Acronym and Abbreviations
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Acronym and Abbreviations
 

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
Bans any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion underground, under water or on land surface...
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CTBT, Nuclear weapon test explosion, Nuclear explosion underground, Nuclear explosion under water, Nuclear explosion on land surface, Nuclear reactors, Material needed for nuclear bomb, Barbados, Columbia, Nuclear disarmament, Nuclear weapon tests, Provision for universal nuclear disarmament, Sovereign right, Time-bound framework, India
 

Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
First treaty ever negotiated by CD. It is an unprecedented multilateral treaty aiming at both disarmament as well as non-proliferation...
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First treaty, Negotiations by CD, Unprecedented multilateral treaty aiming, Non-proliferation banning, Indirect transfer of chemical weapons, Chemical weapons and assistance, Activities prohibited by the convention, Chemical Weapon (CW) stockpiles, Chemical industries, Non-production of CW, International cooperation, Peaceful uses of chemistry, Negotiation in Paris, Ratified the treaty, Israel, Bahamas, Myanmar, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Angola, North Korea, Somalia, CWC, Special international body, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW
 

Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
It is the first multilateral treaty which aims to destroy one entire category of weapons. It was open for signature in April 1972 simultaneously at London, Moscow and Washington and came into in 1975...
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First multilateral treaty, Entire category of weapons, London, Moscow, Washington, 158 countries, Treaty bans, Development, Production, Stockpiling, Acquisiton, Retention of microbial, Biological agents, Toxins, Prophylactic, Protective, Peaceful purposes, Armed conflict, International organistaion, BWC member states, Ad Hoc Group, Legally binding BWC Protocol, Violations of the BWC, Implementation Support Unit (ISU), Geneva
 

Biological Weapons
A device, including a weapon, that projects, disperses or disseminates living microorganisms, biological agents or toxins....
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Weapon, Disperse, Disseminates, Living Micro Organisms, Biological Agents, Toxins
 

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM)
The treaty signed in May 1972 between USA and Soviet Union came into force in October 1972...
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Treaty Signed, USA and Soviet Union, ABM systems, Nationwide ABM defences, Deployment of space-based, Sea-based, Air-based, Mobile land-based Systems, Components, Withdraw from treaty, Launchers and interceptors, USA, USSR