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the World Factbook- Appendix A :: Abbreviations
appendix a :: abbreviations |
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| ABEDA |
| Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa |
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| ACP Group |
| African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States |
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| ADB |
| Asian Development Bank |
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| AfDB |
| African Development Bank |
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| AFESD |
| Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development |
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| Air Pollution |
| Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution |
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| 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 |
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| Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants |
| Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants |
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| 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% |
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| Air Pollution-Sulphur 94 |
| Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions |
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| 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 |
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| Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
| Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
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| Antarctic Seals |
| Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals |
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| Antarctic-Environmental Protocol |
| Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty |
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| ANZUS |
| Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty |
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| AOSIS |
| Alliance of Small Island States |
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| APEC |
| Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
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| Arabsat |
| Arab Satellite Communications Organization |
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| ASEAN |
| Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
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| Autodin |
| Automatic Digital Network |
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| BCIE |
| Central American Bank for Economic Integration |
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| BDEAC |
| Central African States Development Bank |
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| BGN |
| United States Board on Geographic Names |
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| BIMSTEC |
| Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation |
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| Biodiversity |
| Convention on Biological Diversity |
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| BIS |
| Bank for International Settlements |
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| BSEC |
| Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone |
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| c.i.f. |
| cost, insurance, and freight |
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| CACM |
| Central American Common Market |
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| CAEU |
| Council of Arab Economic Unity |
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| CAN |
| Andean Community of Nations |
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| Caricom |
| Caribbean Community and Common Market |
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| CB |
| citizen's band mobile radio communications |
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| CBSS |
| Council of the Baltic Sea States |
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| CCC |
| Customs Cooperation Council |
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| CD |
| Community of Democracies |
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| CDB |
| Caribbean Development Bank |
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| CEI |
| Central European Initiative |
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| CEMA |
| Council for Mutual Economic Assistance |
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| CEMAC |
| Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa |
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| CEPGL |
| Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries |
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| CEPT |
| Conference Europeanne des Poste et Telecommunications |
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| CERN |
| European Organization for Nuclear Research |
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| CIA |
| Central Intelligence Agency |
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| CICA |
| Conference of Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia |
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| CIS |
| Commonwealth of Independent States |
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| CITES |
| see Endangered Species |
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| Climate Change |
| United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
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| Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol |
| Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
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| COCOM |
| Coordinating Committee on Export Controls |
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| COMESA |
| Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
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| Comsat |
| Communications Satellite Corporation |
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| CPLP |
| Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa |
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| CSN |
| South American Community of Nations became UNASUL - Union of South American Nations |
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| CSN |
| Union of South American Nations |
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| CSTO |
| Collective Security Treaty Organization |
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| CTBTO |
| Preparation commission for the Nuclear-Ban-Treaty Operation |
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| DDT |
| dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane |
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| Desertification |
| United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa |
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| DIA |
| United States Defense Intelligence Agency |
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| DSN |
| Defense Switched Network |
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| DST |
| daylight savings time |
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| E |
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| EAC |
| East African Community |
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| EADB |
| East African Development Bank |
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| EAEC |
| Eurasian Economic Community |
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| EAPC |
| Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council |
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| EBRD |
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
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| EC |
| European Community or European Commission |
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| ECA |
| Economic Commission for Africa |
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| ECE |
| Economic Commission for Europe |
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| ECLAC |
| Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
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| ECO |
| Economic Cooperation Organization |
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| ECOSOC |
| Economic and Social Council |
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| ECOWAS |
| Economic Community of West African States |
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| ECSC |
| European Coal and Steel Community |
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| EEC |
| European Economic Community |
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| EEZ |
| exclusive economic zone |
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| EFTA |
| European Free Trade Association |
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| EIB |
| European Investment Bank |
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| EMU |
| European Monetary Union |
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| Endangered Species |
| Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) |
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| Entente |
| Council of the Entente |
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| Environmental Modification |
| Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques |
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| ESA |
| European Space Agency |
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| ESCAP |
| Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
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| ESCWA |
| Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia |
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| Euratom |
| European Atomic Energy Community |
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| Eutelsat |
| European Telecommunications Satellite Organization |
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| Ex-Im |
| Export-Import Bank of the United States |
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| FAO |
| Food and Agriculture Organization |
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| FATF |
| Financial Action Task Force |
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| GATT |
| General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; now WTO |
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| GCC |
| Gulf Cooperation Council |
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| GCTU |
| General Confederation of Trade Unions |
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| GDP |
| gross domestic product |
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| GNP |
| gross national product |
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| GSM |
| global system for mobile cellular communications |
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| GUAM |
| Organization for Democracy and Economic Development; acronym for member states - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova |
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| Hazardous Wastes |
| Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal |
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| HIV/AIDS |
| human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
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| I |
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| IADB |
| Inter-American Development Bank |
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| IAEA |
| International Atomic Energy Agency |
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| IANA |
| Internet Assigned Numbers Authority |
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| IBRD |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) |
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| ICAO |
| International Civil Aviation Organization |
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| ICC |
| International Chamber of Commerce |
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| ICCt |
| International Criminal Court |
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| ICJ |
| International Court of Justice (World Court) |
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| ICRC |
| International Committee of the Red Cross |
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| ICRM |
| International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement |
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| ICSID |
| International Center for Secretariat of Investment Disputes |
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| ICTR |
| International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
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| ICTY |
| International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
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| IDA |
| International Development Association |
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| IDB |
| Islamic Development Bank |
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| IDP |
| Internally Displaced Person |
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| IEA |
| International Energy Agency |
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| IFAD |
| International Fund for Agricultural Development |
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| IFC |
| International Finance Corporation |
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| IFRCS |
| International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
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| IGAD |
| Inter-Governmental Authority on Development |
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| IHO |
| International Hydrographic Organization |
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| ILO |
| International Labor Organization |
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| IMF |
| International Monetary Fund |
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| IMO |
| International Maritime Organization |
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| IMSO |
| International Mobile Satellite Organization |
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| Inmarsat |
| International Maritime Satellite Organization |
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| InOC |
| Indian Ocean Commission |
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| INSTRAW |
| International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women |
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| Intelsat |
| International Telecommunications Satellite Organization |
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| Interpol |
| International Criminal Police Organization |
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| Intersputnik |
| International Organization of Space Communications |
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| IOC |
| International Olympic Committee |
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| IOM |
| International Organization for Migration |
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| IPU |
| Inter-parliamentary Union |
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| ISO |
| International Organization for Standardization |
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| ISP |
| Internet Service Provider |
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| ITSO |
| International Telecommunications Satellites Organization |
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| ITU |
| International Telecommunication Union |
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| ITUC |
| International Trade Union Confederation, the successor to ICFTU (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) and the WCL (World Confederation of Labor) |
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| LAES |
| Latin American Economic System |
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| LAIA |
| Latin American Integration Association |
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| LAS |
| League of Arab States |
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| Law of the Sea |
| United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS) |
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| LDC |
| less developed country |
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| LLDC |
| least developed country |
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| London Convention |
| see Marine Dumping |
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| Marecs |
| Maritime European Communications Satellite |
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| Marine Dumping |
| Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter |
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| Marine Life Conservation |
| Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas |
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| MARPOL |
| see Ship Pollution |
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| Medarabtel |
| Middle East Telecommunications Project of the International Telecommunications Union |
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| Mercosur |
| Southern Cone Common Market |
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| MICAH |
| International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti |
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| MIGA |
| Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency |
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| MINURSO |
| United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara |
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| MINUSTAH |
| United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti |
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| MONUSCO |
| United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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| NAFTA |
| North American Free Trade Agreement |
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| NATO |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
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| NEA |
| Nuclear Energy Agency |
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| NGA |
| National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
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| NGO |
| nongovernmental organization |
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| NIB |
| Nordic Investment Bank |
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| NIC |
| newly industrializing country |
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| NIE |
| newly industrializing economy |
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| NIS |
| new independent states |
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| NMT |
| Nordic Mobile Telephone |
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| NSG |
| Nuclear Suppliers Group |
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| Nuclear Test Ban |
| Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water |
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| OAPEC |
| Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries |
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| OAS |
| Organization of American States |
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| OAU |
| Organization of African Unity; see African Union |
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| ODA |
| official development assistance |
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| OECD |
| Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
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| OECS |
| Organization of Eastern Caribbean States |
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| OHCHR |
| Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
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| OIC |
| Organization of the Islamic Conference |
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| OIF |
| International Organization of the French-speaking World |
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| OPANAL |
| Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean |
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| OPCW |
| Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
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| OPEC |
| Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
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| OSCE |
| Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
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| Ozone Layer Protection |
| Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer |
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| P |
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| PCA |
| Permanent Court of Arbitration |
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| PFP |
| Partnership for Peace |
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| PIF |
| Pacific Islands Forum |
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| PPP |
| purchasing power parity |
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| S |
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| SAARC |
| South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
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| SACEP |
| South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme |
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| SACU |
| Southern African Customs Union |
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| SADC |
| Southern African Development Community |
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| SAFE |
| South African Far East Cable |
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| SCO |
| Shanghai Cooperation Organization |
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| SECI |
| Southeast European Cooperative Initiative |
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| Ship Pollution |
| Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL) |
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| SICA |
| Central American Integration System |
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| Sparteca |
| South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement |
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| SPC |
| Secretariat of the Pacific Communities |
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| TAT |
| Trans-Atlantic Telephone |
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| TEU |
| Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit, a unit of measure for containerized cargo capacity |
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| Tropical Timber 83 |
| International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983 |
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| Tropical Timber 94 |
| International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 |
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| UDEAC |
| Central African Customs and Economic Union |
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| UN-AIDS |
| Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS |
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| UNAMID |
| African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur |
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| UNASUR |
| Union of South American Nations |
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| UNCLOS |
| United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also know as LOS |
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| UNCTAD |
| United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
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| UNDCP |
| United Nations Drug Control Program |
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| UNDEF |
| United Nations Democracy Fund |
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| UNDOF |
| United Nations Disengagement Observer Force |
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| UNDP |
| United Nations Development Program |
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| UNEP |
| United Nations Environment Program |
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| UNESCO |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
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| UNFICYP |
| United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus |
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| UNFIP |
| United Nations Fund for International Partnerships |
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| UNFPA |
| United Nations Population Fund |
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| UN-Habitat |
| United Nations Center for Human Settlements |
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| UNHCR |
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
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| UNICEF |
| United Nations Children's Fund |
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| UNICRI |
| United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute |
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| UNIDIR |
| United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research |
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| UNIDO |
| United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
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| UNIFIL |
| United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon |
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| UN-INSTRAW |
| International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women |
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| UNITAR |
| United Nations Institute for Training and Research |
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| UNMIK |
| United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo |
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| UNMIL |
| United Nations Mission in Liberia |
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| UNMIS |
| United Nations Mission in the Sudan |
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| UNMIT |
| United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste |
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| UNMOGIP |
| United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan |
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| UNOCI |
| United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire |
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| UNOPS |
| United Nations Office of Project Services |
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| UNRISD |
| United Nations Research Institute for Social Development |
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| UNRWA |
| United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
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| UNSC |
| United Nations Security Council |
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| UNSSC |
| Untied Nations System Staff College |
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| UNTSO |
| United Nations Truce Supervision Organization |
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| UNU |
| United Nations University |
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| UNWTO |
| World Tourism Organization |
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| UPU |
| Universal Postal Union |
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| USSR |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union); used for information dated before 25 December 1991 |
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| UTC |
| Coordinated Universal Time |
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| VSAT |
| very small aperture terminal |
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| W |
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| WADB |
| West African Development Bank |
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| WAEMU |
| West African Economic and Monetary Union |
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| WCL |
| World Confederation of Labor |
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| WCO |
| World Customs Organization |
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| Wetlands |
| Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat |
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| WEU |
| Western European Union |
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| WFTU |
| World Federation of Trade Unions |
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| Whaling |
| International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling |
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| WHO |
| World Health Organization |
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| WIPO |
| World Intellectual Property Organization |
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| WMO |
| World Meteorological Organization |
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| WTO |
| World Trade Organization |
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