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

African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries

AfDB

African Development Bank

AFESD

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development

AG

Andean Group

Air Pollution

Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

Air Pollution-Nitrogen

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Oxides Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes

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

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Organic Compounds Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes

AL

Arab League

ALADI

Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion; see Latin American Integration Association (LAIA)

AMF

Arab Monetary Fund

AMU

Arab Maghreb Union

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

C

C

Commonwealth

CACM

Central American Common Market

CAEU

Council of Arab Economic Unity

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

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 Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire; see European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

CG

Contadora Group

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

CP

Colombo Plan

CSCE

Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe; see Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

CY

calendar year

D

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

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 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

ECSC

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

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; see European Community (EC)

Eutelsat

European Telecommunications Satellite Organization

Ex-Im

Export-Import Bank of the United States

F

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 (FY93/94, for example, began in calendar year 1993 and ended in calendar year 1994)

FYROM

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

FZ

Franc Zone

G

G-2

Group of 2

G-3

Group of 3

G-5

Group of 5

G-6

Group of 6 (not to be confused with the Big Six)

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; 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

GRT

gross register ton

GWP

gross world product

H

Hazardous Wastes

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

HF

high-frequency

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

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

K

kHz

kilohertz

km

kilometer

kW

kilowatt

kWh

kilowatt hour

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)

LOS

see Law of the Sea

M

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

the Middle East Telecommunications Project of the International Telecommunications Union

Mercosur

Mercado Comun del Cono Sur; see Southern Cone Common Market

MHz

megahertz

MINURSO

United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara

MINUGUA

United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala

MIPONUH

United Nations Police Mission in Haiti

MONUA

United Nations Observer Mission in Angola

MTCR

Missile Technology Control Regime

N

NA

not available

NACC

North Atlantic Cooperation Council; see Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)

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; see newly industrializing economy (NIE)

NIE

newly industrializing economy

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

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

ONUMOZ

see United Nations Operation in Mozambique (UNOMOZ)

ONUSAL

United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador

OOF

other official flows

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

OPEC

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OSCE

Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Ozone Layer Protection

Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer

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

PFP

Partnership for Peace

R

Ramsar

see Wetlands

RG

Rio Group

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

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

T

TAT

Trans-Atlantic Telephone

Tropical Timber 83

International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983

Tropical Timber 94

International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994

U

UAE

United Arab Emirates

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)

UHF

ultra-high-frequency

UK

United Kingdom

UN

United Nations

UNAMIR

United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda

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 Force in Cyprus

UNFPA

United Nations Fund for Population Activities; see UN Population Fund (UNFPA)

UNHCR

United Nations Office of the 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

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

UNOMIG

United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia

UNOMIL

United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia

UNOMOZ

United Nations Operation in Mozambique

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

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

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

V

VHF

very-high-frequency

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

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

Y

YAR

Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen]; used for information dated before 22 May 1990 or CY91

Z

ZC

Zangger Committee