A guide to the many of the most common acronyms used in arms control and disarmament discussions and documents.
This section includes official texts, subsidiary decisions/agreements, and additional information regarding the main NBC treaties, resolutions and agreements. Each section (NBC, BW, CW and NW) includes a brief introduction to the material provided.
Treaties/UN resolutions/bilateral & multilateral agreements >>
The databases include links to lections of legislation and other NIM resources compiled by a wide range of organizations, including treaty secretariats, the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UN ODA) and non-governmental organizations such as VERTIC.
Legislation and other Databases >>
This section provides a brief look at issues that may affect national implementation measures, such as bio-security codes, bio-criminalization and codes of conduct. It also offers links to international and regional organizations working on such matters, such as Interpol and United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-LiREC).
Other implementation issues and analysis >>
There are two categories of information in this section: general background information and background articles. General background information includes fact sheets, links to web pages and other material that provides a basic introduction to the history, objectives and key provisions of treaties and also to how some of the treaty bodies operate. The general information materials are intended primarily for users who are new to the topics, or who have only basic knowledge about them. In contrast, the background articles offer a more scholarly, in-depth discussion of some of the issues related to national implementation of NBC obligations.
The links and documents in this section relate primarily to UNSCR 1373 which, among its provisions, obliges all States to criminalize assistance for terrorist activities, deny financial support and safe haven to terrorists and share information about groups planning terrorist attacks. It has been included because it relates closely to the non-proliferation aims of implementing national measures and includes a number of resources that states may find useful, such as guides to best practice and model laws.
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