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Drafting, Amending, and Adopting (1975 - 1977)
US and USSR Joint Statement on Environmental Warfare
Moscow, 3 July 1974 (html)Draft Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
Identical submissions by the USSR and USA to the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament
CCD/471 (& 472), 21 Aug. 1975, 3 pp.
Special Report on the Question of a Convention to Prohibit Environmental Warfare
Conference of the Committee on Disarmament, CCD/520, n.d. (c. Aug/Sept 1976), pp. 75-106.Report of the 1st Committee: ENMOD
UN General Assembly, 31st Session, Agenda Item 45, Document A/31/382, 9 December 1976, 10 pp.Draft Understandings related to Articles I, II, III, and VIII
CCD/518, 2 September 1976, 2 pp.PDF Excerpts from the 1976 First Committee debate:
Mr. Martin, US (1 Nov)
Mr. Garcia Robles, Mexico (1 Nov)
Mr. Vinci, Italy (4 Nov)
Mr. van der Zee, The Netherlands (1 Dec)
Mr. Dumas, Trinidad and Tobago (3 Dec)
The Convention, Parties, and Signatories
The Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
Text of the Convention.Parties and Signatories
May 2001 (Source: UN)
Review Conferences (1984 and 1992)
First ENMOD Review Conference: Final Document
ENMOD/Conf.I/13/I, n.d. (c. 20 Sept. 1984), 12 pp.Other 1st Review Conference Documents:
Summary Record of the 3rd Meeting
Plenary: Hungary, USSR, Finland, USA, Japan
ENMOD/Conf.I/SR.3, 11 Sept. 1984, 9 pp.Summary Record of the 4th Meeting
Plenary: Czechoslovakia, UK, Byelorussia, Romania, Italy
ENMOD/Conf.I/SR.4, 11 Sept. 1984, 6 pp.Summary Record of the 5th Meeting
Plenary: GDR, Norway, Poland, Canada, Netherlands, Sweden, Egypt
ENMOD/Conf.I/SR.5, 12 Sept. 1984, 10 pp.Summary Record of the 7th Meeting
Operations: Egypt, Sweden, Japan, USSR, Netherlands, US, Ukraine, GDR, Norway, Cuba
ENMOD/Conf.I/SR.7, 13 Sept. 1984, 7 pp.
Second ENMOD Review Conference: Final Document.
ENMOD/Conf.II/12, 22 Sept. 1992, 82 pp.Other 2nd Review Conference Documents:
Working Paper Submitted by Finland and the Netherlands
ENMOD/CONF.II/8, 8 Sept. 1992, 5 pp.
US Senate Documents: Hearings and Testimony
Weather Modification (Hearing)
US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Oceans and Environment, 20 March 1974Originally "Top Secret", this hearing transcript was made public on 19 May 1974. This was the first detailed public explanation of 1960s and 70s US weather modification programs in Southeast Asia.