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Bureau of Arms Control
Security Building

Future arms control efforts may become more regional and multilateral. Regional arrangements can add predictability and openness to security relations, advance the rule of international law and promote cooperation among participants. They help maintain deterrence and a stable military balance at regional levels.

Fact Sheets | Treaties
Fact Sheets

• 10-09-98: Possible Organization of American States (OAS) Convention on Transparency in Arms Acquisition
• 04-07-98: Organization of American States Conference on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures (CSBMs)
• 07-30-97: Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly Resolution on Conventional Arms Transparency and Confidence-Building in the Americas
• 06-30-97: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
• 05-27-97: Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security Between NATO and the Russian Federation
• 05-20-96: Open Skies: Basic Elements
• 02-26-96: The Central American Democratic Security Treaty
• 09-28-95: States Parties to the Open Skies Treaty
• 01-26-95: Vienna Document 1994
• 03-16-94: Confidence- and Security-Building Measures in Europe
• 02-23-94: Open Skies Consultative Commission
• 01-07-94: Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Forum for Security Cooperation
• 07-06-93: United States Rolls Out Open Skies Aircraft

Treaties

• Charter of Paris for a New Europe
• Confidence- and Security-Building Measures
• Open Skies Treaty
• Vienna Document 1994
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