Abbreviations
abih or arbih Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina APC Armored personnel carrier ARSK Army of the Republic of Serbian Krajina (also SVK) B/C/S Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (dominant language in Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro) DS Democratic Party (Zoran Djindjic’s party) EC European Community ECMM European Community Monitoring Mission EU European Union FRY Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FYROM Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia HDZ Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica / Croatian Democratic Union HV Croatian Army HVO Croatian Defense Council (main defense force of Herzeg-Bosna) ICC International Criminal Court ICFY International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia ICJ International Court of Justice (World Court) ICRC International Committee for the Red Cross ICTR International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ICTY International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia IDP Internally displaced person IFOR NATO-led Implementation Force in Bosnia JATD Anti-Terrorist Operations Unit of Serbian MUP JNA Yugoslav People’s Army JSO Special Operations Unit of the Serbian State Security Service, referred to colloquially as the Red Berets or “Frenki’s” JUL United Left Wing of Yugoslavia (Mira Markovic’s party) KDOM Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission KFOR NATO-led peace force in Kosova KLA (UCK) Kosova Liberation Army KOS/KOG Counter-Intelligence Service of JNA KVM Kosovo Verification Mission LDK Democratic League of Kosova (Ibrahim Rugova’s party) MUP Ministry of the Interior, i.e. the police NAM Non-Aligned Movement NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe otp Office of therosecutor P PJP Serbian Special Police Units PTT Post, Telegraph, and Telephone RDB Public Security Division of the Ministry of the Interior of Serbia RS Republika Srpska RSK Republic of Serb Krajina RTS Radio Television Serbia SAJ Serbian MUP Special Anti-Terrorist Units SANU Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences SAO Serbian Autonomous District SBWS Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srem SCG Government of Serbia and Montenegro (Crna Gora) SCSL Special Court for Sierra Leone SDA Party for Democratic Action SDB State Security Service of the Ministry of the Interior of Serbia SDC Supreme Defense Council
xxii Abbreviations SDS Serbian Democratic Party SFOR NATO-led Stabilization Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina SFRJ/SFRY Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Snc Serb National Council SPO Movement for Serbian Renewal (Vuk Draskovic’s party) SPS Socialist Party of Serbia (Milosevic’s party) SRK Sarajevo-Romanija Korps of the VRS SRS Serbian Radical Party (Seselj’s party) SSNO Federal Secretariat for People’s Defense SUP Secretariat of the Interior SVK Serbian Army of the Krajina (also Anglicized as “ARSK”) TO Territorial Defense UCK Kosova Liberation Army UN United Nations UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNPA United Nations Protected Area UNPROFOR United Nations Protection Force UNSG United Nations Secretary General UNSC United Nations Security Council VJ Army of Yugoslavia (FRY) VOPP Vance-Owen Peace Plan VRS Army of Republika Srpska ZNG Croatian National Guard
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