Arms control is an umbrella term for restrictions upon the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation, and usage of weapons, especially weapons of mass destruction.
Arms control is typically exercised through the use of diplomacy which seeks to impose such limitations upon consenting participants through international treaties and agreements, although it may also comprise efforts by a nation or group of nations to enforce limitations upon a non-consenting country. The intergovernmental organizations for arms control are the following:
i. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
ii. Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
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iii. Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO Prep Com)
iv. Conference on Disarmament (CD)
v. United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)