ACDIS Arms Control Quick Facts

The ACDIS Arms Control Quick Facts are short summaries of multilateral international agreements related to nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and the control of materials used to make such weapons. These Quick Facts pages are intended as helpful, general reference guides. Each page features a brief description of the origins and purpose of a given agreement, a map and list of participant and non-participant states, and links to full texts of the treaty and/or related verification organization.

Click on the links below to view Quick Facts about the following agreements:

Australia Group

Chemical Weapons Convention

Limited Test Ban Treaty

Nuclear Weapons Free Zones

Treaty of Tlatelolco

Treaty of Pelindaba

Treaty of Raratonga

Treaty of Bangkok

Treaty of Central Asia

Outer Space Treaty

The Wassenaar Arrangement

Timeline for Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia

Timeline Related to the Institution of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

Timeline of North Korea's Nuclear Development