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Bureau of Arms Control Weapons of Mass Destruction Weapons of mass destruction -- nuclear, biological, chemical -- and their delivery systems, pose a major threat to our security and that of our allies. A key part of our national security strategy is to seek to stem the proliferation of such weapons. Highlights | Remarks | Fact Sheets | Treaties Highlights 01/05/01: Secretary Albright, Statement on Report on Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Washington, DC 01/05/01: Statement by the President on General Shalikashvili's Report, Washington, DC 01/05/01: Press Statement by General John M. Shalikashvili (USA, ret.), Findings and Recommendations to the President on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Washington, DC 01/05/01: Summary of Recommendations to the President and the Secretary of State on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Washington, DC 01/04/01: Gen. John M. Shalikashvili (USA Ret.), Letter to the President and Report on the Findings and Recommendations Concerning the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Washington, DC Remarks, Testimony, and Briefings 11-15-00: Press Briefing on Meeting Between President Clinton and Russian President Putin, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam 11-02-00: Secretary Albright, Remarks and Question and Answer Session at National Press Club, Washington, DC 11-02-00: Secretary Albright, Address at National Press Club, Washington, DC 10-30-00: Secretary Albright, Interview by Jim Lehrer of the Lehrer News Hour, Washington, DC 10-30-00: Secretary Albright, Interview on ABC's "Good Morning America," Washington, DC 10-27-00: Remarks by John D. Holum, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Upon Witnessing Slovak Missile Reduction, Novaky, Slovakia 10-22-00: Travels with the Secretary: October 22-25, 2000 10-18-00: Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Commission on Arms Control, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Verification 10-12-00: Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, Press Briefing with Ambassador Wendy Sherman 10-09-00: North Korea -- Special Envoy Visit to Washington, October 9-12, 2000 [more] Fact Sheets Nuclear Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II Biological   Chemical Treaties Biological Weapons Convention Chemical Weapons Convention Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) including Article-by-Article Analysis and MOU submissions Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II (START II) [more] Bureau of Arms Control