Building a Better Future for All: Selected Speeches of UN SG Ban Ki-moon 2007-2012

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Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms AMISOM

African Union Mission in Somalia

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

AU

African Union

CARICOM

Caribbean Community

CERF

Central Emergency Response Fund

ECOWAS

Economic Community of West African States

ESCAP

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

ESCWA

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

g7+

Group of fragile and conflict-affected countries

G-8

Group of Eight, a forum of eight of the largest world’s economies

G-20

Group of Twenty, a forum of twenty major economies

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

ICC

International Criminal Court

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

MDGs

Millennium Development Goals

MINUSTAH United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

NGO/NGOs Non-Governmental Organization(s) OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

P5+1

Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and United States) plus Germany; grouping formed for diplomatic efforts related to Iran’s nuclear programme


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