1.   Some environmentalists expressed disappointment that the pact did not ban the dumping of dredge spoil in the bay or address problems like nitrogen pollution from cars and power plants.

2.   The pact bans missile defense systems.

3.   That pact bans such missile defense systems to keep one nation from developing a missile shield that enables it to safely attack its enemies.

4.   That pact bans missile defense systems so that a nation could not develop a shield behind which it could safely launch a missile attack.

5.   The pact bans the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of chemical weapons.

6.   The nuclear pact did not ban the exercise from taking place this year.

7.   The pact bans nuclear testing and the development of advanced new types of nuclear arms, and limits the development and improvement of existing weapons.

8.   The pact bans the carrying of all weapons in Mogadishu, a city where rifles are more common than socks.

9.   The Pelindaba pact bans the possession of nuclear arms, the conducting of nuclear tests or the storage of nuclear waste.