| ABM | Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty | CD | Conference on Disarmament | CTB(T) | Comprehensive Test Ban (Treaty) | CWC | Chemical Weapons Convention | EU | European Union | G-21 | Group of Non-Aligned States at the CD (now with 30 members) | IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency | kt | kiloton (1,000 tons TNT equivalent) | NAM | Non-Aligned Movement | NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation | NPT | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (1968) | NSA | Negative Security Assurances | NWFZ | Nuclear Weapon Free Zone | NWS | Nuclear Weapon States | NNWS | Non-Nuclear Weapon States | PAROS | Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space | PNE | Peaceful Nuclear Explosion | PTBT | Partial Test Ban Treaty (1963) | P-5 | Permanent Five — the five nuclear-weapon states which are also the permanent members of the UN Security Council: US, Russia, China, Britain 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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