This publication, which is based on the material contained in the 1973 SIPRI Yearbook of World Armaments and Disarmament, presents in a concise form what has been achieved in the field of arms control as of 31 December 1972. It is hoped that those who are involved in disarmament negotiations, as well as those who follow the negotiations, will find this publication useful.
Introduction
1. Bilateral US–Soviet agreements
2. Multilateral agreements
Appendix A. List of states which have signed, ratified, acceded or succeeded to multilateral agreements related to disarmament, as of 31 December 1972
Appendix B. List of states which have signed, ratified, acceded or succeeded to the Geneval Protocol of 17 June 1925, for the prohibition of the use in war of asphyxiating, poisonous and other gases, and of bacteriological methods of warfare, as of 31 December 1972
Appendix C. Preliminary list of announced and presumed nuclear explosions in 1972