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| 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 |