Editing Arms control (section)

==Arms control organizations==
{{Incomplete list|date=February 2011}}
The [[intergovernmental organization]]s for arms control are the following:
* [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (IAEA)
* [[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]] (OPCW)
* [[Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe]] (OSCE) which has other functions besides arms control
* [[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)
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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.
* [[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]] (SIPRI)—founded in 1966.
* [[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 (campaign)|Global Zero]]—founded in 2008.
* [[T.M.C. Asser Instituut]]—founded in 1965.