Arms Control

Organizations Statistics Databases Annual Reports Legal Sources Directories

Organizations

Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization Preparatory Commission This is the principal site on the CTBT and its implementation.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization The site's Online Library includes key historical texts, fact sheets, speeches, press releases, the NATO Handbook, and the NATO Review.
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons This is the chief site on the Chemical Weapons Convention.
United Nations Department of Disarmament Affairs Brings together a wealth of documentation on disarmament and arms control issued by UN bodies.
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research The value of UNIDIR's site lies mainly in its descriptions of its sales publications and current research.
Bonn International Center for Conversion Includes numerous full-text reports and studies on the redirection of human and material resources from the defense industry to civilian uses.
Conflict Data Service Provides user-friendly access to quality information in the form of country guides, thematic guides, information on peace agreements, a database of researchers and recent publications, and its Information Bank.
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining Includes a wealth of information on demining and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and Their Destruction.
International Campaign to Ban Landmines This is the primary site on the Mine Ban Treaty.
NGO Committee on Disarmament Includes key NGO and UN documents, such as resolutions and voting records on disarmament in the General Assembly.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI is a reliable source of information on arms transfers and production, military expenditures, military technology, chemical and biological weapons, and European security.

Statistics

SIPRI Military Expenditure Database Provides military expenditures by country in local currency, in constant U.S. dollars, and as a percentage of GDP. User registration is required.

Databases

FIRST: Facts on International Relations and Security Trends This database provides national information on conflicts, the defense industry, military expenditures, armed forces, conventional weapons, and weapons of mass destruction.

Annual Reports

Landmine Monitor Monitors the implementation of the Mine Ban Treaty and international efforts to ameliorate the landmine crisis.
1999 | 2000

Legal Sources

Status of Multilateral Arms Regulation and Disarmament Agreements Provides the full text of each agreement and lists the countries that have signed and/or ratified it in alphabetical and chronological order.

Directories

War, Peace and Security World Wide Web Server This is the preeminent directory of official servers of the world's national armed forces.

Government Documents Library

University of Illinois Libraries

University of Illinois
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Updated 07/27/2006