| ABM |
Anti-Ballistic Missile |
| AG |
Australia Group |
| BCW |
Biological and Chemical Weapons |
| CD |
Conference on Disarmament |
| CFE |
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe |
| COPUOS |
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space |
| CSBMs |
Confidence and Security Building Measures |
| CTBT |
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty |
| CWC |
Chemical Weapons Convention |
| DCA |
Dual-Capable Aircraft |
| DGP |
Senior Defence Group on Proliferation |
| EAPC |
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council |
| FMCT |
Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty |
| FSU |
Former Soviet Union |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| HEU |
Highly Enriched Uranium |
| IFOR |
Implementation Force |
| INF |
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces |
| HLTF |
High Level Task Force |
| JCP |
The Joint Committee on Proliferation |
| KFOR |
Kosovo Force |
| MTCR |
Missile Technology Control Regime |
| NPT |
Non-Proliferation Treaty |
| NPTREC |
NPT Review and Extension Conference |
| NSAs |
Negative Security Assurances |
| OPCW |
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
| OSCE |
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| PJC |
Permanent Joint Council |
| PNI |
Presidential Nuclear Initiative |
| SALW |
Small Arms and Light Weapons |
| SFOR |
Stabilisation Force |
| SGP |
Senior Politico-Military Group on Proliferation |
| SSBN |
Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine |
| START |
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty |
| TLE |
Treaty Limited Equipment |
| TMD |
Theatre Missile Defence |
| UAV |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| UNMAS |
United Nations Mine Action Services |
| UNSC |
United Nations Security Council |
| VCC |
Verification Coordinating Committee |
| WMD |
Weapons of Mass Destruction |