The Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy is a

Non-governmental organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization), spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from g ...

(NGO) founded in 1995 by Rebecca Johnson, senior advisor to the

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chaired by

Hans Blix Hans Martin Blix (; born 28 June 1928) is a Swedish diplomat and politician for the Liberal People's Party. He was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (1978–1979) and later became the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. As suc ...

from January 2000 to June 2003. It states as its goal "to promote effective approaches to international security, disarmament and arms control. Engaging with governments and civil society, Acronym provides reporting, analysis and strategic thinking on a range of issues relevant to peace and security, with special emphasis on treaties and multilateral initiatives." The Acronym Institute was founded by Johnson as a continuation of her work for ''The Acronym Consortium'' (

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, BASIC, and Dfax), which had dissolved into its constituent parts in October 1995. In the negotiations for the

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(CTBT) in the mid 1990s, following end of the Cold War, the Acronym Institute was regarded as the lead NGO negotiator by many official delegations to the negotiations. The Acronym Institute published the journal ''Disarmament Diplomacy'' from 1996 to 2009 on a bi-monthly basis, with an overview of events relating to weapons proliferation and

disarmament Disarmament is the act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons. Disarmament generally refers to a country's military or specific type of weaponry. Disarmament is often taken to mean total elimination of weapons of mass destruction, such as ...

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Arms control Organisations based in London {{int-org-stub

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