ABBREVIATIONS
(Except from THIMUN Reports Book)The following are the most important abbreviations: |
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| ABM | Anti-Ballistic Missile | |
| AIDS | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome | |
| AOSIS | Alliance of Small Island States, est. 1990, Washington, D.C., USA | |
| APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation | |
| ASEAN | Association of South-East Asian Nations, Jakarta, Indonesia | |
| BWC | Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological, Biological and Toxic Weapons and on their Destruction (The Biological Weapons Convention), signed and ratified on 10 April 1972 | |
| CASA | Coordination Action on Small Arms, part of UN Department for Disarmament Affairs | |
| CEAFRD | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1965 | |
| CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, 18 December 1979 | |
| CERD | Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination or Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | |
| CERF | Central Emergency Revolving Fund, est. 19 Dec. 1991 by UN Resolution A/46/182 | |
| CFC | Chlorofluorocarbons | |
| CHR | Centre for Human Rights | |
| CND | United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Vienna, Austria | |
| COP | Conference Of Parties, Supreme Body of the UNCCD | |
| COPUOS | Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space | |
| CRC | Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted on 20 November 1989, entered into force on 2 September 1990 or Committee on the Rights of the Child | |
| CSD | United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development | |
| CSTD | Commission on Science and Development | |
| CTBT | Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, 10 September 1996 | |
| CTBTO | Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organisation, Preparatory Commission in Vienna, Austria | |
| CWC | Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, London, Moscow and Washington, 10 April 1972 | |
| DEVAW | Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, Dec. 1993 | |
| DHA | United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs, predecessor of OCHA | |
| DPKO | United Nations Department of Peace Keeping Operations | |
| ECA | Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa,Ethiopia | |
| ECLAC/CEPAL | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile | |
| ECOMOG | Economic Community of West African States Military Observer Group | |
| ECOSOC | Economic and Social Council, New York, NY, US and Geneva, Switzerland | |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States, est. 28 May 1975, Lome, Togo | |
| EIF | Entry into Force | |
| EMPFORM | Employment Forum (ILO) | |
| ERF | Emergency Relief Coordinator | |
| ESCAP | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, est. 1947, Bangkok, Thailand | |
| EU | European Union, Brussels, Belgium | |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy | |
| FCCC | Framework Convention on Climate Change, signed at the Rio Summit in 1992 | |
| FRY | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | |
| FYROM | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | |
| GA | General Assembly, New York, NY, United States | |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade predecessor of the WTO | |
| GAW | Global Atmosphere Watch | |
| GCOS | Global Climate Observing System, est. 1992, Geneva Switzerland | |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product | |
| GEF | Global Environmental Facility | |
| GM | Genetically Modified | |
| GNP | Gross National Product | |
| GRD | Global Resource Information Database, of the UNEP | |
| HABITAT II | United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Istanbul 1996, predecessor of UNDHS | |
| HCHR | High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| HIPC | Highly Indebted Poor Countries | |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus | |
| HRW | Human Rights Watch, New York, NY, United States | |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria | |
| IASC | Inter-Agency Standing Committee | |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (aka World Bank), Washington, DC, United States | |
| ICBL | International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Resource Centre, Oslo, Norway | |
| ICBM | InterContinental Ballistic Missiles | |
| ICC | International Criminal Court, est. July 1998 in Rome, Italy | |
| ICCP | Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to Its Country of Origin or Its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation | |
| ICJ | International Court of Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands | |
| ICRIC | International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| ICTR | International Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha, Tanzania | |
| ICTY | International Criminal Tribunal for ex-Yugoslavia, The Hague, The Netherlands | |
| IDA | International Development Association, Washington, DC, United States | |
| IDF | Israeli Defence Force | |
| IDPs | Internally Displaced Persons | |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agriculture Development, Rome, Italy | |
| IFCS | International Forum on Chemical Safety, est. April 1999, located at WHO, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| IFOR | NATO Implementation Force | |
| IFTDH | International Federation Terre des Hommes, Lausanne, Switzerland | |
| IGO | InterGovernmental Organization | |
| ILC | International Law Commission, New York, NY, United States | |
| ILO | International Labor Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, United State | |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization, London, United Kingdom | |
| INCB | International Narcotic Board, Vienna, Austria | |
| INSTRAW | United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
| INTERFET | International Force in East Timor, September 1999 – 23 February 2000 | |
| INTERPOL | International Police, Lyon, France | |
| IOC | International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland | |
| IOMC | Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals, est. 1995, located at WHO, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Control, est. 1988, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| IPCS | International Programme on Chemical Safety, est. 1980, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| IPEC | International Programme on the elimination of Child Labour, founded 1992 by the ILO | |
| IPTF | International Police Task Force, Bosnia- Herzegovina | |
| ISO | International Safety Organization, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| ISS | International Space Station (NASA) | |
| ITF | International Trust Fund | |
| ITLOS | International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Hamburg. Germany | |
| ITU | International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| IWA | International Water Association, London, United Kingdom | |
| KFOR | NATO Kosovo FORce | |
| KLA | Kosovo Liberation Army | |
| KTC | Kosovo Transitional Council | |
| LAW | Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment, Jerusalem, Israel | |
| LBT | Landmine Ban Treaty, also known as Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction | |
| LDC | Less Developed Countries | |
| LEDC | Less Economically Developed Countries | |
| MEDC | Medium Economically Developed Countries | |
| MIA | Missing in Action | |
| MICAH | International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti, requested by Haiti’s President on 8 November 1999. Mission completed on 15 March 2000 | |
| MINURSO | United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, est. April 1999 | |
| MONUC | United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, est. 30 December 1999, Kinshasa, DR Congo | |
| MUN | Model United Nations | |
| NAFO | North Atlantic Fisheries Organization | |
| NAFTA | North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement, Washington DC, United States | |
| NAT | North Atlantic Treaty | |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization, est. 4 April 1949, Brussels, Belgium | |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organization | |
| NPT | Treaty for the non-Proliferation of Weapons, 5 March 1970 | |
| NWFZ | Nuclear Weapon Free Zone | |
| OAS | Organization of African States, Washington, DC, United States | |
| OAU | Organization of African Unity, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | |
| OCHA | Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance or Overseas Development Assistance | |
| ODCCP | United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Vienna, Austria | |
| ODCP | United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Vienna, Austria | |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development., Paris, France | |
| OIC | Organization of the Islamic Conference, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| OPB(T)W | Organization for the Prohibition of Biological (and Toxic) Weapons, to be established | |
| OPCW | Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague, The Netherlands | |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Vienna, Austria | |
| OSART | Operational Safety Review Team of the International Atomic Energy Agency | |
| OSCE | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| PICCR | Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens’ Rights, est. 1994, Ramallah, Palestine | |
| PSMC | Palestine –Israeli Steering and Monitoring Committee | |
| PLO | Palestinian Liberation Organization | |
| PNA | Palestinian National Authority | |
| POW | Prisoners of War | |
| RUF | Revolutionary United Front, in Sierra Leone | |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community, Gaberone, Botswana | |
| SALT | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks | |
| SFOR | NATO Stabilization FORce | |
| SIDS | Small Island Developing States | |
| SLA | Southern Lebanese Army | |
| SPA | Special Program of Assistance for Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| START | Stategic Arms Reduction Treaty, (1) 1991; (2) 1993 | |
| SID | Sexually Transmitted Diseases | |
| UDHR | Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 | |
| UN | United Nations, New York, NY, United States | |
| UNAIDS | United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| UNAMIC | United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia, Nov 1991 – Mar 1992, predecessor of UNTAC, Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
| UNCCD | United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Sept 1994 | |
| UNCHS | United Nations Centre for Human Settlements, formerly HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenya | |
| UNCICP | United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention, Vienna, Austria | |
| UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 16 Nov 1994 | |
| UNCOPUOS | United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space | |
| UNCPCJ | United Nations Centre for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Program, est 1994, Vienna, Austria | |
| UNCPCJD | United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division | |
| UNCSD | United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development, New York, NY, United States | |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| UNDCP | United Nations International Drug Control Program, Vienna, Austria | |
| UNDESD | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Development | |
| UNDHA | United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| UNDOF | United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, est. June 1974, Golan Heights | |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Program, New York, NY, United States | |
| UNDPI | United Nations Department of Public Information, New York, NY, United States | |
| UNDRO | United Nations Disaster Relief Organization, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Program, Nairobi, Kenya | |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, France | |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Bonn, Germany | |
| UNFDAC | United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control, Vienna, Austria | |
| UNFICYP | United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, est. 4 March 1964 | |
| UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund, New York NY, United States | |
| UNHCHR | United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund, New York, NY, United States | |
| UNIDCP | United Nations International Drug Control Program, Vienna, Austria | |
| UNIDIR | United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna, Austria | |
| UNIFEM | United Nations Development Fund for Women, New York, NY, United States | |
| UNITA | National Union for the Total Independence of Angola | |
| UNITAR | United Nations Institute for Training and Research, New York, NY, United States | |
| UNMAS | United Nations Mine Action Service | |
| UNMIBH | United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, est. by Security Council resolution 1035 (1995), Dec. 1995, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina | |
| UNMIK | United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo, est. June 1999 | |
| UNMOGIP | United Nations Military Observer Group on India and Pakistan, est January 1949 | |
| UNMOP | United Nations Mission in Prevlaka, est. January 1996, Cavtat, Croatia | |
| UNO | United Nations Organization(s) | |
| UNOCHA | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| UNODCCP | United Nations Office of Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Vienna, Austria | |
| UNOMA | United Nations Observer Mission in Angola, 30 June 1997 – Feb 1999 | |
| UNOMIG | United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia, est. 24 August 1993, Suklumi, Georgia | |
| UNOMSL | United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone, July 1998 – October 1999, Freetown, Sierra Leone | |
| UNOSOM | United Nations Operations in Somalia, April 1992 – March 1995, Mogadishu, Somalia | |
| UNPO | United Nations and Peoples Organization, The Hague, The Netherlands | |
| UNPREDEP | United Nations PREventive DEPloyment Force, March 1995 – Feb 1999, Skopje, FYR Macedonia | |
| UNRISD | United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| UNRWA | United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Vienna, Austria | |
| UNSC | United Nations Staff College, Turin, Italyor United Nations Security Council | |
| UNSCOM | United Nations Special Commission, New York, NY, United States | |
| UNSMA | United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan | |
| UNTAC | United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia, March 1992 – Sep 1993, Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
| UNTAET | United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1272 of 25 October 1999 | |
| UNV | United Nations Volunteers, Bonn, Germany | |
| WFP | World Food Programme, Rome, Italy | |
| WFUNA | World Federation of United Nations Associations in Geneva, New York, NY, United States | |
| WHO | World Health Organization, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Organization, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| WRI | World Institute, Washington, DC, United States | |
| WSP | World Solar Programme 1996-2005, established by UNESCO’s General Conference in October/November 1995 | |
| WSSD | World Summit on Social Development, 6-12 March 1995 in Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| WTO | World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature or: 2nd World Water Forum, held in The Hague in March 2000 | |
| YES | Youth Employment Summit, held in Alexandria, Egypt, 11-16 Sept. 2002 | |
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