Iraq Survey Group Final Report
Glossary and Acronyms
Term or Acronym | Meaning or Definition |
28th April Group | A research group paralleling the work of the 404 Group. |
404 Group | A four-man air defense missile system research group. |
AAM | Air-to-Air Missile. |
ABD | Airborne Division (US). |
ABS | The Scientific Bureau for Drug Information and Medical Appliances. |
ADDP | Accelerated Device Development Program. |
ADN | Ammonium Dinitrate. |
ADN | Ammonium Dinitramide (a solid-propellant oxidizer). |
AEST | Albostangy Equipment Services and Trade. |
Agent “A” | Botulinum toxin. |
Agent “B” | Anthrax. |
Agent “C” | Aflatoxin. |
Agent “D” | Wheat cover smut. |
Agent “G” | Gas gangrene. |
AHCV | Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis. |
AHF | Anhydrous Hydrogen Fluoride. |
AK-20 | A liquid-propellant oxidizer (IRFNA containing 20% N2O4 by weight) used in SA-2. |
AK-27 | A liquid-propellant oxidizer (IRFNA containing 27% N2O4 by weight) used in SCUD. |
Al Husayn Project | Project under Husayn Kamil to identify the steps required to develop a nuclear weapon. |
AlNiCo | Aluminum-Nickel-Cobalt. |
Anthrax | A disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus Anthracis. |
AP | Ammonium Perchlorate (a solid-propellant oxidizer). |
ARADET | Arab Company for Detergent Chemicals. |
ASB | Arab Scientific Bureau. |
ASP | Ammunition Supply Point. |
ASVI | Ameriyah Sera and Vaccine Institute. |
ATAP | Anti-Tank Anti-Personnel submunitions. |
ATCC | American Type Culture Collection. |
ATGM | Anti-Tank Guided Missile. |
AVLIS | Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation. |
AWACS | Airborne Warning and Control System. |
AWRC | Agriculture Water Resource Center. |
AYC | Akashat Yellowcake. |
AZ-11 | A liquid rocket fuel, composed of 2 components (89% DETA plus 11% UDMH). |
Bacillus Anthracis | Causative agent of the disease anthrax. |
Bacillus subtilis | Simulant for BW spore agents. |
Bacillus thuringiensis | Natural bacterial insecticide and simulant for anthrax. |
Bbl/d; bpd | Barrels per day. |
BCP | Border Control Checkpoint. |
BIAP | Baghdad International Airport. |
BME | Belmetalenergo. |
BOP | Balance of Payments. |
Botulinum toxin | A toxin used as a BW agent. |
Breakout capability | Knowledge, infrastructure, and materiel, which usually lie beneath the threshold of suspicion, but which can be rapidly adapted or reorganized to allow for weaponization processes to be undertaken. Such capabilities require pre-disposed resources and often employ dual-use technology, equipment, or knowledge. |
Bt | Bacillus thuringiensis. |
BW | Biological Weapon—an item of materiel that disperses or disseminates a biological agent including arthropod vectors; Biological Warfare. |
CA | Commercial Attache. |
CAD | Computer-Aided Design. |
CAEC | Abrasive Import and Export Corporation. |
CAFCD | Currently Accurate, Full, and Complete Declaration. The declaration presented to the UN by Iraq, as required by UN Resolution 1441. The 12,000-page document was presented to the UN on 7 December 2002. |
CAM | Computer-Aided Manufacturing. |
CBI | Central Bank of Iraq. |
CBJ | Central Bank of Jordan. |
CBS | Central Bank of Syria. |
CBW | Chemical and Biological Weapons. |
CCD | Charge Coupled Device. |
CCHF | Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever. |
CDB | Cast Double Base (a solid-propellant, cast and then cured). |
CDG | Chemical Destruction Group, a UN body operating in Iraq from 1992 to 1994. |
CEAP | Captured Enemy Ammunition Point. |
CEDC | Chemical Engineering and Design Center. |
CENTCOM | Central Command, (US). |
CEP | Circular Error Probable. |
CERC | Central Evaluation Research Committee. |
CGMS | Control and Guidance Missile System. |
CIA | Central Intelligence Agency (US). |
CIC | Chemical Industries Committee. |
CIF | Company for Industrial Forests. |
CJTF-7 | Combined Joint Task Force 7. |
Cl | Chlorine. |
Clostridium botulinum | Causative agent of the disease botulism. |
Clostridium perfringens | Causative agent of gas gangrene. |
CMPC-B | Combined Media-Processing Center, Baghdad. |
CNC | Computer Numeric Controlled devices or machines. |
CNEC | Commisao Nacional de Energia Nuclear, (Brazil). |
CO2 Laser | Carbon Dioxide; common laser medium useful for LIS. |
CoM | Council of Ministers. |
CoS | Chief of Staff. |
CoSm | Cobalt-Samarium. |
CP | Command Post. |
CPA | Coalition Provisional Authority. |
CPHL | Central Public Health Laboratory, Baghdad. |
CPMIEC | China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation. |
CPU | Central Processing Unit. |
CS | Tear gas (not a nerve agent). |
CSL | Corn Steep Liquor. |
CVL | Copper Vapor Laser; useful for LIS. |
CW | Chemical Weapon—an item of materiel that disperses or disseminates a chemical agent; Chemical Warfare. |
D4 | N-Dimethylphosphoramidic Dichloride. |
DB | Double Base, a solid propellant comprising nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. |
DCC | Dicylohexl carbodimide. |
Delivery System | The means of delivering or transporting conventional or unconventional weapons in the form of weapons platforms, such as rockets, missiles, spray devices, unmanned aerial vehicles, or other types of vehicle. Delivery is defined as the positioning of the weapon to a point from which it was designed to operate independently. |
DETA | Diethylenetriamine—one of the two components of AZ-11 liquid rocket fuel. |
DF | Deutrium Floride. |
DG | Director General. |
DGMI | Directorate of General Military Intelligence. |
DGS | Directorate of General Security. |
Dhafir Project | High-explosives development program to support nuclear |
weapons development. | |
DIA | Defense Intelligence Agency (US). |
DIO | Defence Intelligence Organisation (AUS). |
DIS | Defence Intelligence Staff (UK). |
Diwan | The Presidential Office. |
DMA | Di Methyl Amine (a precursor for UDMH). |
DMI | Directorate of Military Intelligence. |
DMMP | Dimethyl methyl phosphonate. |
DOCEX | Document Exploitation. |
DOZ | Dioctyl Azelate. |
DPRK | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. |
Dual Use | Technology, materials, equipment, or knowledge capable of use for both legitimate and proscribed purposes. The object per se is not one or the other—it is dependent on intentions. |
ECCM | Electronic Counter-Countermeasure. |
ECM | Electro-Chemical Machining. |
ECM | Electronic Countermeasures. |
EDB | Extruded Double Base. |
EDC | Engineering Design Center—MIC organization (Formerly Office 3000 Group 1, and later EDD). |
EDD | Engineering Design Directorate—a MIC organization renamed the Engineering Design Center in 1988. |
EEDDC | Electrical Engineering Design Center. |
EGC | Electri-Gaz-Com. |
EMIS | Electromagnetic Isotope Separation. |
End User | The identity that is declared to be the final consumer of an exported technology, item, service, material, training, or apparatus. The entity is not necessarily the purchaser. |
EOD | Explosive Ordnance Disposal. |
EP | Entry Points. |
ETGC | External Technology General Corporation. |
EU | European Union. |
EUC | End-User Certificate. An end-user certificate is an internationally recognized, but not internationally standardized, documentary method of declaring the end user of any of the above. The end-user certificate is not a foolproof system and has been frequently abused. Due to corrupt practices and outright fraud, end-user certificates can be completely false or deliberately deceptive in their declarations of the end user. |
EW | Electronic Warfare. |
FAE | Fuel Air Explosive. |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization. |
FASP | Field Ammunition Supply Points. |
FCDC | Foreign Currency Disbursement Committee. |
FEAL | Food Examination and Analysis Lab. |
FFCD | Full, Final, and Complete Disclosure. The series of Declarations Iraq presented to the UN, detailing its WMD programs. Separate documents were submitted for CW, BW, nuclear, and ballistic missiles. |
Fissile material | Material (e.g., uranium) capable of undergoing nuclear fission. |
FMD | Foot and Mouth Disease. |
FMDV | Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine. |
FOG | Fiber-Optic Gyroscope. |
FRJE | Factory for Repair of Jet Engines. |
FROG-7 | Free Rocket Over Ground (Mk 7). A battlefield artillery Rocket (also known as LUNA). |
Front Company | A firm or commercial enterprise purposefully established and owned by Iraqi procurement authorities to purchase or otherwise illicitly acquire items prohibited by UN sanctions. The front company would operate in a covert and clandestine fashion with the intention of avoiding international scrutiny and deceiving any monitoring authorities concerning the nature of goods procured, the source of goods, the transport routes used for importation, the financial aspects of illicit trade, and the eventual Iraqi end use and end user. |
FRY | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. |
FS | Fedayeen Saddam. |
FSU | Former Soviet Union. |
G&C | Guidance and Control. |
GA | Tabuna—chemical agent. |
GB | Sarina—chemical agent. |
GCHQ | Government Communications Headquarters (UK). |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product. |
GE | General Establishment. |
GEBRC | Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Council/Center. |
GEET | General Establishment for Engineering Technologies. |
GF | Cyclosarin—a chemical agent. |
GID | General Intelligence Directorate (Jordan). |
GPS | Global Positioning System. |
GRL | Goods Review List. |
Group 1 | Office 3000 group whose focus was gaseous diffusion and later gas centrifuge; later separated from Office 3000 and renamed EDD, and then EDC under MIC and MIMI. |
Group 2 | Office 3000/PC3 group whose focus was EMIS; later part of PC3 under MIMI. |
Group 3 | Office 3000/PC3 group whose focus was support activities, to include planning, purchasing, administration, technical and fabrication; later part of PC3 under MIMI. |
Group 4 | Originally al Husayn project; renamed Group 4 when transferred to Office 3000; later part of PC3 under MIMI. |
GSE | Ground Support Equipment. |
GSSE | Geological Survey State Enterprise. |
HC | Higher Committee. |
HDI | Human Development Index. |
HE | High Explosive. |
HEU | Highly Enriched Uranium—a term indicating a high percentage (>80%) of U235 isotope; generally weapons-grade material. |
HF | High Frequency; Hydrogen Fluoride. |
HIC | Higher Inspection Committee. |
High-Value Detainee | A detainee who, due to his or her senior position in the military, security, scientific/technical, or governmental structures of Saddam Husayn’s Regime, may have knowledge or insights of relevance to ISG’s mission. |
HP | Al Husayn Project. |
HSBS | Hong Kong Shanghi Banking Corporation. |
HTPB | Hydroxyl Terminated Polybutadiene (a polymeric solid-propellant binder). |
HUMINT | Human Intelligence. |
HVD | High-Value Detainee. |
IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency—the UN’s nuclear watchdog organization. |
IAEC | Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission. |
IAF | Iraqi Armed Forces. |
IAH | Ibn al Haytham-Haitham (Khadimiyah). |
IAH-AHI | Ibn al-Haitham—Al-Hazen Institute (located at Salman Pak). |
IC | Industrial Committee. |
ICC | Iraqi Chemical Corps. |
ID | Iraqi Dinar. |
IED | Improvised Explosive Device. |
IID | International Industrial Development. |
IIP | Ion Implementation Project. |
IIS | Iraqi Intelligence Service. |
IIS Section one | IIS internal section responsible for creating front companies in Iraq and facilitating trade with these companies. |
ILTC | Iraqi Land Transportation Company. |
IMF | International Monetary Fund. |
IMU | Inertial Measurement Unit. |
INOC | Iraq National Oil Company. |
INP | Iraqi Nuclear Program. |
INS | Inertial Navigation System. |
Intellectual capital | A cadre with engineering and scientific knowledge. |
INVO | Iraq Nuclear Verification Office. |
IRFNA | Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid (a liquid rocket |
oxidizer comprising nitric acid plus N2O4). | |
ISG | Iraq Survey Group. The organization stood up by the Coalition in June 2003 to conduct a survey of Iraq’s WMD programs and to locate Captain Speicher. It is a multiagency intelligence collection and analysis organization, formed of military and civilian personnel from the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Its mission is to organize, direct, and apply capabilities and expertise in Iraq to discover, take custody of, and exploit information and material of intelligence value on individuals, records, WMD samples, weapons systems materials, facilities, networks, and operations. |
JARIC | Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre (UK). |
JD | Joint Delegation. |
JIICA | Jordan International for Industrial and Commercial Agencies. |
KDP | Kurdish Democratic Party. |
KGB | Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti. |
KIMADIA | State Company for Drugs and Medical Appliances Marketing. |
KOMID | North Korea’s Korea Mining Development Corporation. |
LACM | Land Attack Cruise Missile. |
LAMA | Active Metallurgy Testing Laboratory, Tuwaitha. |
L/D | Length/Diameter ratio (of missiles). |
LDM | Large Diameter Missile. |
LEU | Low Enriched Uranium—a term designating uranium with a low (<5%) percentage of U235 isotope. |
LIS | Laser Isotope Separation—a uranium enrichment technique using lasers for isotopic separation. |
LRBM | Long-Range Ballistic Missile. |
LSM | Land-to-Sea Missile. |
LU | Launcher Units. |
M1 | Office of the Director, IIS. |
M2 | Directorate of Administration and Accounting, IIS. |
M3 | Directorate of Data Processing and Information Security, IIS. |
M4 | Directorate of Foreign Clandestine Operations, IIS. |
M4/8 | Formerly M19 of the IIS, formed of three sections: the internal, foreign, and trading sections. |
M5 | Directorate of Counterintelligence, IIS. |
M6 | Directorate of Internal Security, IIS. |
M7 | Directorate of Investigation and Prosecution, IIS. |
M8 | Directorate of Liberation Movements, IIS. |
M9 | Directorate of Communications, IIS. |
M10 | Directorate of Studies and Research, IIS. |
M11 | Training and Preparation Institute, IIS. |
M12 | Directorate of Accounting, IIS. |
M13 | Directorate of Clandestine Operations, IIS. |
M14 | Directorate of Special Operations, IIS. |
M15 | Directorate of Legal Affairs, IIS. |
M16 | Chemical Preparations Division, IIS. |
M17 | Directorate of Signals Intelligence, IIS. |
M18 | Directorate of Residency, IIS. |
M19 | The primary IIS body handling procurement of specialized items. Redesignated as M4/8 also known as the Technical Consultation Company or the Trade Office. |
M20 | Directorate of Surveillance, IIS. |
M21 | The Al Ghafiqi Project, responsible for explosives in IIS. |
M22 | Directorate of Protective Services, IIS. |
M23 | Directorate of MIC Security, IIS. |
M40 | Directorate of Opposition group activities, IIS. |
MABOT | Mina al Bakr Offshore Terminal. |
MANPADS | Man Portable Air Defense Systems. |
MAPO | Tris-1-(2-Methyl) Aziridinyl Phosphine Oxide. |
MEASI | Middle East Advanced Semi-Conductors ,Inc. |
MEK | Mujahiddin e Khaliq. |
MFA | Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
MGRS | Mercator Grid Reference System. |
MHESR | Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. |
MIC | Military Industrialization Commission. |
MIM | Ministry of Industry and Minerals. |
MIMI | Ministry of Industry and Military Industrialization. |
MIO | Military Industrial Organization—also known as MIC. |
MGM | Modified G Medium. |
MLIS | Molecular Laser Isotope Separation. |
MoA | Ministry of Agriculture. |
MoD | Ministry of Defense. |
MoF | Ministry of Finance. |
MoH | Ministry of Health. |
MoO | Ministry of Oil. |
MoT | Ministry of Trade. |
MoTC | Ministry of Transport and Communication. |
MOU | Memorandum of Understanding. |
MOST | Ministry of Science and Technology. |
MPC | Methylphosphonyl Chloride. |
MPF | Methylphosphonyl Difluoride. |
MPS | Methylphosphonthioic Dichloride. |
MRDC | Military Research and Development Center. |
MRL | Multiple Rocket Launcher. |
MS | Main Survey. |
MSE | Muthanna State Establishment—an organization within the MIC. |
MTC | Military Technical College. |
MTCR | Missile Technology Control Regime. |
N2O4 | Nitrogen Tetroxide. |
Nd-YAG | Neodymium doped yttrium aluminum garnet—a laser |
medium. | |
Nd-Glass | Neodymium doped glass—a laser medium. |
NFI | No Further Information. |
NGA | National Geospatial Intelligence Center (US), formerly NIMA. |
NMC | National Mobilization Committee. |
NMD | National Monitoring Directorate. |
NMG | Nuclear Monitoring Group (IAEA). |
NORINCO | North Industries Corporation. |
NP | Nitronium Perchlorate (a solid-propellant oxidizer). |
NPPP | National Project for Pharmaceuticals and Pesticides. |
NPT | Non-Proliferation Treaty. |
NSC | National Security Council. |
Nuclear Weapon | A complete assembly (i.e., implosion type, gun type, or thermonuclear type) in its intended ultimate configuration which, upon completion of the prescribed arming, fuzing, and firing sequence, is capable of producing the intended nuclear reaction and release of energy. |
NVD | Night-Vision Device. |
NVG | Night-Vision Goggles. |
ODF | Operation Desert Fox. |
ODS | Operation Desert Storm. |
OIF | Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
OIP | Office of the Iraq Program. |
OFF | Oil for Food program. |
Office 3000 | Project to research uranium enrichment, known as the Office of Studies and Development until late 1982; renamed PC3 in Jan 1989 after transfer to MIMI. |
Oil for Food Program | The program established by UNSCR 986 in December 1996. The scheme allowed the UN to authorize sales of Iraqi oil, with the intention of allowing the Iraqis to buy food supplies with the revenues gained. In practice, trade under the OFF process opened the door for Iraq to develop numerous kickback and illicit money-earning schemes. A percentage of OFF money was used to finance UNMOVIC. |
OMI | Organization of Military Industrialization, synonymous with the MIC, the preferred usage. |
OMV | Ongoing Monitoring and Verification. |
ONAREM | Office National Des Resources Minieres (Niger). |
OSD | Office of Studies and Development. |
PC3 | Petrochemical Project 3—codename for Iraq’s clandestine nuclear research and development project under MIMI. |
PC13 | Phosphorus Trichloride. |
POC13 | Phosphorus Oxychloride. |
PFD | Process Flow Diagram. |
PFP | Process Flow Plan. |
PID | Piping and Instrumentation Diagram. |
PPD | Plant Protection Division—part of Ministry of Agriculture |
PPE | Personal Protective Equipment. |
PPRC | Pulse Power Research Center—renamed the al Tahadi State Establishment in 1995. |
Project 144 | Project for the reverse-engineering of SA-2 (later SCUD) |
Protocol | Official set of rules and guidelines established by state parties to regulate activity. In this instance, it refers to a systematic code of behavior for organizing trade between Iraq and its protocol partners: Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Turkey. |
QC | Quality Control. |
R50 | EMIS separator with central orbit radius of 500 mm. |
R60 | EMIS separator with central orbit radius of 600 mm. |
R100 | EMIS separator with central orbit radius of 1,000 mm. |
R120 | EMIS separator with central orbit radius of 1,200 mm. |
R&D | Research and Development. |
RCC | Revolutionary Command Council. |
RDC | Research and Development Committee. |
RDT&E | Research, Development, Test and Evaluation. |
RDX | Tetra methylene tetranitramine (an explosive). |
Reconstituted Program | A term describing the restart or renewal of a program based upon and using technology, materials, equipment, and knowledge from a dormant, hidden, or previously interrupted program. |
RG | Republican Guard. |
RGFC | Republican Guard Forces Command. |
Rhoda mine 6G | A medium for dye lasers. |
Ricin | A toxin used as a BW agent, derived from the castor bean. |
RLG | Ring Laser Gyro (part of an INS). |
RNA | Research and News Analyzing. |
RO | Reverse Osmosis. |
RPG | Rocket-Propelled Grenade. |
RPV | Remotely Piloted Vehicle. |
RSI | Regime Strategic Intent. |
SA-2 | Surface-to-Air missile Mk 2 (also known as Volga). |
SAFF | Safe, Arm, Fuze, and Fire—a term used in weaponry including nuclear weapons. |
SAM | Surface-to-Air Missile. |
SAP | Security Apparatus for the Protection of military industrialization establishments. |
SCP | Single Cell Protein. |
SCR | Security Council Resolution (of the United Nations). |
SCVM | State Company for Veterinary Medicine. |
SDH | Synchronous Digital Hierarchy. |
SDI | Samarra Drug Industry. |
SE | State Establishment. |
SEEMO | State Establishment for Extraction and Mining Operations. |
SEHEE | State Establishment for Heavy Engineering Equipments. |
SEPI | State Enterprise for Petrochemical Industries. |
SEPP | State Establishment for Pesticide Production. |
SF | Special Forces. |
SFOR | Stabilization Forces. |
SIEI | Specialized Institute for Engineering Industries. |
SIGINT | Signals Intelligence. |
SIPRI | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. |
SISMI | Italian Intelligence and Military Security Service. |
SLV | Space Launch Vehicle. |
SME | Subject Matter Expert. |
SOE | State Owned Enterprises. |
SOMO | State Oil Marketing Organization. |
SOTI | State Organization for Technical Industries. |
SPO | Special Projects Office—subordinate office in MIC; also known as the Master Subjects Office. |
SRBM | Short Range Ballistic Missile. |
SRC | Scientific Research Center. |
SRG | Special Republican Guard. |
SSM | Surface-to-Surface Missile. |
SSO | Special Security Organization. |
STADI | Staff Training and Development Institute, Tuwaitha, (IAEC). |
STRD | Scientific and Technical Research Directorate, which later became the Technical Research Center. |
SVI | Sera and Vaccine Institute. |
SWB | Summary of World Broadcasts. |
TABRC | Tuwaitha Agriculture and Biological Research Center. |
TAGCO | Trading and Agriculture General Company. |
TCC | Technical Consulting Company. |
TDI | Toluene DiIsocyanate (a cross-linking agent in polymers). |
TEA | TriEthylAmine. |
TECO | Technical Corps for Special Projects. |
TEA | Triethylamine—a chemical agent precursor. |
TEL | Transporter Erector Launcher. |
TEMPS | SS-12 Missile—destroyed under Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty. |
TFASP | Tactical Field Ammunition Supply Point. |
TG-02 | A liquid rocket fuel (a mixture of 50% TEA plus 50% |
xylidene). | |
TIS | Thermal Imagery Sight. |
TNRC | Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center—the principal center of research and development in Iraq’s nuclear program. |
TNT | Tri Nitro Toluene (an explosive). |
TOSSCO | Technical Oilfield Services and Supply Company. |
TPAO | Turkish Petroleum Company. |
TPIC | Turkish Petroleum International Company, a TPAO Subsidiary. |
Trade Intermediary | An independent commercial entity that links the consumer of products and services to other manufactures, vendors, transporters, financiers, and/or consultants or other service providers. Trade intermediaries were used by the Iraqi Regime. Some were cognizant of the illicit nature of trade and deliberately colluded with Iraq, while others were deceived by the Iraqi Regime and were innocent tools of illicit Iraqi procurement activities. |
TRC | Technical Research Center. |
TSMID | Technical and Scientific Materials Import Division. |
TTC | Thermal Tracking Camera. |
TVC | Thrust Vector Control (of rocket engines). |
U | Uranium. |
U# | UNSCOM inspection number. |
UAE | United Arab Emirates. |
UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. |
UCl4 | Uranium Tetrachloride. |
UDMH | Unsymmetrical DiMethyUnsymetrical Di-Methyl. Hydrazine-one. One of the two components of AZ-11, a liquid rocket fuel. |
UEIE | Ur Engineering and Industrial Establishment. |
UF4 | Uranium Tetrafluoride. |
UF6 | Uranium Hexafluoride. |
UGF | Underground Facility. |
UHF | Ultra High Frequency. |
UN | United Nations. |
UNCC | United Nations Compensation Commission. |
UNDP | United Nations Development Program. |
UNESCO | United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. |
UNICEF | United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund. |
UNGA | United Nations General Assembly. |
Unilateral Destruction | Destruction of weapons, equipment, or documents by one party only. |
UNMOVIC | United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission. Set up by UNSCR 1284 on 17 December 1999 as a replacement for UNSCOM. Its first Executive Chairman was Dr. Hans Blix. |
UNOPS | United Nations Operations. |
UNSC | United Nations Security Council. |
UNSCOM | United Nations Special Commission. Set up by UNSCR 687 on 3 April 1991 “. . . to carry out immediate on-site inspection of Iraq’s biological, chemical, and missile capabilities.” Inspections of nuclear capabilities were carried out by the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and the two sometimes worked alongside each other. |
UNSCR | United Nations Security Council Resolution. |
UNSCR | United Nations Security Council Resolution. |
UNSYG | United Nations Secretary General. |
UO2 | Uranium Dioxide. |
UO4 | Uranium Tetroxide. |
UoB | University of Baghdad. |
URENCO | European Enrichment. |
USD | US Dollars. |
USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. |
UTL | United Telecommunications, Limited. |
UXO | Unexploded Ordnance. |
VHF | Very High Frequency. |
VP | Vice President. |
VR | Video Reconnaissance. |
VVDP | Veterinary Vaccine and Drug Production facility. |
VX | A highly toxic CW nerve agent. |
Weaponization | The application of technology, materials, equipment, and knowledge to harness the effects or physical principles that have been proven in laboratory or otherwise controlled conditions to create a weapon. |
WFP | World Food Program. |
WHO | World Health Organization. |
WMD | Weapons of Mass Destruction. Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or being used in such a manner as to kill large numbers of people. Can be nuclear, chemical, biological, or radiological weapons but excludes the means of transporting or propelling the weapons where such means are a separable and divisible part of the weapon. Chemical Weapons and Biological Weapons need to be of a certain size to count as WMD—single chemical or biological artillery rounds would not be considered to be WMD, due to the limited damage they could produce. |
Yellowcake | A form of uranium ore concentrate. |
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