Arms control

Arms control is a broad term alluding to a range of political concepts and aims. In international affairs, arms control generally refers to limitations on the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation, and usage of weaponry. Arms control typically takes the form of multi-lateral efforts to agree to such limitations upon consenting participants in treaties and agreements, although it can also include efforts by a nation or group of nations to enforce limitations upon a non-consenting country.

List of treaties and conventions related to arms control

Some of the more important international arms control agreements follow:

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• Washington Naval Treaty, 1922
• Geneva Protocol on chemical and biological weapons, 1925 and its two augumentations:
• Biological Weapons Convention, 1972
• Chemical Weapons Convention, 1993
• Outer Space Treaty, 1967
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, 1968
• Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, 1972
• Environmental Modification Convention, 1976
• Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, 1987
• Treaty on Conventional_Armed Forces in_Europe, 1992
• Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), 1994
• Wassenaar Arrangement, 1996
• Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, 1996
• Open Skies Treaty, 2002
• Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT), 2003