21.   Other countries say the treaty should ban all nuclear explosions because any such test could have a military use.

22.   An international treaty subsequently banned the chemicals, and ozone is expected to begin recovering soon.

23.   Even more fundamentally, the ABM treaty bans any missile defense that is designed to protect an entire nation.

24.   Germany and France have launched a campaign for a U.N. treaty to ban human cloning, which they say is unacceptable and incompatible with human dignity.

25.   One policy Cordesman expects to see continued is a joint project with Russia to help dismantle nuclear weapons banned by treaties.

26.   The ABM treaty bans wide missile defenses.

27.   The chemical weapons treaty bans weapons for use on people but allows research on weapons for use against materiel.

28.   The draft treaty would ban test explosions, making it difficult for non-nuclear nations to develop such technology.

29.   The new treaty bans all test explosions, including those underground.

30.   The new treaty bans all test explosions, including underground blasts.