Abbreviations

A:

AAP:  Africa Action Plan.

ABAC:  APEC Business Advisory Council.

ABL:  Airborne Laser.

ABM:  Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

ACD:  Asia Cooperation Dialogue.

ACP:  Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group.

ACSA: Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement.

AD:  Antidumping.

ADB:  Asian Development Bank.

AE:  Associate Expert.

AEC:  ASEAN Economic Community.

AFTA:  ASEAN Free Trade Area.

AG:  Australia Group.

ANBP:  Aphganistan’s new beginnings Programme.

APEC:  Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.

ARF:  ASEAN Regional Forum.

ASC:  ASEAN Security Community.

ASCC:   ASEAN Socio-cultural Community.

ASEAN:  Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

ASEAN+3:   ASEAN plus Japan, China and the Republic of Korea.

ASEM:  Asia-Europe Meeting.

ASTOP:  Asian Senior-level Talks on Non-Proliferation.

AU:  African Union.


B:

BDRT:  Business Dialogue Round Table.

BEGIN:  Basic Education for Growth Initiative.

BIMP-EAGA:  Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area.

BMD:  Ballistic Missile Defense.

BSE:  Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy.

BWC:  Biological Weapons Convention.

C.

CAFTA:  Central American Free Trade Agreement.

CAP:  Collective Action Plan.

CARICOM:  Caribbean Community.

CBRN:  Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear.

CCW:   Convention on Conventional Weapons.

CD:  Conference on Disarmament.

CDM:  Clean Development Mechanism.

CE:  Council of Europe.

CEA:   Council of Economic Advisers.

CEPA:   Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement.

CFSP:  Common Foreign and Security Policy.

CG:   Consultative group.

CIA:   Central Intelligence Agency.

CICP:  Centre for International Crime Prevention.

CIS:   Commonwealth of Independent States.

CNRT:  National Council of Timorese Resistance.

COP:  Conference of the Parties.

COP9:  Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties.

CPA:  Coalition Provisional Authority.

CSCAP: Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific.

CTAG: Counter-Terrorism Action Group.

CTBT: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

CTC: Counter-Terrorism Committee.

CTTF: Counter Terrorism Task Force.

CWC: Chemical Weapons Convention.

D.

DAC: Development Assistance Committee.

DDR: Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration of ex-combatants.

DDRR: Disarmament, Demobilization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration.

DDT: Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane.

DOMREP: Mission of the Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic.

DSU: Dispute settlement understanding.

E:

EAC: East African Community.

EASG: East Asia Study Group.

EBRD: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

EC: European Community.

ECA: Economic Commission for Africa.

ECB: European Central Bank.

EcoISD: Environmental Conservation Initiative for Sustainable Development.

ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States.

EEA: European Economic Area.

EFTA: European Free Trade Association.

EFTA: European Free Trade Association.

EMU: Economic and Monetary Union.

EMU: European Monetary Union.

EPA: Economic Partnership Agreement.

ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

ESDP: European Security and Defense Policy.

ETTA: East Timor Transitional Administration.

EU: European Union.

EVSL: Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalization.

F:

F/S: Feasibility Study.

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

FARC: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

FASID: Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development.

FATF: Financial Action Task Force.

FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation.

FEALAC: Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation.

FGM: Female Genital Mutilation.

FNL: National Liberation Forces.

FOMC: Federal Open Market Committee.

FRB: Federal Reserve Board.

FTA: Free Trade Agreement.

FTAA: Free Trade Area of the Americas.

G.

G7: Group of Seven.

G8: Group of Eight.

GAM: Free Aceh Movement.

GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

GCA: Global Coalition for Africa.

GDP: Gross Domestic Product.

GFATM: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

GII: Global Issues Initiative on Population and AIDS.

GNP: Gross National Product.

H:

HCOC: Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation.

HIPCs: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries.

HIV/AIDS: Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

HSBC: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.

I:

IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency.

IAI: Initiative for ASEAN Integration.

IAP: Individual Action Plan.

ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization.

ICC: International Criminal Court.

ICJ: International Court of Justice.

ICOC: International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation.

ICPO: International Criminal Police Organization.

ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross.

ICT: Information and Communications Technology.

IDA: International Development Association.

IDEA: Initiative for Development in East Asia.

IDI: Okinawa Infectious Diseases Initiative.

IEA: International Energy Agency.

IEF: International Energy Forum.

IGAD: Inter-Governmental Authority on Development.

IGC: Inter-Governmental Conference.

IGS: Information Gathering Satellite.

IHO: International Hydrographic Organization.

ILO: International Labour Organization.

IMF: International Monetary Fund. .

IMN: Iraqi Media Network.

IMO: International Maritime Organization.

IMS: International Monitoring System.

IODP: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program.

IOM: International Organization for Migration.

ISAF: International Security Assistance Force.

ISS: International Space Station.

ISTC: International Science and Technology Center.

IT: Information Technology.

ITER: International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor.

ITLOS: International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

ITU: International Telecommunication Union.

IUU: illegal, unreported and unregulated.

IWC: International Whaling Commission.

J:

JBIC: Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

JET: Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme.

JETRO: Japan External Trade Organization.

JI: Jamaah Islamiya.

JICA: Japan International Cooperation Agency.

JPF: Japan Platform.

JPO: Junior Professional Officer.

JSEPA: Japan-Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement.

JTPP2: Japan-Thailand Partnership Programme in Technical Cooperation Phase 2.

K:

KDP: Kurdistan Democratic Party.

KEDO: Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization.

KFOR: Kosovo Force.

KR: Khmer Rouge.

L:

LAN: Local area network.

LDC: Least developed countries.

LTTE: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

M:

M&A: merger and acquisition.

MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.

MANPADS: Man Portable Air Defense System.

MAP: Membership Action Plan.

MD: missile defense.

MDGs: Millennium Development Goals.

MILF: Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

MINUGUA: United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala.

MINURCA: United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic.

MINURSO: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara.

MIPONUH: United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti.

MNLF: Moro National Liberation Front.

MONUA: United Nations Observer Mission in Angola.

MONUC: United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

MRA: Mutual Recognition Agreement.

MTCR: Missile Technology Control Regime.

N:

NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement.

NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

NEACD: Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue.

NEPAD: New Partnership for Africa’s Development.

NERICA: New Rice for Africa.

NGO: non-governmental organization.

NIH: National Institutes of Health.

NIOC: National Iranian Oil Company.

NIRA: National Institute for Research Advancement.

NIS: New Independent States.

NLD: National League for Democracy.

NPT: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

NRC: NATO-Russia Council.

NRF: NATO Response Force.

NSF: National Science Foundation.

NSG: Nuclear Suppliers Group.

O:

OAA: Osaka Action Agenda.

OAS: Organization of American States.

OAU: Organization of African Unity.

ODA: Official Development Assistance.

OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

OIC: Organization of the Islamic Conference.

OIE: Office International des Epizootoes.

ONUC: United Nations Operation in the Congo.

ONUCA: United Nations Observer Group in Central America.

ONUMOZ: United Nations Operation in Mozambique.

ONUSAL: United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador.

OPCW: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

OPEC: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

ORHA: Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance.

OSCE: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

OSI: on-site inspection.

P:

PCB: polychlorinated biphenyl.

PCC: Prague Capabilities Commitment.

PECC: Pacific Economic Cooperation Council.

PIF: Pacific Islands Forum.

PKF: Peacekeeping Forces.

PKO: Peacekeeping Operations.

PLO: Palestine Liberation Organization.

PM: Politico-Military.

PMC: ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference.

POPs: persistent organic pollutants.

PP: Political Party.

PRT: Provincial Reconstruction Teams.

PSI: Proliferation Security Initiative.

PSOE: Partido Socialista Obrero Español.

PUK: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

R:

RAMSI: Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands.

RISDP: Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan.

S:

S&D: special and differential treatment.

SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

SACO: Special Action Committee on Okinawa.

SADC: Southern African Development Community.

SAPTA: Agreement on SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement.

SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

SCC: Japan-US Security Consultative Committee.

SCIRI: Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq.

SEC: Securities and Exchange Commission.

SHAPE: Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe.

SLORC: State Law and Order Restoration Council.

SPD: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands.

SPDC: State Peace and Development Council.

SPLM: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement.

SSC: Security Sub-Committee.

START: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

T:

TAC: Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.

TCOG: Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group.

TICAD III: Third Tokyo International Conference on African Development.

TICAD: Tokyo International Conference on African Development.

TMD: Theater Missile Defense.

TNC: Trade Negotiations Committee.

TPRM: Trade Policy Review Mechanism.

TRIPS: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.

U:

UN: United Nations.

UNAMA: United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan.

UNAMET: United Nations Mission in East Timor.

UNAMI: United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq.

UNAMIC: United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia.

UNAMIR: United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda.

UNAMSIL: United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone.

UNASOG: United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group.

UNAVEM I: United Nations Angola Verification Mission I.

UNAVEM II: United Nations Angola Verification Mission II.

UNAVEM III: United Nations Angola Verification Mission III.

UNCITRAL: United Nations Commission on International Trade Law.

UNCPSG: United Nations Civilian Police Support Group in Eastern Slovenia.

UNCRD: United Nations Centre for Regional Development.

UNCRO: United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia.

UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

UNDCP: United Nations International Drug Control Programme.

UNDOF: United Nations Disengagement Observer Force.

UNDP: United Nations Development Programme.

UNEF I: First United Nations Emergency Force.

UNEF II: Second United Nations Emergency Force.

UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme.

UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

UNFICYP: United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.

UNFPA: United Nations Fund for Population Activities.

UNGOMAP: United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

UN-HABITAT: United Nations Human Settlements Programme.

UNHCHR: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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.

UNIIMOG: United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group.

UNIKOM: United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission.

UNIPOM: United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission.

UNMEE: United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

UNMIBH: United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

UNMIH: United Nations Mission in Haiti.

UNMIK: United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo.

UNMIL: United Nations Mission in Liberia.

UNMISET: United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor.

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.

UNMOVIC: United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission.

UNODC: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

UNOGIL: United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon.

UNOMIG: United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia.

UNOMIL: United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia.

UNOMSIL: United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone.

UNOMUR: United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda.

UNOSOM II: United Nations Operation in Somalia II.

UNOSOM: United Nations Operation in Somalia.

UNPREDEP: United Nations Preventive Deployment Force.

UNPROFOR: United Nations Protection Force.

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

UNSCOM: United Nations Special Commission.

UNSF: United Nations Security Force in West New Guinea (West Irian).

UNSMIH: United Nations Support Mission in Haiti.

UNTAC: United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia.

UNTAES: United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium.

UNTAET: United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor.

UNTAG: United Nations Transition Assistance Group.

UNTMIH: United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti.

UNTSO: United Nations Truce Supervision Organization.

UNU: United Nations University.

UNYOM: United Nations Yemen Observation Mission.

V:

VJC: Visit Japan Campaign.

W:

WA: Wassenaar Arrangement.

WAN: wide area network.

WEHAB: Water, Energy, Health, Agriculture and Biodiversity.

WEU: Western European Union.

WFP: World Food Programme.

WHO: World Health Organization.

WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization.

WSIS: World Summit on the Information Society.

WSSD: World Summit on Sustainable Development.

WTO: World Trade Organization.