other Gasses, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (Geneva Protocol)
• [Membership] Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons (BTWC)

August 2011

Treaties

• [Overview] Central Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (CANWZ)
• [Overview] Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCWC)
• [Overview] INF Treaty

July 2011

Organizations

• [Membership] Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)

Treaties

• [Text] Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
• [Overview] Lahore Declaration

State Memberships

• Georgia

May 2011

Treaties

• [Text] International Convention on the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
• [Text] South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone (SPNFZ) Treaty of Rarotonga

March 2011

Treaties

• [Overview] Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Mine Ban Treaty)
• [Overview] Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

January 2011

Organizations

• [Overview] Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Treaties

• [Overview] African Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (ANWFZ) Treaty (Pelindaba Treaty)
• [Overview] SORT
• [Overview] The Program of Action of the First UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects

July 2010

Treaties

• [2010 Review Conference] 2010 Review Conference
• [Overview] Treaties between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Strategic Offensive Reductions (START I)
• [Overview] Treaty Banning Nuclear Test in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (Partial Test Ban Treaty) (PTBT)

June 2010

Treaties

• [Overview] Protocol on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation

May 2010

Treaties

• [Overview] Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection
• [Overview] Draft Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism
• [Overview] Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents
• [Overview] International Convention against the Taking of Hostages
• [Overview] International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
• [Overview] Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation
• [Overview] International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
• [Overview] Convention on Offenses and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft
• [Overview] Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft
• [Text] Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf
• [Text] Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection
• [Text] Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation
• [Text] Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents
• [Text] International Convention against the Taking of Hostages
• [Text] International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
• [Text] Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM)
• [Text] Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation
• [Text] International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
• [Text] Convention on Offenses and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft
• [Text] Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft
• [Text] Protocol on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation
• [Membership] Protocol on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation
• [Membership] International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
• [Membership] International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
• [Membership] Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection
• [Membership] International Convention against the Taking of Hostages
• [Membership] Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents
• [Membership] Convention on Offenses and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft
• [Membership] Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft
• [Membership] Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation
• [Membership] Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation
• [Membership] Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf

April 2010

Treaties

• [Text] Central Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (CANWZ)
• [Text] African Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (ANWFZ) Treaty (Pelindaba Treaty)

February 2010

Organizations

• [Membership] Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

2009

December 2009

Treaties

• [Text] Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)

November 2009

Treaties

• [Membership] Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM)

August 2009

Treaties

• [Text] Convention on Nuclear Safety
• [Membership] Treaty Banning Nuclear Test in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (Partial Test Ban Treaty) (PTBT)

July 2009

Treaties

• [Text] INF Treaty

June 2009

Organizations

• Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO)

Treaties

• [1975 Review Conference] Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
• [Overview] ABM Treaty
• [Overview] Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE)
• [Overview] Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I, SALT II)
• [Text II] Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I, SALT II)
• [Text I] Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I, SALT II)
• [Text] Nuclear-Weapon-Free Status of Mongolia
• [Text] ABM Treaty Overview
• [Text] Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE)
• [Membership] Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management

May 2009

Treaties

• [1995 Review and Extension Conference] Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
• [1985 Review Conference] Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
• [Overview] Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes (PNE Treaty)
• [Overview] Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Moon Agreement)
• [Overview] Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous, or Other Gasses, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (Geneva Protocol)
• [Text] SORT
• [Text] The Program of Action of the First UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
• [Text] Treaty Banning Nuclear Test in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (Partial Test Ban Treaty) (PTBT)
• [Text] Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes (PNE Treaty)
• [Text] Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Outer Space Treaty)
• [Text] Treaty on Open Skies
• [Text] Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Moon Agreement)
• [Text] Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous, or Other Gasses, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (Geneva Protocol)
• [Text] Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC)
• [Text] Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCWC)
• [Text] Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons (BTWC)
• [Text] Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Mine Ban Treaty)
• [Text] Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (LANWFZ) (Tlatelolco Treaty)
• [Text] Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
• [Text] Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (SEANWFZ) Treaty (Bangkok Treaty)
• [Text] Antarctic Treaty

March 2009

Treaties

• [Overview] Mendoza Agreement
• [Overview] India-Pakistan Agreement on Chemical Weapons
• [Overview] India-Pakistan Non-Attack Agreement
• [Overview] Treaties between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Strategic Offensive Reductions (START II)
• [Text] Mendoza Agreement
• [Text] India-Pakistan Agreement on Chemical Weapons
• [Text] India-Pakistan Non-Attack Agreement
• [Text] Treaties between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Strategic Offensive Reductions (START II)
• [Text] Treaties between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Strategic Offensive Reductions (START I)

February 2009

Treaties

• [Overview] Joint Declaration of South and North Korea on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
• [Overview] US-DPRK Agreed Framework
• [Text] Joint Declaration of South and North Korea on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
• [Text] US-DPRK Agreed Framework

February 2008

Organizations

• Permanent-5 Efforts for Mid-East Arms Transfer Restraint

Treaties

• [Overview] Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof (Seabed Treaty)
• [Overview] Convention on the Registration of Objects Launched in Outer Space (Launch Registration Convention)
• [Text] Convention on the Registration of Objects Launched in Outer Space (Launch Registration Convention)

May 2007

Organizations

• Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

April 2007

Organizations

• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

January 2007

Organizations

• Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU)

November 2006

Organizations

• Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) / North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC)

January 2006

Treaties

• [Text] Lahore Declaration

September 2003

Treaties

• [2000 Review Conference] Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
• [Text] Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof (Seabed Treaty)

April 2003

Organizations

• Arms Control and Regional Security in the Middle East (ACRS)