Click on the treaty name for the full text.  (Treaty texts obtained from the website of the US State Department's Bureau of Arms Control, http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/bureauac.html).
For additional information, please see individual treaty overviews and archived developments pages. 
Major new developments related to arms control treaties will be covered in the Strategic Forces General Developments file
 
ABM TREATY
ABM Treaty: Signed: 26 May 1972; Entered into force: 3 October 1972.
Protocol to the ABM Treaty: Signed: 3 July 1974; Entered into force: 24 May 1976.
President's Letter to the US Senate Concerning Approval of ABM Treaty Changes:  15 May 1997

New York Agreements on Theater Missile Defense and ABM Treaty Successor States
Signed 26 September 1997:
First Agreed Statement...  (Low-velocity TMD) 
Second Agreed Statement...  (High-velocity TMD)
Statement of the Russian Federation...
Agreement  on Confidence-Building Measures Related to Systems to Counter Ballistic Missiles Other Than Strategic Ballistic Missiles.
Memorandum of Understanding on Successor States to the ABM Treaty
Joint Statement on the Annual Exchange of Information...

COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Signed: 24 September 1996; Ratified by State Duma: 21 April 2000; Ratified by Federation Council: 17 May 2000.

START I 
START I Treaty: Signed: 31 July 1991; Ratified: 4 November 1992; Entered into force: 5 December 1994.
Lisbon Protocol: Signed: 23 May 1992.
Trilateral Statement: Signed: 14 January 1994.  (Russia, Ukraine, US)

START II 
START II Treaty: Signed: 3 January 1993.
Protocol Signed:  26 September 1997.
US Letter on Early Deactivation: 26 September 1997.
Russian Letter on Early Deactivation: 26 September 1997.
Ratified by the State Duma: 14 April 2000; Ratified by the Federation Council:  19 April 2000. English and Russian texts of START II Ratification Law.

Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty: Signed: 24 May 2002; Ratified by State Duma: 14 May 2003.

Last updated 17 June 2004

Comments or questions? Contact Nikolai Sokov (nsokovATmiis.edu) at MIIS CNS.