| A |
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| ABEDA |
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa |
| ACC |
Arab Cooperation Council |
| ACCT |
Agency for the French-Speaking Community |
| ACP Group |
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States |
| AfDB |
African Development Bank |
| AFESD |
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development |
| Air Pollution |
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution |
| Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides |
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes |
| Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants |
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants |
| Air Pollution-Sulphur 85 |
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at Least 30% |
| Air Pollution-Sulphur 94 |
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions |
| Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds |
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes |
| AL |
Arab League |
| AMF |
Arab Monetary Fund |
| AMU |
Arab Maghreb Union |
| Antarctic-Environmental Protocol |
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty |
| Antarctic-Marine Living Resources |
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
| Antarctic Seals |
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Seals |
| ANZUS |
Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty |
| Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation|APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| Arabsat |
Arab Satellite Communications Organization |
| ARF |
ASEAN Regional Forum |
| AsDB |
Asian Development Bank |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| AU |
African Union |
| B |
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| BCIE |
Central American Bank for Economic Integration |
| BDEAC |
Central African States Development Bank |
| Benelux |
Benelux Economic Union |
| BGN |
United States Board on Geographic Names |
| Biodiversity |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| BIS |
Bank for International Settlements |
| BSEC |
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone |
| C |
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| C |
Commonwealth of Nations |
| CACM |
Central American Common Market |
| CAEU |
Council of Arab Economic Unity |
| CAN |
Andean Community of Nations |
| Caricom |
Caribbean Community and Common Market |
| CBSS |
Council of the Baltic Sea States |
| CCC |
Customs Cooperation Council (name changed to World Customs Organization in 1994) |
| CDB |
Caribbean Development Bank |
| Council of Europe|CE |
Council of Europe |
| CEEAC |
Economic Community of Central African States |
| CEI |
Central European Initiative |
| CEMA |
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; also known as CMEA or Comecon |
| CEMAC |
Monetary and Economic Community of Central Africa |
| CEPGL |
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries |
| CEPT |
Conference Europeanne des Postes et Telecommunications |
| CERN |
European Organization for Nuclear Research |
| CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CITES |
see Endangered Species |
| Climate Change |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol |
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| COCOM |
Coordinating Committee on Export Controls |
| COMESA |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
| Comsat |
Communications Satellite Corporation |
| CP |
Colombo Plan |
| D |
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| DC |
developed country |
| Desertification |
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa |
| DIA |
United States Defense Intelligence Agency |
| E |
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| EADB |
East African Development Bank |
| EAPC |
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council |
| EAS |
East Asia Summit |
| EBRD |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EC |
European Community |
| ECA |
Economic Commission for Africa |
| ECE |
Economic Commission for Europe |
| ECLAC |
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| ECO |
Economic Cooperation Organization |
| ECOSOC |
Economic and Social Council |
| ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West African States |
| ECSC |
European Coal and Steel Community |
| EEC |
European Economic Community |
| EFTA |
European Free Trade Association |
| EEZ |
exclusive economic zone |
| EIB |
European Investment Bank |
| EMU |
Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union |
| Endangered Species |
Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) |
| Entente |
Council of the Entente |
| Environmental Modification |
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques |
| ESA |
European Space Agency |
| ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| ESCWA |
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia |
| EU |
European Union |
| Euratom |
European Atomic Energy Community |
| Eutelsat |
European Telecommunications Satellite Organization |
| Ex-Im |
Export-Import Bank of the United States |
| F |
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| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FRG |
Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany); used for information dated before 3 October 1990 or CY91 |
| FZ |
Franc Zone |
| G |
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| G-2 |
Group of 2 |
| G-3 |
Group of 3 |
| G-5 |
Group of 5 |
| G-6 |
Group of 6 |
| G-7 |
Group of 7 |
| G-8 |
Group of 8 |
| G-9 |
Group of 9 |
| G-10 |
Group of 10 |
| G-11 |
Group of 11 |
| G-15 |
Group of 15 |
| G-19 |
Group of 19 |
| G-24 |
Group of 24 |
| G-30 |
Group of 30 |
| G-33 |
Group of 33 |
| G-77 |
Group of 77 |
| GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; now WTrO |
| GCC |
Gulf Cooperation Council |
| GUUAM |
acronym for member states - Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Moldova |
| H |
|
| Habitat |
United Nations Center for Human Settlements |
| Hazardous Wastes |
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal |
| I |
|
| IADB |
Inter-American Development Bank |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IANA |
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority |
| IBEC |
International Bank for Economic Cooperation |
| IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) |
| ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ICC |
International Chamber of Commerce |
| International Criminal Court |ICCt |
International Criminal Court |
| ICFTU |
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions |
| ICJ |
International Court of Justice (World Court) |
| ICRC |
International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ICRM |
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement |
| ICSID |
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes |
| ICTR |
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
| ICTY |
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
| IDA |
International Development Association |
| IDB |
Islamic Development Bank |
| IEA |
International Energy Agency |
| IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
| IFCTU |
International Federation of Christian Trade Unions |
| IFRCS |
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| IGAD |
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development |
| IGADD |
Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development |
| IHO |
International Hydrographic Organization |
| IIB |
International Investment Bank |
| ILO |
International Labour Organization |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
| Inmarsat |
International Mobile Satellite Organization |
| InOC |
Indian Ocean Commission |
| INSTRAW |
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women |
| Intelsat |
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization |
| Interpol |
International Criminal Police Organization |
| Intersputnik |
International Organization of Space Communications |
| IOC |
International Olympic Committee |
| IOM |
International Organization for Migration |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
| L |
|
| LAES |
Latin American Economic System |
| LAIA |
Latin American Integration Association |
| LAS |
League of Arab States |
| Law of the Sea |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS) |
| M |
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| Marine Dumping |
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter |
| Marine Life Conservation |
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas |
| MARPOL |
MARPOL 73/78 / Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 |
| Medarabtel |
Middle East Telecommunications Project of the International Telecommunications Union |
| Mercosur |
Southern Cone Common Market |
| MICAH |
International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti |
| MIGA |
Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency |
| MINURSO |
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara |
| MINUSTAH |
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti |
| MIPONUH |
United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti |
| MONUC |
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| N |
|
| NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NAM |
Non-Aligned Movement |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NC |
Nordic Council |
| NEA |
Nuclear Energy Agency |
| NGA |
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
| NIB |
Nordic Investment Bank |
| NMT |
Nordic Mobile Telephone |
| NSG |
Nuclear Suppliers Group |
| Nuclear Test Ban |
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water |
| O |
|
| OAPEC |
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OAS |
Organization of American States |
| OAU |
Organization of African Unity |
| ODA |
official development assistance |
| ODF |
Official Development Finance |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OECS |
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States |
| OHCHR |
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| OIC |
Organization of the Islamic Conference |
| ONUB |
United Nations Operation in Burundi |
| OPANAL |
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean |
| OPCW |
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
| OPEC |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OSCE |
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| Ozone Layer Protection |
Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer |
| P |
|
| PCA |
Permanent Court of Arbitration |
| PFP |
Partnership for Peace |
| PIF |
Pacific Islands Forum |
| PPP |
purchasing power parity |
| R |
|
| Ramsar |
see Wetlands |
| Rio Group|RG |
Rio Group |
| S |
|
| SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
| SAASA |
Servicios Aereos Amazonicos SA (Air support in Peru 1973-1980) |
| SACU |
Southern African Customs Union |
| SACEP |
South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme |
| SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
| SCO |
Shanghai Cooperative Organization |
| SFRY |
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Ship Pollution |
Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (MARPOL) |
| Sparteca |
South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement |
| SPC |
Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
| SPF |
South Pacific Forum |
| T |
|
| Tropical Timber 83 |
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983 |
| Tropical Timber 94 |
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 |
| U |
|
| UAE |
United Arab Emirates |
| UDEAC |
Central African Customs and Economic Union |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNAMIR |
United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda |
| UNAMSIL |
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone |
| UNAVEM III |
United Nations Angola Verification Mission III |
| UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also known as LOS |
| UNCRO |
United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia |
| UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDCP |
United Nations Drug Control Programme |
| UNDOF |
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
| UNFICYP |
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus |
| UNFPA |
United Nations Population Fund |
| UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNHCRHR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNICEP |
United Nations International Comparison Programme |
| UNICRI |
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute |
| UNIDIR |
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research |
| UNIDO |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| UNIFIL |
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon |
| UNIKOM |
United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission |
| UNITAR |
United Nations Institute for Training and Research |
| UNMEE |
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea |
| UNMIBH |
United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| UNMIK |
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo |
| UNMIL |
United Nations Mission in Liberia |
| UNMIS |
United Nations Mission in the Sudan |
| UNMISET |
United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor |
| UNMOGIP |
United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan |
| UNMOP |
United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka |
| UNMOT |
United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan |
| UNMOVIC |
United Nations Monitoring and Verification Commission |
| UNOMIG |
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia |
| UNOCI |
United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire |
| UNOMSIL |
United Nations Mission of Observers in Sierra Leone |
| UNOPS |
United Nations Office of Project Services |
| UNRISD |
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development |
| UNRWA |
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
| UNSC |
United Nations Security Council |
| UNSMIH |
United Nations Support Mission in Haiti |
| UNSSC |
United Nations System Staff College |
| UNTAET |
United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor |
| UNTSO |
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization |
| UNU |
United Nations University |
| UPU |
Universal Postal Union |
| UNWTO |
World Tourism Organization |
| W |
|
| WADB |
West African Development Bank |
| WAEMU |
West African Economic and Monetary Union |
| WCL |
World Confederation of Labour |
| WCO |
World Customs Organization (new name for CCC as of 1994) |
| Wetlands |
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat |
| WEU |
Western European Union |
| WFC |
World Food Council |
| WFP |
World Food Programme |
| WFTU |
World Federation of Trade Unions |
| Whaling |
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
| WP |
Warsaw Pact |
| WTO |
see WToO for World Tourism Organization or WTrO for World Trade Organization |
| WToO |
World Tourism Organization |
| WTrO |
World Trade Organization |
| Y & Z |
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| YAR |
Yemen Arab Republic Yemen (Sanaa) |
| ZC |
Zangger Committee |
