Glossary of Acronyms

ABM Treaty	Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
BMD	Ballistic Missile Defence
BMDO	US Ballistic Missile Defence Organisation
BTWC/BWC	Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
CBW	Chemical and Biological Weapons/Warfare
CCW	Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
CD	Conference on Disarmament
CFE Treaty	Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty
CTBT	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
CTBTO PrepCom	CTBT Organisation Preparatory Commission
CWC	Chemical Weapons Convention
DDA	UN Department of Disarmament Affairs
DOD	US Department of Defense
DOE	US Department of Energy
FM(C)T/Fissban	Fissile Material (Cut-Off) Treaty/Fissile Materials Ban
IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency
ICBM	Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
INF Treaty	Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty
MoD	UK Ministry of Defence
MTCR	Missile Technology Control Regime
NAC	New Agenda Coalition
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NIF	National Ignition Facility
NWFZ	Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
NPG	Nuclear Planning Group (NATO)
NMD	National Missile Defence
NPT	Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
NWS	Nuclear-Weapon State
NNWS	Non-Nuclear-Weapon State
OPCW	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OSCE	Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
P-5	Permanent Five (members of the UN Security Council)
SEANWFZ	South East Asia NWFZ (Treaty of Bangkok)
START	Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
TMD	Theater Missile Defence
UN	United Nations
UNDC	UN Disarmament Commission
UNGA	UN General Assembly
UNMOVIC	UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
WMD	Weapons of Mass Destruction