Editing Weather modification (section)

===1977 UN Environmental Modification Convention===
{{Main|Environmental Modification Convention}}
Weather modification, particularly hostile [[weather warfare]], was addressed by the "United Nations General Assembly Resolution 31/72, TIAS 9614 Convention<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/enmod/text/environ2.htm |title=Environmental Modification Convention |publisher=Fas.org |access-date=2011-06-04 |archive-date=July 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718065722/http://fas.org/nuke/control/enmod/text/environ2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques." The Convention was signed in [[Geneva]] on May 18, 1977; entered into force on October 5, 1978; ratified by U.S. President Jimmy Carter on December 13, 1979; and the U.S. ratification deposited in New York on January 17, 1980.<ref name="dos">{{cite news |title=Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques |publisher=[[United States Department of State]] |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/t/ac/trt/4783.htm |access-date=2007-09-28 |archive-date=November 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114003418/https://2001-2009.state.gov/t/ac/trt/4783.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>