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.legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00aa00; color:black;"> </span> Signed and ratified</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_disarmament" title="Nuclear disarmament">nuclear disarmament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signed</th><td class="infobox-data">8 September 2006</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Effective</th><td class="infobox-data">21 March 2009</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parties</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">5</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asian</a> <a href="/wiki/Nuclear-Weapon-Free_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone">Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone</a></b> (CANWFZ) treaty is a legally binding commitment by <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a> not to manufacture, acquire, test, or possess nuclear weapons. The treaty was signed on 8 September 2006 at <a href="/wiki/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site" title="Semipalatinsk Test Site">Semipalatinsk Test Site</a>, Kazakhstan, and is also known as <b>Treaty of Semipalatinsk</b>, <b>Treaty of Semei</b>, or <b>Treaty of Semey</b>. </p><p>The treaty was ratified by Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Turkmenistan<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tajikistan<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Kazakhstan, and entered into force 21 March 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Asian_Nuclear_Weapon_Free_Zone&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nwfz.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Nwfz.svg/220px-Nwfz.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Nwfz.svg/330px-Nwfz.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Nwfz.svg/440px-Nwfz.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="940" data-file-height="477" /></a><figcaption> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#0000FF; color:#0000FF;">    </span> <a href="/wiki/Nuclear-Weapon-Free_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone">Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones</a></span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#FF0000; color:#FF0000;">    </span> <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear weapons states">NW states</a></span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#FF8800; color:#FF8800;">    </span> <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_sharing" title="Nuclear sharing">Nuclear sharing</a></span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#dddd00; color:#dddd00;">    </span> <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty">NPT</a> only</span></figcaption></figure> <p>Steps towards the establishment of such a zone began with the <a href="/wiki/Alma-Ata_Protocol" title="Alma-Ata Protocol">Almaty Declaration</a><sup id="cite_ref-Almaty_Declaration_Text_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Almaty_Declaration_Text-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1992. A resolution calling for the establishment of such a zone was adopted by consensus by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> in 1997<sup id="cite_ref-UN_ARES5238_page29_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_ARES5238_page29-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and reaffirmed in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-UN_ARES5533_page39_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_ARES5533_page39-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mindful of the lack of support by the <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons" title="List of states with nuclear weapons">nuclear powers</a> for a similar <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asian_Nuclear-Weapon-Free_Zone_Treaty" title="Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty">Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty</a>, the five permanent members of the Security Council were involved in the negotiations. </p><p>While <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> and <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> approved of the treaty, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> objected to a clause which stated that the Treaty would not affect the rights and obligations of the signatories under previous international agreements because of the already existent <a href="/wiki/Tashkent_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Tashkent Treaty">Tashkent Treaty</a> which involved <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cns2006_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cns2006-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The United States also objected on principle to establishment of any zone disturbing "existing security arrangements to the detriment of regional and international security or otherwise abridg[ing] the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense guaranteed in the UN charter".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The United States also objected to possibility that <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> could apply to join the Treaty, so this provision was removed.<sup id="cite_ref-cns2006_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cns2006-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> were finally concerned about the possibility that the Treaty could forbid the transit of nuclear weapons through the territory.<sup id="cite_ref-cns2006_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cns2006-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In spite of attempts by <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> to block the Treaty, it was finally signed in September 2006, although they voted against the General Assembly Resolution which welcomed the signing of the treaty in December 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All five Permanent Members of the Security Council (also the five <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty">NPT</a> nuclear weapons states) signed the Protocol to the treaty on May 6, 2014, which provides legally binding assurances not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against CANWFZ Treaty parties.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of May 2016 all Permanent Members of the Security Council except the United States have ratified the protocols.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_parties">List of parties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Asian_Nuclear_Weapon_Free_Zone&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of parties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th><b>State</b> </th> <th><b>Signed</b> </th> <th><b>Deposited</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Kazakhstan"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002006-09-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Sep 8, 2006</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002008-11-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Nov 26, 2008</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Kyrgyzstan"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002006-09-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Sep 8, 2006</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002007-03-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Mar 22, 2007</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Tajikistan"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002006-09-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Sep 8, 2006</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002008-11-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Nov 12, 2008</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Turkmenistan"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002006-09-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Sep 8, 2006</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002008-04-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Apr 19, 2008</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Uzbekistan"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002006-09-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Sep 8, 2006</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002007-04-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Apr 2, 2007</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protocol">Protocol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Asian_Nuclear_Weapon_Free_Zone&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Protocol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th><b>State</b> </th> <th><b>Signed</b> </th> <th><b>Deposited</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="China"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-05-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 6, 2014</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002015-08-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Aug 17, 2015</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="France"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-05-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 6, 2014</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-11-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Nov 17, 2014</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Russia"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-05-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 6, 2014</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002015-06-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jun 22, 2015</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="United Kingdom"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-05-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 6, 2014</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002015-01-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 30, 2015</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="United States"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-05-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 6, 2014</span> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Asian_Nuclear_Weapon_Free_Zone&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear-Weapon-Free_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone">Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_nuclear_disasters_and_radioactive_incidents" title="Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents">Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Asian_Nuclear_Weapon_Free_Zone&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol 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Treaty</a></li> <li>1991 <a href="/wiki/START_I" title="START I">START I</a></li> <li>1993 <a href="/wiki/START_II" title="START II">START II</a></li> <li>1994 <a href="/wiki/United_States_%E2%80%93_Russia_mutual_detargeting" title="United States – Russia mutual detargeting">United States – Russia mutual detargeting</a></li> <li>1995 <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asian_Nuclear-Weapon-Free_Zone_Treaty" title="Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty">Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty</a></li> <li>1996 <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty" title="Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty">Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty</a> (not in force)</li> <li>1996 <a href="/wiki/African_Nuclear-Weapon-Free_Zone_Treaty" title="African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty">African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty</a></li> <li>1997 <a href="/wiki/START_III" title="START III">START III</a></li> <li>2002 <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Offensive_Reductions_Treaty" title="Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty">Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty</a></li> <li>2009 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone</a></li> <li>2010 <a href="/wiki/New_START" title="New START">New START</a></li> <li>2017 <a href="/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Prohibition_of_Nuclear_Weapons" title="Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons">Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_nuclear_weapons" title="History of nuclear weapons">History of nuclear weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_nuclear_weapons_development" title="Timeline of nuclear weapons development">Timeline of nuclear weapons development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_deterrence" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear deterrence">Nuclear 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