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ACRONYM Report No.9, April 1996
© 1996 The Acronym Institute.
| 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 |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| kt | kiloton (1,000 tons TNT equivalent) |
| NAM | Non-Aligned Movement |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NPT | Non-Proliferation Treaty |
| NSA | Negative Security Assurances |
| NWFZ | Nuclear Weapon Free Zone |
| PAROS | Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space |
| PNE | Peaceful Nuclear Explosion |
| 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 |
| 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 |