| A |
| ABEDA |
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa |
| ACC |
Arab Cooperation Council |
| ACCT |
Agence de Cooperation Culturelle et Technique |
| ACP Group |
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States |
| AfDB |
African Development Bank |
| AFESD |
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development |
| AG |
Andean Group |
| Air Pollution |
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution |
| Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides |
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range
Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or
Their Transboundary Fluxes |
| Air Pollution-Persistent
Organic Pollutants |
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range
Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants |
| Air Pollution-Sulphur 85 |
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% |
| Air Pollution-Sulphur 94 |
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range
Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions |
| Air Pollution-Volatile Organic
Compounds |
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range
Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic
Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes |
| AL |
Arab League |
| ALADI |
Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion |
| AMF |
Arab Monetary Fund |
| AMU |
Arab Maghreb Union |
| Ancom |
Andean Common Market |
| Antarctic-Environmental
Protocol |
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic
Treaty |
| ANZUS |
Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty |
| APEC |
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| Arabsat |
Arab Satellite Communications Organization |
| AsDB |
Asian Development Bank |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| Autodin |
Automatic Digital Network |
| B |
| BAD |
Banque africaine de developpement |
| BADEA |
Banque Arabe de Developpement Economique en Afrique |
| BCIE |
Banco Centroamericano de Integracion Economico |
| BDEAC |
Banque de Developpment des Etats de l'Afrique
Centrale |
| Benelux |
Benelux Economic Union |
| BID |
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollovelopment Bank
(IADB) Biodiversity Convention on Biological Diversity |
| BIS |
Bank for International Settlements |
| BOAD |
Banque Ouest-Africaine de Developpement |
| BSEC |
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone |
| C |
| C |
Commonwealth |
| CACM |
Central American Common Market |
| CAEU |
Council of Arab Economic Unity |
| CAN |
Andean Community of Nations |
| Caricom |
Caribbean Community and Common Market |
| CB |
citizen's band mobile radio communications |
| CBSS |
Council of the Baltic Sea States |
| CCC |
Customs Cooperation Council |
| CDB |
Caribbean Development Bank |
| CE |
Council of Europe |
| CEAO |
Communaute Economique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
| CEEAC |
Communaute Economique des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale
|
| CEI |
Central European Initiative |
| CEMA |
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance |
| CEPGL |
Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs |
| CERN |
Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire |
| CG |
Contadora Group |
| c.i.f. |
cost, insurance, and freight |
| CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
| Climate Change |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
|
| Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol |
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change |
| CMEA |
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA) |
| COCOM |
Coordinating Committee on Export Controls |
| Comecon |
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA) |
| Comsat |
Communications Satellite Corporation |
| CP |
Colombo Plan |
| CSCE |
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| CY |
calendar year |
| D |
| DC |
developed country |
| Desertification |
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in
Africa |
| DSN |
Defense Switched Network |
| DWT |
deadweight ton |
| E |
| EADB |
East African Development Bank |
| EAPC |
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council |
| EBRD |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EC |
European Community |
| ECA |
Economic Commission for Africa |
| ECAFE |
Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East |
| ECE |
Economic Commission for Europe |
| ECLA |
Economic Commission for Latin America |
| ECLAC |
Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean |
| ECO |
Economic Cooperation Organization |
| ECOSOC |
Economic and Social Council |
| ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West African States |
| ECSC |
European Coal and Steel Community |
| ECWA |
Economic Commission for Western Asia |
| EEC |
European Economic Community |
| EFTA |
European Free Trade Association |
| EIB |
European Investment Bank |
| EMU |
European Monetary Union |
| Endangered Species |
Convention on the International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) |
| Entente |
Council of the Entente |
| Environmental Modification |
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any
Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques |
| ESA |
European Space Agency |
| ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific |
| ESCWA |
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia |
| est. |
estimate |
| EU |
European Union |
| Euratom |
European Atomic Energy Community |
| Eutelsat |
European Telecommunications Satellite Organization |
| Ex-Im |
Export-Import Bank of the United States |
| F |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| f.o.b. |
free on board |
| FLS |
Front Line States |
| G |
| G-2 |
Gruppe der 2 |
| G-3 |
Gruppe der 3 |
| G-5 |
Gruppe der 5 |
| G-6 |
Gruppe der 6 |
| G-7 |
Gruppe der 7 |
| G-8 |
Gruppe der 8 |
| G-9 |
Gruppe der 9 |
| G-10 |
Gruppe der 10 |
| G-11 |
Gruppe der 11 |
| G-15 |
Gruppe der 15 |
| G-19 |
Gruppe der 19 |
| G-24 |
Gruppe der 24 |
| G-30 |
Gruppe der 30 |
| G-33 |
Gruppe der 33 |
| G-77 |
Gruppe der 77 |
| GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; umgändert in
World Trade Organization (WTrO) am 1. Januar 1995 |
| GCC |
Gulf Cooperation Council |
| GDP |
gross domestic product |
| GNP |
gross national product |
| GRT |
gross register ton |
| GWP |
gross world product |
| H |
| Hazardous Wastes |
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary
Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal |
| I |
| IADB |
Inter-American Development Bank |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IBEC |
International Bank for Economic Cooperation |
| IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(World Bank) |
| ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ICC |
International Chamber of Commerce |
| ICEM |
Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration |
| ICFTU |
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions |
| ICJ |
International Court of Justice |
| ICM |
Intergovernmental Committee for Migration |
| ICRC |
International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ICRM |
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement |
| IDA |
International Development Association |
| IDB |
Islamic Development Bank |
| IEA |
International Energy Agency |
| IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
| IFCTU |
International Federation of Christian Trade Unions |
| IFRCS |
International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies |
| IGAD |
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development |
| IGADD |
Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and
Development |
| IHO |
International Hydrographic Organization |
| IIB |
International Investment Bank |
| ILO |
International Labor Organization |
| IMCO |
Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
| Inmarsat |
International Mobile Satellite Organization |
| InOC |
Indian Ocean Commission |
| Intelsat |
International Telecommunications Satellite
Organization |
| Interpol |
International Criminal Police Organization |
| Intersputnik |
International Organization of Space Communications |
| IOC |
International Olympic Committee |
| IOM |
International Organization for Migration |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
| L |
| LAES |
Latin American Economic System |
| LAIA |
Latin American Integration Association |
| LAS |
League of Arab States |
| Law of the Sea |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)
|
| LDC |
less developed country |
| LLDC |
least developed country |
| LORCS |
League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| M |
| Marecs |
Maritime European Communications Satellite |
| Marine Dumping |
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by
Dumping Wastes and Other Matter |
| Marine Life Conservation |
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living
Resources of the High Seas |
| Medarabtel |
Middle East Telecommunications Project of the
International Telecommunications Union |
| Mercosur |
Mercado Comun del Cono Sur |
| MINURSO |
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western
Sahara |
| MINUGUA |
United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala |
| MIPONUH |
United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti |
| MONUA |
United Nations Observer Mission in Angola |
| MTCR |
Missile Technology Control Regime |
| N |
| NA |
not available |
| NACC |
North Atlantic Cooperation Council |
| NAM |
Nonaligned Movement |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NC |
Nordic Council |
| NEA |
Nuclear Energy Agency |
| NEGL |
negligible |
| NIB |
Nordic Investment Bank |
| NIC |
newly industrializing country |
| NIE |
newly industrializing economy |
| nm |
nautical mile |
| NMT |
Nordic Mobile Telephone |
| NSG |
Nuclear Suppliers Group |
| Nuclear Test Ban |
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the
Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water |
| O |
| OAPEC |
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OAS |
Organization of American States |
| OAU |
Organization of African Unity |
| ODA |
official development assistance |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
|
| OECS |
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States |
| OIC |
Organization of the Islamic Conference |
| ONUMOZ |
United Nations Operation in Mozambique (UNOMOZ) |
| ONUSAL |
United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador |
| OPANAL |
Organismo para la Proscripcion de las Armas Nucleares
en la America Latina y el Caribe |
| OPCW |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
| OPEC |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OSCE |
Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Ozone Layer Protection Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer |
| P |
| PCA |
Permanent Court of Arbitration |
| PFP |
Partnership for Peace |
| R |
| RG |
Rio Gruppe |
| S |
| SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
| SACU |
Southern African Customs Union |
| SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
| SADCC |
Southern African Development Coordination Conference;
see Southern African Development Community (SADC) |
| SELA |
Sistema Economico Latinoamericana |
| Ship Pollution |
Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL) |
| Sparteca |
South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation
Agreement |
| SPC |
South Pacific Commission |
| SPF |
South Pacific Forum |
| sq km |
square kilometer |
| sq mi |
square mile |
| T |
| TAT |
Trans-Atlantic Telephone |
| Tropical Timber 83 |
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983 |
| Tropical Timber 94 |
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 |
| U |
| UDEAC |
Union Douaniere et Economique de l'Afrique Centrale |
| UEMOA |
Union economique et monetaire Ouest africaine |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNAMIR |
United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda |
| UNAVEM III |
United Nations Angola Verification Mission III |
| UNCRO |
United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in
Croatia |
| UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDOF |
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Program |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Program |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization |
| UNFICYP |
United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus |
| UNFPA |
United Nations Fund for Population Activities |
| UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNIDO |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| UNIFIL |
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon |
| UNIKOM |
United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission |
| UNITAR |
United Nations Institute for Training and Research |
| UNMIH |
United Nations Mission in Haiti |
| UNMIBH |
United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| UNMOGIP |
United Nations Military Observer Group in India and
Pakistan |
| UNMOP |
United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka |
| UNMOT |
United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan |
| UNOMIG |
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia |
| UNOMIL |
United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia |
| UNOMOZ |
United Nations Operation in Mozambique |
| UNOMSIL |
United Nations Mission of Observers in Sierra Leone |
| UNOMUR |
United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda |
| UNOSOM II |
United Nations Operation in Somalia II |
| UNPREDEP |
United Nations Preventive Deployment Force |
| UNPROFOR |
United Nations Protection Force |
| UNRISD |
United Nations Research Institute for Social
Development |
| UNRWA |
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
Refugees in the Near East |
| UNSMIH |
United Nations Support Mission in Haiti |
| UNTAC |
United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia |
| UNTAES |
United Nations Transitional Administration in Eastern
Slavonia, Baranja, and Western Sirmium |
| UNTSO |
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization |
| UNU |
United Nations University |
| UPU |
Universal Postal Union |
| US |
United States |
| W |
| WADB |
West African Development Bank |
| WAEMU |
West African Economic and Monetary Union |
| WCL |
World Confederation of Labor |
| WCO |
World Customs Organization; see Customs Cooperation
Council |
| Wetlands |
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance
Especially As Waterfowl Habitat |
| WEU |
Western European Union |
| WFC |
World Food Council |
| WFP |
World Food Program |
| WFTU |
World Federation of Trade Unions |
| Whaling |
International Convention for the Regulation of
Whaling |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
| WP |
Warsaw Pact |
| WTO |
WToO for World Tourism Organization oder WTrO for
World Trade Organization |
| WToO |
World Tourism Organization |
| WTrO |
World Trade Organization |