SOME ABBREVIATIONS IN UAE

• ABEDA
  Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
• ACP Group
  African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States
• ADB
  Asian Development Bank
• AfDB
  African Development Bank
• AFESD
  Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
• AG
  Australia 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
• AMF
  Arab Monetary Fund
• AMU
  Arab Maghreb Union
• Antarctic Marine Living Resources
  Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
• Antarctic Seals
  Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals
• Antarctic-Environmental Protocol
  Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
• ANZUS
  Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
• AOSIS
  Alliance of Small Island States
• APEC
  Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
• Arabsat
  Arab Satellite Communications Organization
• ARF
  ASEAN Regional Forum
• ASEAN
  Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• AU
  African Union
• Autodin
  Automatic Digital Network
• BA
  Baltic Assembly
• bbl/day
  barrels per day
• BCIE
  Central American Bank for Economic Integration
• BDEAC
  Central African States Development Bank
• Benelux
  Benelux Union
• BGN
  United States Board on Geographic Names
• BIMSTEC
  Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
• Biodiversity
  Convention on Biological Diversity
• BIS
  Bank for International Settlements
• BRICS
  (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)
• BSEC
  Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone
• C
  Commonwealth
• CD
  Community of Democracies
• c.i.f.
  cost, insurance, and freight
• CACM
  Central American Common Market
• CAEU
  Council of Arab Economic Unity
• CAN
  Andean Community
• 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
• CEI
  Central European Initiative
• CELAC
  Community of Latin America and Caribbean States
• CEMA
  Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
• CEMAC
  Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
• CEPGL
  Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
• CERN
  European Organization for Nuclear Research
• CIA
  Central Intelligence Agency
• CICA
  Conference of Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia
• CIS
  Commonwealth of Independent States
• CITES
  see Endangered Species
• Climate Change
  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol
  Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• COCOM
  Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
• COMESA
  Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
• Comsat
  Communications Satellite Corporation
• CP
  Colombo Plan
• CPLP
  Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa
• CSN
  South American Community of Nations became UNASUL - Union of South American Nations
• CSTO
  Collective Security Treaty Organization
• CTBTO
  Preparatory Commission for the Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
• CY
  calendar year
• D-8
  Developing Eight
• DC
  developed country
• DDT
  dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane
• Desertification
  United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
• DIA
  United States Defense Intelligence Agency
• DSN
  Defense Switched Network
• DST
  daylight savings time
• DWT
  deadweight ton
• EAC
  East African Community
• EADB
  East African Development Bank
• EAEC
  Eurasian Economic Community
• EAPC
  Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
• EAS
  East Asia Summit
• EBRD
  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• EC
  European Community or European Commission
• ECA
  Economic Commission for Africa
• ECB
  European Central Bank
• ECE
  Economic Commission for Europe
• 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
• EE
  Eastern Europe
• EEC
  European Economic Community
• EEZ
  exclusive economic zone
• EFTA
  European Free Trade Association
• EIB
  European Investment Bank
• EITI
  Extractive Industry Trnsparency Iniative
• 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.o.b.
  free on board
• FAO
  Food and Agriculture Organization
• FATF
  Financial Action Task Force
• FAX
  facsimile
• FLS
  Front Line States
• FOC
  flags of convenience
• FSU
  former Soviet Union
• FY
  fiscal year
• FZ
  Franc Zone
• G-3
  Group of 3
• G-5
  Group of 5
• G-6
  Group of 6
• G-7
  Group of 7
• G-8
  Group of 8
• G-9
  Group of 9
• G-10
  Group of 10
• G-15
  Group of 15
• G-11
  Group of 11
• G-20
  Group of 20
• G-24
  Group of 24
• G-77
  Group of 77
• GATT
  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; now WTO
• GCC
  Gulf Cooperation Council
• GCN
  Global Caribbean Network
• GCTU
  General Confederation of Trade Unions
• GDP
  gross domestic product
• GMT
  Greenwich Mean Time
• GNP
  gross national product
• GRT
  gross register ton
• GSM
  global system for mobile cellular communications
• GUAM
  Organization for Democracy and Economic Development; acronym for member states - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova
• GWP
  gross world product
• Hazardous Wastes
  Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
• HF
  high-frequency
• HIV/AIDS
  human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome
• IADB
  Inter-American Development Bank
• IAEA
  International Atomic Energy Agency
• IANA
  Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
• IBRD
  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• ICAO
  International Civil Aviation Organization
• ICC
  International Chamber of Commerce
• ICCt
  International Criminal Court
• ICJ
  International Court of Justice (World Court)
• ICRC
  International Committee of the Red Cross
• ICRM
  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
• ICSID
  International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes
• ICTR
  International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
• ICTY
  International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
• IDA
  International Development Association
• IDB
  Islamic Development Bank
• IDP
  Internally Displaced Person
• IEA
  International Energy Agency
• IFAD
  International Fund for Agricultural Development
• IFC
  International Finance Corporation
• IFRCS
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• IGAD
  Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
• IHO
  International Hydrographic Organization
• ILO
  International Labor Organization
• IMF
  International Monetary Fund
• IMO
  International Maritime Organization
• IMSO
  International Mobile Satellite Organization
• Inmarsat
  International Maritime 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
• IPU
  Inter-Parliamentary Union
• ISO
  International Organization for Standardization
• ISP
  Internet Service Provider
• ITC
  International Trade Center
• ITSO
  International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
• ITU
  International Telecommunication Union
• ITUC
  International Trade Union Confederation, the successor to ICFTU (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) and the WCL (World Confederation of Labor)
• kHz
  kilohertz
• km
  kilometer
• kW
  kilowatt
• kWh
  kilowatt-hour
• LAES
  Latin American and Caribbean 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
• London Convention
  see Marine Dumping
• LOS
  see Law of the Sea
• m
  meter
• 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
• MARPOL
  see Ship Pollution
• Medarabtel
  Middle East Telecommunications Project of the International Telecommunications Union
• Mercosur
  Southern Cone Common Market
• MHz
  megahertz
• MICAH
  International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti
• MIGA
  Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
• MINURCAT
  United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad
• MINURSO
  United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
• MINUSTAH
  United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
• MONUSCO
  United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• NA
  not available
• NAFTA
  North American Free Trade Agreement
• NAM
  Nonaligned Movement
• NATO
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NC
  Nordic Council
• NEA
  Nuclear Energy Agency
• NEGL
  negligible
• NGA
  National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• NGO
  nongovernmental organization
• NIB
  Nordic Investment Bank
• NIC
  newly industrializing country
• NIE
  newly industrializing economy
• NIS
  new independent states
• 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
• NZ
  New Zealand
• OAPEC
  Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
• OAS
  Organization of American States
• OAU
  Organization of African Unity; see African Union
• ODA
  official development assistance
• OECD
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OECS
  Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
• OHCHR
  Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• OIC
  Organization of the Islamic Conference
• OIF
  International Organization of the French-speaking World
• OOF
  other official flows
• OPANAL
  Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
• OPCW
  Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
• OPEC
  Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• OSCE
  Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
• Ozone Layer Protection
  Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
• PCA
  Permanent Court of Arbitration
• PFP
  Partnership for Peace
• PIF
  Pacific Islands Forum
• PPP
  purchasing power parity
• Ramsar
  see Wetlands
• RG
  Rio Group
• SAARC
  South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
• SACEP
  South Asia Co-operative Environment Program
• SACU
  Southern African Customs Union
• SADC
  Southern African Development Community
• SAFE
  South African Far East Cable
• SCO
  Shanghai Cooperation Organization
• SECI
  Southeast European Cooperative Initiative
• SELEC
  Convention of the Southeast European Law Enforcement Centers (successor to SECI)
• SHF
  super-high-frequency
• Ship Pollution
  Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)
• SICA
  Central American Integration System
• Sparteca
  South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement
• SPC
  Secretariat of the Pacific Communities
• SPF
  South Pacific Forum
• sq km
  square kilometer
• sq mi
  square mile
• TAT
  Trans-Atlantic Telephone
• TEU
  Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit, a unit of measure for containerized cargo capacity
• Tropical Timber 83
  International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
• Tropical Timber 94
  International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
• UAE
  United Arab Emirates
• UDEAC
  Central African Customs and Economic Union
• UHF
  ultra-high-frequency
• UK
  United Kingdom
• UN
  United Nations
• UN-AIDS
  Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS
• UNAMA
  United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
• UNAMID
  African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur
• UNASUR
  Union of South American Nations
• UNCLOS
  United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also know as LOS
• UNCTAD
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• UNDCP
  United Nations Drug Control Program
• UNDEF
  United Nations Democracy Fund
• 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 Population Fund
• UN-Habitat
  United Nations Center for Human Settlements
• UNHCR
  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• UNICEF
  United Nations Children's Fund
• UNICRI
  United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
• UNIDIR
  United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
• UNIDO
  United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• UNIFIL
  United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
• UNISFA
  United Nations Interim Force for Abyei
• UNITAR
  United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• UNMIK
  United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
• UNMIL
  United Nations Mission in Liberia
• UNMIS
  United Nations Mission in the Sudan
• UNMISS
  United Nations Mission in South Sudan
• UNMIT
  United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste
• UNMOGIP
  United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
• UNOCI
  United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire
• UNODC
  United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime
• UNOPS
  United Nations Office of Project Services
• UNRISD
  United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
• UNRWA
  United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• UNSC
  United Nations Security Council
• UNSSC
  Untied Nations System Staff College
• UNTSO
  United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
• UNU
  United Nations University
• UNWTO
  World Tourism Organization
• UPU
  Universal Postal Union
• US
  United States
• USSR
  Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union); used for information dated before 25 December 1991
• UTC
  Coordinated Universal Time
• UV
  ultra violet
• VHF
  very-high-frequency
• VSAT
  very small aperture terminal
• WADB
  West African Development Bank
• WAEMU
  West African Economic and Monetary Union
• WCL
  World Confederation of Labor
• WCO
  World Customs Organization
• Wetlands
  Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat
• WEU
  Western European Union
• 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
  World Trade Organization
• ZC
  Zangger Committee