Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa

African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States

Asian Development Bank

African Development Bank

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development

Australia Group

Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants

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%

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes

Arab Monetary Fund

Arab Maghreb Union

Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals

Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty

Alliance of Small Island States

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Arab Satellite Communications Organization

ASEAN Regional Forum

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

African Union

Automatic Digital Network

Baltic Assembly

barrels per day

Central American Bank for Economic Integration

Central African States Development Bank

Benelux Union

United States Board on Geographic Names

Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation

Convention on Biological Diversity

Bank for International Settlements

(Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)

Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone

Commonwealth

Community of Democracies

cost, insurance, and freight

Central American Common Market

Council of Arab Economic Unity

Andean Community

Caribbean Community and Common Market

citizen's band mobile radio communications

Council of the Baltic Sea States

Customs Cooperation Council

Caribbean Development Bank

Council of Europe

Central European Initiative

Community of Latin America and Caribbean States

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance

Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa

Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries

European Organization for Nuclear Research

Central Intelligence Agency

Conference of Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia

Commonwealth of Independent States

see Endangered Species

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Coordinating Committee on Export Controls

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

Communications Satellite Corporation

Colombo Plan

Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa

South American Community of Nations became UNASUL - Union of South American Nations

Collective Security Treaty Organization

Preparatory Commission for the Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization

calendar year

Developing Eight

developed country

dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

United States Defense Intelligence Agency

Defense Switched Network

daylight savings time

deadweight ton

East African Community

East African Development Bank

Eurasian Economic Community

Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council

East Asia Summit

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

European Community or European Commission

Economic Commission for Africa

European Central Bank

Economic Commission for Europe

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Economic Cooperation Organization

Economic and Social Council

Economic Community of West African States

European Coal and Steel Community

Eastern Europe

European Economic Community

exclusive economic zone

European Free Trade Association

European Investment Bank

Extractive Industry Trnsparency Iniative

European Monetary Union

Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)

Council of the Entente

Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques

European Space Agency

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

estimate

European Union

European Atomic Energy Community

European Telecommunications Satellite Organization

Export-Import Bank of the United States

free on board

Food and Agriculture Organization

Financial Action Task Force

facsimile

Front Line States

flags of convenience

former Soviet Union

fiscal year

Franc Zone

Group of 3

Group of 5

Group of 6

Group of 7

Group of 8

Group of 9

Group of 10

Group of 15

Group of 11

Group of 20

Group of 24

Group of 77

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; now WTO

Gulf Cooperation Council

Global Caribbean Network

General Confederation of Trade Unions

gross domestic product

Greenwich Mean Time

gross national product

gross register ton

global system for mobile cellular communications

Organization for Democracy and Economic Development; acronym for member states - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova

gross world product

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

high-frequency

human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Inter-American Development Bank

International Atomic Energy Agency

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)

International Civil Aviation Organization

International Chamber of Commerce

International Criminal Court

International Court of Justice (World Court)

International Committee of the Red Cross

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

International Development Association

Islamic Development Bank

Internally Displaced Person

International Energy Agency

International Fund for Agricultural Development

International Finance Corporation

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Inter-Governmental Authority on Development

International Hydrographic Organization

International Labor Organization

International Monetary Fund

International Maritime Organization

International Mobile Satellite Organization

International Maritime Satellite Organization

Indian Ocean Commission

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization

International Criminal Police Organization

International Organization of Space Communications

International Olympic Committee

International Organization for Migration

Inter-Parliamentary Union

International Organization for Standardization

Internet Service Provider

International Trade Center

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization

International Telecommunication Union

International Trade Union Confederation, the successor to ICFTU (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) and the WCL (World Confederation of Labor)

kilohertz

kilometer

kilowatt

kilowatt-hour

Latin American and Caribbean Economic System

Latin American Integration Association

League of Arab States

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)

less developed country

least developed country

see Marine Dumping

see Law of the Sea

meter

Maritime European Communications Satellite

Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter

Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas

see Ship Pollution

Middle East Telecommunications Project of the International Telecommunications Union

Southern Cone Common Market

megahertz

International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad

United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara

United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti

United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

not available

North American Free Trade Agreement

Nonaligned Movement

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Nordic Council

Nuclear Energy Agency

negligible

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

nongovernmental organization

Nordic Investment Bank

newly industrializing country

newly industrializing economy

new independent states

nautical mile

Nordic Mobile Telephone

Nuclear Suppliers Group

Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water

New Zealand

Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries

Organization of American States

Organization of African Unity; see African Union

official development assistance

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Organization of the Islamic Conference

International Organization of the French-speaking World

other official flows

Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer

Permanent Court of Arbitration

Partnership for Peace

Pacific Islands Forum

purchasing power parity

see Wetlands

Rio Group

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

South Asia Co-operative Environment Program

Southern African Customs Union

Southern African Development Community

South African Far East Cable

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Southeast European Cooperative Initiative

Convention of the Southeast European Law Enforcement Centers (successor to SECI)

super-high-frequency

Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)

Central American Integration System

South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement

Secretariat of the Pacific Communities

South Pacific Forum

square kilometer

square mile

Trans-Atlantic Telephone

Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit, a unit of measure for containerized cargo capacity

International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983

International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994

United Arab Emirates

Central African Customs and Economic Union

ultra-high-frequency

United Kingdom

United Nations

Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur

Union of South American Nations

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also know as LOS

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

United Nations Drug Control Program

United Nations Democracy Fund

United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

United Nations Development Program

United Nations Environment Program

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus

United Nations Population Fund

United Nations Center for Human Settlements

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

United Nations Children's Fund

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

United Nations Interim Force for Abyei

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

United Nations Mission in Liberia

United Nations Mission in the Sudan

United Nations Mission in South Sudan

United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste

United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire

United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime

United Nations Office of Project Services

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

United Nations Security Council

Untied Nations System Staff College

United Nations Truce Supervision Organization

United Nations University

World Tourism Organization

Universal Postal Union

United States

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union); used for information dated before 25 December 1991

Coordinated Universal Time

ultra violet

very-high-frequency

very small aperture terminal

West African Development Bank

West African Economic and Monetary Union

World Confederation of Labor

World Customs Organization

Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat

Western European Union

World Food Program

World Federation of Trade Unions

International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling

World Health Organization

World Intellectual Property Organization

World Meteorological Organization

Warsaw Pact

World Trade Organization

Zangger Committee