| 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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