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Bureau of Nonproliferation 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 12-05-00: Wassenaar Arrangement Agreement: Man-Portable Air Defense Systems Export Controls Man-Portable Air Defense Systems Export Controls 11-21-00: China Missile Sanctions, Statement by Acting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher, Spokesman, Washington, DC 11-21-00: Statement by People's Republic of China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson 11-15-00: Press Briefing on Meeting Between President Clinton and Russian President Putin, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam 11-03-00: U.S.-D.P.R.K. Conclude Three Days of Missile Talks, Statement by Robert J. Einhorn, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 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 11-01-00: Remarks by Robert J. Einhorn, Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation, at the U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [more] Fact Sheets Nuclear Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Fissile Material Cut-Off Non-Proliferation Nuclear Weapons Free Zones   Biological   Chemical Treaties Biological Weapons Convention Chemical Weapons Convention Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Non-Proliferation Treaty The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty Latin American Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty [more] Bureau of Nonproliferation