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Appendix III: Glossary of Acronyms

Acronym Report No.9

ABMAnti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
CDConference on Disarmament
CTB(T)Comprehensive Test Ban (Treaty)
CWCChemical Weapons Convention
EU European Union
G-21 Group of Non-Aligned States at the CD
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
kt kiloton (1,000 tons TNT equivalent)
NAM Non-Aligned Movement
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NPT Non-Proliferation Treaty
NSA Negative Security Assurances
NWFZ Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
PAROS Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space
PNE Peaceful Nuclear Explosion
P-5Permanent Five - the five nuclear-weapon states which are also the permanent members of the UN Security Council: US, Russia, UK, China and France
SPF South Pacific Forum
START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
TIA Transparency in Armaments
UK United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UN (GA)United Nations (General Assembly)
UNSC United Nations Security Council
US United States of America
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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