List of weapons of mass destruction treaties
A variety of treaties and agreements have been enacted to regulate the use, development and possession of various types of weapons of mass destruction. Treaties may regulate weapons use under the customs of war (Hague Conventions, Geneva Protocol), ban specific types of weapons (Chemical Weapons Convention, Biological Weapons Convention), limit weapons research (Partial Test Ban Treaty, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty), limit allowable weapons stockpiles and delivery systems (START I, SORT) or regulate civilian use of weapon precursors (Chemical Weapons Convention, Biological Weapons Convention). The history of weapons control has also included treaties to limit effective defense against weapons of mass destruction in order to preserve the deterrent doctrine of mutual assured destruction (Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty) as well as treaties to limit the spread of nuclear technologies geographically (African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty).
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General
Delivery systems
Biological weapons
Chemical weapons
- Brussels Convention on the Law and Customs of War (not adopted but relevant language incorporated into Hague Convention)
- Chemical Weapons Convention
- Geneva Protocol
- Hague Convention
- Strasbourg Agreement
- Treaty of Versailles
- Washington Naval Treaty
Nuclear weapons
Disarmament
Non-proliferation
By region
- African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty
- Antarctic Treaty
- Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
- Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany
- Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
- South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone
- South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty
- Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty
- India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement
Weapons limitation
- Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
- Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (not completed)
- Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
- McCloy–Zorin Accords
- Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
- SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
- SALT II
- Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT)
- START I (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)
- START II
- START III (not completed)
- New START (2010)
- Threshold Test Ban Treaty