SIPRI Yearbook 2020
Abbreviations and conventions
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ABM
Anti-ballistic missile
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ACLED
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
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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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APM
Anti-personnel mine
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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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AU
African Union
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BCC
Bilateral Consultative Commission (of the Russian–US New START treaty)
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BMD
Ballistic missile defence
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BWC
Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
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CAR
Central African Republic
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CBM
Confidence-building measure
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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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CFE
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (Treaty)
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CFSP
Common Foreign and Security Policy (of the EU)
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CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
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CSBM
Confidence-and security-building measure
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CSDP
Common Security and Defence Policy (of the EU)
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CSP CSTO
Conference of States Parties 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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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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ERW
Explosive remnants of war
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EU
European Union
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EWIPA
Explosive weapons in populated areas
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FATF
Financial Action Task Force
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FFM
Fact-finding mission
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FMCT
Fissile material cut-off treaty
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FSC
Forum for Security Cooperation (of the OSCE)
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FY
Financial year
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G7
Group of Seven (industrialized states)
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GBV
Gender-based violence
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GCC
Gulf Cooperation Council
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GDP
Gross domestic product
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GGE
Group of governmental experts
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GHG
Greenhouse gas
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GLCM
Ground-launched cruise missile
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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IED
Improvised explosive device
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IGAD
Intergovernmental Authority on Development
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IHL
International humanitarian law
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INF
Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (Treaty)
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ISAF
International Security Assistance Force
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ISU
Implementation Support Unit
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JCG
Joint Consultative Group (of the CFE Treaty)
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JCPOA
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
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LAWS
Lethal autonomous weapon systems
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LEU
Low-enriched uranium
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MENA
Middle East and North Africa
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MIRV
Multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle
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MRBM
Medium-range ballistic missile
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MSP
Meeting of States Parties
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MTCR
Missile Technology Control Regime
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MX
Meeting of Experts
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NAM
Non-Aligned Movement
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NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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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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NSG
Nuclear Suppliers Group
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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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OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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OEWG
Open-ended working group
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OHCHR
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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OIC
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
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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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PAROS
Prevention of an arms race in outer space
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PFP
Partnership for Peace
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POA
Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects (UN)
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PSC
Peace and Security Council (of the African Union)
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PSI
Proliferation Security Initiative
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R&D
Research and development
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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
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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START
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
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TPNW
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
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UAE
United Arab Emirates
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UAV
Unmanned aerial vehicle
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UN
United Nations
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UNASUR
Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (Union of South American 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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UNSC
UN Security Council
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WA
Wassenaar Arrangement
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WHO
World Health Organization
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WMD
Weapon(s) of mass destruction
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- (2016). . In SIPRI, SIPRI Yearbook 2020: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 Nov. 2024, from https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780198869207/sipri-9780198869207-miscMatter-007-div1-301.xml
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