The Antarctic Treaty (1 Dec 1959) - Treaty to regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population.(Regar and Reichart)

Hot Line Agreement (June 20, 1963)- Agreement between the United States and Soviet Union that gave concrete recognition to the perils implicit in modern nuclear-weapons systems, was a limited but practical step to bring those perils under rational control

The Partial Test Ban Treaty (August 5, 1963)- Treaty banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the atmosphere, in outer space, and under water

Outer Space Treaty (27 January 1967) - Principles governing the activities of states in the exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is a treaty that forms the basis of international space law.

Latin America Nuclear Free Zone (14 February 1967) - Prohibition of nuclear weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (1 July 1968) - Objective to prevent spread of nuclear weapons and systems.

SALT 1 (May 26, 1972)- Restrain the arms race in long-range ballistic missiles armed with nuclear weapons

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (May 26, 1972)- Treaty between the United States and Soviet Union on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile systems used in defending areas against ballistic delivered nuclear weapons

Threshold Ban Treaty (3 July 1974) - Establishes nuclear "threshold" by prohibiting tests having a yield exceeding 150 kilotons

Valdisvostok Agreement (November 24, 1974)- Summit of two days with purpose of extending arms control provisions between the Soviet Union and the United States.

SALT 2(June 18, 1979)- Objective is to limit strategic arms

African Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (April 11, 1996)- The OAU and the UN established a joint group to draft a treaty creating a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in Africa

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Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty (May 1976) - Limited the yield of individual nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes to 150 kilotons. Also provided for information exchange, verification by national technical means, and test site access.

Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces(8 December 1987) - Required the United States and the Soviet Union to eliminate and permanently forswear all of their nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers

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Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (September 10 1996)- Multilateral treaty that bans all nuclear explosions, for both civilian and military purposes in all environments

Strategic Missile Launch Notification Agreement (31 May 1988) - Treaty signed to ensure a notification will be known within 24 hours for any launch of a strategic ballistic missile.

START I (31 July 1991) - Bilateral treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms.

START II (3 January 1993) - Bilateral treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms.

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Strategic Offensive Reduction Treaty (24 May 2002) - Intended to reduce nuclear arms, superseded by New Start.

New Start (8 April 2010) - Nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia with the formal name of measures for the further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms.