| 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 |
| G-21 |
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 |
| kt |
kiloton |
| MC.I |
Main Committee I (on Disarmament) |
| MC.II |
Main Committee II (on Safeguards) |
| MC.III |
Main Committee III (Nuclear Energy for 'peaceful' uses) |
| NAM |
Non-Aligned Movement |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NNWS |
(or non-NWS) non-nuclear weapons states |
| NPT |
Non-Proliferation Treaty |
| NSA |
Negative Security Assurances |
| NWS |
nuclear weapon states |
| NWFZ |
Nuclear Weapon Free Zone |
| 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 |
| PrepCom |
Preparatory Committee (of the NPT) |
| PSA |
Positive Security Assurance |
| 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 |
| RevCon |
Review Conference (of the NPT) |
| 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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