List of Abbreviations

Administrative Committee on Coordination

African, Caribbean, and Pacific states

Academic Council on the United Nations System

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Assembly of States Parties

African Union

Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

Caribbean Community and Common Market

Common Country Assessment

Conference on Disarmament

Chief Executives Board of Coordination

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Commission on Human Rights (became HRC in 2006)

Commonwealth of Independent States

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

Conference of Non‐Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations

Commission on Sustainable Development

Commission on the Status of Women

Counter‐Terrorism Committee

Counter‐Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate

Chemical Weapons Convention

Division (of the UN Secretariat) for the Advancement of Women

disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration

Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Department of Humanitarian Affairs

Department of Political Affairs

Department of Public Information

Department of Peacekeeping Operations

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Deputy Secretary‐General

Electoral Assistance Division

Economic Commission for Africa

Economic Commission for Europe

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Monitoring Group of ECOWAS

Economic and Social Council

Economic Community of West African States

Exclusive Economic Zone

Emergency Relief Coordinator

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

European Union

Food and Agriculture Organization

Group of Seven/Group of Eight

Group of 77

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Gender Development‐Related Index

Gender Empowerment Measure

see UNCHS

Human Development Index

Human Development Report

Health For All

Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative

High‐level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change

Human Poverty Index

Human Rights Council

Humanitarian Response Review

International Atomic Energy Agency

Inter‐Agency Standing Committee

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

International Civil Aviation Organization

International Criminal Court

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty

International Court of Justice

International Committee of the Red Cross

International Civil Service Commission

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes [World Bank Group]

International Criminal Tribunal (ICTY for the former Yugoslavia; ICTR for Rwanda)

International Development Association

internally displaced person

Independent Evaluation Group

Independent Evaluation Office

International Fund for Agricultural Development

international financial institution

Implementation Force [for the former Yugoslavia]

intergovernmental organization

international humanitarian law

international health regulations

international judges and prosecutors

International Law Commission

International Labour Organization

international legal process

International Monetary Fund

International Maritime Organization

International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women

International Force for East Timor

international organization

international relations

International Rescue Committee

International Security Assistance Force

International Organization for Standardization

International Trade Organization

International Telecommunications Union

International Women's Year

Millennium Development Goal

meeting of the parties

Military Staff Committee

North American Free Trade Agreement

Non‐Aligned Movement

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

nongovernmental organization

New International Economic Order

Nuclear Non‐Proliferation Treaty

Organization of American States

Organization of African Unity (now AU)

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Official development assistance

Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development

Office for Emergency Operations in Africa

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Office of Human Resources Management

Organization of the Islamic Conference

Office of Internal Oversight Services

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women

Organization for Security and Co‐operation in Europe

five permanent members of the Security Council

Peacebuilding Commission

Peacebuilding Support Office

Permanent Court of Arbitration

Permanent Court of International Justice

public health emergencies of international concern

peacekeeping operation

poverty reduction strategy paper

Policy Working Group

Revolutionary United Front

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Sanctions Assistance Mission

Sanctions Assistance Missions Communications Center

Stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina

sanitary and phyto‐sanitary measures

Special Representative of the Secretary‐General

technical barriers to trade

troop‐contributing nations

transnational corporation

Third World Approaches to International Law

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Uniting for Peace

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Nations

United Nations Atomic Energy Commission

United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda

United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone

United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

United Nations Conference on the Human Environment

United Nations Centre for Human Settlements [Habitat]

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

United Nations Development Assistance Framework

United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator (Office of the)

United Nations Emergency Force

United Nations Environment Programme

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

United Nations Population Fund

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

United Nations Children's Fund

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

United Nations Development Fund for Women

United Nations Information Office

União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola)

Unified Task Force

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

United Nations Operation in Somalia

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

United Nations Special Commission

United Nations Transitional Authority in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium

United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor

United Nations Truce Supervision Organization

United Nations University

Universal Postal Union

United States of America

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

violence against women

World Food Programme

World Health Assembly

World Health Organization

World Intellectual Property Organization

weapon of mass destruction

World Meteorological Organization

World Trade Organization

World Wide Fund for Nature