Arms Control Update

Recent Arms Control Update Newsletters

May 13, 2008
Nuclear Weapons States Issue Strong Nonproliferation Signal

May 12, 2008
Weapons Removal and Safety Education Aided by U.S. Grants

May 9, 2008
Expanding International Civil Nuclear Cooperation

May 8, 2008
Financing the NPT Review Process

May 8, 2008
Improving the Effectiveness of the Methods of Work of the NPT Review Process

May 7, 2008
U.S. Commitment to the NPT: International Cooperation on Nuclear Power

May 7, 2008
Article X and Other Issues: Coping with Treaty Withdrawal and Reforming the NPT Process

May 7, 2008
Cluster Three Statement - Responsible Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation

May 6, 2008
Grants for Conventional Weapons Destruction and to Assist Injured Conflict Survivors

May 6, 2008
U.S. Statement on Regional Issues Including the Middle East

May 6, 2008
Working Paper on Nonproliferation and the Middle East

May 5, 2008
Cluster Two Statement - Facing Up to the Most Fundamental Challenge to the NPT

May 2, 2008
Compliance Paper Submitted by the U.S. to the NPT Prepcom

April 30, 2008
Cluster One statement - Disarmament Progress and Challenges in the Post-Cold War World

April 30, 2008
U.S. Statement in the UN Security Council on Small Arms and Light Weapons

April 28, 2008
U.S. Opening Remarks to the 2008 NPT Preparatory Committee

April 25, 2008
United States Reducing Nuclear Weapons at an Extraordinary Pace

April 25, 2008
Forty-Year-Old Nonproliferation Treaty Under a Microscope

April 22, 2008
State Department Fact Sheet on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

April 22, 2008
Russian Weapons-Grade Plutonium Reactor Shut Down Ahead of Schedule

April 15, 2008
U.S. Statement on Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism

April 7, 2008
Statement to the Second Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention

April 6, 2008
U.S.-Russia Strategic Framework Declaration

April 4, 2008
Third Annual International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

April 2, 2008
Protecting Space Environment Remains a Critical U.S. Interest

April 1, 2008
START Aggregate Numbers of Strategic Offensive Arms - Fact Sheet

April 1, 2008
Remarks by Garold Larson, U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the CD at the Conference “Security in Space: the Next Generation”

March 25, 2008
Bahrain, United States to Cooperate on Nuclear Energy

March 19, 2008
United States Seeks Negotiations on Weapons Treaty

March 17, 2008
Remarks with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates

March 11, 2008
Missile Defense: Foreign Press Center Briefing with Acting Under Secretary of State, Arms Control and International Security John Rood

March 4, 2008
Is An Outer Space Arms Control Treaty Verifiable?

February 21, 2008
Statement by Ambassador Christina Rocca to the Conference on Disarmament - Decaying Satellite

February 19, 2008
The United States Continues to Expand International  Nonproliferation Partnerships

February 15, 2008
Statement by Ambassador Christina Rocca, Permanent Representative of the United States to the Conference on Disarmament - Decaying Satellite

January 24, 2008
United States Efforts to Protect International Aviation from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems Attacks

January 24, 2008
"The State of Space Security"
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Donald A. Mahley

January 18, 2008
Weapons-Grade Plutonium Elimination Project Reaches Major Milestone

January 11, 2008
Consolidation of Nuclear Weapons Material Continues

January 3, 2008
Nonproliferation and Disarmament Successes Registered around the World

December 20, 2007
The 2010 NPT Review Cycle So Far: A View from the United States of America

December 19, 2007
U.S. Still Top Financial Contributor to Humanitarian Mine Action
Land mine casualty rate has plummeted; other major gains achieved

October 25, 2007
Statement by the U.S. Delegation to the First Committee of the UN General Assembly
at the Thematic Debate on “Disarmament Machinery” in the First Committee of the
General Assembly

October 24, 2007
Statement by Christina B. Rocca Permanent Representative of the United States of America
to the Conference on Disarmament at the Thematic Debate on “Regional Disarmament Security”
in the First Committee of the General Assembly

October 23, 2007
Statement by the Delegation of the United States to the First Committee of the 62nd UN
General Assembly at the Thematic Debate on “Other Disarmament Measures and International Security” in the First Committee of the General Assembly


October 22, 2007
Statement by George Pataki, nominated by President George W. Bush
to serve as Public Delegate to the 62nd UNGA, at the Thematic Debate on “Outer Space (Disarmament Aspects)” in the First Committee of the General Assembly


October 19, 2007
Statement by Garold Larson Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States of America
to the Conference on Disarmament at the Thematic Debate on
“Other Weapons of Mass Destruction” in the First Committee of the General Assembly