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  Table 1-2. Treaties (continued)
  Law of armed conflict or relevant arms control treaties or documents of mainly historical value
  Treaty Name Reference/Citation
  Law of armed conflict or relevant arms control treaties to which the United States has neither
  signed nor ratified
  Hague Declaration (IV, 3) Concerning Expanding Bullets of July 29, 1899 187 Consol. T.S. 459
  Hague Convention VI Relating to the Status of Enemy Merchant Ships at the 205 Consol. T.S. 305
  Outbreak of Hostilities of October 18, 1907
  Hague Convention VII Relating to the Conversion of Merchant Ships into 205 Consol. T.S. 319
  Warships of October 18, 1907
  First Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural
  Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of May 14, 1954
  Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and
  Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and Their Destruction of September 18, 1997
  Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural
  Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of March 26, 1999
  Convention on Cluster Munitions of May 30, 2008
  Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court of July 17, 1998 Rome Statute
  (The United States originally signed the Rome Statute on December 31, 2000,
  but effectively withdrew its signature in May 2002).
  St. Petersburg Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of Explosive 1868 St. Petersburg
  Projectiles under 400 Grams Weight of December 11, 1868 Declaration
  Hague Declaration IV, 1 to Prohibit for the Term of Five Years the Launching of 32 Stat. 1839, 1
  Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons, and Other Methods of a Similar Nature Bevans 270
  of July 29, 1899
  Hague Declaration IV, 2 Concerning Asphyxiating Gases of July 29, 1899 187 Consol. T.S. 453
  Hague Convention II with Respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land, 32 Stat. 1803, TS
  with Annex of Regulations of July 29, 1899 403, 1 Bevans 247
  (1899 Hague II)
  Hague Convention X for the Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles of 36 Stat. 2371, 205
  the Geneva Convention of October 18, 1907 Consol. T.S. 359
  Hague Declaration XIV Prohibiting the Discharge of Projectiles and Explosives 36 Stat. 2439, TS 546
  from Balloons of October 18, 1907
  Washington Treaty Relating to the Use of Submarines and Noxious Gases in 1922 Washington
  Warfare of February 6, 1922 Treaty
  Hague Rules of Air Warfare of February 17, 1923 1923 Hague Air Rules
  Geneva Convention Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick of 47 Stat. 2074; Treaty
  Armies in the Field of July 27, 1929 Series 847 (1929
  GWS)
  Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of July 27, 47 Stat. 2021; Treaty
  1929 Series 846 (1929
  GPW)
  AP Additional Protocol Consol. T.S. Consolidated Treaty Service LNTS League of Nations Treaty Service Stat
  United States Statutes at Large TIAS Treaties and Other International Acts Series TS Treaty Series UNTS
  United Nations Treaty Series
  ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL I
  1-99. Additional Protocol I is a significant LOAC treaty that the United States has not ratified. Adopted in
  1977, Additional Protocol I contains rules on the conduct of hostilities during international armed conflict.
  The United States signed Additional Protocol I in 1977 but decided not to ratify it. On January 29, 1987,
  President Reagan informed the Senate he would not submit Additional Protocol I for the Senate’s advice and
  consent to ratification. Although the United States expressed that Additional Protocol I “is fundamentally