Acronyms

AEC	-	Atomatic Energy Corporation
AG	-	Australia Group
ANWFZ	-	African Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone
AU	-	African Union
BWC	-	Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
BTW	-	Biological and Toxin Weapons
CD	-	Conference on Disarmament
CTBT	-	Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
CCW	-	Certain Conventional Weapons Convention
ERW	-	Explosive Remnants of War
HCOC	-	Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation
IAEA	-	International Atomic Energy Agency
MTCR	-	Missile Technology Control Regime
NAM	-	Non-Aligned Movement
NPC	-	Non-Proliferation Council
NPT	-	Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
NSG	-	Nuclear Suppliers Group
OAU	-	Organisation for African Unity (predecessor to the AU)
OPCW	-	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
SADC	-	Southern African Development Community
SALW	-	Small Arms and Light Weapons
UK	-	United Kingdom
UN	-	United Nations
UNPOA	-	United Nations Programme of Action to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and all its aspects
US	-	United States of America
VEREX	-	Verification Experts (in terms of the BTWC)
WMD	-	Weapons of Mass Destruction