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2IC	Second in Command
4 Ws	Who is doing What, Where and When
4 Ws	Who's doing What, When and Where?
AA	Arakan Army
AAA	anti-aircraft artillery "Triple A"
AAF	Anti American Faction
ABC	A Bunch of Communists
ABCD	Another Bad China Day
ABNJ	Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
ABS	Air Breathing System
ABS	Access and Benefit Sharing
ABSIE	American Broadcasting Station in Europe
AC	Armed Constabulary
ACBC	African Capacity Building Centre
ACC	Administrative Committee on Coordination
ACHR	Asian Coalition for Housing Rights
ACO	Allied Command Operations
ADB	Asian Development Bank
ADO	Administrative Duty Officer
AFEJ	Asian Forum of Environmental Journalists
AFICS	Association of Former International Civil Servants
AFNORTH	Air Force North; Allied Forces Northern Europe (NATO)
AFP	Agency of Funds and Programmes
AFPS	Agency of Focal Points
AHSE	Assistance to Health Systems Expansion
AIA	Autocrats In Action
AILAC	Independent Association of Latin America and the Caribbean
al	Alabama Law
AMIL	All Money Is Legal
AMLN	Anti Money Laundering Network
AMSAC	Area Maritime Security Advisory Committee
ANC	All Nations Club
ANC	African National Commission
ANSWER	Act Now to Stop War & End Racism
AOR	Area of Responsibility. The assigned area to any given unit.
AOSIS	Alliance Of Small Island developing States
AP 2000	United Nations Development Programme Asia-Pacific 2000 conference
APDC	Asia and Pacific Development Centre
APICM	Anti- Personnel Improved Conventional Munitions
APTF	Asia Pacific Task Force
ARC	Action Reinhardt Camps
ARF	ASEAN Regional Forum
ARIA	A Road to Iranians Ability
ARMY	Aren't Ready for Marines Yet
ART	Africa Resources Trust
asc	Area Security Coordinator
ASEAN	Association of Southeast Asian Nations
asmt	Area Security Management Team
AT	Absolute Terror
ATI	Alternativa de Transporte Integrado

AU	African Unity
BATNA	Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement
BBC	Burmese Border Consortium
BBIED	Body Borne Improvised Explosive Device (Suicide Vest)
BCC	Behavioural Change Communication
BCPR	Bureau for Crisis Prevention Recovery
BEST	Belize Enterprise for Sustained Technology
BFN	Bidding For New
BLIHR	Business Leaders In Human Rights
BNCU	Bangladesh National Commission for UNESCO
BOI	Board Of Inquiry
BOP	Breach of the peace
BOP	Border outpost
BPOA	Barbados Program of Action
BRAC	Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee
BRD	Bangladesh Rural Development
BRDB	Bangladesh Rural Development Board
BS	Bolshevik Storytelling
BSP	Bali Strategic Plan for Technological Support and Capacity Building (UNEP)
BUUNSA	Bond University United Nations Student Association
BZ	border zone
CAF	Central African Federation
CAP	Control And Power
CARE	Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc.
CARM	Computer Assisted Radio Monitoring
CATIA	Catalyzing Access to Technology in Africa
CBDR	Common But Differentiated Responsibilities
CBO	Community Based Organizations
CCAD	Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo
CCC	Crisis Control Centre
CCIVS	Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service
CCORE	Collaborating Centre for Operational Research and Evaluation
CDC	Community Development Councils
CDM	Clean Development Mechanism
CDO	Conduct and Discipline Officer
CE	Communaute Europeenne
CEAD	Council of Europe Activities Database
CEDAW	Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
CERD	Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
CERF	Central Emergency Revolving Fund
CERF	Central Emergency Response Fund
CESCR	Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
CEWC	Council for Education in World Citizenship
CFA	Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes
CFD	Communists For Democracy
CGSE	Consultative Group of Smaller Economies
CHAIR	Committee for Humanitarian Assistance to Iranian Refugees
CHR	Commission on Human Rights
chre	Centre for Human Rights Education
CHS	Chaired, Hanged, and Shot

CIS	Committee for Internal Security
CITES	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CKD	Checked
CKG	Checking
CM	Court-Martial
CMMRB	COE/MOU Management Review Board
CMP	Capital Master Plan
CMS	Chaos, Misery, and Suffering
CND	Commission on Narcotic Drugs
CNE	Create New Election
COB	collocated operating base; contingency operating base
COE	Contingent Owned Equipment
COG	Crisis Operations Group
CONOPS	Concept of Operations
COP	Convention Of the Parties
COP-MOP	Conference Of the Parties - Meeting of the Parties to the CPB
COPUOS	Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
CORE	Congress Of Racial Equality
CP	Close Protection, Close / Personal Protection
CPAN	Child Protection Action Network
CPB	Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
CPP	Communist Party Parrot
CPR	Committee of Permanent Representatives
CR	Cultural Resource
CR	Compassionate Revolution
CRC	Convention for Rights of Children
CRG	Cultural Reference Guide
CRPD	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
CSA	Chief Security Adviser
CSCE	Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Now OSCE)
CSIOC	Chief Security Information Operations Centre
CSTD	Commission on Science and Technology for Development
CSTF	Civil Society Task Force
CSW	Commission on the Status of Women
ctcn	Climate Technology Centre and Network
CUNP	Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping
CZ	Coastal Zone
DAM	Department of Administration and Management
DC	Developing Countries
DCF	Direct Consular Filing
DCOF	Displaced Children and Orphans Fund
DEF	Defense Specifications
def	Defense Education Forum
def	Defense and Education Fund
DEF	Defense
DEF	Defense Enterprise Fund
DELC	Division of Environmental Law and Conventions (of UNEP)
Dept	Department
DESFIL	USAID Development Strategies for Fragile Lands Project
DFL	Delusional Falsehoods And Lies

DG RELEX	Directorate-General for EXternal RELations
DHA	Department of Humanitarian Affairs
DHSSS	Division of Headquarters of Security and Safety Services
DI	Diplomatic Immunity
DID	Died in Disgrace
DIS	Died In Shame
DM	Disaster Management
DNA	Detailed Infrastructure Assessment
DNAC	Developing Nation Aid Commission
DNFE	Department of Non-Formal Education
DNWBPRC	Dinka- Nuer West Bank Peace and Reconciliation Conference
DOD	United States Department of Defense
DPA	Department of Political Affairs
DPCA	Director of Political and Civil Affairs
DPI	Department of Public Information
DPKO	Department of Peacekeeping Operations
DPRK	Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
DRI	Development of Regional Impact
DRIP	Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
DRM	Disaster Risk Management
DRO	Division of Regional Operations
DSA	Deputy Security Adviser
DSA	Daily Subsistance Allowance
DSRSG	Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (of United Nations)
DSS	Department for Safety and Security
DTCP	Development Training Communication Programme
DTD	Dated
DtyO	Duty Officer
EAC	Eastern Africa Community
EAN	Elite Allied Nation
EAP	Emergency Action Plan
EBPS	Enhanced Bought Place Scheme
EBSA	Ecologically or Biologically Significant marine Area
EC	Ethnic Cleansing
ECA	Economic Commission for Africa
ECE	Economische Commissie voor Europa (United Nations) (Dutch: Economic Commission for Europe)
ECHA	Executive Committee For Humanitarian Affairs
ECLA	Economic Committee of Latin America
ECLAC	Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)
ECOSCO	Economic and Social Council
ECOSOC	Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
ED	Extreme Democracy
EDF	European Development Fund
EDHR	European Declaration of Human Rights
EGL	English as a Global Language
EMRO	Eastern Mediterranean Region of Operations
EMRO	Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office
ENP	European Neighbourhood Policy
EO	Evaluation Officer
eo	Evaluation Office

EPP	European People's Party
EPRP	Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party
EPS	Essential Programs & Services
ERA	Elite Rebel Alliance
ERDF	European Rural Development Fund
ESAF	Enhanced Structure Adjustment Facility ( IMF)
ESCO	Economic Social And Cultural Organization
ESCWA	Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
ESF	European Social Fund
ESR	Emergency Situation Report
ESSD	Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development
ETAP	Enroute Traffic Analysis Program
EUFOR	European Union Force
EUSG	Secretariat General for European Union Affairs
EUSR	European Union Special Representative
EVIF	Extremely Vulnerable Individual
EXEKUTIEREN	hinrichten, 'high German' 'Justice realm', include in attorney handbook oder 'werterbuch'
FAO	United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation
FLU	Influenza
FMADFS	Field missions administered by the Department of Field Support
FOB	Federal Order of Body
FPL	Federal Poverty Level
FS	Firing Squad
FSA	Field Security Advisor
FSA	Food Standards Agency
FSAU	Food Security Analysis Unit
FSAU-S	Food Security Analysis Unit - Somalia
FSCO	Field Security Coordination Officer
G8	Group of 8
GA	General Assembly
GAD	Global Architectural Development
GAM	General Assembly Meeting
GAP	Genocide Awareness Program
GATT	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
GC	General Council
GCC	Global Communications Commission
gcf	Green Climate Fund
GCTM	Group for the Conservation of the Tropics in Mexico
GDEP	Global DOTS Expansion Plan (World Health Organization)
GDI	Global Defense Initiative
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GDR	German Democratic Republic (now Germany)
GEF	Global Environmental Facility (environment)
GEMS	Global Election Management System
GFA	General Framework Agreement
GFDRR	Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
GFS	German Federal Statistical Office
GLC	Government Linked Corporation
GML	Global Micro Lending
GOAT	Getting Our Act Together

GOV	Government
GR	General Resolution
GSF	Global Security Force
GSF	Global Standard Food
GSP	Generalized System of Preferences
GU	GRAND UNIFICATION
GWW	Great Western War
H-MOSS	Headquarters Minimum Operating Security Standards
HCA	head of contracting activity; humanitarian and civic assistance
HEC	Humanitarian Evacuation Cell
HIC	Habitat International Coalition
HIPC	Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
HLAS	Handbook of Latin American Studies
HLCC	High Level Consultative Commission
HLCP	High Level Committee of Programmes
HLP	Humanitarian Livelihood Programme
HN(s)	host nation(s)
hpi	Human Poverty Index
HQ	United Nations Headquarters, New York
HR	Hopelessly Repressed
HRAD	Human Rights Approach to Development
hrfm	Human Rights Field Monitoring
HRSD	Hostile Reconnaissance and Surveillance Detection
IA	International Affairs
IA	Implementing Agency (UNEP)
IA	Information Analyst
IAC	Industrially Advanced Countries
IAC	International Advisory Council
IACA	International Anti Corruption Academy
IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency
IAMB	International Advisory and Monitoring Board for Iraq
IAN	International Affairs Network
IASC	Inter-Agency Standing Committee
IBC	International Broadcasting Cooperation
IBC	International Building Code
IBWC	International Boundary and Water Commission (Independent; U.S. and Mexico)
ICA	Institute of Cultural Affairs
ICAO	International Civil Aviation Organization
ICCAT	International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
ICCF	International Child Care Fund
ICCPR	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICERD	International Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Racial Discrimination
ICESCR	International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
ICET	International Council for Engineering and Technology
ICHET	International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies
ICJ	International Court of Justice
ICOA	International Civil Aviation Organization
ICS	Information Centres Services
ICSS	International Commission for Salesian Studies
ICSSPE	International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education

ICT4D	Information and Communications Technology for Development
ID	Identification Document
IDA	International Development Association
IDCC	Industrially Developing Countries Committee
IDESP	Institute for Economic and Social Development of Paráguay
IDF	Israeli Defense Forces
IDG	International Development Goals
IDLG	Independent Directorate for Local Governance
IDP	Internally Displaced People
IDP	Internally Displaced Persons
IDPS	Internally Displaced People
IED	Improvised Explosive Device
IEFR	International Emergency Food Reserve
IET	International Emissions Trading
IFAD	International Fund for Agricultural Development (UN)
IFOR	Implementation Force
IFOR	Immigrants Force
IFRB	International Frequency Registration Board of the International Telecommunication Union
IFSF	International Financial Stability Fund
IHO	International Humanitarian Organization
IIH	Institute for International Health
ILO	International Labor Organization (UN)
IMBL	International Maritime Boundary Line
IMF	International Monetary Fund
IMF	Imposing Misery And Famine
IMF	It's Mostly Fiscal
IMH	World Health Organization Institute of Mental Health
IMO	International Maritime Organization
INC	Incorporated
INCB	International Narcotics Control Board
INES	International Nuclear Event Scale
INGWE	Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality
INIS	International Nuclear Information System
INRM	INdia Resident Mission
INSULA	International Scientific Council for Island Development (NGO)
INTL	International
IO	International Organization
IOC	Inter-Organizational Council
IOCC	WHO Inter-Organization Coordinating Committee
IOM	International Organization for Migration
IP	Implementing Partner
IPOA	International Plan of Action
IPS	International Port Security
IPUM	Intra-Regional Participatory Urban Management
IR	International Rescue
IRA	Irish Republican Army see PIRA
IRO	International Relief Organization
IRO	International Refugee Organization (WWII)
IRS	International Relief Service
IS	Intermediate State (in the Theory of Change)

ISA	International Seabed Authority
ISAF	International Security Assistance Force
ISCE	International Standard Classification Education
ISCG	Inter-Sector Coordination Group
ISDR	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
ISM	International Solidarity Movement
IT PGRFA	International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Resources
ITC	International Trade Centre
ITLOS	International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
ITO	International Trade Organization
ITU	International Telecommunication Union
IULA	International Union of Local Authorities
IWH	Imagine World Health
IWRAW	International Women's Rights Action Watch
JAG	Jihad Advocate General
JAG	Judge Advocate General
JCK	Joint Commission on Korea
JCSSAB	Joint Committee of the States to Study Alcohol Beverage laws
JHA	Joint Humanitarian Assessment
JI	Joint Implementation [with Regard To Greenhouse Gas Emission Redn.]
JMPR	Joint FAO-WHO Meeting of Pesticide Residues
JPA	Joint Powers Agency
JRA	Jamtland Republican Army
JUNIC	Joint United Nations Information Committee
KAP	Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices
KDKT	Korean Demokraattisen KansanTasavallan
KFOR	The Kosovo Force
KLA	Kosovo Liberation Army
KP	Kyoto Protocol
KSA	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
LAO	Little Asian Organization
LDC	Low Death Conflict
LDC	Less Developed Country
LDDC	Least Developed Developing Country (tariffs)
LEDC	Less Economically Developed Country
LF	The Liberation Front
LG	Local Government
LIC	Least Industrialised Countries
LICUS	Low-income countries under stress
LIFE	Local Initiative Facility for the Environment
LMDC	Like Minded Group of Developing Countries
LOBI	Local Cross-Border Initiative
LOT	Liaison and Observation Team
LPC	Linkin Park Community
LPD	Library and Publications Division
LPZ	Low-Population Zone
LQS	Life Quotations System (World Health Organization)
LTTE	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
LTTE	Lanka Tamil Terrorist Establishment
LULUCF	Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry

LWR	Lutheran World Relief, Inc
MATILDA	Mesa Associates' Tactical Integrated Light-force Deployment Assembly
MAYAREMA	USAID Maya Resource Management Project
MCA	Multi Criteria Analysis
MCDA	Military and Civil Defense Assets (NATO)
MD	Media Division
MD	Multimedia Division
MDC	More Developed Countries
MDG	Millenium Development Goal
MDPA	Mekong Delta Poverty Analysis
MEDC	More Economically Developed Country
MEIP	Metropolitan Environment Improvement Programme
MEM	Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism
MEPF	Metropolitan Environment Policy Framework
MEPMA	Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas
MFO	Multi-national Force Observer
MIC	Man In Charge
MICIVIH	International Civilian Mission in Haiti
MINSOC	Management Institute for Social Change
MINURSO	Mission des Nations Unies pour l'Organisation d'un Référendum au Sahara Occidental (United Nations Mission for the organization of a Referendum in Western Sahara)
MINUSTAH	MIssion des Nations Unies pour la STAbilisation en Haïti (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti)
MKSA	Meter, Kilogram, Second, Ampere
MLB	MINURSO Logistic Base
MLF	Multi-lateral Fund
MMOP	Manayunk Metrorail Opportunity Plan
MNBD	Ministry of Nation Building and Development
MOD	Ministry of Defence [UK]
MOJ [United Kingdom]	Ministry of Justice
MOM	Man On a Mission
MONUA	United Nations Observer Mission in Angola
MOP	Messenger of Peace
MOP	Meeting Of Parties
MOPE	Most Oppressed People Ever
MORSS	Minimum Operating Residential Security Standards
MOSS	Minimum Operating Security Standards
MOT (United Kingdom]	Ministry of Transport
MOTT	Ministry of Transport Test
MOV	Means of Verification
MPA	Marine Protected Area
MRSP	Marginalized Rural Sectors and Peoples
MRT	Mass Rapid Transport
MSCR	Mission Security Clearance Request
MSIP	Multinational Staged Improvement Program
MSO	Mission Security Officer
MSW	Municipality Solid Waste
MTN	Mountain
MTS	Medium Term Strategy (of the UNEP)
MTSIP	Medium Term Strategic and Institutional Plan
MUN	Model United Nations
MUN-FW	Model United Nations - Far West

MUNFW	Model United Nations - Far West
MY	MMYMan Year
NAFS	NATO Automated Financial System
NAIMUN	North American Invitational Model United Nations Conference
NAS	Newly Associated States
NCRE	National Competitive Recruitment Examination
NCSD	National Commission for Sustainable Development
NCSS	National Cholera Surveillance System [Haiti]
NCZ	No Country Zone
NCZ	Nanshui Chemical Industry Zone
NDE	National Designated Entities
NDRE	Natural Disaster Response Exercise
NDRF	National Disaster Recovery Framework
NEFOS	New Emerging FOrceS
NETI	New and Emerging Talent Initiative
NFP	New Found Power
NGO	Non Governmental Organization
NHS	National Health Service
NIC	Newly Industrialized Country
NIE	Newly Industrializing Country
NKZ	North Korean Zombies
NMA	National Mutual Aid
NMR	Not My Responsibility
NMS	New Member States
NMUN	National Model United Nations
NMUN-DC	National Model United Nations - District of Columbia
NMUN-NY	National Model United Nations - New York
NOA	Notice Of Application
NOB	National Officer, level B
NOS	Not Otherwise Specified
NPR	National Prosperous Radio
NPR	Nation Progress Report
NRA	Not Responsible for Anything
NS	Narrative Summary
NSA	NATO Standardization Agency
NTR	Normal Trade Relations
NVA	North Vietnamese Army
NVB	Night Vision Binoculars
NVD	Night Vision Device
NVN	North Vietnam North
NWG	National Working Group
NWG	Nuts With Guns
OAPI	l'Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (African Intellectual Property Organization)
OCHA	Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OECD	Organization For Economic Co-operation And Development (international)
OEF	Operation Enduring Freedom
OESC	Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination
OFC	Office
OFF	Oil For Food
OGA	On Good Authority

OHQ	Operational Headquarters
OIE	Office of International Education
OIE	Office International des Epizooties
OIH	Office of International Health
OIOS	Office of Internal Oversight Services
OLA	Office of Legal Affairs
ONU	Organización de las Naciones Unidas
ONU	Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite
ONUCI	Opération des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire
OO	Official Observer
OPM	Other People's Money
OPPF	Olof Palme Peace Foundation
Ops	Operations
OSCE	Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe
OTH	Other Trunk
OTH	Other (on overtime forms)
OUO	Official-Use Only
OYW	One Year War
PAIR	Political Asylum Immigration Representation
PAJ	Port Authority of Jersey
PBIED	Person-Borne Improvised Explosive Device
PC	Peaceful Coexistance
PCDA	Provisional Committee on proposals related to a WIPO Development Agenda
PCMU	Programme Coordinating and Monitoring Unit
PCT	Participating Countries Treaty
PCW	Previously Complied With
PDNA	Post Disaster Needs Assessment
PEACE	People Everywhere Are Created Equal
PEACE	People Encouraging Acceptance Of Cultures Everywhere
PECC	Pacific Economic Cooperation Council
PERF	Pan European Regulatory Forum
PEST	Political Environmental Social and Technical
PFP	Panel For Peace
PHARE	Poland and Hungary Aid For Restructuring of Economies
PHP	Personal History Profile
PINKO	Communist
PIPS	Program In Population Studies
PK	Peacekeeper
PKO	Peacekeeping Operation
PMZ	Proscribed Munitions Zone
POM	Prisoners Of Motherland
POP	Population
POR	Public Order Restoration
POR	Periodic Operation Report
PORACC	Principles Of Radiation And Contamination Control
POW	Programme of Work (of UNEP)
POW	Prisoner of war
PP	Political Parties
PP	Pacific Partnership
PPE	Personal Protection Equipment

PPSD	Promotion and Public Services Division
PR	Permanent Representative
PRC	Pacific Region Conference
Prepcom	Preparatory Committee
PT	Plenary Talk
PUMPKIN	Pumps for Kids, Infants and Neonates
PUN	Punishment
PUR	Purchase
PV	Peasant Village
QAT	Quick About Turn
QBP	Quick Back- Pedal
QBT	Quick Back- Track
QDO	Quadripartite Development Objective
QNR	Quarterly Noncompliance Report
QVD	Qualified Vehicle Driver
QVF	Qualified Voter File
QY	Quarter Year
R&R	Rest & Recuperation
R2P	Responsibility to Protect
RAAF	Royal Australian Air Force
RAC	Rock Against Communism
RACN	Rapid Assessment of Critical Needs
RAF	Rote Armee Fraktion
RAG	Remember and Give
RAMS	Royal Army Medical Service
RAMSAR	Convention Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat
RC	Resident Coordinator
RCAF	Royal Canadian Air Force
RCO	Reports Clearance Officer
RDP	Reconstruction and Development Programme
READ	Regional Economies Assessment Database
REBIA	Regional Educational Building Institute for Africa
RED	Communist
REMPEC	Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea
RER	Recovery and Evacuation Report
Rev	Revise
RFH	Request for Help
RHL	Reproductive Health Library
RIC	Recently Industrialized Country
RIM	Refugees, Immigrants, and Minorities
RKS	Record Keeping System
RMg	Random Mission Generator
RMO	Records Management Office
RN	Renegade Nation
RN	Respect No
RN	Royal Navy
RNC	Respect No Countries
RO	Russian Orphan
ROISAP	UNESCO Regional Observatory of the Information Society in Asia Pacific
ROtI	Review of Outcomes to Impact

RPA	Rwandan Patriotic Army
RPC	Regional Protection Control
RPF	Rehabilitation Project Force
RPU	Rhino Protection Unit
RQD	Required
RQN	Return of Qualified Nationals
rRA	Rahanweyne Resistance Army
RRD	Required Reply Date
RRP	Regional Response Plan
RSAA	Refugee Status Appeals Authority
RTFP	Regional Trade Facilitation Programme
RTG	Royal Thai Government
RTO	Research and Technology Organization
RTOP	Responsibility TO Protect
RUW	Remaining Usable Water
RVT	Remote Visual Testing
SAARC	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SADC	Southern Africa Development Council
SADC	Southern African Development Community
SAF	Structural Adjustment Facility
SAG	Special Area Groups
SAGA	Study And Advisory Group For Africa
SAIL	Servants Allied In Leadership
SALB	Second Administrative Level Boundaries
SAN	Sustainable Agriculture Network
SAN	South African Navy
SANDF	South African National Defence Force
SARE	Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
SARS	Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SAU	Special Administration Unit
SC	Supporting Consultant
SCS	Support to Civil Society
SCUP	Serbian Children Unity Program
SD	Signatory Description
SDR	Special Drawing Rights
SDR	Sustainable Development Reporting
SDTC	Sustainable Development Training Centres
SDU	Special Duty Unit
SEATO	South East Asia Treaty Organization
SEED	Social, Ecological, and Economic Development
SEPT	Senior Emergency Policy Team
SERB	Serbo- Croatian
SFC	Shot For Cowardice
SFOR	UN Stabilisation Force (in Bosnia And Herzegovina)
sfp	Security Focal Point
SFR	Special Flight Request
SGB	Secretary-General's Bulletin
SHARP	Syria Humanitarian Assistance Response Plan
SHD	Sustainable Human Development
SHIA	Solidarity Humanity International Aid

SI	Special Intelligence
SIAP	Statistical Institute for Asia and Pacific
SIC	Surrender Is Cowardice
SICCGS	Surrender Is Cowardice; Cowards Get Shot
SIDS	Sexually Intrusive Dysfunctional Society
SIOC	Security Information and Operations Centre
SITE	Search for International Terrorist Entities
SO	Security Officer
SOA	State Of Affairs
SOD	State of Destruction
SOE	Small Open Economy
SOO	Senior Operations Officer
SOP	Standard Operating Procedure
SPA	Security Potential And Aspiration
SPAZ	Semi-Permanent Autonomous Zone
SPDC	State Peace and Development Council
SPEED	Social Pact for Empowered Economic Development
SPIC	Spanish Person in Charge
SQUAD	The Firing Squad
SRA	Security Risk Assessment
SRF	Shatter-Resistant Film
SRR	Sustainable Relief and Reconstruction
SRSG	Special Representative to the Secretary General (of the United Nations)
SS	Short Story
SSAFE	Safe and Secure Approaches to Field Environments
SSB	Star Spangled Banner
SSP	State Social Protection
SSS	Security and Safety Service
SSV	Soft Skin Vehicle
STA	Station
StC	Steering Committee
STEP	Science Technology And Economic Progress
STEP	Striving To Experience Peace
STF	Systematic Transformation Facility
Stop	Stop The Oppressive Politics
STOP	Slavery That Oppresses People
STRP	Specific Targeted Research Program
SUBIR	USAID Sustainable Use of Biological Resources Program
SUC	Serbian Unity Congress
SUMC	Strengthening Urban Management Capacity
SVBIED	Suicide Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device
svn	South Vietnam National
SW	Solid Waste
SWM	Solid Waste Management
SWZ	Special Watch Zone
SYW	Seven Years' War
SZM	Security Zone Management
SZW	Single Zone Warfare
TA	Territorial Army (British)
TAC	Treaty of Amity and Cooperation

TAX	Taxation
TAZ	Temporary Autonomous Zone
TCDC	Technical Cooperation for Developing Countries
TED	They're Extremely Desperate
TERP	Tsunami Emergency Relief Program
TEW	Tibet Education Watch
TEW	Tibet Environmental Watch
TFF	The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
TFO	Transfer From Oas
TFR	Total Fertility Rate
TFT	Tit for Tat
TFZ	The Forbidden Zone
TFZ	Tobacco Free Zone
TFZ	Technology Free Zone
TGA	Truevision Graphics Array
TGN	Thesaurus of Geographic Names
THIMUN	The Hague International Model United Nations
TIA	The International Assassin
TIPS	The Inevitable Police State
TIPS	Trick Into Police State
TJO	Theater Joint Operations
TK	Tian Kong
TLQ	Transient Living Quarters
TMI	Too Much Information (Internet Slang)
TMK	Tomorrow's Masters Of Kosovo
TOC	Theory of Change
TOO	Target Of Opportunity
TOT	Terrorists Of Thailand
TOT	Training of Trainers
TOZ	Tulski Oruzkeiny Zavod
TPU	Territory Planning Unit
TRE	Thugs, Revolutionists, and Entrepreneurs
TREVI	Terrorism Radicalism Extremism Violence International
TRI	The Reconstruction Initiative
TRIC	The Revolution Is Coming
TRIO	The Rebellion Is On
TSZ	Temporary Security Zone
TTI	Travel Technology Initiative
TTO	Transfer To Oas
TTS	Tank Thermal Sight
TUAC	Train Up A Child
TUC	Title Under Construction
TUR	Terrorist Underground Rebellion
TVRQ	Travel Request
TWM	Third World Majority
TWV	Temporary Work Visa
TYA	THIMUN Youth Assembly
TYN	ThimunYouth.Net
TZD	Time Zone Designator
TZE	Total Zone Exclusion

U5MR	Under 5 Mortality Rate
UCB	Union Chimique Belge
UDA	Ulster Defence Association
UDF	United Democratic Front in South Africa
UDP	Usurious Department Of Protocol
UE	United Earth
UE	Union Earth
UEG	United Earth Government
UEO	United Earth Organization
UFF	Ulster Freedom Fighters
UFT	Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade
UG	Universal Government
UGF	Under- Ground Facility
UI	Unofficial International
UIE	UNESCO Institute for Education
Uk	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UKP	UNESCO Klub Piran
UMP	Urban Management Programme
UMR	Unaccompanied Minor Refugee
un	United Narions
UN Habitat	United Nations Human Settlements Program
UN WSIS	United Nations World Summit on the Information Society
UN-DDR	United Nation Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration
UN/CEFACT	United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business
UNAE	United Nations Arms Embargoes
UNAE16a0	United Nations Arms Embargoes
UNAG	United Nations Association of Georgia
UNAIDS	Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
UNAMA	United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
UNAMID	United Nations African Mission In Darfur
UNAMIR	United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
UNASG	United Nations Agency for Sustainable Growth
UNAVEM II	United Nations Angola Verification Mission II
UNAVEM III	United Nations Angola Verification Mission III
UNBA	United Nations Board of Auditors
UNCAC	United Nations Convention Against Corruption
UNCCC	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNCDF	United Nations Capital Development Fund
UNCHR	United Nations Commission on Human Rights
UNCHS	United National Center for Human Settlements
UNCITRAL	United Nations Commission On International Trade Law
UNCLE	United Nations Control For Law And Enforcement
UNCLOS	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
UNCO	United Nations Charity Organization
UNCRC	United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
UNCT	United Nations Country Team
UNDB	United Nations Development Business
UNDEF	United Nations Democracy Fund
UNDESA	United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
UNDOF	United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

UNDP	United Nations Development Program
UNDRO	United Nations Drought Response Organization
UNDSS	United Nations Department of Safety and Security
UNECA	United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
UNECE	United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNEP	United Nations Environment Program
UNEP-SBCI	United Nations Environment Programme's Sustainable Building & Climate Initiative
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNF	United Nations Foundation
UNFCCC	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNFDAC	United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control
UNFF	United Nations Forum on Forests
UNFICYP	United Nations Force in Cyprus
UNFIP	United Nations Fund for International Partnerships
UNFPA	United Nations Fund for Population Activities (see www.unfpa.org)
UNGASS	United Nations General Assembly Special Session
UNGC	United Nations Genocide Convention
UNGC	United Nations Global Compact
UNHCHR	United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Unhcr	United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Program
UNHR	United Nations Human Rights
UNHRC	United Nations Human Rights Council
UNIC	United Nations Information Centre
UNICEF	United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
UNIDIR	United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
UNIDO	United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNIFEM	United Nations Development Fund for Women
UNIFIL	United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon
UNIKOM	United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission
UNIPTF	United Nations International Police Task Force
UNIS	United Nations International School
UNIS	United Nations Information Service
UNISDR	United Nation International Strategy For Disaster Reduction
UNIT	United Nations Intelligence Taskforce
UNITAID	International Drug Purchasing Facility
UNITAR	United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNITY	United Nations In The Youth
UNLB	United Nations Logistics Base
UNMIBH	United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
UNMIH	United Nations Mission In Haiti
UNMIK	United Nations Mission In Kosovo
UNMIL	United Nations Mission in Liberia
UNMISET	United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor
UNMISS	United Nations Mission In South Sudan
UNMIT	United Nations Mission In Timor-Leste
UNMOGIP	United Nations Military Observer Group In India & Pakistan
UNMOVIC	United Nations Monitoring and Verification Commission
UNNGLS	United Nations Non Governmental Liaison Service
UNO	United Nations Organization
UNO	United Nations Observer

UNOB	United Nations Operation in Burundi
UNOCHA	United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
UNOG	United Nations Office at Geneva
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
UNOOSA	United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
UNOPS	The United Nations Office for Project Services
UNOSOM	United Nations Operation in Somalia
UNP	United Nations Police
UNPA	United Nations Postal Administration
UNPAAERD	United Nations Program of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development
UNPD	United Nations Procurement Division
UNPD	United Nations Population Division
UNPD	United National Party for Development
UNPF	United Nations Peace Forces
UNPROFOR	United Nations Protection Force (in Former Yugoslavia)
UNPSA	United Nations Public Service Awards
UNPSO	UN Peace Support Operations
UNRRA	United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRO	United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRWA	United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
UNSA	United Nations Student Association
UNSC	United Nations Space Command
UNSC	United Nations Security Council
UNSC	United Nations Special Corps
UNSCO	United Nations Special Co Ordinator
UNSF	United Nations Special Fund
UNSF	United Nations Security Forces
UNSMIH	United Nations Support Mission In Haiti
UNSMS	UN Security Management System
UNSWAP	United Nations System-wide Action Plan
UNT	United Nation Troops
UNTAC	United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
UNTMIH	United Nations Transition Mission In Haiti
UNTSO	United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
UNU	United Nations University
Unv	United Nations Volunteers Programme
UNWCC	United Nations War Crimes Commission
UNWFP	United Nations World Food Programme
UNWRA	United Nations Relief and Works Agency
UNWTO	United Nations World Tourism Organisation
UNYU	United Nations Youth Unit
UNСITRAL	United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
UOP	Union Of Paladins
UPC	Uganda People's Congress
UPD	Unit for the Promotion of Democracy (Organization of American States)
USA	United States of America
USAID	United States Agency for International Development

USCIS	United States Citizen And Immigration Service
USDPA	United States Dignitary Protection Administration
USFU	United States Fund for UNICEF
USFV	United States Forces, Vietnam
USN	United States Navy
USYG	Under Secretary General
UU-UNO	Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office
UUI	Union of the Unemployed in Iraq
UW	Underwater
Uw	Underwater Weighing
UZN	Universal Zulu Nation
VAD	Voluntary Aid Detachment
VAO	Victim Activated Ordnance
VAP	Voting-Age Population
VBIED	Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosion Device
VC	Viet Cong
VCS	Vice Chief of Staff
VET	Veteran
VF	Version Francaise
VFE	Volunteers for Europe
VFI	Voices for Independence
VFM	Vote for Me
VFT	View from the Top
VHRSR	Very High Residual Security Risk
VIC	Virtual International Community
VIC	Victory In Cooperation
VINC	Violent Intrastate Nationalist Conflicts
VIP	Very Ignorant People
VIP	Virtually Incredible People
VIP	Very Impotent People
VKT	All-Russian Confederation of Labor
VLP	Very Low Power
VLW	Vietnam Labor Watch
VN	Verenigde Nasies (Dutch: United Nations)
VNU	Voluntarios de las Naciones Unidas
VNW	Vote No War
VO	Version Originale
VOC	Victims of Chaos
VTC	Video Teleconference
VUN	Virtual United Nations
VW	Vietnam War
VWB	Visa Waver for Business
VWP	Visa Waiver Program
WAD	West African Development
WAD	West Africa Democracy
WAEC	West African Examination Council
WAIT	World Affairs In Tenafly
WAN	World Area Network
WAN	World Agricultural Nostrum
WAR	what are records

WARO	West Africa Regional Office
WARP	World Assassination Reaches People
WARREN	Winners Are Represented By Rights Engaging Nations
WASHINGTON DC	Dc
WAWI	West Africa Water Initiative
WBAIRP	World Bank Aided India Rubber Project
WC	World Concern
WCBG	WTO Capacity Building Group
WCD	World Congress and Exposition on Disabilities
WCD	World Commission on Dams
WCDM	World Conference on Disaster Management
WCDP	World Community Development Programme
WCEG	World Commission on Environmental Government
WCIP	World Council of Indigenous Peoples
WCJ	World Court of Justice
WCPA	World Commission on Protected Areas
WCS	Working Coordinate System
WCSD	World Council on Sustainable Development
WCTG	World Currency Trade Group
WDDM	Worldwide Direct Democracy Movement
WDE	World Data on Education
WDF	World Development Federation
WDHE	World Declaration on Higher Education
WDI	World Development Indicators
WDM	World Development Movement
WDN	World Data Network
WDR	World Dialogue on Regulation
WEC	World Energy Council
WEDB	World Education Data Base
WEED	World Economy Ecology Development
WEF	World Economic Forum
WEFO	Welsh European Funding Office
WEO	World Economic Outlook
WEOG	Western European and Others Group
WER	Weekly Epidemiological Record
WFC	World Food Council
WFCL	Worst Forms of Child Labor
WFFZ	World Federation of Free Zones
WFOC	Worldwide Forensic Odontology Contacts
WFP	World Food Program
WFS	World Food Summit
WFUCA	World Federation of UNESCO Clubs Centres and Associations
WFZC	World Free Zone Convention
WGCA	Work Group For Constitutional Affairs
WGDA	World Government Documents Archive
WGE	Workers in the Global Economy
WGEA	Working Group For European Activities
WGGI	Working Group on Gender Issues
WGHO	Working Group For Humanitarian Organizations
WGHR	Working Group on Human Rights

WGIP	Working Group Of Indigenous Populations
WGLM	Working Group on Land Mines
WGOA	World Government Opportunities Agency
WGOC	World Government Organizations Coalition
WGOP	Working Group on Poverty
WGPC	Working Group on Public Communication
WGPD	Working Group on Population Distribution Projections
WGPM	Working group on Procedural Matters
WGQ	Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone
WGRC	Working Group on the Rights of the Child
WGRC-1	Working Group for the Preparation of the First Review Conference
WGRR	Working Group on Refugee Resettlement
WGSO	Working Group of Senior Officials
WGTI	Working Group on Trade and Investment
WGTM	World Gas Trade Model
WGTP	Working Group on the Trade Promotion
WGVA	Working Group on Victim Assistance
WGWC	World Government of World Citizens
WGWR	Working Group for Weapons Reduction
WGYC	Working Group For Youth Cooperation
WGYP	Working Group For Youth Policies
WH	World Heroes
WHA	World Heath Assembly
WHB	Wild Horses and Burros Programs
WHED	World Higher Education Database
WHES	World Hunger Education Service
WHL	World Heritage List
WHN	World Health Network
WHO	World Health Organization
WHO	World Health Association
WHO-PDH	World Health Organization - Prevention of Deafness and Hearing Impairment
WHO-WPRO	World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office
WHOC	World House Of Commons
WHP	Worker Health Project
WHQ	World Headquarters
WHR	World Health Report
WHU	World Homeless Union
WHY	World Honorable Youth
WHY	World Hunger Year
WHYF	World Heritage Youth Forum
WI	World Impact
WID	World Institute on Disability
WIDP	World Institute for Development and Peace
WIFM	Women In Forced Migration
WIIC	World Income Inequality Database
WIOC	Worldwide Impartial Observers Consortium
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization
WIR	UNCTAD World Investment Report
WJC	World Judicial Commission
wld	World Laughter Day

WLD	World Lupus Day
WLD	World Languages Day
WLD	World Law Direct
WLD	Worldwide and Local Discounts
wld	World's Longest Dribble
wld	Worlds Largest Dungeon
WLD	World Leprosy Day
WMFZ	Weapons of Mass destruction Free Zone
WMIC	World Missions Information Center
WMLR	World Money Laundering Report
WMO	World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
WMPE	World Minimum Population Estimate
WMUN	World Model United Nations
WN	White Nationalist
WNHO	World Natural Health Organization
WNLF	West Nile Liberation Front
WO	World Office
WOAB	World Agricultural Outlook Board
WOAT	World Organization Against Torture
WOFC	World Outlook Financial Conference
WOIP	World Organization of Industrial Property
WOJP	Western Orissa Janajagaran Parishad
WOLF	Western Orissa Liberation Front
WOS	Whole Of Syria
WOUS	Waters of the United States
WOW	Working Out the World
WPAE	Working Party on Aid Evaluation
WPAP	World Parliament Association Papers
WPAW	World Population Awareness Week
WPC	World Peace Council
WPDR	Working Party on Domestic Regulation
WPF	World Population Foundation
WPL	Western Policy Leaders
WPLF	Western Policy Leaders Forum
WPPT	WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
WPRO	World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office
WRB	War Refugee Board
WRB	World Reserve Bank
WRLH	Women's Right to Life and Health
WRO	World Research Organization
WRVH	World Report on Violence and Health
WSF	World Social Forum
WSO	World Service Office
WSP	Warring States Project
WSSD	World Summit on Sustainable Development
WSYE	World Summit of Young Entrepreneurs of the United Nations
WSYP	World Summit of Youth Peacemakers
WTAC	World Telecommunication Advisory Council
WTDB	World Tax DataBase
WTDB	World Trade Data Base

WTDR	World Telecommunication Development Report
WTFA	When Things Fall Apart
WTLA	World Trade Law Association
WTMU	Wildlife Trade Monitoring Unit
WTO	World Tourism Organization
WTO	World Terror Order
WTO	World Trade Organisation
WToO	World Tourism Organization
WTP	World Transport Policy
WTPF	World Telecommunication Policy Forum
WTPF 3	World Telecommunication Policy Forum 3
WTPO	World Tuna Purse seiner Organization
WTRO	World Trade Organization (usually WTO)
WTSM	World Trade Simulation Model
WTTN	Western Transportation Trade Network
WTU	World Trade University
WUDB	Works and Urban Development Bureau
WUF	World Urban Forum
WVF	War Victims Fund
WVFT	World Vision Foundation of Thailand
WVJ	World Vision Japan
WVL	World Vision Liberia
WVRD	World Vision Relief & Development
WVSL	World Vision Sri Lanka
WVT	World Vision Tanzania (est. 1981; Arusha, Tanzania)
WW	Whole World
WW2	World War 2
WWAP	United Nations World Water Assessment Programme
WWC	World Water Council
WWDR	United Nations World Water Development Report
WWEE	WorldWide Essential Education
WWER	World Wide Emergency Resources
WWI	World War I
WWSF	Women's World Summit Foundation
WWV	Standard time and frequency station, 2.5 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz, 20 MHz, Fort Collins, Colorado
WWVB	Standard Time And Frequency Station, 60KHz, Fort Collins, Colorado
WWVC	WorldWide VideoConferencing
WWVH	Standard Time And Frequency Station, 2.5 Mhz, 5 Mhz, 10 Mhz, 15 Mhz, Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
WWVS	World Wide Volunteer Services
WYPS	World Youth Peace Summit
Wz	West Zone
WZ	War Zone
YAF	Yugoslav Air Force
YEA	YES vote
YP	Yearly Plan
YPA	Youth Production Agency
YRO	Year Round Operations
YY	Two-digit year date
YYYY	Four-digit year date
ZGD	Zhongguo GongchanDang (Communist Party of China)

ZIP	Zope Internationalization Project
ZOJ	Sri Lanka 7.5 kW shortwave transmitter
ZPG	Zero Population Growth
ZR	Zero Restriction