Abbreviations commonly used in the Yearbook ACABQ
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
AU
African Union
BINUB
United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi
BONUCA
United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in the Central African Republic
CARICOM
Caribbean Community
CEB
United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination
OAS
Organization of American States
OCHA
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
ODA
official development assistance
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OHCHR
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
OIOS
Office of Internal Oversight Services
OSCE
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
PA
Palestinian Authority
UNAIDS
Joint United Nations Programme on hiv/aids
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
CPC
Committee for Programme and Coordination
DPKO
Department of Peacekeeping Operations
DPRK
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo
ECA
Economic Commission for Africa
ECE
Economic Commission for Europe
ECLAC
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
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
EU
European Union
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
HIV/AIDS
human immunodeficiency virus/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
IAEA
UNHCR
International Atomic Energy Agency
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund
ICC
International Criminal Court
UNIDO
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
ICJ
International Court of Justice
UNIFIL
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
ICRC
International Committee of the Red Cross
UNIPSIL
ICSC
International Civil Service Commission
United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone
ICTR
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
UNMIK
ICTY
International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
IDPs
internally displaced persons
UNMIL
United Nations Mission in Liberia
IFAD
International Fund for Agricultural Development
UNMIS
United Nations Mission in the Sudan
IFC
International Finance Corporation
UNMIT
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste
ILO
International Labour Organization
UNOCI
United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire
IMF
International Monetary Fund
UNODC
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
IMO
International Maritime Organization
UNOGBIS
ITU
International Telecommunication Union
United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau
JIU
Joint Inspection Unit
UNOMIG
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
LDC
least developed country
UNOPS
United Nations Office for Project Services
MDGs
Millennium Development Goals
UNOWA
Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa
MINURCAT United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad
UNRWA
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
MINURSO
UNTSO
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
WFP
World Food Programme
WHO
World Health Organization
WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization
UNAMA
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
UNAMI
United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq
UNAMID
African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur
UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDOF
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFICYP
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
UNFPA
United Nations Population Fund
UN-Habitat United Nations Human Settlements Programme
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
MINUSTAH United Nations Stabilization Force in Haiti MONUC
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
NEPAD
New Partnership for Africa’s Development
WMDs
weapons of mass destruction
NGO
non-governmental organization
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
NPT
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
WTO
World Trade Organization
NSGT
Non-Self-Governing Territory
YUN
Yearbook of the United Nations
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