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A

ABACC Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials ABDM Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (UN) ACW Abandoned Chemical Weapons AFCONE African Commission on Nuclear Energy AG Australia Group (Chemical and Biological) AHG Ad Hoc Group of Governmental Experts to Identify and Examine Potential Verification Measures from a Scientific And Technical Standpoint (BWC) ANWFZ African Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations AU African Union

B

BRC Biological Resource Center BW Biological Weapons BWPP BioWeapons Prevention Project BTWC 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention BWC 1972 Biological Weapons Convention

C

CANFWZ Central Asian Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone CARICOM Caribbean Community CBD 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity CBM Confidence-building measure CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear CBW Chemical and biological weapons CD Conference on Disarmament CHEM/BIO Chemical/Biological CICTE Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (Comite Interamericano Contra el Terrorismo) CPI Commercial proprietary information CSA Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement CSCE Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe CSP Conference of States Parties CSBM Confidence-and Security-Building Measure CTBT 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty CTBTO Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization CTC Counter-Terrorism Committee (UN) CTED Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate CTITF Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) CW Chemical Weapons CWC 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention CWDF Chemical Weapon Destruction Facility CWPF Chemical Weapons Production Facility CWSF Chemical Weapons Storage Facility

D

DOC Discrete Organic Chemical

E

EC European Community ENMOD 1977 Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques EU European Union EUJA European Union Joint Action in support of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention EURATOM European Atomic Energy Community

F

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization

G

GBRCN Global Biological Resources Centre Network GDP Gross domestic product GHS Globally Harmonised System of Classifying and Labelling Chemicals GLP Good Laboratory Practice GMO Genetically-Modified Organism GMP Good Manufacturing Practices GP 1925 Geneva Protocol GPC General purpose criterion

H

HEU Highly enriched uranium HS Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (multipurpose international product nomenclature developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO), comprising about 5000 commodity groups)

I

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency IAP International Implementation Assistance Program (for the CWC) ICBM Intercontinental ballistic missile ICJ International Court of Justice ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross ICPO International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) IDC International Data Centre IHL International Humanitarian Law IMS International Monitoring System INF 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty INIS International Nuclear Information System Interpol International Criminal Police Organization ISIS Institute for Science and International Security ISU Implementation Support Unit (for the BWC)

L

LEU Low-enriched uranium

M

MOU Memorandum of Understanding MSP Meeting of States Parties MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime MTM Multinational Technical Means of Verification

N

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NBC Nuclear, biological and chemical NEA Nuclear Energy Agency NGO Non-governmental organization NIM National implementing measure NNWS Non-Nuclear Weapon State NPT 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group NTC 2005 International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism NTM National Technical Means NW Nuclear Weapons NWFZ Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone NWS Nuclear Weapon State

O

OCW Old Chemical Weapons OECS Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States OIE World Organisation for Animal Health (formerly the Office International des Epizooties) OPANAL Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean OPCW Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe OSI On-Site Inspection

P

PAHO Pan American Health Organization PIF Pacific Islands Forum PSF Phosphorus, Sulfur, or Fluorine chemical PNET 1976 Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty PTBT 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty PTS Provisional Technical Secretariat

S

SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (between the USA and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR); SALT 1 - 1972; SALT 2 - 1979;) SCC Standing Consultative Commission SCCC [Argentinian - Brazilian] Common System of Accounting and Control SEANWFZ South East Asia Nuclear-Weapon Free Zone SIGINT Signals Intelligence SLBM Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile SORT 2002 Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty SPNFZ South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone SQP Small Quantities Protocol SSAC State System of Accounting and Control START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I - 1991, START II - 1993) SVC Special Verification Commission

T

TA Technical Assistance TTBT 1976 Threshold Test Ban Treaty

U

UN United Nations UNDC United Nations Disarmament Commission UNDDA United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs UNGA United Nations General Assembly UNGAR United Nations General Assembly Resolution UNIDIR United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research UN-LiREC United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. UNSC United Nations Security Council UNSCR United Nations Security Council Resolution UNSG United Nations Secretary-General

V

VEREX Ad Hoc Group of Governmental Experts to Identify and Examine Potential Verification Measures from a Scientific and Technical Standpoint (for the BWC) VERTIC Verification Research, Training and Information Centre

W

WA Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies WANO World Association of Nuclear Operators WCO World Customs Organization WHO World Health Organization WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction WMDC Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (Blix Commission) WMDFZ Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone WNA World Nuclear Association

Z

ZC Zangger Committee (Nuclear)

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