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Glossary of Acronyms

Acronym Report No.12
ABMAnti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
AOSISAlliance of Small Island States
AWEAtomic Weapons Establishment (UK)
CDConference on Disarmament
CTB(T)Comprehensive Test Ban (Treaty)
CWCChemical Weapons Convention
DPRKDemocratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
EUEuropean Union
FissbanBan on fissile materials
FMCTFissile Materials Cut-Off Treaty
FMTFissile Materials Treaty
G-21Group of Non-Aligned States at the CD
HEUHighly Enriched Uranium
IAEAInternational Atomic Energy Agency
ICJInternational Court of Justice
ktkiloton
MC.IMain Committee I (on Disarmament)
MC.IIMain Committee II (on Safeguards)
MC.IIIMain Committee III (on Peaceful Uses)
NAMNon-Aligned Movement
NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NGONon-Governmental Organisation
NPTTreaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (Non-Proliferation Treaty)
NPTRECNon-Proliferation Treaty Review and Extension Conference (1995)
NSANegative Security Assurances
NWFZNuclear Weapon Free Zone
NWSNuclear-Weapon State
NNWSNon-Nuclear-Weapon State
OPANALAgency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America
PAROSPrevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space
PrepComPreparatory Committee
PSAPositive Security Assurance
P-4The P5 minus China
P-5Permanent Five — the five nuclear-weapon States which are also the permanent members of the UN Security Council: China, France, Russia, UK and USA
SAGTACStanding Advisory Group on Technical Assistance and Cooperation
SPFSouth Pacific Forum
STARTStrategic Arms Reduction Treaty
TIATransparency in Armaments
UKUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UNUnited Nations
UNDCUnited Nations Disarmament Commission
UNSCUnited Nations Security Council
UNSSODUnited Nations Special Session On Disarmament
USUnited States of America
USSRUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics

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