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March 1993
South Africa dismantles six nuclear bombs.
7/3/1993
Clinton continues moratorium on nuclear testing and moves in the direction of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
PDD/NSC 11
January 1994
Clinton-Yeltsin ( Russia)- Kravchuk ( Ukraine) sign a nuclear
warhead dismantling agreement, giving Ukraine peaceful nuclear
fuel in exchange for their warheads..
6/17/1994
Clinton adopts the
Convention on Nuclear Safety.
August 1994
Clinton establishes the Nonproliferation and Arms Control Technology Working Group (NPAC TWG) to coordinate agency activities and reduce redundant actions and gaps.
PDD/NSC 27
September 1994
Clinton reaffirms US commitment to START I and II. PDD/NSC 30.
1995.8.11 [U. S. A.] Total ban of nuclear test proposed by President W. Clinton.
10/21/1994
Clinton and Kim Il Sung (North Korea) sign an Agreed Framework, freezing the North’s nuclear facilities to eventually replace them with light water reactor facilities.
The Agreement deteriorates by October 2002.
Secretary of State Madeline Albright toasts with Kim Il Sung in negotiations.
April/May 1995
The NPT
is indefinitely extended and an enhanced review mechanism is created.
9/28/1995
Clinton seeks stronger cooperation with Russia in reducing the nuclear threat and establishes the DOE MPC&A Program
to work alongside the Nunn-Lugar funded Cooperative Threat Reduction program.
PDD/NSC41
12/13/1995
Clinton passes the
The
Ballistic Missile Defense Act of 1995.
1/26/1996
The Senate ratifies START II, signed by George H.W. Bush in
1993.
9/10/1996
Clinton signs the Comprehensive
Test Ban Treaty with Russia, UK,
and 90 non-nuclear-weapon states, pledging to end all nuclear weapons testing. The US Senate fails to ratify the treaty in 1999.
White House protestors against nuclear
testing would support the CTBT
9/16/1996
Clinton reaffirms the US national space policy as prioritizing national defense and being against nuclear proliferation.
PDD/NSC 49
5/27/1997
Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-free Zone Treaty(Bankok Treaty) enters into force. The entire south hemisphere is nuclear weapon-free.
10/30/1997
In response to a question from the UN General Assembly on December 15th, 1994, the International Court of Justice rules that any
nuclear weapon threat or use is illegal (Legality
of Nuclear Weapons).
November 1997
Clinton reverses 15 year US policy and calls for a nuclear deterrent without the ability to fight a protracted nuclear war. <
a href= http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd60.htm>PDD/NSC 60: Classified
5/11/1998
India tests nuclear weapons in Pokaran, Rajasthan, citing fears of Pakistan and protesting the
NPT/CTBT regime.
5/28/1998
Pakistan tests nuclear weapons in Baluchistan, citing fears of India.
March 1999
Clinton updates the 1995 Ballistic Missile Defense Act to the The
National Missile Defense Act of 1999.
5/14/1999
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan presents the Hague Agenda for
Peace and Justice for the 21 st Century with Dutch Prime Minister
Kok, Bangladeshi Prime Mnister Hasani and Queen Noor of Jordan,
calling for an end to nuclear weapons. The Hague Agenda for Peace and Justice for the 21st Century.
10/31/1999
US Senate rejects the ratification of CTBT.
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