World at Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism
Appendices
Acronyms and Abbreviations
AMI American Media International
BSL Biosafety Level
BW Biological Weapons
BWC Biological Weapons Convention
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CP counterproliferation
CPPNM Convention for the Physical Protection of
Nuclear Material
CSI Container Security Initiative
CT counterterrorism
CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
CTR cooperative threat reduction
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DNI Director of National Intelligence
DOE Department of Energy
EU European Union
EWGPP Elimination of Weapons Grade Plutonium Production
FATA Federally Administered Tribal Areas
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FMCT Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty
FSU former Soviet Union
G-8 Group of Eight
GAO Government Accountability Office
GICNT Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
GIPP Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention
GSPC Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (Groupe
Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat)
GTRI Global Threat Reduction Initiative
HEU highly enriched uranium
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
HSC Homeland Security Council
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
IHR International Health Regulations
INFCIRC Information Circular
IPP Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention
LEU low-enriched uranium
MOX mixed oxide
MPC&A Material Protection, Control and Accounting
NCI Nuclear Cities Initiative
NCPC National Counterproliferation Center
NCTC National Counterterrorism Center
NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration
NPT Nonproliferation Treaty
NSC National Security Council
NWFP North-West Frontier Province
ODNI Office of the Director of National Intelligence
OIE World Organization for Animal Health (formerly known
as the Office international des épizooties)
PCC Policy Coordinating Committee
PMDA Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement
PSI Proliferation Security Initiative
Rosatom [Russian] Federal Atomic Energy Agency
SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome
SLBM submarine-launched ballistic missile
SLD Second Line of Defense
SNM special nuclear material
START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
UNSCR United Nations Security Council Resolution
USAID U.S. Agency for International Development
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
WHO World Health Organization
WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction
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