ACRONYMS

AAAS - American Association for the Advancement of Science
ABM - Antiballistic missile
ACDA - Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
AEC - Atomic Energy Commission
AFSOR - Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AID - Agency for International Development
ARA - Bureau of Inter-American Affairs (State)

CCMS - Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (NATO)
CD - Committee on Disarmament (UN)
CERDS - Charter on the Economic Rights and Duties of States
CERN - Centre EuropÈen de Recherche NuclÈaire
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
CIEC - Conference on International Economic Cooperation
CIS - Commonwealth of Independent States (once part of USSR)
CISET - Committee on Int'l Science, Engineering and Technology COCOM Coordinating Committee (East-West Trade)
COPUOS - Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN)
CSCE - Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
CSTT - Committee on Science and the Transfer of Technology
CTBT - Comprehensive (Nuclear) Test Ban Treaty

DEA - Drug Enforcement Agency
DOD - Department of Defense
DOE - Department of Energy

EAA - Export Administration Act
EB - Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (State Department)
EC - European Communities, later EU
ECOSOC - Economic and Social Council (UN)
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
ESA - European Space Agency
ESRO - European Space Research Organization
EU - European Union
EUREKA - European Research Coordination Agency

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization
FCCSET - Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering
FCST - Federal Council for Science and Technology
FSO - Foreign service officer

G-19 - Group of Nineteen; CIEC Lesser-developed Countries
G-8 - Group of Eight; CIEC Developed Countries
G-7  - Group of Seven; Economic Summit Partners
G-77 - Lesser-developed Countries' Caucus
GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP - Gross domestic product

HHS - Department of Health and Human Services

IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization
IEA - International Energy Agency (OECD)
IGY - International Geophysical Year
IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
III - International Industrialization Institute
INFCE - International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation
INFCIRC - Nonproliferation document issued by IAEA, Vienna
INTELSAT - International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium
ISTC - Institute for Scientific and Technical Cooperation

LDC - Lesser-developed country
LOS - Law of the sea

MOX - Mixed oxide (of plutonium)
MSA - Mutual Security Act
MTCR - Missile Technology Control Regime

NAE - National Academy of Engineering (U.S.)
NAS - National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NEPA - National Environmental Protection Act
NIEO - New International Economic Order
NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology
NNPA - U.S. Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 1978
NOAA - National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NPT - (Nuclear) Nonproliferation Treaty
NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NSC - National Security Council
NSF - National Science Foundation
NSG - (London) Nuclear Suppliers Group

OAS  - Organization of American States
OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OEEC - Organization for European Economic Cooperation
OES - Bureau of Oceans & Int'l. Environmental and Sci. Affairs
OMB - Office of Management and Budget

ONR - Office of Naval Research
OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSCE - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
OST - Office of Science and Technology (White House)
OSTP - Office of Science and Technology Policy (White House)

PSAC - President's Science Advisory Committee

R&D - Research and development

S&T - Science & technology; scientific & technological
SALT - Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
SCI - Office of (International) Scientific Affairs
SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative
SSC - Superconducting super collider

TIAS - Treaty and International Agreement Series

UN - United Nations
UNCSAT - UN Conf. on S&T for Benefit of Less Developed Countries
UNCSTD - UN Conference on Science and Technology for Development
UNCTAD - UN Conference on Trade and Development
UNEP  - UN Environmental Program
UNESCO - UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNIDO - UN Industrial Development Organization
USDA - U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGS - U.S. Geological Survey
USIA - U.S. Information Agency
USTR - U.S. Trade Representative

WIPO - World Industrial Property Organization