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Acronyms and Short Forms

ACABQ--Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

ACC--Administrative Committee on Coordination

ASEAN--Association of South East Asian Nations

C-24--Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

CD--Conference on Disarmament

CEDAW--Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

CIS--Commonwealth of Independent States

COPUOS--Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

CSD--Commission on Sustainable Development

CSW--Commission on the Status of Women

ECA--Economic Commission for Africa

ECE--Economic Commission for Europe

ECLAC--Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ECOSOC--Economic and Social Council

ESCAP--Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

ESCWA--Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

EU--European Union

FAO--Food and Agriculture Organization

G-7--Group of 7

G-77--Group of 77

Habitat--UN Center for Human Settlements

IAEA--International Atomic Energy Agency

IBRD--International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ICAO--International Civil Aviation Organization

ICJ--International Court of Justice

ICRC--International Committee of the Red Cross

ICSC--International Civil Service Commission

IDA--International Development Association

IFAD--International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFC--International Finance Corporation

ILC--International Law Commission

ILO--International Labor Organization

IMF--International Monetary Fund

IMO--International Maritime Organization

INSTRAW--International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women

IOM--Intergovernmental Organization for Migration

ITU--International Telecommunication Union

JIU--Joint Inspection Unit

MINURSO--UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara

NAM--Non-Aligned Movement

NATO--North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NGO--Nongovernmental Organization

OAS--Organization of American States

OAU--Organization of African Unity

OECD--Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OIOS--Office of Internal Oversight Services

ONUSAL--UN Observer Mission in El Salvador

OSCE--Organization on Security and Cooperation in

Europe

PLO--Palestine Liberation Organization

UNAVEM--III UN Angola Verification Mission III

UNCED--UN Conference on Environment and Development

UNCITRAL--UN Commission on International Trade Law

UNCTAD--UN Conference on Trade and Development

UNDC--UN Disarmament Commission

UNDCP--UN International Drug Control Program

UNDOF--UN Disengagement Observer Force

UNDP--UN Development Program

UNEP--UN Environment Program

UNESCO--UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNFICYP--UN Force in Cyprus

UNFPA--UN Population Fund

UNHCR--Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees

UNHRC--UN Human Rights Commission

UNICEF--UN Children's Fund

UNIDO--UN Industrial Development Organization

UNIFEM--UN Development Fund for Women

UNIFIL--UN Interim Force in Lebanon

UNIKOM--UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission

UNITAR--UN Institute for Training and Research

UNMIBH--UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

UNMIH--UN Mission in Haiti

UNMOGIP--UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

UNMOP--UN Mission of Observers in Prevlaka

UNMOT--UN Mission of Observers in Tajikistan

UNOMIG--UN Observer Mission in Georgia

UNOMIL--UN Observer Mission in Liberia

UNPREDEP--UN Preventive Deployment Force

UNRWA UN--Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

UNSCEAR--UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

UNTAES--UN Transitional Administration for Eastern

Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium

UNTSO--UN Truce Supervision Organization

UPU--Universal Postal Union

U.S.AID--U.S. Agency for International Development

WFP--World Food Program

WHO--World Health Organization

WIPO--World Intellectual Property Organization

WMO--World Meteorological Organization

WTO--World Trade Organization

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