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Multilateral Arms Control
Regimes
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
http://www.osce.org/docs/english/cfee.htm
The CFE treaty has served as the cornerstone of European
security since it was signed on November 19, 1990. The original
CFE, with implementation beginning in 1992, set limits on
the holdings of conventional weapons based on blocs - NATO
and the Warsaw Pact member states - covering the area from
the Atlantic to the Urals (ATTU).
During the OSCE Summit in Istanbul in November 1999, and
on the ninth anniversary of the signing of the original CFE
treaty, national leaders of the 30 CFE members states signed
an adapted form of the treaty. This was a move aimed at adjusting
the CFE to meet the new European security environment.
Missile Technology Control
Regime
http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/np/mtcr/mtcr.html
The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) is an informal
political arrangement formed in 1987 to control the proliferation
of rocket and unmanned air vehicle systems capable of delivering
weapons of mass destruction and their associated equipment
and technology. The Regime's controls are applicable to such
rocket and unmanned air vehicle systems as ballistic missiles,
space launch vehicles, sounding rockets, unmanned air vehicles,
cruise missiles, drones, and remotely piloted vehicles.
United Nations Register
of Conventional Arms
http://www.un.org/Depts/dda/CAB/register.htm
Wassenaar Arrangement
http://www.wassenaar.org
The Wassenaar Arrangement, comprised of 33 Participating
States, has been established in order to contribute to regional
and international security and stability, by promoting transparency
and greater responsibility in transfers of conventional arms
and dual-use goods and technologies, thus preventing destabilising
accumulations
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