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 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 for the Conservation
of Antarctic Seals |
ANZUS |
Australia-New Zealand-United
States Security Treaty |
APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
Arabsat |
Arab Satellite Communications
Organization |
ARF |
ASEAN Regional Forum |
AsDB |
Asian Development Bank |
ASEAN |
Association of Southeast
Asian Nations |
Autodin |
Automatic Digital Network |
bbl/day |
barrels per day |
BCIE |
Central American Bank for
Economic Integration |
BDEAC |
Central African States Development
Bank |
Benelux |
Benelux Economic Union |
Biodiversity |
Convention on Biological
Diversity |
BIS |
Bank for International Settlements |
BSEC |
Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Zone |
C |
Commonwealth |
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 |
CE |
Council of Europe |
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 |
CERN |
European Organization for
Nuclear Research |
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 |
COCOM |
Coordinating Committee on
Export Controls |
COMESA |
Common Market for Eastern
and Southern Africa |
Comsat |
Communications Satellite
Corporation |
CP |
Colombo Plan |
CY |
calendar year |
DC |
developed country |
Desertification |
United Nations Convention
to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious
Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa |
DSN |
Defense Switched Network |
DWT |
deadweight ton |
EADB |
East African Development
Bank |
EAPC |
Euro-Atlantic Partnership
Council |
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 |
ECS |
European Coal and Steel
Community |
EEC |
European Economic Community |
EFTA |
European Free Trade Association |
EIB |
European Investment Bank |
EMU |
Economic and 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 |
ESA |
European Space Agency |
ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific |
ESCWA |
Economic and Social Commission
for Western Asia |
est. |
estimate |
EU |
European Union |
Euratom |
European Atomic Energy Community |
Eutelsat |
European Telecommunications
Satellite Organization |
Ex-Im |
Export-Import Bank of the
United States |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
FAX |
facsimile |
f.o.b. |
free on board |
FLS |
Front Line States |
FRG |
Federal Republic of Germany
(West Germany); used for information dated before 3 October 1990
or CY91 |
FSU |
former Soviet Union |
FY |
fiscal year |
F.Y.R.O.M. |
The Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia |
FZ |
Franc Zone |
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-24 |
Group of 24 |
G-77 |
Group of 77 |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade; now WTrO |
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 |
GRT |
gross register ton |
GUUAM |
acronym for member states – Georgia,
Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Moldova |
GWP |
gross world product |
Habitat |
United Nations Center for
Human Settlements |
Hazardous
Wastes |
Basel Convention on the
Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their
Disposal |
HF |
high-frequency |
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 |
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 Center for
Secretariat 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 Labor 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 |
kHz |
kilohertz |
km |
kilometer |
kW |
kilowatt |
kWh |
kilowatt-hour |
LAES |
Latin American Economic
System |
LAIA |
Latin American Integration
Association |
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 |
LOS |
see Law of the Sea |
m |
meter |
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 |
MARPOL |
see Ship Pollution |
Medarabtel |
Middle East Telecommunications
Project of the International Telecommunications Union |
Mercosur |
Southern Cone Common Market |
MHz |
megahertz |
MIGA |
Multilateral Investment
Geographic Agency |
MINURSO |
United Nations Mission for
the Referendum in Western Sahara |
MIPOHUH |
United Nations Civilian
Police Mission in Haiti |
MONUC |
United Nations Organization
Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
NA |
not available |
NAM |
Nonaligned Movement |
NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NC |
Nordic Council |
NEA |
Nuclear Energy Agency |
NEGL |
negligible |
NIB |
Nordic Investment Bank |
NIC |
newly industrializing country |
NIE |
newly industrializing economy |
NIS |
new independent states |
NM |
nautical mile |
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 |
NZ |
New Zealand |
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 |
OOF |
other official flows |
OPANAL |
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 |
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 |
PFP |
Partnership for Peace |
Ramsar |
see Wetlands |
RG |
Rio Group |
SAARC |
South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation |
SACU |
Southern African Customs
Union |
SADC |
Southern African Development
Community |
SCO |
Shanghai Cooperative Organization |
SFRY |
Socialist Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia |
SHF |
super-high-frequency |
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 |
SPF |
South Pacific Forum |
sq km |
square kilometer |
sq mi |
square mile |
TAT |
Trans-Atlantic Telephone |
Tropical
Timber 83 |
International Tropical Timber
Agreement, 1983 |
Tropical
Timber 94 |
International Tropical Timber
Agreement, 1994 |
UAE |
United Arab Emirates |
UDEAC |
Central African Customs
and Economic Union |
UHF |
ultra-high-frequency |
UK |
United Kingdom |
UN |
United Nations |
UNAMA |
United Nations Assistance
Mission in Afghanistan |
UNAMSIL |
United Nations Mission in
Sierra Leone |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development |
UNDCP |
United Nations Drug Control
Program |
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 Population
Fund |
UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees |
UNHCRHR |
United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights |
UNICEF |
United Nations Children's
Fund |
UNICRI |
United Nations Interregional
Crime and Justice Research Institute |
UNIDIR |
United Nations 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 |
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,
Verification, and Inspection Commission |
UNOMIG |
United Nations Observer
Mission in Georgia |
UNOMSIL |
United Nations Mission of
Observers in Sierra Leone |
UNOPS |
United Nations Office of
Project Services |
UNPREDEP |
United Nations Preventive
Deployment Force |
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 |
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 |
US |
United States |
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 |
VHF |
very-high-frequency |
VSAT |
very small aperture terminal |
WADB |
West African Development
Bank |
WAEMU |
West African Economic and
Monetary Union |
WCL |
World Confederation of Labor |
Wetlands |
Convention on Wetlands of
International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat |
WEU |
Western European Union |
WFC |
World Food Council |
WFP |
World Food Program |
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 |
YAR |
Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen
(Sanaa) or North Yemen]; used for information dated before 22 May
1990 or CY91 |
ZC |
Zangger Committee |