| Arab
League |
Arab League, informal name
of the League of Arab States, a voluntary association of independent
countries whose peoples are mainly Arabic speaking. Link
to web site |
| CTC |
Counterterrorism Committee |
| DPA |
Department of Political
Affairs |
| DPKO |
UN Department for Peacekeeping
Operations |
| ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West
African States Link
to web site (Warning, heavy to load!) |
| EP |
Expert panel |
| EU |
European Union |
| FATF |
Financial Assets Task Force
on Money Laundering
Link to web site |
| Global Compact project |
Principles cover topics in human rights,
labour and environment. At the World Economic Forum, Davos, on 31
January 1999, UN Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan challenged world
business leaders to "embrace and enact" the Global Compact.
LInk to
web site |
| GSP |
Generalized System of Preferences |
| ICAO |
International Civil Aviation
Organisation LInk to web site |
| IGO |
Inter-governmental Organisation |
| ILO |
International Labour Organisation
Link to web site |
| Interpol |
International Police Organisation
Link to web site |
| IO |
International organization |
| Kimberley Process |
A negotiating process to
establish minimum acceptable international standards for national
certification schemes of import and export of rough diamonds. Link
to web site |
| KM |
Khmer Rouge |
| MFA |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Link to web site |
| NGO |
Non Governmental Organisation |
| OCHA |
Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Link
to web site |
| ODA |
Official Development Assistance |
| OECD |
Organisation for European
Cooperation and Development Link to
web site |
| OIP |
The Office of the Iraq Programme |
| PDK |
Party of Democratic Kampuchea
also known as the Khmer Rouge |
| Rio Group |
An UN expert group working
with poverty statistics. Link
to web site |
| RUF |
Revolutionary United Front
(Sierra Leone) |
| SACO |
Sanctions committee(s) |
| SADC |
Southern African Development
Community Link to web
site |
| SC |
Security council |
| SCAD |
Security Council Affairs
Division Read more |
| SCSOB |
Security Council Subsidiary
Organs Branch Read more |
| SRO |
Subregional organization |
| TS |
Targeted sanction(s) |
| UNGA |
United Nations General Assembly |
| UNITA |
National Union for the Total Independence
of Angola |
| UNMOVIC |
United Nations Monitoring, Verification
and Inspection Commission |
| UNSCOM |
United Nations Special Commission Link
to web site |
| UNSCR |
United Nations Security
Council Resolution. On UN
Resolution website they are listed according to publication year. |
| WCO |
World Customs Organisation Link
to web site |
| WG |
Working group |
| Wolfsberg Principles |
Guidelines for private banking relationships
Link
to web site |
Updated:
15-Jun-2004
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