updated April 25, 2008

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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.

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.

Contact:

• Jean du Preez | Bio
  Director, International Organizations and Nonproliferation Program (IONP)
  jean.dupreez@miis.edu

Inventory -- Table of Contents

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INTERNATIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND REGIMES

International Organizations

• United Nations (UN)
  • UN Overview
  • United Nations Security Council
  • United Nations General Assembly
  • United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs
  • Membership
• Conference on Disarmament (CD)
  • Membership
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • IAEA Overview
  • IAEA Secretariat
  • Board of Governors
  • IAEA General Conference
  • IAEA Department of Safeguards
  • Membership
• Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBTO)

Nonproliferation Export Control Regimes

• Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
• Australia Group (AG)
• Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)
• International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missiles (ICOC)
  • Membership
• Wassenaar Arrangement
• Zangger Committee

Regional Organizations and Regimes

• Europe
  • European Union (EU)
  • Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
  • European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM)
  • Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) / North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC)
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  • North Atlantic Assembly (NAA)
  • Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
  • Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
  • Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU)
  • International Science and Technology Center (ISTC)
• Asia
  • Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) / ASEAN Regional Forum
  • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
  • Permanent-5 Efforts for Mid-East Arms Transfer Restraint
  • Arms Control and Regional Security in the Middle East (ACRS)
  • Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO)
• Africa
  • African Union (AU) / Organization of African Unity (OAU)
• Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Rio Group
  • Organization of American States (OAS)
  • Organization for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)
  • Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC)
• Other
  • G-8
  • Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
  • Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
    • Membership

INTERNATIONAL TREATIES

Nuclear Weapons and Energy

• Multilateral
  • Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
    • Membership
    • Text
    • 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference
    • 2000 Review Conference
    • CNS NPT Resources Page
  • Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)
    • Membership
    • Text
  • Treaty Banning Nuclear Test in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (Partial Test Ban Treaty)
  • Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM)
  • Membership
  • Convention on Nuclear Safety
  • Membership
  • Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
    • Membership
  • 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).
    • Text
• Regional (Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones)
  • Antarctic Treaty
    • Text
  • Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Tlatelolco Treaty)
    • Membership
  • Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (SEANWFZ) Treaty (Bangkok Treaty)
    • Membership
    • Text
  • South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone (SPNFZ) Treaty of Rarotonga
    • Membership
    • Text
  • African Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (ANWFZ) Treaty (Pelindaba Treaty)
    • Membership
    • Text
    • CNS Pelindaba Resources Page
  • Nuclear-Weapon-Free Status of Mongolia
  • Central Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (CANWZ)
    • Membership
    • Text
  • Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zones: Comparative Chart
• Bilateral
  • Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I, SALT II)
  • Treaties between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Strategic Offensive Reductions (START I, START II)
  • Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes (PNE Treaty)
  • 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 (INF Treaty)
  • Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems (ABM Treaty)
  • Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT)
  • US-DPRK Agreed Framework
  • Joint Declaration of South and North Korea on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
  • India-Pakistan Non-Attack Agreement
  • Lahore Declaration
  • Mendoza Commitment

Chemical and Biological Weapons

• Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (CWC)
  • Membership
  • Text
• Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons (BTWC)
  • Membership
  • Text
  • Participation of States Parties in the Agreed Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) Related to BWC from 1997 to 2002
• India-Pakistan Agreement on Chemical Weapons
• Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous, or Other Gasses, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (Geneva Protocol)
  • Membership
  • Text

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)
  • Text

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)
  • Text
• 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
  • Text
• Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE)
• Treaty on Open Skies

Terrorism

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

MEMBERSHIP OF SELECTED STATES

• Afghanistan
• Algeria
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Australia
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• China
• Colombia
• Croatia
• Cuba
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• DPRK
• Egypt
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• France
• Germany
• Georgia
• Greece
• Hungary
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kyrgyzstan
• Latvia
• Libya
• Lithuania
• Mexico
• Moldova
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Niger
• Pakistan
• Poland
• Romania
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Sudan
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
• United States of America
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam

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