| ATT | Arms Trade Treaty
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| BIS | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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| CAAT | Campaign Against Arms Trade
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| CAEC | Committees on Arms Export Controls
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| DFID | Department for International Development
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| DSEi | Defence and Security Equipment International (Trade Exhibition)
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| ECO | Export Control Organisation (within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)
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| EGAD | Export Group for Aerospace and Defence
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| EU | European Union
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| FAC | Foreign Affairs Committee
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| FCO | Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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| FMCT | Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty
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| ICT | Intra-Community Transfer (ICT) Directive on arms transfers within the EU
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| MoD | Ministry of Defence
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| OGEL | Open General Export Licence
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| OIEL | Open Individual Export Licence
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| OITCL | Open Individual Trade Control Licence
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| OPTs | Occupied Palestinian Territories
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| OSCE | Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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| OSJA | Overseas Security and Justice Assistance
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| SIEL | Standard Individual Export Licence
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| SIPRI | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
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| SITCL | Standard Individual Trade Control Licence
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| SITL | Standard Individual Transhipment Licence
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| UKTI DSO | United Kingdom Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation
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| UKWG | United Kingdom Working Group on Arms
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