### Appendix A

Abbreviations

B International Organizations and Groups
C Selected International Environmental Agreements
D Cross-Reference List of Country Data Codes
E Cross-Reference List of Hydrographic Data Codes
F Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names

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- B
- C
- D
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ABEDA
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa

ACCT
Agency for the French-Speaking Community (see International Organization of the French-speaking World)

ACP Group
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States

AfDB
African Development Bank

AFESD
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development

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 Antarctic-Environmental Protocol
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

Antarctic Seals
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals

ANZUS
Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty

APEC
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Arabsat
Arab Satellite Communications Organization

ARF
ASEAN Regional Forum

ADB
Asian Development Bank

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 Economic Union

BIMSTEC
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation

Biodiversity
Convention on Biological Diversity

BGN
United States Board on Geographic Names

BIS
Bank for International Settlements

BSEC
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone

C
Commonwealth

c.i.f.
cost, insurance, and freight

CACM
Central American Common Market

CAEU
Council of Arab Economic Unity

CAN
Andean Community of Nations

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

CEMAC
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa

CEPGL
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries

CERN
European Organization for Nuclear Research

CEPT
Conference Europeanne des Poste et Telecommunications

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

Comsat
Communications Satellite Corporation

COMESA
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

CP
Colombo Plan

CPLP
Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa

CSTO
Collective Security Treaty Organization

CTBTO
Preparation commission for the Nuclear-Ban-Treaty Operation

CY
calendar year

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

EBRD
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EC
European Community

ECA
Economic Commission for Africa

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

EEC
European Economic Community

EFTA
European Free Trade Association

EEZ
exclusive economic zone

EIB
European Investment Bank

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

FAX
facsimile

FLS
Front Line States

FOC
flags of convenience

FSU
former Soviet Union

FY
fiscal year

FZ
Franc Zone

G-2
Group of 2

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-24
Group of 24

G-77
Group of 77

GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; now WTO

GCC
Gulf Cooperation Council

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 Secretariat 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

INSTRAW
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women

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

ITSO
International Telecommunications Satellites 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 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

MINURSO
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara

MIGA
Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency

MINUSTAH
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti

MONUC
United Nations Organization 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

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

ONUB
United Nations Operation in Burundi

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

SACU
Southern African Customs Union

SACEP
South Asia Co-opeative Environment Programme

SADC
Southern African Development Community

SCO
Shanghai Cooperation Organization

SAFE
South African Far East Cable

SECI
Southeast European Cooperative Initiative

SHF
super-high-frequency

Ship Pollution
Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)

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

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

UMA
Arab Maghreb Union

UN
United Nations

UNAMSIL
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone

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

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

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

UNITAR
United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNMEE
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea

UNMIK
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

UNMIL
United Nations Mission in Liberia

UNMIT
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste

UNMOGIP
United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

UNMOVIC
United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission

UNOCI
United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire

UNOMIG
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia

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