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
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
Agency for the French-Speaking Community (see International Organization of the French-speaking World)
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States
African Development Bank
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants
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%
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes
Arab Monetary Fund
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals
Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Arab Satellite Communications Organization
ASEAN Regional Forum
Asian Development Bank
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
African Union
Automatic Digital Network
barrels per day
Central American Bank for Economic Integration
Central African States Development Bank
Benelux Economic Union
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
Convention on Biological Diversity
United States Board on Geographic Names
Bank for International Settlements
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone
cost, insurance, and freight
Central American Common Market
Council of Arab Economic Unity
Andean Community of Nations
Caribbean Community and Common Market
citizen's band mobile radio communications
Council of the Baltic Sea States
Customs Cooperation Council
Caribbean Development Bank
Council of Europe
Central European Initiative
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Conference Europeanne des Poste et Telecommunications
Commonwealth of Independent States
see Endangered Species
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
Communications Satellite Corporation
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
Colombo Plan
Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa
Collective Security Treaty Organization
Preparation commission for the Nuclear-Ban-Treaty Operation
calendar year
dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
United States Defense Intelligence Agency
Defense Switched Network
daylight savings time
deadweight ton
East African Development Bank
Eurasian Economic Community
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
European Community
Economic Commission for Africa
Economic Commission for Europe
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Economic Cooperation Organization
Economic and Social Council
Economic Community of West African States
European Coal and Steel Community
European Economic Community
European Free Trade Association
exclusive economic zone
European Investment Bank
European Monetary Union
Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)
Council of the Entente
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
European Space Agency
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
estimate
European Union
European Atomic Energy Community
European Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Food and Agriculture Organization
facsimile
Front Line States
flags of convenience
former Soviet Union
fiscal year
Franc Zone
Group of 3
Group of 5
Group of 6
Group of 7
Group of 8
Group of 9
Group of 10
Group of 15
Group of 11
Group of 24
Group of 77
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; now WTO
Gulf Cooperation Council
General Confederation of Trade Unions
gross domestic product
Greenwich Mean Time
gross national product
gross register ton
global system for mobile cellular communications
Organization for Democracy and Economic Development; acronym for member states - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova
gross world product
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
high-frequency
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Inter-American Development Bank
International Atomic Energy Agency
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
International Civil Aviation Organization
International Chamber of Commerce
International Criminal Court
International Court of Justice (World Court)
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
International Center for Secretariat of Investment Disputes
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
International Development Association
Islamic Development Bank
Internally Displaced Person
International Energy Agency
International Fund for Agricultural Development
International Finance Corporation
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
International Hydrographic Organization
International Labor Organization
International Monetary Fund
International Maritime Organization
International Mobile Satellite Organization
International Maritime Satellite Organization
Indian Ocean Commission
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
International Criminal Police Organization
International Organization of Space Communications
International Olympic Committee
International Organization for Migration
Inter-parliamentary Union
International Organization for Standardization
Internet Service Provider
International Telecommunications Satellites Organization
International Telecommunication Union
International Trade Union Confederation, the successor to ICFTU (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) and the WCL (World Confederation of Labor)
kilometer
kilowatt
kilowatt-hour
Latin American Economic System
Latin American Integration Association
League of Arab States
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)
less developed country
least developed country
see Marine Dumping
see Law of the Sea
Maritime European Communications Satellite
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas
see Ship Pollution
Middle East Telecommunications Project of the International Telecommunications Union
Southern Cone Common Market
megahertz
International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
North American Free Trade Agreement
Nonaligned Movement
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nordic Council
Nuclear Energy Agency
negligible
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Nordic Investment Bank
newly industrializing country
newly industrializing economy
new independent states
nautical mile
Nordic Mobile Telephone
Nuclear Suppliers Group
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water
New Zealand
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
Organization of American States
Organization of African Unity; see African Union
official development assistance
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Organization of the Islamic Conference
International Organization of the French-speaking World
United Nations Operation in Burundi
other official flows
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Partnership for Peace
Pacific Islands Forum
purchasing power parity
Rio Group
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
Southern African Customs Union
South Asia Co-opeative Environment Programme
Southern African Development Community
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
South African Far East Cable
Southeast European Cooperative Initiative
super-high-frequency
Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)
South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement
Secretariat of the Pacific Communities
South Pacific Forum
square kilometer
square mile
Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
Central African Customs and Economic Union
ultra-high-frequency
United Kingdom
Arab Maghreb Union
United Nations
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also know as LOS
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Drug Control Program
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
United Nations Development Program
United Nations Environment Program
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus
United Nations Population Fund
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations Children's Fund
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
United Nations Mission in Liberia
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste
United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission
United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
United Nations Office of Project Services
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
United Nations Security Council
Untied Nations System Staff College
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
United Nations University
World Tourism Organization
Universal Postal Union
United States
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union); used for information dated before 25 December 1991
Coordinated Universal Time
ultra violet
very small aperture terminal
West African Development Bank
West African Economic and Monetary Union
World Confederation of Labor
World Customs Organization
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat
Western European Union
World Food Program
World Federation of Trade Unions
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
World Health Organization
World Intellectual Property Organization
World Meteorological Organization
Warsaw Pact
World Trade Organization