List of Abbreviations

Administrative Committee on Coordination

Asian Development Bank

African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights

African Development Bank

Amnesty International

Advance Market Commitment

anti-money-laundering

Arab Organization for Industrialization

Additional Protocol

Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies

Administrative Services Agreement

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Assembly of State Parties to the Statute of the ICC

African Union

acceptable use policy

Business Council for Sustainable Development

Bank for International Settlements

bilateral investment treaties

Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa

Biological Weapons Convention

Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere

Caribbean Court of Justice

Chief Executives Board for Coordination

Commission for Environmental Cooperation

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

European Organization for Nuclear Research

Common Foreign and Security Policy

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia

Consumer International

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

Court of Justice of the European Union

Council of Europe

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Commission on Sustainable Development

civil society organization

corporate social responsibility

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

customs union

Chemical Weapons Convention

Development Cooperation Directorate

Draft Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations

Doha Development Agenda

Division of Environmental Law and Conventions

deliberative citizens’ involvement projects

Data Gaps Initiative

domain name system

Department of Peacekeeping Operations

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Dispute Settlement Body

Dispute Settlement Understanding

European Community

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

Economic Commission for Europe

European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

European Court of Justice

Economic Commission for Africa and that for Latin America and the Caribbean

Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group

Economic and Social Council

Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union

Economic Community of West African States

European Court of Human Rights

European Economic Area

European Economic Community

European Free Trade Agreement

Economic and Monetary Union

Eighteen Nation Committee on Disarmament

European Parliament

European Space Agency

environmental, social, and governance

European Stability Mechanism

European Union

European Union Civil Service Tribunal

European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo

Early Warning Exercise

Food and Agricultural Organization

Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Financial Action Task Force

Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Financial Sector Assessment Program

Financial Stability Board

Forestry Stewardship Council

Financial Stability Forum

Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

free-trade area

General Assembly

global administrative law

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization

Global Counterterrorism Forum

Global Environment Facility

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

Global Financial Stability Report

Global Network Initiative

Hague Conference on Private International Law

High-Level Committee on Management

High-Level Committee on Programs

High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change

Human Rights Review Panel

hegemony stability theory

International Atomic Energy Agency

International Association of Insurance Supervisors

International Accounting Standards Board

Inter-Agency Standing Committee

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

international commercial arbitration

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

International Civil Aviation Organization

International Criminal Court

International Chamber of Commerce Business Action to Support the Information Society

International Chamber of Commerce

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use

International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty

International Court of Justice

International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

International Criminal Police Commission

International Committee of the Red Cross

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

information and communication technology

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

International Development Association

Inter-American Development Bank

internally displaced person

International Development Research Centre

International Electro-Technical Commission

international economic organization

Internet Engineering Task Force

international financial architecture

International Fund for Agricultural Development

International Finance Corporation

international financial institution

intergovernmental conference

Internet Governance Forum

intergovernmental organization

international humanitarian law

International Health Regulations

international law

International Law Association

International Law Commission

International Labour Organization

Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization

International Monetary Fund

International Maritime Organization

international non-governmental organization

international organization

International Office of Epizootics

International Organizations Immunities Act

International Organization for Migration

International Organization of Securities Commissions

Internet Protocol

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

international political economy

International Plant Protection Convention

international relations

International Organization for Standardization

Internet Service Provider

International Tin Council

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

International Trade Organization

International Telecommunication Regulations

International Telecommunication Union

internet exchange points

International Union of Official Travel Organizations

Kosovo Force (NATO)

least developed countries

Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

Membership Action Plan

Millennium Development Goal

Mercado Común del Sur

most-favored nation

Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

mainstream international organization scholarship

UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Memoranda of Understanding

Mediation Support Unit

Missile Technology Control Regime

North American Free Trade Agreement

North American Network Operators Group

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

New Partnership for Africa’s Development

nongovernmental organization

New International Economic Order

network operator groups

Non-Proliferation Treaty

National Security Agency

National Science Foundation

Nuclear Suppliers Group

Nuclear Security Summit

nontariff barriers

nuclear weapons state

Organization of American States

Organization of African Unity

optimal currency area

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Official Development Assistance

Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Opération des Nations Unies au Congo

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Pan American Health Organization

Peacebuilding Commission

Permanent Court of Arbitration

Permanent Court of International Justice

Public Interest Registry

private military and security company

protection of civilians

Persistent Organic Pollutants

public–private partnerships

Principles for Responsible Investment

Proliferation Security Initiative

Peace, Security and Mediation Unit

Partial Test Ban Treaty

Responsibility to Protect

Randomized Control Trial

rational design

Regional Development Bank

request for comments

regional integration agreement

Regional Internet Registries

Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes

Southern African Development Community

Standards and Recommended Practices

Security Council

Save the Children Fund

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Special Court for Sierra Leone

Sustainable Development Goal

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

System of Environmental-Economic Accounting

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

supranational organization

Status of Forces Agreement

Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

standard-setting bodies

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

Technical Barriers to Trade

transnational capitalist class

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

Treaty on European Union

Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

transnational corporation

Ten Nation Committee on Disarmament

Trade Policy Review Mechanism

Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights

Third World Approaches to International Law

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

United Nations

UN Administrative Tribunal

UN Appeals Tribunal

UN Convention Against Corruption

UN System and Partners’ Consolidated Action Plan for Avian and Human Influenza

UN Compensation Commission

UN Conference on Environment and Development

UN Commission on International Trade Law

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

UN Conference on Trade and Development

UN Commission on Transnational Corporations

UN Development Group

UN Development Programme

UN Dispute Tribunal

UN Environment Programme

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UN General Assembly

UN High Commissioner for Refugees

United Nations Children’s Fund

UN Industrial Development Organization

UN Joint Staff Pension Fund

UN Mission in Kosovo

UN Office on Drugs and Crime

UN Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

UN Security Council

UN System Contributions and Requirements: Strategic Approach

UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

Universal Postal Union

US Council for International Business

World Bank

World Bank Administrative Tribunal

World Council of Churches

World Conference on International Telecommunications

World Economic Outlook

World Food Programme

World Fair Trade Organization

Working Group on Internet Governance

World Health Assembly

World Health Organization

World Intellectual Property Organization

weapons of mass destruction

World Meteorological Organization

World Organization for Animal Health

World Summit on the Information Society

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council

World Trade Organization