Appendix: Glossary of Acronyms

ABM	Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
AOSIS	Alliance of Small Island States
AWE	Atomic Weapons Establishment (UK)
BWC	Biological Weapons Convention
CD	Conference on Disarmament
CTB(T)	Comprehensive Test Ban (Treaty)
CWC	Chemical Weapons Convention
DPRK	Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
EU	European Union
G21	Group of Non-Aligned States at the CD
HEU	Highly Enriched Uranium
IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency
ICRC	International Committee of the Red Cross
IMO	International Maritime Organisation Against Proliferation
kt	kiloton
MC.I	Main Committee I (on Disarmament)
MC.II	Main Committee II (on Safeguards)
MC.III	Main Committee III (on Peaceful Uses)
NAM	Non-Aligned Movement
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NGO	Non-Governmental Organisation
NPT	Non-Proliferation Treaty
NPTREC	Non-Proliferation Treaty Review and Extension Conference
NSA	Negative Security Assurances
NWFZ	Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
OAU	Organisation of African Unity
OECD	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OPANAL	Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America
OSCE	Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe
PAROS	Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space
PNE	Peaceful Nuclear Explosion
PSA	Positive Security Assurance
P-4	The P5 minus China
P-5	Permanent Five — the five nuclear-weapon states which are also the permanent members of the UN Security Council: US, Russia, UK, China and France
SAGTAC	Standing Advisory Group on Technical Assistance and Cooperation
SPF	South Pacific Forum
START	Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
TIA	Transparency in Armaments
UK	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UN	United Nations
UNDC	United Nations Disarmament Commission
UNSC	United Nations Security Council
UNSSOD	United Nations Special Session On Disarmament
US	United States of America
USSR	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
WG	Working Group

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