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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 |