Abbreviations and conventions
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ABM
Anti-ballistic missile
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ACV
Armoured combat vehicle
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AG
Australia Group
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ALCM
Air-launched cruise missile
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APC
Armoured personnel carrier
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APEC
Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation
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APM
Anti-personnel mine
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APT
ASEAN Plus Three
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ARF
ASEAN Regional Forum
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ASAT
Anti-satellite
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ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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ATT
Arms trade treaty
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ATTU
Atlantic-to-the Urals (zone)
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AU
African Union
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BMD
Ballistic missile defence
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BSEC
Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
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BTWC
Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
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BW
Biological weapon/warfare
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CADSP
Common African Defence and Security Policy
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CAR
Central African Republic
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CBM
Confidence-building measure
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CBRN
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear
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CBSS
Council of the Baltic Sea States
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CBW
Chemical and biological weapon/warfare
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CCM
Convention on Cluster Munitions
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CCW
Certain Conventional Weapons (Convention)
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CD
Conference on Disarmament
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CDS
Consejo de Defensa Suramericano (South American Defence Council)
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CEEAC
Communauté Economique des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale (Economic Community Central African States, ECCAS)
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CFE
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (Treaty)
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CFSP
Common Foreign and Security Policy
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CICA
Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia
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CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
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COPAX
Conseil de Paix et de Sécurité de l’Afrique Centrale (Central Africa Peace and Security Council)
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CSBM
Confidence- and security-building measure
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CSCAP
Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific
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CSDP
Common Security and Defence Policy
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CSTO
Collective Security Treaty Organization
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CTBT
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
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CTBTO
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
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CTR
Co-operative Threat Reduction
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CW
Chemical weapon/warfare
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CWC
Chemical Weapons Convention
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DDR
Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration
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DPKO
UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations
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DPRK
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)
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DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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EAEC
European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom)
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EAPC
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
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ECOWAS
Economic Community of West African States
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EDA
European Defence Agency
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ENP
European Neighbourhood Policy
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ERW
Explosive remnants of war
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EU
European Union
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FATF
Financial Action Task Force
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FMCT
Fissile material cut-off treaty
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FSC
Forum for Security Co-operation
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FY
Financial year
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FYROM
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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G8
Group of Eight (industrialized states)
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GCC
Gulf Cooperation Council
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GDP
Gross domestic product
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GLCM
Ground-launched cruise missile
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GNEP
Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
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GNI
Gross national income
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GNP
Gross national product
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GTRI
Global Threat Reduction Initiative
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GUAM
Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova
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HCOC
Hague Code of Conduct
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HEU
Highly enriched uranium
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IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
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ICBM
Intercontinental ballistic missile
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ICC
International Criminal Court
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ICJ
International Court of Justice
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ICTR
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
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ICTY
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
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IED
Improvised explosive device
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IFS
Instrument for Stability
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IGAD
Intergovernmental Authority on Development
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IGC
Intergovernmental Conference
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IMF
International Monetary Fund
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INDA
International non-proliferation and disarmament assistance
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INF
Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (Treaty)
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IRBM
Intermediate-range ballistic missile
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ISAF
International Security Assistance Force
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JCG
Joint Consultative Group
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JCIC
Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission
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JHA
Justice and Home Affairs
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LEU
Low-enriched uranium
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MANPADS
Man-portable air defence system
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MDGs
Millennium Development Goals
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MER
Market exchange rate
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MIRV
Multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle
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MOTAPM
Mines other than anti-personnel mines
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MTCR
Missile Technology Control Regime
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NAM
Non-Aligned Movement
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NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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NBC
Nuclear, biological and chemical (weapons)
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NGO
Non-governmental organization
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NNWS
Non-nuclear weapon state
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NPT
Non-Proliferation Treaty
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NRF
NATO Response Force
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NSG
Nuclear Suppliers Group
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NWFZ
Nuclear weapon-free zone
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NWS
Nuclear weapon state
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OAS
Organization of American States
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OCCAR
Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d’Armement (Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation)
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ODA
Official development assistance
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OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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OIC
Organization of the Islamic Conference
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OPANAL
Organismo para la Proscripción de las Armas Nucleares en la América Latina y el Caribe (Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean)
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OPCW
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
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OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
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OSCC
Open Skies Consultative Commission
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OSCE
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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P5
Five permanent members of the UN Security Council
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PFP
Partnership for Peace
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PPP
Purchasing power parity
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PRT
Provincial reconstruction team
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PSC
Private security company
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PSI
Proliferation Security Initiative
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R&D
Research and development
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SAARC
South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
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SADC
Southern African Development Community
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SALW
Small arms and light weapons
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SAM
Surface-to-air missile
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SCO
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
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SCSL
Special Court for Sierra Leone
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SECI
Southeast European Cooperative Initiative
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SLBM
Submarine-launched ballistic missile
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SLCM
Sea-launched cruise missile
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SORT
Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
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SRBM
Short-range ballistic missile
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SRCC
Sub-Regional Consultative Commission
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SSM
Surface-to-surface missile
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SSR
Security sector reform
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START
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
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TLE
Treaty-limited equipment
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UAE
United Arab Emirates
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UNASUR
Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (Union of South American Nations)
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UAV
Unmanned aerial vehicle
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UCAV
Unmanned combat air vehicle
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USAID
US Agency for International Development
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UN
United Nations
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UNDP
UN Development Programme
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UNHCR
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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UNODA
UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
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UNROCA
UN Register of Conventional Arms
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WA
Wassenaar Arrangement
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WEU
Western European Union
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WMD
Weapon(s) of mass destruction
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