Treaties & Resolutions
(for verification in Cold War Treaties, please see Verification in the Cold War)

UN Resolutions:

A/Res/46/36 L- resolution creating UN Register of Conventional Arms

A/51/182 G- 1996 resolution listing sixteen general verification principles

Global:

Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT)- treaty attempting to prevent number of nuclear states from growing

Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)- treaty attempting to eliminate all chemical weaponry

Regional

Asia:

Treaty of Bangkok- treaty creating a NWFZ in Southeast Asia

Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula- treaty trying to end nuclear weapons in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea

Africa:

Treaty of Pelindaba- treaty creating a NWFZ in Africa

South America:

Treaty of Tlatelolco- treaty creating a NWFZ in South America

Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions- OAS treaty designed to improve transparency in military armaments

South Pacific:   

Treaty of Rarotonga- treaty creating a NWFZ in the South Pacific

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