Institute working with policy makers and non-governmental organisations to promote non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament by disseminating information and maximising negotiating opportunities in all available fora. Encompasses work previously carried out by ‘The Acronym Consortium’.
Web site includes official documents, reports and commentary on the following areas:
- United Nations First Committee and the Conference on Disarmament
- The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Agency
- Britain, NATO and the European Union
- United States policy statements, etc.
- space and ballistic missile defences (BMD)
- Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)
- Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
- Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
- WMD Possessors
Other items available online include:
- Disarmament Documentation section – compilation of recent official documents and statements on arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament
- ACRONYM Reports (also known as Redbooks)
- house journal Disarmament Diplomacy
- glossary of terms and selected links
- Calendar of events