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Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations and Regimes


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Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations & Regimes

updated October 13, 2008

Treaties | Organizations | Memberships | Updates Page

The Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations and Regimes uses a broad definition of international organizations, treaties, and agreements relevant to weapons of mass destruction disarmament and nonproliferation activities. It includes formal organizations, non-charter regimes, multilateral groupings of states, international treaties, and regional and bilateral arrangements. The updated version for the first time also includes international treaties related to terrorism as well as treaties and agreements designed to prevent the spread of conventional weapons. It also includes specific references to the verification and compliance provisions of relevant organizations and treaties, and detail on organization and treaty memberships of selected States.

The Inventory is designed to cover all actual and potential international organizations and other nonproliferation regimes, and their existing institutional ties, inter-relationships, and overlapping areas of responsibility. It provides descriptions of each organization, treaty, and agreement as well as summaries of recent activities and contact information. Treaty texts are also provided and other appendices show the membership and status of key treaties and agreements. The Inventory provides policymakers, diplomats, government officials, analysts, researchers, journalists, and students with a useful general reference source and a current synopsis of developments in international nonproliferation organizations and regimes.

All entries are updated regularly. A wide variety of sources were utilized in compiling the information presented in the Inventory. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of all the information included, the International Organizations and Nonproliferation Program (IONP) at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions. In cases where such errors occurred, correct information should be forwarded to the IONP soon as possible. Further updates will be reflected under List of Updates.

The preparation of the Inventory has involved the tireless efforts of several Monterey Institute students, and interns and staff members of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Their contributions are gratefully acknowledged. [View contributor credits]

The International Organizations and Nonproliferation Program at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies also gratefully acknowledges the financial support provided by the Nuclear Threat Initiative, the Ford Foundation, the Sherman Foundation, the W. Alton Jones Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Office of Economic Adjustment, and the Prospect Hill Foundation. The funders and organizations that support the Center for Nonproliferation Studies are not responsible in any way for the contents of this publication.

The 2000 edition is still available in PDF format, but the supply of printed copies is exhausted.

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Nonproliferation Treaties

Nuclear Weapons and Energy

Chemical and Biological Weapons

Space Arms Control

    Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Moon Agreement)

    Convention on the Registration of Objects Launched in Outer Space (Launch Registration Agreement)

    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)

Conventional Weapons

    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)

    Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Mine Ban Treaty)

    The Program of Action of the First UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects

    Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE)

    Treaty on Open Skies

Terrorism

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Nonproliferation Organizations

International Organizations

Nonproliferation Export Control Regimes

Regional Organizations and Regimes

  • Europe
  • Asia
  • Africa
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Other

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    Nonproliferation Memberships Of Selected States

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    CNSThis material is produced independently for NTI by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, agents. Copyright 2008 by MIIS.

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