Which of the following statements is true?

Statement 01: The 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and the 1992 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) banned the production and possession of these weapons.

Statement 02: The Anti-ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in 1972 tried to stop the United States and Soviet Union from possession of these weapons.

Only Statement 01 is true

The correct answer is Option 1- Only Statement 01 is true

Given statements:

Statement 01: The 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and the 1992 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) banned the production and possession of these weapons. (correct)

Statement 02: The Anti-ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in 1972 tried to stop the United States and Soviet Union from possession of these weapons. (incorrect)

Traditional views of security do not rule out other forms of cooperation as well. The most important of these are disarmament, arms control, and confidence building. Disarmament requires all states to give up certain kinds of weapons. For example, the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and the 1992 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) banned the production and possession of these weapons. More than 155 states acceded to the BWC and 193 states acceded to the CWC. Both conventions included all the great powers. But the superpowers — the US and Soviet Union — did not want to give up the third type of weapons of mass destruction, namely, nuclear weapons, so they pursued arms control. (NOTE: The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) was adopted in 1992 and entered into force in 1997.)

Arms control regulates the acquisition or development of weapons. The Anti-ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in 1972 tried to stop the United States and Soviet Union from using ballistic missiles as a defensive shield to launch a nuclear attack.