Acronyms and Organisations
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