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Arms Control Organizations

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The intergovernmental organizations for arms control are the following:

  • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
  • Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO PrepCom)
  • Conference on Disarmament (CD)
  • United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)
  • United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
  • the now disbanded United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC), the successor to United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM)
  • failed proposal for Organisation for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons

There are also numerous non-governmental organizations that promote a global reduction in nuclear arms and offer research and analysis about U.S. nuclear weapons policy. Pre-eminent among these organizations is the Arms Control Association, founded in 1971 to promote public understanding of and support for arms control. Others include:

  • Federation of American Scientists (FAS) -- founded in 1945 as the Federation of Atomic Scientists by veterans of the Manhattan Project.
  • Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament—a leading disarmament organization in the United Kingdom, founded in 1957.
  • Peace Action—formerly SANE (the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy), founded in 1957
  • Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) -- founded by Bernard Lown in 1961.
  • Council for a Livable World—founded in 1962 by physicist Leó Szilárd and other scientists who believed that nuclear weapons should be controlled and eventually eliminated.
  • Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) -- founded in 1969 by faculty and students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • Arms Control Association—founded in 1971.
  • Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation—founded in 1980 as a sister organization to the Council for a Livable World.
  • International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) -- founded in 1981.
  • Alliance for Nuclear Accountability—a national network of organizations working to address issues of nuclear weapons production and waste cleanup, founded in 1987 as the Military Production Network.
  • Global Zero—founded in 2008.

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