A
ABEDA
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
ACC
Arab Cooperation Council
ACCT
Agence de Cooperation Culturelle et Technique
see Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation
changed name in 1996 to Agence de la francophonie or 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
AG
Andean Group
see Andean Community of Nations (CAN)
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
ALADI
Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion
see Latin American Integration Association (LAIA)
Ancom
Andean Common Market
see Andean Community of Nations (CAN)
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
ANZUS
Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
APEC
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Arabsat
Arab Satellite Communications Organization
AsDB
Asian Development Bank
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Autodin
Automatic Digital Network
B
BAD
Banque Africaine de Developpement
see African Development Bank (AfDB)
BADEA
Banque Arabe de Developpement Economique en Afrique
see Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA)
BCIE
Banco Centroamericano de Integracion Economico
see Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)
BDEAC
Banque de Developpment des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale
see Central African States Development Bank (BDEAC)
Benelux
Benelux Economic Union
BID
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
see Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Biodiversity
Convention on Biological Diversity
BIS
Bank for International Settlements
BOAD
Banque Ouest-Africaine de Developpement
see West African Development Bank (WADB)
BSEC
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone
CACM
Central American Common Market
CAEU
Council of Arab Economic Unity
CAN
Andean Community of Nations
Caricom
Caribbean Community and Common Market
CB
citizen's band mobile radio communications
CBSS
Council of the Baltic Sea States
CCC
Customs Cooperation Council
CDB
Caribbean Development Bank
CEAO
Communaute Economique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
see West African Economic Community (CEAO)
CEEAC
Communaute Economique des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale
see Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)
CEI
Central European Initiative
CEMA
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
also known as CMEA or Comecon
CEPGL
Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs
see Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL)
CERN
Conseil Europeenne pour la Recherche Nucleaire
see European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
c.i.f.
cost, insurance, and freight
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
CMEA
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA)
also known as Comecon
COCOM
Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
Comecon
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA)
also known as CMEA
Comsat
Communications Satellite Corporation
CSCE
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
see Organizationfor Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Desertification
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
DSN
Defense Switched Network
E
EADB
East African Development Bank
EAPC
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
EBRD
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC
European Community
see European Union (EU)
ECA
Economic Commission for Africa
ECAFE
Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
see Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
ECE
Economic Commission for Europe
ECLA
Economic Commission for Latin America
see Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
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
ECS
European Coal and Steel Community
see European Union (EU)
ECWA
Economic Commission for Western Asia
see Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
EEC
European Economic Community
see European Union (EU)
EFTA
European Free Trade Association
EIB
European Investment Bank
EMU
European Monetary 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
ESCAP
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESCWA
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Euratom
European Atomic Energy Community
see European Community (EC)
Eutelsat
European Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Ex-Im
Export-Import Bank of the United States
F
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
FRG
Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
used for information dated before 3 October 1990 or CY91
FYROM
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
currently called North Macedonia
G-6
Group of 6 (not to be confused with the Big Six)
GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
subsumed by the World Trade Organization (WTrO) on 1 January 1995
GCC
Gulf Cooperation Council
GDP
gross domestic product
GDR
German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
used for information dated before 3 October 1990 or CY91
GNP
gross national product
H
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
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
ICEM
Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration
see International Organization for Migration (IOM)
ICFTU
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
see World Confederation of Labor (WCL)
ICJ
International Court of Justice (World Court)
ICM
Intergovernmental Committee for Migration
see International Organization for Migration (IOM)
ICRC
International Committee of the Red Cross
ICRM
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
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 Labor Organization
IMCO
Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization
see International Maritime Organization (IMO)
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IMO
International Maritime Organization
Inmarsat
International Mobile Satellite Organization
InOC
Indian Ocean Commission
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
see Arab League (AL)
Law of the Sea
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)
LDC
less developed country
LLDC
least developed country
London Convention
see Marine Dumping
LORCS
League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
see International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
Marecs
Maritime European Communications Satellite
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
Medarabtel
Middle East Telecommunications Project of the International Telecommunications Union
Mercosur
Mercado Comun del Cono Sur
see Southern Cone Common Market
MINURSO
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
MINUGUA
United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala
MIPONUH
United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti
MONUA
United Nations Observer Mission in Angola
MONUC
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
NACC
North Atlantic Cooperation Council
see Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NIB
Nordic Investment Bank
NIC
newly industrializing country
see newly industrializing economy (NIE)
NIE
newly industrializing economy
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
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECS
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OIC
Organization of the Islamic Conference
ONUSAL
United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador
OPANAL
Organismo para la Proscripcion de las Armas Nucleares en la America Latina y el Caribe
see Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
OPCW
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSCE
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Ozone Layer Protection
Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
see Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
P
PCA
Permanent Court of Arbitration
PDRY
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]
used for information dated before 22 May 1990 or CY91
S
SAARC
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SACU
Southern African Customs Union
SADC
Southern African Development Community
SADCC
Southern African Development Coordination Conference
see Southern African Development Community (SADC)
SELA
Sistema Economico Latinoamericana
see Latin American Economic System (LAES)
SFRY
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
dissolved 5 December 1991
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
South Pacific Commission
T
TAT
Trans-Atlantic Telephone
Tropical Timber 83
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
Tropical Timber 94
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
UDEAC
Union Douaniere et Economique de l'Afrique Centrale
see Central African Customs and Economic Union (UDEAC)
UEMOA
Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest Africaine
see West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
UNAMIR
United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
UNAMSIL
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
UNAVEM III
United Nations Angola Verification Mission III
UNCRO
United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia
UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDOF
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
UNDP
United Nations Development Program
UNEP
United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNFICYP
United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus
UNFPA
United Nations Fund for Population Activities
see UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF
United Nations Children's Fund
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
UNMIH
United Nations Mission in Haiti
UNMIBH
United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
UNMIK
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
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
UNOMIL
United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia
UNOMOZ
United Nations Operation in Mozambique
UNOMSIL
United Nations Mission of Observers in Sierra Leone
UNOMUR
United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda
UNOSOM II
United Nations Operation in Somalia II
UNPREDEP
United Nations Preventive Deployment Force
UNPROFOR
United Nations Protection Force
UNRISD
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
UNRWA
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
UNSCOM
United Nations Special Commission for the Elimination of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction
see United Nations Monitoring and Verification Commission (UNMOVIC)
UNSMIH
United Nations Support Mission in Haiti
UNTAC
United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
UNTAES
United Nations Transitional Administration in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja, and Western Sirmium
UNTAET
United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
UNTSO
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
UNU
United Nations University
UPU
Universal Postal Union
USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union)
used for information dated before 25 December 1991
USSR/EE
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics/Eastern Europe
very small aperture terminal
W
WADB
West African Development Bank
WAEMU
West African Economic and Monetary Union
WCL
World Confederation of Labor
WCO
World Customs Organization
see Customs Cooperation Council
Wetlands
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat
WEU
Western European Union
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
WTO
see WToO for World Tourism Organization or WTrO for World Trade Organization
WToO
World Tourism Organization
WTrO
World Trade Organization
Y
YAR
Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen]
used for information dated before 22 May 1990 or CY91