Un Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha)

OCTOBER 2005

UN OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NUMBERS...... 1

A...... 2

B ...... 13

C...... 16

D...... 28

E ...... 32

F ...... 36

G ...... 40

H...... 43

I ...... 47

J...... 54

K ...... 56

L...... 57

M ...... 59

N ...... 66

O ...... 70

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P ...... 73

Q ...... 79

R ...... 80

S ...... 84

T ...... 92

U...... 95

V...... 101

W...... 103

X ...... 105

Y ...... 106

Z ...... 107

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3Rs Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Recovery 4Rs Repatriation, Reintegration, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation

AA African Associated AA Acção Agrária Alemã AA Action Aid (United Kingdom) AAA Acção Agrária Alemã AAA German Agricultural Action (Agro Action Allemande) AAASA Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Sciences in Africa (Ethiopia) Association pour l’avancement en Afrique des sciences de l’agriculture Asociación para el Progreso de las Ciencias Agrícolas en Africa AAB Action Aid Burundi AACA Afghanistan Assistance Coordination Authority AACAN Action Against Child Abuse and Neglect AACC All Africa Conference of Churches (Kenya) - see CETA AAD Acção Angolana para o Desenvolvimento AAD Angolan Development Action AADA Associação de Amigos para o Desenvolvimiento de Angola AADC Associação Angolana para o Desenvolvimento Comunitário AADC Associação para Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Comunitário AADCRIDA Associação Acolhedora para o Desenvolvimento das Crianças Desamparadas de Angola AADDHHbo Associação de Apoio e Desenvolvimento de Deslocados na Huíla no Huambo AADR Associação de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Rural AAEA Afghan Agriculture and Engineering Agency AAECP Asian-Australian Economic Cooperation Programme AAH Action Against Hunger (Aktion Afrika Hilfe) AAIN Action Africa in Need AALSIDA Associação Angolana de Luta Contra o SIDA AAMRO Accounting and Auditing Manual for Research Operations (Philippines) AAPDC Associação pra a Promoção e Desenvolvimento das Comunidades AAR Association for Aid and Relief AARD Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (Indonesia) AARINENA Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa AASA Associação de Amizade e Solidariedade Angola-Alemanha Abandonadas AASF Association Architectes sans Frontières (France) AASL Action Aid Sierra Leone AATL Acção Angolana dos Técnicos de Laboratório para o Desenvolvimento Comunitário AAU Action Aid Uganda AAU Association of African Universities Associations des universités africaines (for official Arabic name, see website) Aba-Shud Apoio Social e Humanitário para o Desenvolvimento ABB Asea Brown Boveri AG ABC American Broadcasting Corporation ABD African bank of Development ABD Area-Based Development ABEK Alternative Basic Education for Karamojong ABLA/ORA Associação de Beneficência Luso-Alemã ABLE ARIC Box Library Extension

ABM Anti-Ballistic Missile ABS Alliance Burundaise contre le SIDA ABSP Agricultural Biotechnology for Sustainable Productivity (MSU, USA) ABU Ahmadu Bello University (Nigeria) ABUBEF Association Burundaise pour le Bien-être Familiale AC Appel Consolidé ACA Associação dos Comandos de Angola ACABEF Association Centrafricaine pour le Bien-être Familiale ACABQ Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions ACAM Associação de Beneficência Luso-Alemã ACAV International Group for Technical Cooperation with Developing Countries ACBAR Agency Coordination Body for Afghanistan ACC Agri Chain Competence Center (Netherlands; see also AKK) ACC Administrative Committee on Coordination ACC Agri Chain Competence Centre ACC Australian Council of Churches (Australia) ACC Agricultural Coordination Committee ACCD Arab Council for Childhood and Development ACCDANA Associação Crista para o Combate á Droga, Alcoolismo e Nicotina ACCT Agence de coopération culturelle et technique (France) Note: nowadays replaced by the AIF ACD Association for Community Development ACD Acção Cooperativa e Desenvolvimento ACDA Agence Centrafricaine du Développement Agricole ACDI Agence canadienne de développement international (Eng.: CIDA) ACEJ Association Congo pour l'Emploi de Jeunes ACER Associação Centro Espiritual Remanescente ACF Action Contre la Faim (NGO) / Action Against Hunger ACF Acção Contra o Fome (Angola) ACFOA Australian Council for Overseas Aid (Australia) ACH Accion Contre el Hambre ACHRED Association Chrétienne pour le Développement ACI Acção Cristã para a Infância ACIAR Centre for International Agency for Food Research ACIAR Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Centre australien pour la recherche agricole internationale ACIF International Action against Hunger (USA) - see AICF ACIS Advance Cargo Information System ACIS Access and Closures Information System ACJ Acção Cristã de Jovens de Angola ACK Anglican Church of Kenya ACLU Afghan Construction and Logistics Unit ACM Associação Cristã da Sociedade ACMD Africa Cassava Mosaic Disease ACMT Anti-Corruption Monitoring Tool ACMV African Cassava Mosaic Virus ACNFP Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (MAFF-UK) ACNS American Council for Nationalities Services (USA)

ACO Area Coordination Office ACORD Agência de Cooperação e Pesquisa para o Desenvolvimento ACORD Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (United Kingdom) ACORDSDR Alliance of Cooperatives for Rural Development ACORN A Community Oriented Rehabilitation Network ACORSDR Aliança de Cooperativa Rudimentar de Solidariedade par o Desenvolvimento Rural ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific (group of states having signed the Lomé convention, see CTA) ACP Afrique-Caraïbes-Pacifique (groupe des pays signataires de la Convention de Lomé, voir aussi CTA) ACP Acumet Catholic Parish ACP Asia, Caribbean Pacific Countries ACR Australian Catholic Relief (Australia) ACROSS Association of Christian Resource Organizations Serving Sudan ACRS Associação Cristã de Reinserção Social ACSAD Arab Centre for the Study of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (Syria) Centre arabe pour l'étude des zones et terres arides ACT Action by Churches Together ACT Agency for Construction and Training ACT Assisting Communities Together ACT/HIA Action by Churches/Hungarian Interchurch Aid ACTED Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development ACTS African Centre for Technology Studies ACTU Australian Council of Trade Unions ACU Aid Coordination Unit ACV Unité Nationale d'Analyse et Cartographie de la Vulnérabilité ACW African Centre for Women ACWF All China Women's Federation ACWW Associated Country Women of the World AD Acçao para o Densenvolvimento ADA Associação dos Empregados de Angola ADA Afghan Development Association ADAC Associação para o Desenvolvimento e Ajuda as Comunidades ADAC Associação para o Desenvolvimento e Apoio Campo ADACRU Associação para Desenvolvimento e Apoio à Criança Rural ADAG Afghan Development Agency ADAM Associação de Desenvolvimento e Ajuda Mutua ADAP Association pour le Développement Agro-Pastoral ADAPZR Associação de Desenvolvimento Agro-Pecuaário e Zonas Rurais ADB Asian Development Bank ADB African Development Bank ADC Agribusiness Development Centre ADC Agricultural Development Corporation ADC Acção de Desenvolvimento Comunitário ADCC Ajuda e Desenvolvimento das Comunidades Carentes ADCP Associação PARA O Desenvolvimento Comunitário Participativo ADDRP Afghan Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration Programme ADEA Association for the Development of Education in Africa

Association pour le développement de l'éducation en Afrique ADEMA Associação para Ajuda e Desenvolvimento da Mulher e da Criança ADEO African Development and Emergency Organisation ADESA Acção de Desenvolvimento Económico Social de Angola ADESPOV Associação de Desenvolvimento e Enquadramento Social das Populações Vulneráveis ADF African Development Fund (Fr. & Sp.: FAD) ADF Agricultural Development Bank ADF Allied Democratic Forces ADFL Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération ADG Associação Deslocados de Guerra ADI Agricultural Development Institute (South Africa) ADIC - Itombwe Action pou le Développement Intégral de la Collectivité d'Itombwe ADIPA Association of Development Research and Training Institutes of Asia and the Pacific (Malaysia) *Association des instituts de recherche et de formation pour le développement de l’Asie et du ADJ Apoio ao Desenvolvimento da Juventude ADMA Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Mulher Angolana ADMERA Acção Angolana p/o Desenvolvimento do Meio Rural e AmBiénte ADPAZR Associação de Desenvolvimento Agro-Pecuária e Zonas Rurais ADPC Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre ADPIC Aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle touchant au commerce ADPP Ajuda de Desenvolvimento de Povo para Povo ADPP (DAPP) Development Aid from People to People (Aide au développement des personnes aux gens) ADRA Adventist Development and Relief Agency Afghanistan International ADRA-A Acção para o Desenvolvimento Rural e AmBiénte ADRA-I Adventist Development and Relief Agency-International ADRAO Association pour le développement de la riziculture en Afrique de l'Ouest ADRC Asian Disaster Reduction Centre ADRIP Association pour le Développement de la Riziculture intensive et du Palmer ADS Afghan Disabled Society ADS Area Development Scheme ADSSE Association pour le Développement Social et la Sauvegarde de l'Environnement Adtranz Adtranz-DaimleChrysler Rail Sysems GmbH AEA Aliança Evangélica de Angola AEC Associação Estrela da Criança AEDKA Action Socio-Economique pour le Développement du Kivu AEDS Associação Evangélica para o Desenvolvimento Social AEE Africa Evangelist Entreprise AEF Africa Enterprise Fund AEF Associação Elos de Fraternidade AEF African Education Fund AEHF Advanced Extremely High Frequency AEHPT Mutual Aid Association of the Physically Handicapped in Chad Association d'Entraide des Handicapés Physiques du Tchad LNGO AEL Association of Evangelicals in Liberia AEP Agricultural Extension Project AEP Afghan Education Projects AEPV Association d'Encadrement de Production et de Vulgarisation en Milieu Rural

AER Aide à l'enfant Réfugié (France) AERC Assistant Emergency Relief Coordinator AERE Association pour l'Etablissement des Réfugiés (France) AERU Advocacy and External Relations Unit (OCHA) AES Anti-Epidemic Station AETF Afghanistan Emergency Trust Fund AEZ Agroecological zone AFA Administrative and Finance Advisor AFAD Ajuda Fraterna para o Desenvolvimento AFAFSI-SWAA Association des Femmes Africaines Face au Sida AFAMODSA Associação de Familias Monoparentais, Órfãos e Deslocados Angola AFAP Australian Foundation for the Peoples of Asia and the Pacific AFB Acid-fast Bacilli AFC Acção Angolana Filantrópica de Caridade AfDB African Development Bank AFDER Acção Africana Cristã de Ajuda Intercambial ao Desenvolvimento AFDL l'Alliance des Forces Démocratiques de Libération AFESD Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development AFFOMECA Associação de Mulheres Empresarias de Cabinde AFIS Aerodrome Flight Information Service AFITA Asian Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture AFJC Association des Femmes Juriste AFM Air Force Manual AFOR Albanian Force AFP Acute Flaccid Paralysis AFP Agence France Presse AFRANE Amitié Franco Afghanistan AFRC Armed Forces Revolutionary Council AFREC African Rescue Committee AFRICARE African Care AFRO Regional Office for Africa (WHO) AFS Adolescent Friendly Services AFSC American Friends Service Committee Inc. (USA) AFSO Assistant Field Security Officer AFSO Area Field Security Officer AFSRE Association for Farming Systems Research and Extension (South Africa) AFVP Association Française des Volontaires du Progrès (France) AGA Assistant Government Agents AGACFEM Association Guinéene pour l'Allègement des Charges Feminines AGBEF Association Guinéene pou le Bien-être Familial (Guinean Association for Family Welfare) AGBIOS Agriculture & Biotechnology Strategies (Canada) AGCD Administration générale de la coopération au développement (Belgium) (Eng.: BADC) AGERI Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (Egypt) AGFUND Arab Gulf Programme for the United Nations Development Organizations AGHCO Afghan-German Help Coordination Office AGIR Projet d'amélioration de la gestion dans les instituts de recherche AGOA Africa Growth and Opportunity Act AGRIS Agricultural Information System (FAO)

AGRISIL Agriculture Sierra Leone AGRISUD Agridud Angola AGS Action for Greening Sahel (INGO) AGTTP Afghan German Technical Training Programme AGUIP Guinean Association for People Living with HIV AHA Animal Health Auxiliaries AHA Africa Humanitarian Action AHDAA Animal Husbandry Development Association for Afghanistan AHDS Afghan Health and Development Services AHK German Chamber of Commerce (AuBenhandelskammer) AHP Austrian Help Programme AHSAO Afghan Health and Social Assistance Organisation AHSBC Associação Humanitária Samuel Grace Coles AHU Action Humanitaire d'Urgence AHV Assistant Health Visitor AI Amnesty International (United Kingdom) AIA Afghanistan Interim Authority AIARC Association of International Agricultural Research Centers AIARD Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development AIAT Assessment institute(s) for agricultural technology (in Indonesia) AIC Africa Inland Church AICARDES Association of Arab Institutes and Centres for Economic and Social Research *Association des instituts et des centres arabes pour les recherches économiques et sociales AICD Associação Ana Itungo Crianças Desemparadas AICF Action Internationale Contre la Faim (France) - see ACIF AID Association Internationale des Juristes Démocrates (Belgium) - see IADL AIDA Association of International Development Agencies AIDAB Australian International Development Aid Bureau AIDES Action et Intervention pour le Développement de l'Encadrement Social AIDS Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome AIF Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie AIFO Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau AIHRC Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission AIKOS Oikos, Cooperation and Development AIM Asian Institute for Management (Philippines) AIM Architectes Ingénieurs du Monde (France) AIM Africa Inland Mission AIMS Afghanistan Information Management System AIS Agricultural Incentives Scheme AISA Association ivoirienne des sciences agronomiques, Côte d'Ivoire AISI African Information Society Initiative (UNECA) AIT Asian Institute of Technology AITEC African IT (Information Technology) Exhibitions and Conferences AJAFDA Associação Juvenil de Apoio as Familias Desfavorecidas AJATERRA Associação Juvenil dos Amigos da Terra AJAV Associação de Jovens para Ajuda aos Vulneráveis AJDC American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc. (USA) AJEL Active, joyful and effective learning

AJUDECA Associação Juvenil para o Desenvolvimento Comunitário AKDN Aga Khan Development Network AKES Aga Khan Educational Services AKF Aga Khan Foundation AKIS Agricultural knowledge and information system AKM Associação Kassulos de Maculusso ALC Abundant Life Church ALDEF Arid Lands Development Focus ALDHU Asociación Latino Americana de Derechos Humanos (Ecuador) ALEDA Association of Local Economic Development Agencies ALISEI Associazione per la Cooperazione Internazionale e l'aiuto Umanitario ALMUA Aliança Muçulmana de Angola ALP Accelerated Learning Programme ALRMP Arid Lands Resource Management Project ALSSA Associação Leonardo Sikufinde Shalon de Angola ALTERNAG Associaçao Guineense de Estudos e Alternativas (Alternative Association for Guinea-Bissau) AMA African Muslim Agency AMAD Agricultural Market Access Database AMAR Apoio aos Menos Amparadas para a Reiserção AMB (Mauritius) Agricultural Marketing Board AMDA Association of Medical Doctors for Asia AMEGA Associação Mútua de Educação Global Angola AMI Assistência Médica Internacional AMI Aide Médicale Internationale (France) AMI International Medical Assistance AMIB African Mission in Burundi AMIC Associaçao dos Amigos das Crianças AMIS African Union Mission in Sudan AMMIGA Associação dos Angolanos Militares Mutilados de Guerra em Angola AMPSRF Association d'Accueil aux Médecins et Personnels de Santé Réfugiés en France AMRAN Afghan Mobile Reconstruction Association AMREF African Medical and Research Foundation AMS Aggregate Measurement of Support AMSCO African Management Services Company (The Netherlands) AMU Asian Monetary Union AMU Arab Maghreb Union ANA Annual Needs Assessment ANABÌE Associação de Naturais e Amigos de Bíe ANADER Agence National d'Appui au Développement Rurale ANAEIM Associação Nacional de Apoio ao Ensino e Instrução de Menores ANC Ante-Natal Care ANC African National Congress ANCB Afghan NGO Coordination Body ANDC Associação National para o Desenvolvimento Comunitário ANDE Associação de Desenvolvimento e Evenglização ANDE Agence Nationale pour le Développement de l'Elevage ANGOAVI Acção Angolana de Apoio às Verdadeiras Viúvas ANGONET Angolan NGO Humanitarian Network

ANP Angolan National Police ANPPCAN African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect ANS Action Nord-Sud/Action North-South ANS/HI Acción Nord-Sud/Handicap International ANV Association of Napata Volunteers AoA Agreement on Agriculture AOAD Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (Sudan) AOR Area of Responsibility APAARI Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (Thailand) APAC Association des Professionnelles Africaines de la Communication APARIS Asia-Pacific agricultural research information system APASU Association du Personnel de l'Administration Scolaire et Universitaire APB Annual Programme Budget APB Afghanistan Programming Body APC Congolese Popular Army, armed wing of the RCD-ML (Armée Populaire Congolaise) APC Anaemia Prevention and Control APC Abyei Peace Committee APD Academy for Peace and Development APD Association for Participation in Development APDA Afar Pastoralist Development Association APDC Associação Plenária para Desenvolvimento Cristã APDRA Association Pisciculture ete Dévéloppement Rural en Afrique Tropicale APE Association des Parents d'Elèves APEAE Association des Parents d'Eléves et des Amis de l'Ecole APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEGS Agricultural Production Extension & General Services (Sierra Leone) APG Association of Guarani Peoples APHA Associação para a promoção dos Homens Angolanos APHC Angolan Provincial Humanitarian Coordinator API American Petroleum Institute APICA Africain Association to Promote Community Initiatives (Association d'Entraide des Handicapés Physiques due Tchad LNGO) APIFE Association pour la protection des Interêts des Femmes et des Enfants APM Anti-Personnel Mine APMB Anti-Personnel Mine Ban APO Associate Professional Officer (UN) APP Acute Placcid Paralysis APPAV Acção de Desenvolvimento Para as Populações APPREDESSI Association pour la Promotion de la Paix, le Reconstruction, de Dévéloppement, la Protection de la Nature et de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre le SIDA APRODEV Association of Protestant Development APS Associazione per la Participazione allo Svillupo APS Acção para a Promoção Social APSDH Acção para Promoção Social dos Direitos Humanos APSME Association pour la Sécurisation de la Mère et de l'Enfant APSO Agency for Personal Service Overseas (Ireland) APV Acção pela Vida - Angola AQ Amodiaquine

AQOCI Association québécoise des Organismes de Coopération Internationale (Canada) AQUA UÍGE Aqua Uíge ARA Anti-Referendum Army ARC American Refugee Committee ARC Action for the Rights of the Child ARC AIDS-related complex ARC American Red Cross ARC Agricultural Research Cooperation ARC Albanian Red Cross ARC Australian Red Cross ARCHI African Red Cross and Red Crescent Health Initiative ARCS Afghan Red Crescent Society ARD Agricultural Revitalisation Programme ARD Agency for Rehabilitation and Development (Auto-assistance à la Reconstruction et au Dévéloppement) ARDA African Radio Drama ARDA Agency for Rehabilitation and Development of Afghanistan ARDEC Agence Rwandaise pour le Développement et la Coopération ARDF Afghan Relief and Development Foundation AREA Agricultural Research and Extension Authority (Yemen) AREA Agency for rehabilitation and Energy-Conservation in Afghanistan AREEO Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Organization (Iran) AREP Agricultural Recovery and Environmental Protection AREP Agricultural Research and Extension Project ARETP Agricultural Research, Extension, and Training Project (Sudan/World Bank) ARF ASEAN Regional Forum ARI Ansar Relief Institute ARI Acute Respiratory Infection ARI Agricultural Research Intensity ARI Acute Respiratory Illness ARIA Authority for Reconstruction of Infrastructure in Afghanistan ARIC ACBAR Resource Information Centre ARIC Agricultural Research Information Centre (Uganda) ARIS Information System for Agricultural Research ARLPI Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative ARM African Revival Ministries ARMT Agricultural Research and Management Training ARP Austrian Relief Programme ARPH Association for the Rehabilitation of Handicapped Persons (Association pour la Réhabilitation des Personnes Handicapées LNGO) ARRA Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs ARRC Animal Resources Research Corporation (Sudan) ARRO Area Rehabilitation and Recovery Operation ARS Area Rehabilitation Scheme ART Agricultural Research Trust (Zimbabwe) ART Anti-Retroviral Treatment ART Afghan Rehabilitation Team ARV Antiretrovirus

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AS Artesunate AS Administrative Services (ISNAR) ASADAP Associação de Solidariedade Ajuda e Desenvolvimento ASAL Arid and Semi-Arid Land ASARECA Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa ASASP Associação Angolana Salvador dos Povos ASAT Anti-Satellite ASAVECA Associação de Solidariedade e Apoio aos Velhos e Crianças ASB Arbeiter Samariter Bund (German Medical Aid Organisation) ASBC Associação Humanitária Samuel Brace Coles Aschiana Afghan Street Working Children and New Approach ASCI Administrative Staff College India ASCM Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (of the WTO) ASCO Agricultural Supply Company ASCOD Association for Community Development (Sierra Leone) ASD Acção de Solidariedade e Desenvolvimento ASDC Associação Social para o Desenvolvimento Comunitário ASDI (Eng.: SIDA): Agence suédoise de coopération internationale au développement ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASF Aviation sans Frontières ASFEGMASI Association des Femmes de Guinée dans la Lutte Contre les IST/SIDA ASG Adult Support Group ASG Afghanistan Support Group ASHAD African Society for Humanitarian Aid and Development ASOFERWA Association de Solidarité des Femmes Ruandaises ASOS AIDS Service Organization ASP Assisting Schools Project ASP Associated Schools Project ASRAMES Association pour l'Approvisionnement en Médicaments Essentiels ASSADEC Association d'Appui au Dévéloppement Intégré ASSEDI Aracno Association des Editeurs Ivoirians ASSODLO Association Haïtienne pour la Maîtrise des Sols et des Eaux ASSOMESCA Association des Œuvres Médicales des Eglises pour la Santé en Centrafricaine ASSONAK Associação de Solidariedade Nacional dos Kalmuts Asyik Name of Child Educational Publication by CARE (West Timor) AT (U) Appropriate Technology (Uganda) ATC Afghan Technical Consultants ATC Air Traffic Control ATJIRB Associação Técnica de Jovens Inovadores e Racionalizadores do Bié ATPSM Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model (of UNCTAD) ATRCW African Training and Research Centre for Women ATT Assessment Technical Team AU African Union AUC United Self-Defence Groups of Colombia AUDER Acteurs Unis pour le Dévéloppement Rural AUFA Associação de Unificação de Famílias Angolanas AusAID Australian Agency for International Development AUSTCARE Australian Care for Refugees (Australia)

AVE ad valorem equivalent Aventis Aventis Pharma AG AVICEN Afghanistan Vaccination and Immunisation Centre AVIMI Apoio às Vitimas Minas AVMIN Assistance aux Victimes des Mines AVRDC Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center AVS Activités Supplémentaires de Vaccination AVSI Associazione Volontari Il Servizio Internazionale (Italy) AVSI Associação Voluntariado para Serviços Internacionais AVULDEC Associação dos Auxiliadores dos Vulneráveis e Defensores de Crianças AWAG Abused Women and Girls Project AWCA Afghan Women Cultural Association AWEC Afghan Women's Education Centre AWG Area Working Group AWN Afghan Women's Network AWO Arbeiterwohlfahrt - Bundesverband e.v. (Germany) AWR Association for the Study of the World Refugee Problem (Italy) AWRC Afghan Women's Resource Centre AWWD Afghan Women Welfare Department

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B&H Bosnia & Herzegovina B/PDA Bo/Pujehun Development Association (Sierra Leone) BAD (Eng.: ADB): Banque asiatique de développement BAD Banque africaine de Développement BADMC Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation BAF Bunkering Adjustment Factor BAfD (Eng.: AfDB): Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement BAFIA Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs, Government of Iran BAJ Bridge Asia Japan Bakornas PB Badan Koordinasi Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana - National Coordinating Board for Disaster Management (Indonesia) BAKORNAS PBP National Coordination Agency for Disaster Management and the Handling of Internally Displace Persons BAL Basic Assistance List BAMC Barbados Agricultural Management Company Limited BAPPEDA Provincial Planning Development Body BAPPENAS National Development Planning Agency (Indonesia) BARC Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council BAS Barbados Agricultural Society BASICS Basic Support for Institutionalising Child Survival BAU Beijing Agricultural University (China BBB Barbados Blackbelly BBC British Broadcasting Corporation BBC-AED BBC - Afghan Education Drama BC Baptist Church BCA Basic Cooperation Agreement BCC Behavioural Change Communication BCC/SIDA Bureau de Coordination Centrale Sida BCG Bacile Calmette Guerin - anti-tuberculosis vaccine BCPR Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery BCZS Bureau Central de Zone de Santé BDD Bureau du développement BDI Federal Association of German Industry and Trade (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie) BDI Burundi BDN Basic Development Needs BDOM Bureau Diocésain des Œuvres Médicales BDS$ Barbados dollars BE Boa Esperança BELACD Office of Research and Liaison for Care and Development (Bureau d'Etude et Liaison pour les Actions Caritatives et de Développement) BET Region of Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti BfAI German Federal Bureau for Information on Foreign Trade (Bundesstelle für AuBenhandelsinformationen) BFHI Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative BHEL Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited BHMAC Bosnia and Herzegovina Mine Action Centre (government-run)

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BICE Bureau Internationale Catholique de l'enfance (Switzerland) - see ICCB BIF Benevolence International Foundation BIFAD Board for International Food and Agricultural Development BiH Bosnia and Hercegovina BIMU Bamako Initiative Management Unit (UNICEF) BIO Benevolence International Organization BIQH Bureau Indépendant sur les Questions Humanitaires (Switzerland) BIRD La Banque mondiale: Banque internationale pour la reconstruction et le développement BIT Bureau International du Travail BIT Bilateral Investment Treaty BKKBN National Planning Coordination Board BLU a Military jargon for "Bomb Live Unit" BM Banque Mondiale BMD Ballistic Missile Defence BMF Balkh Medical Faculty BMU German Federal Ministry for the Environment (Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit) BMWi German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie) BMZ German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung) BMZ Ministry of Technical Cooperation (Germany) BNCR Bureau National de Coordination des Réfugiés/National Bureau for Coordination of Refugees BND National Budget for Development BNEC Bureau National d'Education Catholique BNR Bureau National de Réfugiés BNSC British National Space Centre BNUAO Bureau de Nations Unies pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest BOAD Bureau d'Oeuvre pour l'Action de Développement BoC Bank of China BONIAD-ERO BONIAD Engineering and Reconstruction Organisation BONUCA Bureau des Nations Unies en République Centrafricaine BORIF Bogor Research Institute for Food Crops (Indonesia) BP3 Parent Teachers Association BPI Better Programming Initiative BPRC Budget Planning and Review Committee (UNICEF) BPRM Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (US Government) BPS Bureau Provincial de la Santé BR Budget Revision BRAC Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee BRC Biotechnology Research Institute of CAAS (China) BRCS Burundi Red Cross Society BREDA Bureau régional pour l'éducation en Afrique - (Regional Office for Education in Africa) (UNESCO) BRH Banque de la République d'Haïti (Bank of the Republic of Haiti) BRR Bureau for Rural Rehabilitation BRTI Biomedical Research and Training Institute (based in Zimbabwe) BSEC Black Sea Economic Cooperation

BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH BSS Basic Social Services BSY Anhui BSY Cooling Appliances Co., Limited BTA Biotechnology Trust Africa (Kenya) BTF Balkans Task Force BULOG National Logistics Organization BUND German Section of "Friends of the Earth" (Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland) BVLF Bernard Van Leer Foundation (Netherlands) BWI Bosnian Women's Initiative

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C c.i.f. cost, insurance, and freight C4ISR Communications, Command, Control, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance CA Christian Aid CA Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal CA Consolidated Appeal CAA Community Aid Abroad (Australia) CAA Cruz Azul de Angola CAA/AIA Church Action in Angola CAAPI Coordenação das Ajudas Agro-Pecuárias, Pesca e Industrias CABA Children Affected by AIDS CACAs Civil Aviation CARETAKER Authority for Somalia CAD Corpo de Apoio aos Deslocados CAD Children's Aid Direct CADA Central Asian Development Agency CADFM Centre d'Appui au Développement de la Fille Mère CADI Centre pour l'Autosuffisance et le Dévéloppement Intégré CADRC Coopérative pur l'Assistance et le Développement Rural du Congo CAFF Children Associated with Forced Fighting CAFOD Catholic Fund for Overseas Development (United Kingdom) CAG Community Advisory Group CAHS Community-based Animal Health Services CAHW Community Animal Health Worker CAM Comité d'Aide Médicale CAM Christian Aid Ministries CAMAIR Cameroon Airlines CAMEP Centrale Métropolitaine d'Eau Portable CAMP Citizen Army for Multi-Party Politics CAMRI Care Angola Mine related Interventions CANA Caribbean News Agency CANGO Coordinated Assembly of National NGOs CANSAVE Canadian Save the Children Fund or Assoc. Canadienne d'Aide à l'Enfance CAO Chief Administrative Officer CAP Children Assistance Programme CAP Consolidated Appeals Process / Procédure d'appel global CAP Common Agricultural Policy (of the EU) CAPC Convenção para Apoio do Povo Carente CAPDC Centro de Apoio à Promoção e Desenvolvimento de Comunidades CAR Central African Republic CARDI Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute CARDI Consortium for Assistance to Refugees and the Displaced in Indonesia CARDI Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Iinstitute CARE Cooperative for Relief and Assistance CARE Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere (NGO)(Belgium) CARE Care International (NGO) CARE— today Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc

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CAREF Comisión Argentina para los Refugiados del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias CARE-I CARE - International CAREO Centre des Abandonnés et de Réintégration des Enfants Orphelins CARIBCAN Commonwealth Caribbean Countries and Canada CARICOM Caribbean Community CARIS Current Agricultural Research Information System (FAO) CARITAS CARITAS Internationale (Italy) CARITAS International Conference of Catholic Churches CARITAS/Ger. Deutscher Caritasverband e.V. (CARITAS Germany) CARITAS/Neth. Stichting Mensen in Nood (CARITAS Netherlands) CARK Centre of Equipment and Rehabilitation of Kabalaye (Centre d'Appareillage et de Rééducation de Kabalaye) CARK Central Asian Republics and Kazakhstan CARNET Central Asian Republics Network on Health Care Reforms CARP Centre for Agricultural Research Programming (Indonesia) CARP Council for Agricultural Research Policy (Sri Lanka) CAS Central Advisory Service (on Proprietary Technology) (CGIAR) CASA Church Auxiliary for Social Action CASDC Committee on Agricultural Sustainability for Developing Countries CASER Center for Agro-Socio-Economic Research CASEVAC Casualty Evacuation CASIN Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (Switzerland) CAU Agricultural Emergency Operations Coordination CAUP Community Assistance Umbrella Programme (UNDP) CAWS Central Authority for Water Supply and Sewerage CB Capacity Building CBA Convenção Baptista de Angola cba Child Bearing Age CBAHS Community Based Animal Health Services CBAR Comité Belge d'Aide aux Réfugiés (Belgium) CBAW Child Bearing Aged Women CBC Community-Based Centres CBCD Community-Based Comprehensive Development CBD Community-Based RH Workers CBD Community-Based Distributor CBEP Community-Based Environmental Protection CBF Capacity Building Fund CBFA Community-Based First Aid CBHCA Community Based Health Care Association CBI Caribbean Basin Initiative CBO Community Based Organisation CBPP Contagious Bovine Pleura-Pneumonia CBR Community-based Rehabilitation CBR Consultant Bureau for Reconstruction CBRHW Community Based RH Workers CBS Central Bank of Samoa CBS Community-based Services CBS Columbia Broadcasting System

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CBTF Capacity Building Trust Fund CBTPA Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (of the United States) CBU Caribbean Broadcasting Union CCA Common Country Assessment (UN) CCAQ Consultative Committee on Administrative Questions CCC Campus Crusade for Christ CCC Concerned Christian Communities CCC Core Commitments for Children CCCD Combating Communicable Childhood Diseases (USAID) CCCI Conseil Canadien pour la Coopération Internationale (Canada) - see CCIC CCCT Commonwealth Caribbean Countries' tariff CCCU Community Child Care Unit CCD Control of Communicable Diseases CCEM Comisión Católica Española Migratoria CCF Christian Children's Fund CCF Country Cooperation Framework CCF Caribbean Culinary Federation CCFD Comité Catholique Contre la Faim et pour le Développement CCG Center for the Common Ground CCIC Canadian Council for International Cooperation (Canada) - see CCCI CCIJD/JJB Cadre de Concertation des Intervenants pour la Jeunesse en Difficulté / Jeunesse Jumelage du Burundi CCIVS Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service CCL Construction Completion List CCM Christian Council of Mozambique CCM Comitato Collaborazione Medica CCN Council of Churches of Namibia CCPA Canadian Chemical Producers Association CCPM Commission for Coordination with the Peace Keeping Mission CCPM Comisión Católica Peruana Migratoria CCPOQ Consultative Committee on Programme and Operational Questions CCPR International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights CCR Canadian Council for Refugees or Conseil Canadien pour les Réfugiés CCSDPT Committee for Coordination of Services to Displaced Persons in Thailand CCSEA Committee for the Coordination of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation CCSL Council of Churches in Sierra Leone CD Conference on Disarmament CDA Community Development Association CDAP Comprehensive Disabled Afghans Project CDB Caribbean Development Bank CDC Community Development Committee CDC Center for Disease Control (US Dept. Health and Human Services) CDC Civil Defence Committee CDC Community Development Centre CDCA Child Development Centre of Africa CDD Control of Diarrhoeal Diseases CDERA Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency CDF Civil Defence Forces

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CDO Civil Defence Organisation CDP Community Development Project CDPC Children Deprived of Parental Care CDR Croatian Danubian Region CDR Crude Death Rate CD-ROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory CDS Centre de Santé CDV Conseil Dépistage Volontaire CEA Central and Eastern Africa CEAR Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid CEAR Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado CEAS Comite Ecueménica de Acción Social (Argentina) CEAS Church Ecumenical Action in Sudan CEASOP Collaborative Efforts to Alleviate Social Problems CEAWC Committee for the Eradication of Abduction of Women and Children CEBA Centro Evangélico Baptista de Angola CEC Community Education Committee CEC Community Education Concern (Kenya) CECI Centre Canadien d'Etude et de Coopération Internationale CECOJE Community Youth Centres CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women CEDC Children in Especially Difficult Circumstances CEDEAO La Communauté Economique des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Oest CEDEN Comite Evangélico de Desarrollo y Emergencia Nacional CEDJOTA Centro de Jóvenes Trabajadores del Ministerio de Educación y Cultura CEE Central and Eastern Europe CEFIC European Chemical Industry Council (Conseil Européen des Fédérations de l'Industrie Chimique) CEFOGE Centre d'Etude et de Formation en Gestion des Eaux et en Environnement CEHA Centre for Environmental Health Activities CEHI Caribbean Environmental Health Institute CEI Central European Initiative CELADE Centro Latinoamericano de Demografía (Latin American Demographic Centre) CELAM Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (Latin American Conference of Catholic Bishops) CELPA Communauté des Eglises de Pentoôte pour l'Afrique CEM Centro Educativo Matriz (a "hub" school) (Ecuador) CEM Current Evangelical Ministries (International NGO) CEMAC Communauté Economique et Monétaire d'Afrique Centrale CEMIR Conférence Episcopale pour les Migrants et les Réfugiés CEMUBAC (Belgian medical NGO) CENAP Centre d'Alerte et de Prévention des Conflits CENTCOM Central Command CEP Comprehensive Education Programme CEP Permanent Electoral Council CEP Community Empowerment Project CEPAC Communauté de Eglises de Pentecôtistes en Afrique Centrale CEPAD Comite Evangélico pro Ayuda al Desarrollo CEPIS Centro Panamericano de Ingeniería Sanitaria (Pan-American Centre for Sanitary Engineering)

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CEPLANUT Nutrition Planning Centre / Centre de Planification Nutritionnelle CEPPES Curriculum Development, Textbook Provision, Professional Development, and Education Management Information System for Primary Education in Somalia CEPR Comite Ecumenico pro Refugiados CEPREDENAC Centre for the Coordination of Natural Disaster Prevention in Central America CER Company Environmental Reporting CERA Commission of Eritrean Refugee Affairs CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act CERCLIS Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System CERD International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination CERES Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economics CERF Central Emergency Revolving Fund (UN) CES Christian Extension Services CESCR International Convenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights CESOR Centro Social para os Refugiados CESTAS Centro Educazione Sanitaria e Technologie Appropriate Sanitarie CESTT Centre for Environmentally Sound Technology Transfer CESVI Cooperazione e Sviluppo (Italian NGO) CET Common External Staff CETA Conférence des Eglises de toute l'Afrique (Kenya) - see AACC CETEC Centre for Environmental Technologies CEV Conferencia Episcopal Venezolana CFA Franc of the African Financial Community - Franc de la Communauté financière africaine CFA Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes (WFP) CFA Communauté financière africaine CFA Committee on Food Aid CfBT Centre for British Teachers CFC Child Friendly Communities CFC Chlorofluorocarbons CfC Campus für Christ CFCI Child Friendly Community Initiative CFE Conventional Forces in Europe CFG Consolidated Appeal Process Focal Group CFGB Canadian Food Grains Bank CFHSD Community-focused health sector development CFK Concern for the Kurds CFM (Mozambique Railways) CFN Child Focused Network CFNI Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute CFR Case Fatality Rate CFS Child Friendly Spaces CFSA Crop and Food Supply Assessment CFSAM Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission CfSh Cash for Shelter (Chechnya) CFSI Community and Family Services International CFSO Children's Fund of South Ossetia CFTK Care for the Kurds CGU Care and Guidance Unit

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CHA Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance CHAL Christian Health Association of Liberia (NGO) CHAP Common Humanitarian Action Plan (see UNCHAP) / Plan Commun d'Action Humanitaire CHC Community Health Centre CHC Cadre Humanitaire Commun CHC Community Health Committees CHH Child-Headed Household CHO Community Health Officer CHP Centre for Humanitarian Programmes CHP Child Health Post CHP Community Health Programme CHR Centre Hospitalier Regional CHT Community Health Team CHTDB Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board (Bangladesh) CHU University Hospital Centre CHW Community Health Worker CI Caritas Internationalis CI Competitiveness Index CI Cuidados de Infância CIC Association for Cooperation, Interchange and Culture CIC Community Improvement Council CIC Cooperação Intercâmbio e Cultura CIC Children in Crisis CICR Comité International de la Croix-Rouge CICS Centro Internazionale di Cooperazione allo Sviluppo - International Centre for Cooperation and Development CIDA Canadian International Development Agency CIDI Carrefour d'Idees pour le Déveoppement Intégral CIDSE Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité CIE Communication Information et Education CIELSPAL Centro Internacional de Estudios Superiores en Periodismo para América Latina CIES Centro d'Informazione e Educazione alo Sviluppo CIFAD Collectif International des Femmes Africaines pour le Développement CIFEDHOP Centre International de Formation à l'Enseignement des Droits de l'Homme et de la Paix CII CARE International Indonesia CILSS Comité (permanent) inter-Etats de la lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel CIMEA Council for Mutual Economic Assistance CIMIC Civil Military Cooperation CIMMI-GB Commission interministérielle pour les activités de mines et explosifs en Guinée Bissau CIOG Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana CIP International Potato Centre (DPRK) CIPM Campagne International de Interdiction des Mines CIPP Commission for Peace Process CIR UN Inter-Agency Cell for Reinsertion CIR Conseil Italien pour les Réfugiés CIRAD Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Dévéloppement CIRID Centre Independant de Recherches et d'Initiatives pour le Dialogue CIRP Community Infrastructure Rehabilitation Programme

CIRPS Centro Interuniversitario per la Ricerca in Paesi in via di Sviluppo CIS Commonwealth of Independent States CISH Inter-Ministerial Commission for the Humanitarian Situation CISL Confédération Internationale des Syndicats Libres CISP Comitato Internationale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli CISV Communita Impregno Servizio Volontariato CIVPOL Civil Police (West Timor) CJCMOTF Coalition of Joint Civil Military Operation Task Force CJM Congrès Juif Mondial CLCC Creating Learning Communities for Children CLP Contract Laboratory Programme CLU COR Logistics Unit CLUSA Cooperative League of the USA CLW Chittaranjan Locomotive Works CM Cassava Mosaic CMA Southern African Common Monetary Area CMA Christian Mission Aid CMA Civil Military Affairs CMA Community Management Approach CMAC Civilian Military Action Committee CMAO Central Mine Action Office CMATS Central Mine Action Training School CMB Cereal Milk Blend CMCoord Civil Military Coordination CMD Cassava Mosaic Disease CMG Crisis Management Group CMI Civilian and Military Cooperation CMO Court of the Military Order CMR Child Mortality Rate CMS Centre Médico-Sociaux CMT Cut, Make and Trim CMV Cytomegalovirus CMV Cassava Mosaic Virus CNAL Clube dos Naturais e Amigos dos Luandos CNAR Centre National d'Appareillage et de Rééducation de Gitega CNAR National Commission of Reception and Reintegration of Refugees (Commission Nationale d'Accueil et de Réinsertion des Réfugiés) CNC Computer Numerical Control CND Counter Narcotics Department CNDD Conseil National pour la Défense de la Démocratie CNDD-FDD Conseil National pour la Défense de la Démocratie/Forces pour la Défense dela Démocratie (armed opposition group) Burundi CNES Centre National d' Etudes Spatiales CNGR National Centre for Genetic Resources CNIDAH Inter-Sectoral Commission on Demining and Humanitarian Assistance CNLS Conseil National pour la Lutte Contre la SIDA CNN Cable News Network CNO Centre for National Operation

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CNONGD Conseil National des ONGs de Développement CNR Commission on National Reconciliation CNR Commission Nationale des Réfugiés CNRA Centre National de Recherche Agronomique CNRS Commission Nationale pour la Réhabilitation des Sinistrés CNRT National Council of Timorese Resistance CNS Centre de Supplementation Nutritionnel CNSA Centre National de Semences Améliorées CNSA Coordination Nationale de Sécurité Alimentaire (National Food Security Coordination Office) CNSAH Comité National de Solidarité et d'Assistance Humanitaire CNSP Children in Need of Special Protection CNSP Cornell Nutrition Surveillance Programme CNSPM Children in Need of Special Protection Measures CNT Centre de Supplementation Nutritionnel CNT Centre Nutritionnel Thérapeutique CNTA National Centre for Storage and Conservation CNUEH/Habitat Centre des Nations Unies pour les Etablissements Humains et l'Habitat CNVT Comité National des Volontaires au Travail CO Country Office CoA Committee on Agriculture CoAR Coordination of Afghan Relief COBA Children Orphaned by AIDS CoC Code of Conduct CODAIF Comite Diocesano de Ayuda a Inmigrantes Fronterizos CODESA Convention for a Democratic South Africa CODHES Advisory Office for Human Rights and Displacement CoE Council of Europe COERR Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees (Thailand) COES Cabinet Office of the Executive Secretary COFDES Conjunto Fraterno para o Desenvolvimento da Sociedade COFDES Fraternal Development Group COFLOR Coopérative des Fermiers de Logos Rhema COGAT Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories COHDA Community and Human Development Agency COIEPA Inter-Ecclesiastical Committee for Justice and Peace COINDE Consejo de Instituciones de Desarrollo COLFADHEMA Collectif des Femmes Actrices de Développement et de Défense des Droits de la Femme, des Enfants et des Mères en Afrique COM Court of Military Order / Cour d'Ordre Militaire COM/NAV/MET Communication/Navigation/Meteorological COMEDE Comité Médical pour les Exilés COMESA Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa COMPAS Commodity Tracking System (WFP) CONADE Consejo Nacional de Desarollo (National Development Council) (Ecuador) CONALFA Comisión National para la alfabetización (National "Action for Children" Commission (Guatemala) CONAREF Commission Nationale pour les Réfugiés CONASUPO National Company for the Procurement of Popular Commodities (Mexico)

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CONCERN Concern Worldwide CONGA Comité das Organizações Não Governamentais em Angola CONGA Committee for Non-Governmental Organisations in Angola CONGAD Conseil des Organisations non-gouvernementales d'Appui au Développement CONONGAR Coordinadora Nacional de Ong de Ayuda a Refugiados CONPD National Operational Committee for the Prevention of Displacement CONPES Council for Economic and Social Policy COOPI Cooperation Italienne - Cooperazione Internazionale COPE Complementary Opportunity for Primary Education COPUOS Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space COR Commissioner for Refugees COR RSD Commission of Refugees / Refugee Status Determination CORAF/WECARD Conseil Ouest et Centre Africain pour la Recherche et le Développement Agricoles (note: new expanded name; English acronym added too—cf WECARD). CORDAID Catholic Organisation for Relief and Development CORD-SL Counterparts in Rehabilitati8on in Sierra Leone (national NGO) CORP Community Resource Persons COSCI Collectif d'ONG de lutte contre le Sida en Côte d'Ivoire COSPE Cooperazione per lo Sviluppo dei Paesi Emergenti COSV Comitato di Coordinamento delle Organizzazioni per il Servizio Voluntario COSV Coordinating Committee of Voluntary Service COSV Coordenação de Organizações Serviço Voluntário COTA Collectif d'échanges pour la technologie appropriée (Belgium) COTESU Swiss Technological Cooperation Agency CoU Church of Uganda CoVA Commission of Voluntary Agencies CP/CPPD Cadre Permanent de Concertation pour la Protection des Personnes Deplacées CPA Concerned Parents Association CPA Coalition Provisional Authority CPAJ Collectif des Associations des Jeunes CPAR Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief CPC Child Protection Committee CPC Committee for Programme and Coordination CPCD Centre for Peacemaking and Community Development CPHC Centre for Prevention of Humanitarian Catastropes CPI Commission de Pacification de l'Ituri CPIA Comité Permanente Inter-Agences CPLP Communauté des pays de langue portugaise CPMP Country programme management plan (UNICEF) CPN Culture of Peace Network CPPD Cadre Permanent pour la protection des deplacés CPPF National Family Planning Programme Coordination Office CPPS Cultural Preservation Project for Somalia CPR Conseil Portugais pour les Réfugiés CPR Contraceptives Prevailing Rate CPRK Centre Pénitencier et de Rétention de Kinshasa CPRL Consejeria en Proyectos para Refugiados Latinoamericanos CPS Core Programme Strategy

CPT Contagious Pulmonary Tuberculosis CPU Civil Protection Unit CPWG Child Protection Working Group CR Comic Relief CRA Children's Relief Association (NGO) CRA Centrafricaine Agronomic Research CRAA Committee for Rehabilitation Aid to Afghanistan CRAC Conseil de recherches agro-alimentaires du Canada (Eng.: CARC) CRBP Centre for Research on Bananas and Plantain (Cameroon) CRC Congolese Red Cross (Croix Rouge Congolaise) CRC Chiefdom Recovery Committee CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child CRC Caucasian Refugee Council CRC Convention of the Rights of Child CRC Caucasian Refugee Council CRCA Croix Rouge Centrafricaine CRDA Christian Relief and Development Agency (NGO) CRDI Centre de recherches pour le développement international (Canada) (Eng.: IDRC) CRDPC Chechen Refugee and Displaced Persons Council CRE Red Cross Spain CREA Creative Associates - Angola CREAF Centre de Réflexion Europe Afrique CRED Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters CREDO Church-Related Educational Development Organization (NGO) CREP Complimentary Response Education Programme CREPA Centre régional pour l'eau potable et l'assainissement CRH Centralnaya Royonnaya Bolnistsa or District Hospital CRI Coconut Research Institute (Sri Lanka) CRIA Council on Religion and International Affairs CRID Centre de Recherche et d'Information pour le Développement (France) CRM Child-Risk Measure CRO Centre de Recherches Océanologiques (Côte d'Ivoire) CRO Child Rights Officer CROMAC Croatian Mine Action Centre CRP Community Recovery Programme CRPC Commission for Real Property Claims CRRD Community Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Development CRRS Cush Relief and Rehabilitation Society CRS Catholic Relief Services (NGO) CRSAH Comité Régional de Solidarité et d'Assistance Humanitaire CRT Red Cross Chad CRT Commission of Research and Training, Tanzania (see also DRT) CRWRC Christian Reformed World Relief Committee cs/lb (US) cents per pound CSA Child Sexual Abuse C-SAFE Consortium for Southern Africa Food Security Emergency CSB Corn Soya Blend CSBA Centre for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

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CSBM Confidence-and Security-Building Measures CSCCA Cour Supérieure des Comptes et du Contentieux Administratif (Superior Court of Accounts and Contentious Administrative Proceedings) CSCE Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (see OSCE after 1994) CSD Commission on Sustainable Development (UN) CSD Child survival and development CSDC Civilian Society Development Centre CSFI Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation CSFP Child Supplementary Feeding Project CSI Caritas Secours International CSI Coping Strategy Index CSI Consortium for Spatial Information for Agricultural Research CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research—in a number of Commonwealth countries. CSM Civil Society Movement CSM Cerebral Spinal Meningitis CSMLK Centro de Solidariedade Martin Luther King CSO Central Statistics Office (GoSL) CSO Central Statistical Office CSO Community Service Organization CSO Central Statistical Organisation CSO Civil Society Organisation CSPS-TIRA Consortium of Centre for Security and Peace Studies under the Gjahmada University and Tim Independen untuk Rekonsiliasi Ambon/Independent Team for Reconciliation of Ambon CSR Centre for Social Research CST Centres de Supplémentation et Thérapeutiques CST Country Support Team CSW Commercial Sex Workers CSW Commission on the Status of Women (UN) CTA Chief Technical Advisor CTA ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development CTC Community-based Therapeutic Care CTD Control of Tropical Diseases CTG Country Theme Group CTIED Committee for Trade, Industry and Enterprise Development CU Coordination Unit CUAMM International College for Health Cooperation CUAMM Collegio Universitario Aspirante e Medici Missionari CUK Clube Unu Kuntwala CUSAAC Committee for US Action on Asylum Concern CUSO Canadian University Service Overseas (Canada) CUTS Consumer Unity & Trust Society CVA Cruz Vermelha de Angola CVA Capacities and Vulnerabilities Analyses CVC Community Volunteer Counsellors CVE Cruz Vermelha Espanhola CVHW Community Village Health Worker CVI Children's Vaccine Initiative CVT Centre for Victims of Torture

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CW Concern WorldWide CWA Clean Water Act CWBC Child Well-Being Committees CWS Church World Service CWS Church World Service CWW Concern World Wide CYAG Children and Youth Activity Groups CYR Caring for Young Refugees (Japan)

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D/SRSG Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General D3 Disarmament, Demobilisation and Durable Solutions DA District Authorities DAAC District AIDS Action Committee DAC Disaster Aid Centre - United Kingdom DAC Development Assistance Committee (OECD) DAC District AIDS Council DACAAR Danish Communittee for Aid to Afghan Refugees DAFA Demining Agency for Afghanistan Dagestan Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation DAI Dorcas Aid International DAN Development Action Now DANIDA Danish International Development Agency DANIDA Danish Government Funding Agency DAP Fertiliser Diammonium Phosphate DAP Département des Affaires Politiques DaPaDu Dalla Parte Degli Ultimi DAR Development Assistance to Refugees DART Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/OFDA) DASS Danish Assistance to Self Reliance Strategy DAT District AIDS Task Force DAWA Al Da'wa Al Islamiyya DBU Data Base Unit DC Developing Countries DC Dutch Consortium DC Trust Fund for Disaster Relief (OCHA) DCA Danish Church Aid DCI Defence For Children International DCP Department of Civil Protection DD Trust Fund for Strengthening the Office of the Coordinator (OCHA) DD Diarrhoeal Diseases DDA UN Department for Disarmament Affairs DDAC District Development Advisory Committee DDE Direction Département de l'Education DDF Diphtheria Delta Force DDF District Development Fund DDG Danish Demining Group DDHS District Directorate of Health Services DDMC District Disaster Management Committee DDPR Department of Disaster Preparedness and Refugees DDR Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration DDRAG Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration Advisory Group DDRR/R Disarmament, Demobilisation, Reintegration, Rehabilitation/Recovery DDRRR Dissarmament, Demobilisation, Repatriation, Resettlement and Reintegration DDS Direction Départment de la Santè DDSMS Department for Development Support and Management Services (UN)

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DEA Diakonie Emergency Aid DED German Development Service DED PRODABO Agricultural Development Programme for Biltine and Ouaddaï (Programme de Développement Agricole de Biltine et du Ouaddai) DEEDS Data entry evaluation display system (UNICEF) DEG German Society for Investment and Development (Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH) DELVITA Beans, vegetable oil and fortified food DEMSI Distribution of Essential Medical Supplies Initiative DENIVA Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Association DENL Development Education Network for Liberia DEO District Education Officer DEOH Department of Environmental and Occupational Health DEPHA Data Exchange Platform for Horn of Africa DEPSOS Department of Social Affairs DESA Drought Emergency in Southern Africa (appeal) DFDV Department of Training and Veterinarian information Dissemination DFE Design for Environment DFI Department for International Development DFID Department for International Development, United Kingdom DFM Division of Financial Management (UNICEF) DFMS Deep Field Mailing System DFSCO Deputy Field Security Coordination Officer DG Directorate General DG/NARC Donor Group / Northern Uganda, Amnesty and Recovery from Conflict DGB German Trade Union Federation (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund) DGD Directorate Général du Développement DGSP Director General of Prison Services DGVIII Food Security Unit of the European Commission DHA Department of Humanitarian Affairs (UN) DHAC District HIV/AIDS Committee DHC Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator DHD Développement Humain Durable DHK Dortmunder helfen Kurden DHMT District Health Management Team DHP Direction d'Hygiène Public (Directorate of Public Health) DHS Demographic and Health Survey DHSA Development and Humanitarian Services for Afghanistan DHSP District Health Services Project DHT District Health Team DI&A Drug Innovation and Approval DIFAM Deutches Institut fuer Aerztliche Mission DIH Droit International Humanitaire DIHT Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Deutscher Industrie-un Handelstag) DIJE Développement Intégré du Jeune Enfant DIMARSI Disaster Management and Refugee Studies Institute DIMU Data Information and ManageMENT Unit

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DIN Department of Immigration and Nationality DINKES District Health Office DINSOS District Department of Social Affairs DK Diakonia DM Disaster Management DM Deutsche Mark DM German Mark (Deutsche Mark) DMA Database/Mapping Advisor DMEC Developed Market-economy Countries DMK Locally produced supplementary food DMO District Medical Officer DMP Disaster Management Programme DMP Disaster Management Process DMSP Defence Meteorological Support Programme DMT Disaster Management Team DMTP Disaster Management Training Programme DNA National Directorate of Water DNA National Water Department DNAP National Directorate for Social Assistance and Promotion DNEF Direction Nationale d'Economie et Finance DNI National Children's Department DNS Direction Nationale de la Santé DO Designated Offical (for Security - (UN)) DOC Direct Operational Cost DOCS Doctors on Call for Services DoD Department of Defence DoE Department of Education DoE Department of Environment DoH Department of Health DoI Department of Industry (Ministry of Trade and Industry) DOMU District Disease Outbreak Management Unit DOR Diocese of Rumbek DOT Directly Observed Therapy DOT Diocese of Torit DOTS Directly Observed Treatment Short-course DOW Doctors of the World DP Disaster Preparedness DP Displaced People DP Displaced Person DPA Department of Political Affairs (UN) DPA Danish People's Aid DPA Provincial Water Department DPA Division of Public Affairs (UNICEF) DPA Provincial Directorate of Water (Angola) DPAE Direction Provinciale de l'Agriculture et de l'Elevage DPC Direction de la Protection Civile (Directorate of Civilian Protection) DPCSD Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development (UN) DPDRE Direction Prefectorale de Dévéloppement Rurale et Environment

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DPE Direction Préfectorale d'Education DPEA Provincial Directorate for Energy and Water DPH Department of Public Health DPI Department of Public Information (UN) DPKO Department of Peace-Keeping Operations (UN) DPKO/FALD Department of Peace-keeping Operations/Field Administration and Logistics Division (UN) DPOR Provincial Land Registry Services DPP Disaster Prepared Programme DPP Disaster Preparedness and Prevention DPPB Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Bureau DPPB/D Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Bureau / Department DPPC Department for Prevention and Preparedness Commission DPPC Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission DPPC/B Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission / Bureau DPRK Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea DPS District Préfectoral de Santé DPT Diphtheria/pertusis/tetanus vaccine (combined) DPT3 Diptheria Pertussis Tetanus DRA Disaster Relief Agency DRACO UNHCR Regional Directorate for West and Central Africa DRB Disaster Response Branch (OCHA) DRC Danish Refugee Council DRC Democratic Republic of Congo (ex-Zaire) DRC District Recovery Committee DRC Désarmement et Réinsertion Communautaire (Ituri) DRD Direct Rule Districts DRF Drugs Revolving Fund DRO Demobilisation and Re-integration Office DRS Regional Health Management (Direction Régional de la Santé) DSA Daily Subsistence Allowance DSC Direct Support Costs DSCS Defense Satellite Communications System DSF Douleurs sans Frontières DSM Dried Skimmed Milk DSP Defense Support Programme DSRSG Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General DSRSG-HA Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs DT Diphtheria/Pertussis DTC Diphthérie/Tétanos/Coqueluche DTG Donor Technical Group DTP Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis DTT Double Taxation Treaty DV Domestic violence DW Development Workshop DWD Directorate of Water Development DWHH Deutsche Welt Hungerhilfe DWO District Water Officer dwt deadweight tonnes

E Existing EA Enumeration Area EAFGA Enfants Associés aux Forces et Groupes Armés EAM Environmental Area Manager EAP Economic Assistance Project EAPRO East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office (UNICEF) EAR European Agency for Reconstruction EBA Everything-but-Arms (initiative of the EU) EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EBT Entreprise Based Training ebXML Electronic Business using Extensible Markup Language EC European Community (see EU after 1993) EC European Commission EC DG/DEV European Commission Directorate General for Development ECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ECA Economic Commission for Africa (UN) ECCB Eastern Caribbean Central Bank ECCD Early Childhood Care and Development ECC-SGD Early Childhood Care of Survival and Growth Development ECD Early Childhood Development ECE Early Childhood Education ECE Economic Commission for Europe (UN) ECG Emergency Coordination Group ECHA Executive Committee on Humanitarian Affairs ECHO Bureau Humanitaire de la Communauté Européenne ECHO European Commission Humanitarian Office ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN) ECMM European Community Monitoring Mission ECMP Environmental, Civil and Mining Projects ECO Economic Cooperation Office ECO Emergency Oral Contraception ECOMIL Economic Community of West African Countries Mission in Liberia ECOMOG ECOWAS Cease-fire Monitoring Group (Groupe de Surveillance de Cessez-le-feu) ECOSOC Economic and Social Council (UN) ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States ECP Essential Care Package ECPS Executive Committee on Peace and Security ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECRE European Consultation on Refugees and Exiles ECS Episcopal Church of Sudan ECTF Emergency Coordination Task Force ECTS European Credit Transfer System ECU Emergency Coordination Unit ECW Enhanced Commitments to Women ECZ Eglise du Christ au Zaire EDA Areas for Agricultural Development

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EDA Eritrean Demining Authority EDA Station for Agriculture Development (Angola) EDA Economic Development Agency EDAC Environnement et Développement Action et Coopération EDC Education Development Centre EDC Dichloroethane EDD Explosive Detection Dog EDF European Development Fund EDF Eritrean Defence Force EDHEPA Ebnisena Basic Health Education Project for Afghanistan EDHS Eritrean Demographic and Health Survey EDI Electronic Data Interchange EDICESA Ecumenical Documentation and Information Centre for Eastern and Southern Africa EDL Essential Drug List EDO Eritrean Demining Operations EDP Extended Delivery Point (WFP) EDP Electronic Data Processing EDP Eritrea Demining Programme EEA European Economic Area EEBC Ethiopia Eritrea Boundary Commission EEC European Economic Community EECMY Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus EEMET Agreement of the Churches and Evangelical Missions in Chad (Entente des Eglises et Missions Evangeliques au Tchad) EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone EFA Education for All EFG Export Finance and Guarantee Scheme (Government of Samoa) EFNA Emergency Food Needs Assessment EFSC Emergency and Food Security Committee EFSR Emergency Food Security Reserve EGS Employment Generating Schemes EH&S Environment, Health and Safety EHA Emergency Health Action EHA Emergency and Humanitarian Action (WHO) EHDP Eritrean Humanitarian Demining Project EHH Elderly Headed Household EHI Emergency Humanitarian Intervention EHTP Eradication of Harmful Traditional Practices EIL Experiment in International Living (NGO) EIU Economist Intelligence Unit ELB Emergency Liaison Branch (OCHA) ELIZA Enzyme-Link Immuno-Sorbent Assay EMAC Eritrean Mine Action Centre EMAS Environmental Management and Audit Scheme EM-DH Enfants du Monde-Droits de l'Homme EMDR Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing EMERCOM Russian Ministry of Emergencies EMERCOM Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural

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Disasters EMF Eduardo Mondlane Foundation/Stichung EMG Emergency Management Group EMIS Education Management Information System EMM Episcopal Migration Ministries EMMUS Enquête de Mortalité, Morbidité et Utilisation des Services (Survey on Mortality, Morbidity, and Use of Services) EmOC Emergency Obstaetric Care EMOP Emergency Operation EMP Electromagnetic Pulse EMPRESS Emergency Preparedness EMS Environmental Management System EMTP Emergency Management Training Programme EMUWA Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa ENACT Engaging Activities for Involving Children in Community Integration in Indonesia ENCU Emergency Nutrition Coordination Unit ENSO "El Niño Southern Oscillation" ENXA Enxame de Abelhas EO Explosive Ordnance EOC Emergency Obstaetric Care EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal EOS Emergency Obstaetrical Service EP&R Emergency Planning and Response EPA Eau Potable et Assainissement (Water and Sanitation) EPA Economic Partnership Agreement (Cotonou Agreement) EPA Environmental Protection Agency EPAG Emergency Pastoral Action Group EPB Environmental Protection Bureau EPER SUISSE Entraide Protestante Suisse EPF Emergency Programme Fund EPI Epidemiological EPI Extended / Expanded Programme on Immunisation EPMU Education Programme Management EPPOVHA Education for Peace and Prevention of Violence and HIV/AIDS EPR Emergency Preparedness and Response EPS Entry Price System EPZ Export Processing Zone EQU Equilibre (NGO) ERC English Resource Centre ERC Emergency Relief Coordinator ERCS Ethiopian Red Cross Society ERF Emergency Response Fund ERG Emergency Response Group ERM Education aux Risques Lies aux Mines ERM Enfants Réfugiés du Monde ERP Economic Recovery Plan ERP Eritrea Emergency Reconstruction Programme ERPO Emergency Response and Preparedness Officer

ERREC Eritrean Relief and Refugee Commission ERSF Emergency Recovery Support Fund ERT Emergency Response Team ERU Emergency Response Unit (NGO) ERUKIN Encadrement des Réfugiés Urbains de la Ville de Kinshasa ERW Extraordinary Resource Waters ERW Explosive Remnants of War ESA European Space Agency ESAMI Eastern and Southern Africa Management Institute ESAR Engineering Services for Afghanistan Reconstruction ESARO Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (UNICEF) ESB Emergency Service Branch ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN) ESCC Education Sector Coordination Committee ESCWA Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN) ESCWA United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ESF Ecoles sans Frontières ESF Emergency School Feeding ESFP Expanded School Feeding Programme ESU Evaluation and Studies Unit (OCHA) ET East Timor ETAM National Demining School ETIMU East Timor Information and Mapping Unit ETO Ecole Technique Officielle ETSF External Transport Superintendence and Freight EU Etat Unis EU European Union (see EC before 1993) EUB Equipe d'Urgence de la Biodiversité EUE Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia EUM Entraide Universitaire Mondiale EUPD Entre-Aide Universitaire pour le Dévéloppement EURONAID European Association of Non-Governmental Organisations for Food and Emergency Aid EUROPRO Organisation of European National Trade Facilitation Committees EVD Explosive Vapour Detection EVIs Especially Vulnerable Individuals EWARN Early Warning and Response Network EWASH Emergency, Water and Sanitation and Hygiene Coordination Group EWOC Emergency Water Operations Centre EWR Early Warning Report EWS Early Warning System EXIM Export-Import Bank of India

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F.M.T. Calcutá Fundação Madre Teresa de Calcutá f.o.b. free on board FAA Angolan Armed Forces FAB Burundian Army FAC Fonds d'aide et de coopération aux Etats de la communauté FAC Forces Armées Congolaises - Congolese Armed Forces FAD Food for Agriculture and Development Fad'H Forces Armées d'Haïti (Haitian Armed Forces) FALU Food Aid Liaison Unit FAM Food Administration Ministry FAM Food Aid Monitor FAN Fraternidade-Ajuda aos Mais Necessitados FANR Food Agricultural and Natural Resources FAO Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FAP Feldshersko Akusherskij Punkt or First aid/obstetrical station FAP First Aid Point FAPC People's Armed Forces of Congo (Forces Armées Populaire du Congo) FAPLA People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola - Former Angolan Armed Forces until 1992 FAR Fellowship for African Relief FAR Forces Armées Rwandaises FARDC Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo FAS Finance and Administrative Section (OCHA) FAS Fundo de Assistência Social FASHAN Foundation for Advancement of Self-Help in Attaining Needs FASIC Fundación de Ayuda Social de las Iglesias Cristianas FASTRAS Fundación para la Autogestión y Solidaridad de los Trabajadores Salvadoreños FATS Food Aid Transport System FAVDO Forum for African Development Organizations FAWE Forum for African Women Educationalist FAZ Armed Forces of Zaire FBO Field Based Organization FC Force Commander (UNMEE) FC Field Coordinator FCAG Federal Communications Advisory Group (Pakistan) FCCC Framework Convention on Climate Change FCE Foundation for Co-existence FCIL Canadian Fund for Local Initiatives FCO Field Coordination Office FCR France Câble et Radio FCSS Field Coordination Support Section FCSU Field Coordination Support Unit (OCHA) FCTZ Farm Community Trust of Zimbabwe FCU Field Coordination Unit FDD Forces pour la Défense de la Démocratie

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FDI Foreign Direct Investment FDP Final Distribution Point FDP Forward Delivery Point FDRC Flood Damage Rehabilitation Committee FEAU Food Economy Analysis Unit FED Fond Européen de Développement FEG Forum des éducatrices de Guinée FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency (US) FESPAM Panafrican Music Festival (ROC) FEWER Forum on Early Warning and Early Response FEWS Famine Early Warning System (US) FEZ Food Economy Zone FFA Food-for-Asset FFA Food-for-Agriculture FFAR Food-for-Asset Rehabilitation FFH Functional Foods for Health FFH Freedom from Hunger FFH Food-for-Health FFP Foundation for Female Photojournalists FFR Food-for-Recovery FFT Food-for-Training FFW Food-for-Work FGA Africa Development Society FGC Female Genital Cutting FGD Focus Group Discussions FGM Female Genital Mutilation FHH Female-headed Household FHI Food for the Hungry International FHM Family Homes Movement FHRA The Foundation for Human Rights in Asia FIA Future Imagery Architecture FIC Flight Information Centre FICR Fédération Internationale de la Croix Rouge FIDA Fond International pour le Développement et l'Agriculture FIDH Fédération Internationale des Droits de l'Homme FINNIDA Finnish International Development Agency FIO Free in and out FIPI Front for Integration and Peace in Ituri (Front pour l'Integration et Paix en Ituri) FIS Flight Information Service FIS Field Information Support FISCR Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de la Croix Rouge et du Croissant Rouge FISH Fraternidade para a Infância, Solidariedade e Humanismo FITTEST WFP Field IT & Telecommunications Emergency Support Teams FIVIMS Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System FK10 Fokker 10 Aircraft FKM Maluku Sovereignty Front FL France-Libertés FLC Front for the Liberation of Congo (Front de Libération du Congo)

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FLE Family Life Education FLM Rashaida Free Lions Movement FLU Field Liaison Unit FMAR Female Ministry of Animal Resource FMD Foot and Mouth Disease FMI Fonds Monétaire International FMS Federal Migration Service FMTC Fundação Madre Teresa de Calcutá FN Forces Nouvelles FNC Forestry National Corporation FNI Front for National Integration (Front Nationalist et Integrationist) FNL Front National de Libération (France) FNUAP Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population (United Nations Population Fund) FOB Free on Board FOCIS Field office country information system FOCSIV Federazione Organismi Cristiani di Servizio Internazionale Volontario FOCUS/USA Focus Humanitarian Assistance, USA Focus-Europe Focus Humanitarian Assistance, Europe Foundation FOLECO Fédération des ONGs Laïques à Vocation Economique FOMETRO Fond Médical Tropical FOMI Forum des Mamans de l'Ituri FOMUC Force Multilaterale de la CEMAC FONAMES Fond d'action médico sanitaire FONGA Fórum Organizações Não Governamentais em Angola FONGA Forum for Non-Governmental Organisations in Angola FORUT Forbundet Mot Rusgift in Norwegian (League Against Intoxicants) FOS Fonds voor Ontwikkelings Samenwerking FOSA Formation Sanitaire FOS-B Fundo para Cooperação e Desenvolvimento FOS-Belgica Belgium Fund for Development Cooperation FOSENET Farm Orphan Support Trust of Zimbabwe FOST Farm Orphan Support Trust of Zimbabwe FP Family Planning FPA Food Pipeline Agency FPAL Family Planning Association of Liberia FPDC Popular Force for Democracy in Congo (Force Populaire pour la Démocratie du Congo FPI Front Populaire Ivoirien - Ivorian Popular Front FRAD Front pour l'Alliance Démocratique FrBu Francs Burundais FRM Fund Recipients and Managers FRN Forum de Réconciliation Nationale FRODEBU Font pour la Démocratie au Burundi FRPI Patriotic Force of Resistance in Ituri (Force des Resistance Patriotique d'Ituri) FRRA Fashoda Relief and Rehabilitation Association FRS Freight Rebate Scheme FRV Formulaires de Rapatriement Volontoire FRY Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FS Medical Training (Formation Sanitaire)

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FSA Field Security Advisor FSA Field Security Assistant FSAU Food Security Assessment Unit (FAO) FSCO Field Security Coordination Officer FSCO Field Security Chief Officer FSD Foundation Suisse pour le Déminage FSD Foundation for Swiss Demining FSO Field Security Officer (Officier de Sécurité de Terrain) FSS Federal Security Service FSSWG Food Security Sectoral Working Group FST Family Support Trust FSU Food Security Unit FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas FTC Feed the Children FTDA France Terre d'Asile FTM Fraternité Tiers Monde FTN Freetown FTR Family Tracing and Reunification FTRN Family Tracing and Reunification Network FTS Financial Tracking System FUNGONGA Fundação Angolano de Solidariedade Social e Desenvolvimento FUO Fever of Undetermined Origin FWCC Friends World Committee for Consultation FWCW Fourth World Conference on Women FY CA Former Yugoslavia Consolidated Appeal FYROM Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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G-77 Group of 77 GA Government Agencies GA General Assembly (UN) GAA Acção Agrária Alemã GAA German Agro Action/ Deutsche Welthungerhilfe GAAP UNITA Cabinet for the Implementation of the Lusaka Protocol G-ABC Grémio para AmBíente, Benficência e Cultura GAC Grupo de Apoio à Criança - Pombinha Branca GAM Global Acute Malnutriation GAM Free Aceh Movement GAMAG Grupo de Apoio a Mulher Gravida GAMKI-GMKI Youth and Students Groups of Cristian in Indonesia GAPAR General Association for Palestinian Arab Refugees GAPWUZ General Agriculture and Plantation Workers' Union of Zimbabwe GAR Support Group for Resettlement and Return GARD Groupe d'Aide aux Réalisations pour le Développement GATS General Agreement on Trade and Services GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (see WTO after 1993) GAV Groupe d'Analyse de la Vulnérabilité GAVI Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation GBAO Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast GBS Global Broadcasting System GBSV Gender Based Sexual Violence GBV Gender-Based Violence GBZA Gash Barka Zoba (Regional) Administration GCC Gulf Cooperation Council GCI/GDA Gulu Community Initiatives and Gulu Development Agency GCIFR Guyana Citizens Initiative for Flood Relief GCO Greeting Card and related operations (UNICEF) GCR Greek Council for Refugees GCRV Gross Child Rights Violations GCW General Corporation for Water and Sewerage GDA Gulu Development Agency GDF Guyana Defence Force GDIN Global Disaster Information Network GDP Gross Domestic Product GDS German Development Services GE.1 Specialised Section on Standardisation of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables GE.11 Specialised Section on Standardisation of Meat GE.2 Specialised Section on Standardisation of Dry and Dried Produce (Fruit) GE.5 Specialised Section on Standardisation of Early and Ware Potatoes GE.6 Specialised Section on Standardisation of Seed Potatoes GEF Global Environment Fund GEF Global Environment Facility GEGS Government Export Guarantee Scheme (of Samoa) GEM Girls' Education Movement

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GER Gross Enrolment Ratio GER Global Environment Rate GF Gulu Farmers GFAM Global Fund AIDS Tuberculosis Malaria GFAP General Framework Agreement for Peace GFATM Global Fund on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria GFCF Gross Fixed Capital Information GFIW General Federation of Iraqi Women GFP Governorate Focal Points GFSS Global field support services GHF Global Health Foundation GIC Group d'Information et Communications (Information and Communication Group) GICHD Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining GIEWS Global Information and Early Warning System GIMU/PGDS Geographic Information and Mapping Unit / Population and Geographic Data Section GIN Global Identity Number GINIE Global International Network in Education GIS Geographical Information System GLIA Great Lakes Initiatives GLR Great Lakes Region GLRA German Leprosy Relief Association GM Genetically Modified GMC Global Management Committee (WHO) GMES Global Monitoring for Environment and Security GMP Growth Monitoring and Promotion GMP Good Manufacturing Practices GMT Greenwich Mean Time GMT Grass Roots Management GNF Guinea New Francs GNI Gross National Income GNP Gross National Product GO Governmental Organisation GoA Government of Angola GOAL Irish NGO GoB Government of Burundi GoB Government of Barbados GoE Government of Ethiopia GoI Government of Indonesia GoK Government of Kenya Gor Sport Stadium (West Timor) GoRC Government of the Republic of Congo GoRI Government of the Republic of Indonesia GoS Government of Sudan GoSE Government of the State of Eritrea GoSL Government of Sierra Leone GoSS Government of South Sudan GoT Government of Tanzania GoU Government of Uganda

GoZ Government of Zimbabwe GP Global Partners GP General Practitioner GPA Global Programme on AIDS (WHO) GPA Global Positioning System GPI Gender Parity Index GPP Caring Women's Movement (Gerekan Perempuan Peduli -) GPS Global Positioning System GPSH Grand People's Study House GPT Generalised Preferential Tariff Gr Gramme GRCS Georgian Red Cross Society GRENCODA Grenada Community Development Agency GREP Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme GRET Groupe de Recherche et d'Echanges Technologiques GRF General Return Fund GRI Global Reporting Initiative GRT Gross Registered Tonnes GRT Geographical Review Team GS General Service GSA Food Security Cabinet GSA Department of Food Security GSFR Georgia Self Reliance Fund GSO Geostationary Orbit GSP Generalised System of Preferences GSPC Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédiction et le Combat GSWMA Grenada Solid Waste Management Authority GT Group Thématique GTS Groupe Technique de Suivi (Technical Monitoring Group) GTZ German Technical Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit) GTZ-AG-BAS-Ed GTZ Afghan German Basic Education GURN Government of National Unity and Reconciliation GUSCO Gulu Support for Children Organisation GVA Geneva, Switzerland GVC Gruppo Volontariato Civile GW Guinea Worm GWENET Gulu Women's Network GWEP Guinea Worm Eradication Programme GWI Guyana Water Incorporated

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H ha Hectare HA Hunger Alert HA Hilfswerk Austria HAAQAAD Hanaqaad Umbrella Women's Organisation HAC Humanitarian Affairs Commission HAC Health Action in Crisis HAC Humanitarian Aid Commission HACC Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Centre HACCP Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points HACO Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Office HACU Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit HAD Humanitarian Aid & Development Organisation HAF Humanitarian Aid Forum HAG Humanitarian Analysis Group (Groupe Restreint de Suivi humanitaire) HAI Human Appeal International HAI Helpage International HALO Halo Trust HAM Hak Asasi Manusia (Human Rights) HAMSET HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Sexually Transmitted Disease and TB HAO Horn of Africa Initiative HAO Humanitarian Affairs Officer HAP Humanitarian Action Plan HAP Humanitarian Accountability Project HAP Health Adolescents Project HARCFAD Harare Resource Centre for the Fight Against Destitution HARP Humanitarian Assistance and Recovery Programme HAS Humanitarian Assistance Society HAS Health Area System HAS Humanitarian Air Service HAT Humanitarian Action Team HAVA Helmand Arghandab Valley Authority HBC Home-based Care HBV Hepatitis B Virus HC Hydrocarbons HC Health Centre HC Humanitarian Coordinator HC III Health Centre III HCC Humanitarian Cargo Carriers HCC Al Hussein Cancer Centre HCDH Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme HCDN National High Commission for Demining (Haute Commission pour le Déminage National) HCFC Hydrofluorocarbons HCG Humanitarian Coordination Group HCI human Development Indicator HCIC Humanitarian Community Information Centre HCR Haut commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés

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HCU Humanitarian Coordination Unit HCV Hepatitis C Virus HDC Henry Dunant Centre HDI Human Development Index HDI Human Development Indicator HDIP Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute HDR Humanitarian Daily Ration HDR Human Rights Division HDR Human Development Report HDRC Humanitarian Development Resource Centre HDU Humanitarian Demining Unit HDWG Human Development Working Group HEA Household Economy Approach HEART Health Emergency Assistance and Relief Teams for Tsunami Affected Population HEAT Humanitarian Evaluation and Advisory Team HEB High Energy Blend HEB High Energy Biscuits (fortified) HEB Humanitarian Emergency Branch HECA Horn, East and Central Africa HECM Health Emergency Coordination Meeting HEI Hygiene Educational Institute HEKS Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen der Schweiz HELP HELP Help Hilfe Zur Selfhilfe eV, Bonn HEM High Energy Milk HEP Humanitarian Evacuation Programme HEPG Humanitarian Emergency Group HEWS Humanitarian Early Warning System (OCHA) HF High Frequency HF Hammer Forum HFEA Household Food Economy Approach HFO Hammer Forum ev HH Household HHFS Household Food Security HI Handicap International HIA Hungarian Interchurch Aid HI-B Handicap International - Belgium HIC Humanitarian Information Centre HICFA Humanitarian Information Centre for Afghanistan HI-F Handicap International - France HINAP Health Information Network for Advance Contingency Planning System Hint Horizon International HIPC Heavily Indebted Poor Countries HIS Humanitarian Information Service HIS Health Information System HIV Human Immuno-deficiency Virus HIV/AIDS Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus/Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome HKI Helen Keller International

HL Humanitarian Law HLS Household Livelihood Security HLWG Humanitarian Liaison Working Group HMA UNCT Humanitarian Mine Action HMC Human Moral Care HMC Health Management Committee HMD Health Manpower Development HMD INT. Humanitarian Aid Medical Development HMI Himpunan Mahasiswa Indonesia - Islamic Students Association HMIS Health Management Information Systems HMR Hoechst Marion Roussel HNI-MCP Health Net International - Malaria Control Programme HoA Head of Agencies (UN) HOC Humanitarian Operations Centre HODER Horizonte para o Desenvolvimento Rural HOIA Humanitarian Organisation - International Aid for the Chechen Republic HOPE HIV/AIDS Outreach Programme hp Horse Power HP Humanitarian Principles HP Health Post HPB High Protein Biscuit HPCT Hugh Pilkington Charitable Trust HPP Humanitarian Principles Programme HQ Headquarters HR Human Rights HR Humanitarian Representative HRA High Risk Area HRA Human Resources Administration (UNICEF) HRA Humanitarian Risk Analysis HRCC Human Rights Coordination Centre HRD Human Rights Division (Angola) HRD Human Rights Development HRF Human Response Fund HRFOC Human Rights Field Office for the DR Congo HRFOR Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda (UN) HRG Humanitarian Response Group HRM Human Resources Management HRMU Human Rights Monitoring Unit HRO Human Rights Officer HRPD Human Resources Planning and Development (UNICEF) HRs/RoL Human Rights and Rule of Law HRW Human Rights Watch HS Harmonised System (Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System) HSB Humanitarian Situation Bulletin HSCU Humanitarian Services and Coordination Unit HSF Hôpital Sans Frontières HT Halo Trust HTFA Heat Treatment Forced Air

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HTFEN Humanitarian Task Force for Emergency Needs HTH High Testing Hypochlorite (Chlorine powder) HUEH Hôpital Universitaire d'Etat d'Haïti (Haitian State University Hospital) HURIDOCS Human Rights Information and Documentation System International HURIFO Human Rights Forum HWA Hilfswerk Austria HWG Humanitarian Working Group

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IAAC Integrated Approach to Aid Coordination IAAC Apostolic Church of Seventh Day Adventists IAAG Inter-agency Advisory Group on AIDS IAC Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children IAC International Advisory Committee IACC Inter-agency Coordinating Committee IACP Inter-Agency Contingency Planning IACU Inter-Agency Coordination Unit IADL International Association of Democratic Lawyers (Belgium) - see AID IADP Integrated Area Development Plan IAM International Assistance Mission (NGO) IAM&E Interagency Monitoring and Evaluation IAPSO Inter-Agency Procurement Services Office IARA Islamic African Relief Agency IAS International Aid Sweden IAS Initiative pour une Afrique Solidaire IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC/ECHA Inter-Agency Standing Committee Executive Committee on Humanitarian Affairs IASCCT Inter-Agency Standing Committee Country Team IASC-WG Inter-Agency Standing Committee - Working Group IASM Inter-Agency Security Management IATCPC United Nations Inter-Agency Technical Committee for Programme Coordination IAU Information Analysis Unit IBE International Bureau of Education IBFAN International Baby Food Action Network IBFG International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (Internationaler Bund Freier Gewerkschaften) IBHI Independent Bureau on Humanitarian Issues (Switzerland) - see BIQH IBIS Ibis (formerly World University Service of Denmark) IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (= World Bank) IBS International Bible Society IC Italian Cooperation ICAAC International Conference for Assistance to African Children ICADS Information, Collection, Analysis, and Dissemination System ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation ICBF Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familial (Colombian Institute of Family Welfare) ICBL International Campaign to Ban Landmines ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ICC Interim Care Centre ICC International Chamber of Commerce ICC Ivoire Conference Center ICC Inter-Agency Coordination Committee ICC International Children's Centre ICC Islamic Coordination Council ICC International Criminal Court ICC Information and Coordination Centre

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ICCA International Council of Chemical Associations ICCARI International Consultation on Control of Acute Respiratory Infections ICCB International Catholic Child Bureau (Switzerland) - see BICE ICCIDD International Consultative Council on Iodine Deficiency Disorders ICCPE International Certification Commission for Poliomyelitis Eradication in the Southeast Asia Region ICCR Inter-Church Committee for Refugees ICD Inter-Congolese Dialogue ICD International Classification of Diseases ICDC International Child Development Centre ICDDR, B International Centre for Diarrhoea Disease Research, Bangladesh ICDP International Child Development Programme ICDP International Conference on Population and Development ICDS Integrated Child Development Services (India) ICEDS International Cooperation for Economic Development and Solidarity ICFTU International Confederation of Free Trade Union ICG International Crisis Group ICGLR International Conference on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the GLR ICGVD International Consultative Group for Vaccine Development ICICI Industrial Credit and Investment Corporration of India ICIPE International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology ICJ International Court of Justice ICJ International Commission of Jurists ICJW International Council of Jewish Women ICLA Information, Counselling, and Legal Aid ICMC International Catholic Migration Commission ICMH International Centre for Migration and Health ICMI Muslim Intellectuals' Association ICMPD International Centre for Migration Policy Development ICMPEC International Cooperation, Macro-policy and Economic Cooperation (Ministry) ICN International Council of Nurses ICN Institute of Child Nutrition (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) ICoC International Code of Conduct ICPD International Conference on Population and Development ICRA Institut Centrafricain de Recherches Agronomiques ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics ICRS Information, Counseling and Referral Services ICRS International Churches Relief Services ICRT Instituto Cubano de Radio y Television (Cuban Radio and Television) ICS International Civil Service ICSC International Civil Service Commission ICSID World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes ICSW International Council on Social Welfare (Austria) ICT Information and Communication Technology ICT/WCA Inter-Country Team of West Africa ICTR International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ICUES Igreja Cristã União Espirito Santo

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ICVA International Council of Voluntary Agencies IDA Institute for Agricultural Development IDA International Development Association (The World Bank Group) IDB Inter-American Development Bank IDCP Disposition and Capacity to Pay for Basic Social Services IDD Iodine Deficiency Disorder IDEA Investment in Developing Export Agriculture IDF Israeli Defence Forces IDH Indice de Développement Humain IDIRI Intersectoral Disaster Impact Reduction Initiative IDNDR International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (1990-2000) IDP Internally Displaced Persons IDR Household Expenditure and Income Survey IDRC International Development Research Centre IDS Institute of Development Studies (Horn of Africa) IDS Integrated Disease Surveillance IDSR Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response IDTR Identification, Documentation, Tracing and Reunification IDU Intravenous Drug Users IDWSSD International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade IEBA Igreja Evangélica Baptista em Angola IEBL Inter-Entity Border Lines IEC International Electrotechnical Commission IEC Information, Education, and Communication IECA Igreja Evangélica Congregacional em Angola IECD Integrated Early Childhood Development IED Instituto de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento IEG Income and Employment Generation IEGB Igreja Evangelica de Guinea Bissau IEIA Igreja Evangélica dos Irmãos em Angola IEMF Interim Emergency Multinational Force IERA Igreja Evangélica Reformada de Angola IERCM International Emergency Response Consultative Mechanism IERP Integrated Emergency Response Programme IES Information Exchange System IESA Igreja Evangélica Sinodal de Angola IESPA Igreja do Espirito Santo e Profética de Angola IEU Irrigation Engineering Unit IEU/CAA Igreja Evangélica Unida "Comunhão Anglicana em Angola" IEUA Igreja Evangélica Unida de Angola IFAD Internaitonal Fund for Agricultural Development IFES International Foundation for Electoral Systems IFESH International Foundation for Education and Self Help IFI International Financing Institution IFIS International Financial Institutions IFNS Inter-agency Food and Nutrition Surveillance (programme) IFPPE Interregional Fund for Programme Preparation, Promotion and Evaluation IFRC Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros

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IFRC The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFSP Integrated Food Security Programme IG Instructor's Guide IGA Income Generating Activities IGAD Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (formerly IGADD) IGADD Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development IGO Inter-governmental Organization IHA Initiative Humanitaire Africaine IHE Institue of Water Education (UNESCO) IHE Institute of Health Education IHI International Humanitarian Initiative IHK German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (Industrie-und Handelskammer) IHL International Humanitarian Law IHP International Humanitarian Partnership IHR International Human Rights IIA Institute for Agricultural Research IICA Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture IICL Institute of International Container Lessors IIEP International Institute for Educational Planning IIHL International Institute of Humanitarian Law IIRO International Islamic Relief Organisation IISD International Institue for Sustainable Development IISS International Institute for Strategic Studies IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IIYL International Islamic Youth League IKA Igreja Kimbanguista de Angola ILO International Labour Organization ILPES Instituto Latinoamericano de Planificación Económica y Social IMAS International Mine Action Standards IMC International Medical Corps IMC Inter-Ministerial Committee IMCI Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses IMEP Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation Plan IMF International Monetary Fund IMG International Management Group IMIS Integrated Management Information System IMO International Maritime Organization IMR Infant Mortality Rate IMR Reserve Infant Mortality Reduction Reserve Fund IMS Information Management System IMSB Information Management Services Branch (OCHA) IMSMA Information Management System for Mine Action (database) IMT International Medical Teams IMTF Integrated Management Task Force IMU Information Management Unit IMVF Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr IMWG Inter-Ministerial Working Group INABIF Instituto Nacional de Bienestar Familial (National Institute of Family Well-Being) (Peru)

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INAC National Institute Angola for Children INACAD Instituto Nacional de Apoio à Criança Desnutrida, Desamparada e Deficiente Física INACG International Nutritional Anaemia Consultative Group INACP Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama INADER Institut National pour l'Appui au Dévéloppement Rural INADES INADES Formation INAFOP The National Institute of Vocational Education (Angola) INAP National Institute of Public Administration INAPEM National Institute for Small and Medium Enterprises INAROEE National Institute for the Removal of Obstacles and Explosive Ordnance INAROEO National Institute for the Removal of Obstacles and Explosive Ordnance INC Information Network Committee INC Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee INCD Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Convention to Combat Desertification INE National Institute of Statistics INEA National Institute for Roads in Angola INEE Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies INERA Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomique INGO International Non-Governmental Organisation Ingushetia Republic of Ingushetia, Russian Federation INIDE Instituto Nacional de Investigaçaõe Desenvolvimento da Educaçaõ INLASKO International Lake Sarez Conference INNFA Instituto Nacional del Niño y la Familia (National Institute for the Child and Family) (Ecuador) INP Indonesian National Police INRAP Institut National de Recherche et d'Action Pédagogique INSARAG International Search and Rescue Advisory Group INSS Institute for National Security Studies INSTRAW International Training and Research Institute for the Advancement of Women INTERACT Indonesia Tsunami Earthquake Reponse Act Inter-Aid Inter-Aid Uganda INTERFET International Force for East Timor INTERSOS Coordenação das Organizações de Serviço Voluntário IO International Organisation IOC International Olympic Committee IOC Ïndian Ocean Commission IOCC International Orthodox Christian Charities IOM International Organization for Migration IOSA Integrated Overhead Signals Intelligence Architecture IOV Inter-Office Voucher IPA Inter-Country People's Aid IPA International Paediatric Association IPC Ituri Pacification Commission IPCID International Programme for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders IPD Institut pan-africain de développement (Pan-African Institute for Development) IPH Institute of Public Health IPHD Internaitonal Partnership for Human Development IPM Integrated Pest Management IPMP Portuguese Institute for Preventive Medicine

IPMP Instituto Português de Medicina Preventiva IPN Institut Pédagogique National - National Teacher's Training College IPO International Programme Officer IPPF International Planned Parenthood Federation IPR Intellectual Property Rights IPRSP Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper IPS Inter-Press Service IPSR Intervention Prolongée, Secours et Redressement IPT Intermittent Pregnancy Treatment IPT Intermittent Presumptive Treatment IPTF United Nations International Police Task Force IPU Inter-Parliamentary Union IR Indian Railways IR Islamic Relief IR Immediate Response IRA Islamic Relief Agency IRA Infections respiratoires aigües (Acute respiratory infections) IRAC Indochina Resource Action Center IRC International Rescue Committee (NGO) IRC/CARDI International Rescue Committee (The Consortium for Assisting the Refugees and Displaced in Indonesia) IRCS Indonesian Red Cross Society IRD International Relief and Development IRE Regional Education Inspection IRED Innovations et Réseaux pour le Développement IRESAP Initiative for Economic Recovery and Food Security of the Population (Initiative pour le Renforcement Economique et la Sécurité Alimentaire des Populations) IRIN Integrated Regional Information Network (OCHA) IRIN/CEA Integrated Regional Information Network Central and East Africa IRLAG Information, Referal, Livelihood Assistance and Governance Programme IRM Information Resources Management (UNICEF) IRS Islamic Relief Services IRSEM Institute for Social Re-integration of Ex-Combatants IRSEM National Institute for the Socio-Professional Reintegration of Ex-Military Personnel ISABU Institut des Sciences Agronomique au Burundi ISAF International Security Assistance Force ISAR Science and Agricultural Institute of Rwanda ISARR International Search and Rescue Response ISC Indirect Support Costs ISCA International Save the Children Alliance ISCOS Institut Syndical pour la Coopération au Développement ISDP Interregional sales development programme (GCO) ISDR International Strategy for Disaster Reduction ISE Improved Seed Enterprise ISETI In-service Teacher Training Institute ISFM Improved Soil Fertility Management ISI Israeli Settlements ISMT Inter Sectoral Mobile Teams

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ISO International Organization for Standardization ISODARCO International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts ISP Internally Stuck Person ISPCAN International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect ISRA Islamic Relief Agency ISS International Social Service IST Infection Sexuellement Transmissible ISU Instituto de Solidariedade e Cooperação Universitária IT Information Technology ITAP Immediate and Transitional Assistance Programme for the Afghan People ITC International Trade Centre ITCILO International Training Center of the International Labour Organization ITDG Intermediate Technology Development Group ITEK Institute of Teacher Education Kyambogo ITI Impact Teams International ITN Insecticide Treated Nets ITOS Information Technology Outreach Services ITPWG UN/CEFACT International Trade Procedures Working Group ITSH Internal Transportation, Storage and Handling ITU International Technology Unit (OCHA) ITU International Telecommunication Union ITUT Centre for the Internatinal Transfer of Environmental Technologies (Internationales Transferzentrum für Umwelttechnik GmbH) IU Information Unit IUD Intra-Uterine Device IUE Immunisation universelle de l'enfant (Universal child immunization) IUED Institut Universitaire d'études du Dévéloppement IV Intravenous (Fluid) IVACG International Vitamin A Consultative Group IVF Intravenous Fluid IVS Inland Valley Swamp (rice) IW Cologne Intitute for Business Research (Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft) IWACOR Increase Water Access for Conflict Resolution IWD Information Service of the Cologne Institute for Business Research (Informationsdienst des Institutes der Deutschen Wirtschaft) IWSD Institute of Water and Sanitation Development IYC International Year of the Child IYDP International Year of Disabled Persons IYSH International Year of Shelter for the Homeless IYY International Youth Year

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JAM Jesus Alive Ministries - Life Aid JAM Joint Assessment Mission JANIC Japanese NGO Center for International Cooperation JARP UN Joint Action and Recovery Plan for Somalia JBCC Joint Bilateral Commission of Cooperation JC Joint Commission JCE Joint Committee on Education (UNESCO/UNICEF) JCGP Joint Consultative Group on Policy (UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, WFP, IFAD) JCHP Joint Committee on Health Policy (UNICEF/WHO) JCI Junior Chamber International JDEC Joint Data Exchange Centre JE Japanese Encephalitis vaccine JEFAD Joint ECA/FAO Agriculture Division JEM Justice Equality Movement JFAM Joint Food Assessment Mission JFNAM Joint Food Needs Assessment Mission JFP Joint Forum for Peace JGUAG Joint Government / UNICEF Advisory Group (Bangladesh) JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency JIM Joint Implementation Mechanism JIRO Youth Informed, Responsible and Organised JIU Joint Inspection Unit (UN) JKPIT Local NGO (West Timor) JMC Joint Military Commission JMM Joint Monitoring Mission JNEPI Joint NGO Emergency Preparedness Initiative JNSP Joint nutrition support programme (UNICEF/WHO) JOC Joint Operations Centre JOCUM Jovens com uma Missão em Angola JOCUM Youth with a Mission JOD Job Opportunity Days JOHANNITER Johanniter - Unfall-Hilfe E.V. JOICFP Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning JOSSOTUR Jovens de Serviço Social e Turismo JPCRRD Joint Programme for Community Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Development JPO Junior Professional Officer (UN) JPO Joint Policy of Operation JRC Joint Research Centre JRPU Joint Reintegration Programme Unit JRRC Joint Relief and Rehabilitation Committee JRRS Joint Relief and Rehabilitation Service JRS Jesuit Refugee Service JSAP Judicial System Assessment Project JSCO Joint Security Coordination Office JTU Joint Technical Unit JUH Johanniter Unfall Hilfe e.v.

JVA Juba Valley Alliance JVC Japan International Volunteer Centre JWG Joint Working Group Agreement

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KAETS Kutum Agricultural Extension Society KAP Knowledge, Attitude and Practice KAPB Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Behaviour KASD Korean Association for Supporting the Disabled KBC Kenya Broadcasting Corporation Kcal Kilocalorie KCM Komite Cap-Anamur KCNA Korean Central News Agency KDC Karamoja Development Centre KDOM Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission KFOR Kosovo Force KFPMCHA Korean Family Planning and Mother and Child Health Association KFSM Kenya Food Security Meeting KFSSG Kenya Food Security Steering Group KfW German Development Bank (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) Kg Kilogramme KHRW Kurdistan Human Rights Watch KICWA Kitgum Concerned Women's Association KISP Karamoja Initiative for Peace KISSOKOS Associação Kissoko dos Naturais e Amigos do Kuanza Sul KKTGA Aceh Gender Transformation Working Group KLA Kosovo Liberation Army Km Kilometre KOC Kalembelembe Orthopaedic Centre KOMNASPA National Committee for Child Protection KPHF Kenya Society of Professional Health Workers KPIU Karamoja Project Implementation Unit KRC Kenya Red Cross KTCT Koryo Technical Centre for Traditional Medicine KVA Kilo Volt Ampere KVM Kosovo Verification Mission kWh Kilowatt Hour KYU Kyambogo University

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LAASP Liga Angolana de Amizade e Solidariedade com os Povos LACC Local Aid Coordination Committee LACTU Liga Angolana de Luta Contra e Tuberculose LAF Laminar Air Flow LAF Livelihood Analysis Forum LAN Local Area Network LAP Legal Aid Project LARDEF Liga de Apoio a Reinserção dos Deficientes LAS Local administrative structure LBW Low Birth Weights LC Local Councils LCA Life Cycle Assessment LCC Life Cycle Costing LCHR Lawyers Committee for Human Rights LCI Lions Clubs International LCMD Lutte contre les maladies diarrhéiques (Control of diarrhoea diseases) LD Leigos para o Desenvolvimento LDC Least Developed Countries LDHS Liberia Demography and Health Survey LDP Leadership Development Programme LDU Local Defence Unit LEA Local Education Authority LEC Lesotho Electricity Corporation LED Local Economic Development LEDA Local Economic Development Agency LEISA Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture LEO Low Earth Orbit LEP Landmine Education Programme LEWS Livestock Early Warning System LF Lassa Fever LG Law Group LGA Local government area (Nigeria) LHDA Lesotho Highlands Development Authority LHH Lubhanco House Hwange LHW Lazarus-Hilfswerk Europe LHWP Lesotho Highlands Water Project LIC Low Income Countries LICUS Low Income Countries Under Stress LIFDC Low Income and Food Deficit Country LIRS Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service LIS Landmine Impact Survey LIURD Liberia Islamic Union for Reconstruction and Development LLIN Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets LMAP Land-mine Awareness Programme LMCS Lokichokio Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society LMTC Projet de Lutte contre les Maladies Transmissibles et Carentielles

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LNDC Lesotho National Development Corporation LNG Liquefied Natural Gas LNGO Local Non-Governmental Organisation LNRCS Liberia National Red Cross Society LoU Letter of Understanding LP Leigos para o Desenvolvimento LPA Lembaga Perlindungan Anak - Child Protection Body LPA Lome Peace Accord LPD Location Profile Delivery LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas LPI Life and Peace Institute LPRC Land Policy Reform Commission LPS Location Profile System LRA Lord's Resistance Army LRM Lord Resistance Movement LRRRC Liberia Refugee, Repatriation and Resettlement Commission LSG Let's Save the Generation LSMS Living Standards Measurement Survey LSTG Let's Save the Generation LSWC Liberia Sewerage and Water Corporation Lt Litre LTSH Local Transportation, Storage and Handling LTSH Land Transport, Shipping and Handling LTSH Land-side Transport Storage and Handling LTTE Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTU Logistics and Transport Unit (OCHA) LURD Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy LUSH Liberians United to Serve Humanity LVIA Lay Volunteers International Association LWF Lutheran World Federation LWF/WS Lutheran World Federation/ World Service (NGO) LWF-WS Lutheran World Federation - World Service LWR Lutheran World Relief (USA)

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M m Metre m Metre M&E Monitoring and Evaluation m2 Square Metre m3 Cubic Metre MA Medical Assistant MAA Mine Awareness/ Victim Advisor MAAEE Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs MAAIF Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries MAC Mine-awareness Campaign MAC Ministry for Agriculture and Cooperatives MAC Mine Action Centre (UN) MACA Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan MACC Mine Action Coordination Centre MACI Madi AIDS Control Initiative MACT Mine Action Coordination Team MACWG Mine Action Coordination Working Group MADERA Mission d'Aide au Développment des Economies Rurales en Afghanistan MADR Modernisation and Democratisation Reserve (Government of Mauritius) MAF Mission Aviation Fellowship MAFE Master Farmer MAFMR Ministry of Agriculture, Foresty and Marine Resources MAFS Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security MAG Monrovia Advocacy Group MAG Mine Advisory Group MAI Multilateral Agreement on Investment MAKIFU Associação para a Promoção do Desenvolvimento Comunitário MAMR Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources (Seychelles) MAP Mine Action Programme MAP Mine Action Programme MAP Mine Awareness Programme MAP Management Analysis and Planning MAP Medical Aid for Palestinians MAP Medical Assistance Programmes, International MAPA Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan MAPA National Mine Action Programme Angola MAPESS Ministry of Public Administration, Employment and Social Security MARD Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Barbados MARP Monoclonal Antibody and Recombinant Protein MARUF Multi-Activity Rural Rehabilitation Foundation MARWOPNET Mano River Women Peace Network MASAWA Grenada's Water and Sanitation Agency MASP Ministry of Social Affairs and Women's Protection MASPF Ministry of Social Action and the Promotion of Women MAT Mine Action Team MAT Mine Awareness Trust

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MAT Territorial Administration MAT Ministry of Territorial Administration MATDS Ministère de l'Administration du Territoire, de la Décentralisation et de la Sécurité MBPD Million Barrels per day MBWEMBWA Cooperativa Mbwembwa MC Mercy Corps MCA Muslim-Christian Association MCA Mauritius Chamber of Commerce MCC Monrovia City Corporation MCC Mennonite Central Committee International MCCI Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry MCDA Military and Civil Defence Assets MCDU Military and Civil Defence Unit (OCHA) MCH Mother and Child Health MCHA Mother and Child Health Aid MCHC Mother and Child Health Care MCHP Maternal Child Health Post MCI Mercy Corps International MCI Mercy Corps International MCID Mississippi Consortium for International Development MCIS Multi-Cluster Indicator Survey MCK Washing, Bathing and Toilet Facilities MCL Methodist Church Sierra Leone MCM Management and Coordination Mechanism MCP Malaria Control Programme MCP Minimum Care Package MCPA Mine Clearance Planning Agency MCPU Mine Clearance and Policy Unit (UN) MCRI Maluku Committee Rehabilitation Initiative MDA Médecins d'Afrique MDC Mine Detection Dog Centre MDC Municipal Development Committees MDF Model Demonstration Farm MDG Millenium Development Goals MDM Médecins du Monde MDP/R Ministry of Disaster Preparedness and Refugees MDRNR Ministry of Development of Rural Natural Resources MDRP Multi-Demobilisation and Reintegration Programme MDTF Multi-Donor Trust Fund MEA Measles MEA Multilateral Environmental Agreements MEC Medicos En Catastrophe MEC Ministry of Education and Culture MECC Middle East Council of Churches MEDAIR Medical Environmental Development with Air Assistance MEDEVAC Medical evacuation MEDIC Medical Emergency Development International Committee MEDICO MEDICO International

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MEDS Middle East Development Services MEF Ministry of Economic and Finance MEMISA Medische Missie Samenwerking MENA Middle East and North Africa MENARO Middle East and North Africa Regional Office (UNICEF) Menko Kesra Ministry for peoples Welfare and Poverty Alleviation MENTOR Malaria Emergency Technical and Operational Response MEO Medium Earth Orbit MEP Mother Empowerment Programme MERCI Medical Emergency Relief International MERLIN Medical Emergency Relief International MEST Ministry of Education Science and Technology META Monitoring, Evaluation and Training Agency (MACA IP) METP Ministère de l'Enseignement Technique et Professionnel MFA Multi-Fibre Agreement MFA Mouvement des Forces de l'Avenir MFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs MFDC Mouvement des Forces Démocratiques de la Casamance MFEP Ministry of Finance and Economic Plannig MFEP Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning MFH Markets for Hope MFMR Ministry of Forestry and Marine Resources MFN Most Favoured Nation MGM Menschen Gegen Minen MHNCP Minimum Health and Nutrition Care Package MI Médico International MI Millie litre MIAZAZA Misericórdia dos Amigos do Alto Zaza MIC Mass Immunisation Campaign MICS Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey MIDA Malaysian Industrial Development Authority MIDA Migration for Development in Africa MIF Multinational Interim Force MIFRO Missão sem Fronteiras MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency MIGEFASO Ministry of Gender, Family and Social Affairs MILSTAR Military, Strategic, and Tactical Satellite MINADER Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development MINAGRI Ministry of Agriculture MINALI Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock MINARS Ministry of Social Affairs and Reintegration MINCOMERCIO Ministry of Trade MINDEF Ministry of Defence MINEA Ministry of Energy and Water MINED Ministry of Education MINFAMU Ministry of the Family and Women MINIJUST Ministry of Justice MININT Ministry of Interior

MININTER Ministry of Interior MINIPLAN Ministry of Planning MINISANTE Ministère de la Santé MINJUS Ministry of Justice MINOPS Ministry of Public Works MINPLAN Ministry of Planning MINSA Ministry of Health MINURCA Mission des Nations Unies en République Centrafricaine MINUSTAH United Nations Stabilisation Misison in Haïti MIOB Mission d'Observation de l'OUA pour le Burundi MIP Migration Information Programme MIP Multi-island programme (UNICEF/Easter Caribbean) MIS Management information system (UNICEF) MISP Minimum Initial Service Package MITM Ministry of Industry and Trade Agreement MJP Mouvement pour la Justice et la Paix ML Mãos Livres MLA Monitoring and Learning Achievements MLC Movement for the Liberation of Congo (Mouvement pour la Libération du Congo) MLGRD Ministry of Local Governance and Rural Development MLHW Ministry of Labour and Human Welfare MLM&E Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy MLO Military Liaison Officer MM Medicos Mundi MMR Maternal Mortality Rate MMR Maternal Mortality Rate MMU Mobile Medical Unit MNVLA Movimento Nacional Vida Livre de Angola MO Mission Ost MoA Ministry of Agriculture MoA Ministry of Agriculture MoAAH Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry MoAR Ministry of Animal Resources MOB Main Operating Base MOCAD Moroto Community Association for Development MoCM Ministry of City Management MoD Ministry of Defence MODEL Movement for Democracy in Liberia MoDEP Ministry of Decelopment and Economic Planning MoE Ministry of Education MoE Ministry of Education MoEDT Ministry of Economic Development and Trade MoEHE Ministry of Education and Higher Education MoEN Ministry of Environment MoEP Ministry of Energy and Power MoF Ministry of Finance MoFA Ministry of Food Administration MoGCD Ministry of Gender and Community Development

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MoGD Ministry of Gender and Development MoGSWCA Ministry of Gender, Social Welfare and Children's Affairs MoH Ministry of Health MoHA Ministry of Home Affairs MoHCW Ministry of Health and Child Welfare MoHE Ministry of Higher Education MoHP Ministry of Public Health MoHS Ministry of Health and Sanitation MoHSW Ministry of Health and Social Welfare MoI Ministry of the Interior (Ministère de l'Interieur) MoIA Ministry of Internal Affairs MoJ Ministry of Justice MoL Ministry of Labour MoLG Ministry of Local Government MOLISV Movimento Liberazione e Sviluppo MoLSA Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs MONEC Nomads Development and Environmental Conservation MONUA United Nations Angola Observation Mission (for UNAVEM III) MONUC United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Mission d'Observation des Nations Unies au Congo) MONUC Mission d'Observation des Nations Unies au Congo MoP Ministry of Planning MoPEA Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs MoPH Ministry of Public Health MoPW Ministry of Public Works MoRD Ministry of Rural Development MoSA Ministry of Social Affairs MOSS Minimum Operational Security Standards MoSWGCA Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs MOSWOM Maryanne's Outreach for Single Women and Mother's MoT Ministry of Trade MoU Memorandum of Understanding MoWA Ministry of Women's Affairs MP Members of Paliament MPCE Ministère du Plan et de la Coopération Externe (Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation) MPCI Mouvement Patriotique de Côte d'Ivoire MPDA Movimento de Paz Angolano MPIGO Mouvement Populaire Ivoirien du Grand Ouest MPS Making Pregnancy Safer MRAG Multidisciplinary Regional Advisors Group MRC Macedonian Red Cross MRC Montenegrin Red Cross MRD Ministry of Rural Development MRDA Mundri Relief and Development Association MRE Meals Ready to Eat MRE Mine Risk Education MRF Mission with Regional Function

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MRG Minority Rights Group MRND Mouvement Républicain National pour le Développement et la Démocratie MRP Mortality Reduction Programme MRP Military Reintegration Programme MRR Mortality Reduction Reserve MRR and R Ministry of Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction MRRD Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development MRRDR Ministère à la Réinsertion, à la Réinstallation des Déplaceés et des Rapatriés MRS Migration and Refugee Services MRU Mano River Union MS Multi-Sectoral MSA Mauritius Sugar Authority MSDSP Mountain Societies Development Support Programme MSF Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) MSF/B Médecins sans Frontières/Belgium MSF/CH Médecins sans Frontières/Switzerland MSF/F Médecins sans Frontières/France MSF/H Médecins sans Frontières/Holland MSF-B Médecins san Frontières - Belgium MSF-F Médecins san Frontières - France MSF-H Médecins san Frontières - Holland MSF-S Médecins san Frontières - Switzerland MSG Monitoring and Steering Group MSG Monosodium Glutamate MSME Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises MSP Ministère de la Santé Publique MSPP Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population MSS Mauritius Sugar Syndicate MST/SIDA Maladie Sexuellement Transmissible - syndrome immunodeficence acquise MSX Mid-course Space Experiment MT Metric Tonne MT Metric Tonne MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime MTCT Mother to Child Transmission MTDP Mid-Term Development Plan MTI Ministry of Trade and Industry MTR Mid-Term Review MTR Matrix MTS Mother Theresa Society MUAC Mid-Upper Arm Circumference MVA Manufacturing Value Added MW Megawatt MWD Military War Disabled MWH Maternity Waiting Homes MWL Muslim World League MWSA Maldives Water and Sanitation Authority MYES Ministry of Youths, Education and Sports MYR Mid-Year Review

MYS Ministry of Youth and Sports

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N North N.O. National Officer N/S North and South NAC National AIDS Council NAC National AIDS Council NACID Nazareth Children's Center and Integrated Development NACP National Aids Control Programme NaCSA Natinal Commission for Social Action NAD Naggroe Aceh Darussalam NADAF New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (UN) NaDCC Chlorine tablets NADO Non-attendance Drop-out NAF Needs Assessment Framework NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NAHOL National Ageing and Humanitarian Organisation Liberia NALU National Army for the Liberation of Uganda NARAD The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation NARI National Agriculture Research Institute NARO National Agricultural Research Organization NARO North Africa Regional Office NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration Natcom National Committee (UNICEF) NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NAWF National Anti-War Front NAWOCOL National Women's Commission of Liberia NCA Norwegian Church Aid NCA National Control Authority NCA Norwegian Committee for Afghanistan NCC National Crisis Committee (within the Ministry of Health) NCC National Coordinating Committee NCCC National Coordinating Committee on Children NCCI NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq NCCK Nairobi City Council of Kenya NCCW National Council for Child Welfare NCD Non-Communicable Diseases NCDC National Curriculum Development Centre NCDDR National Commission for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration NCDDRR National Commission for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration NCEW National Confederation of Eritrean Workers NCRC National Children's Rights Committee NCRP National Community Rehabilitation Programme NCRRR National Commission for Reconstruction, Resettlement and Rehabilitation NCWD National Council on Women and Development NDA National Democratic Alliance NDA National Demining Agency NDA Northern Democratic Alliance

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NDB National Development Budget NDC National Demobilisation Commission NDC National Disaster Committee NDF National Development Framework NDI National Democratic Institute NDMC National Disaster Management Centre NDMO National Disaster Management Office NDO National Development Organization NDPH National Directorate of Public Health NDPPC National Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Committee NDS National Drug Service NDTF National Disaster Task Force NDVI Normalised Difference Vegetation Index NE New Education NE North-East NEAFF Northeast Asia Forest Forum NEC National Electoral Commission NEO Near Earth Object NEP North Eastern Province NEPAD New Partnership for African Development NERO National Emergency Relief Organization NERP National Economic Revival Programme NESA Núcleo Europeu de Segurança Alimentar NF Nuova Frontiera NFA National Forest Authority NFE Non Formal Education NFES Non-Formal Education System NFI Non-Food Item NFIDC Net Food Importing Developing Country NFIS National Food Information System NFPE Non-formal Primary Education NG 3rd Naval Group NGO Non-Governmental Organisation NHDR National Human Development Report NHIS National Health Information System NHSCP National Household Survey Capability Programme NID National Immunisation Days NID National Immunisation Day NIDP New Internally Displaced Persons NIDS National Immunisation Days NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency NIS National Institute of Statistics NMACA National Mine Action Coordination Authority NMAO National Mine Action Authority - Operational NMICS National Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey NMPACT Nuba Mountains Programme Advancing Conflict Transformation NMSA National Meteorological Service Agency NNFECS National Non-Food Emergency Contingency Stock

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NNGO National Non-Governmental Organisation NNS National Nutrition Surveys NNSS National Nutrition Survey NNT Neonatal Tetanus NO-A National Officer Level A NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAS Norwegian Organisation for Asylums Seekers NO-B National Officer Level B NO-C National Officer Level C NORAD Norwegian Agency for International Development NORRACOL North Rwenzori Rural Conconservation Link North Ossetia Republic of North Ossetia, Russian Federation NOVIB Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation NPA National Plan of Action for Children NPA Norwegian Peoples Aid NPA National Programme of Action NPK Fertiliser Nutrients - Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium NPL National Priorities List NPMU National Poverty Monitoring Unit NPO/RRAA Norwegian Project Office/Rural Rehabilitation Association for Afghanistan NPOESS National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System NPP National Patriotic Party NPT Non-Proliferation Treaty NPT National Pharmaceuticals Taskforce NRA National Resistance Army NRC National Recovery Committee (GoSL) NRC Norwegian Refugee Council (NGO) NRCI National Research Corporation NRCS National Red Crescent Society NRD Natural Resources Division (UN) NRI Nutrition Research Institute NRM National Resistance Mouvement NRM Natural Resource Management NRMO National Resistance Movement Organisation NRO National Reconnaissance Office NRP National Rice Programme NRRDO Nuba Relief and Rehabilitation Development Organisation NRS Northern Red Sea (zone) (Eritrea) NRS National Recovery Strategy NS National Society NSA National Seed Administration NSAL New Sudan Authority on Land Mines NSARWU National Strategy for the Advancement of Rural Women in Uganda NSC National Security Council NSCADP National System of Comprehensive Assistance to the Displaced Population NSCC National Sudanese Council of Churches NSCC New Sudan Council of Churches NSCSE New Sudan Centre for Statistics and Evaluation

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NSEO National Statistics and Evaluation Office NSMAD New Sudan Mine Action Directorate NSMCCSD National Social Mobilisation Committee for Child Survival and Development NSO National Security Officer NSSA National Social Security Association NTB Non-Tariff Barrier NTB West Nusa Tenggara NTC Non-Trade Concerns NTC National Training Centre NTC National Transportation Company NTCFA National Technical Committee on Food Aid NTGL National Transitional Government of Liberia NTIC Nouvelles Technologies de l'information et de la Communication NTLP National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme NTM National Technical Means NTMV National Technical Means of Verification NTT Nusa Tenggara Timur NU Nations Unies NUEW National Union of Eritrean Women NUEYS National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students NUNV National United Nations Volunteers NUPSNA Northern Uganda Psycho-social Needs Assessment NURP II Northern Uganda Reconstruction Programme II NUSAF Northern Uganda Social Action Fund NUSSF Northern Uganda Social Security Fund NWAB National Women's Association of Bhutan NWC National Water Corporation NWFP North West Frontier Province (Pakistan) NWG Nutrition Working Group NWMT Northwest Medical Teams International NY New York NYHQ New York Headquarters

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O&M Operation and Maintenance OA Operation Advisor OA Operations Advisor OAA Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture OADEC Organisation of Community Assistance to Development OADEC Organização para Ajuda ao Desenvolvimento Comunitário OAM Office of Administrative Management OAP/FPED Opération d'Appui à l'Auto promotion/ Fondation pour l'Etude et le Dévéloppement OAS Organisation of American States OASIS Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards OAU Organisation of African Unity OBS Otto Benecke Stiftung OC Open Continent OCAM Organisation for Children and Adolescent Mothers OCG Operational Coordination Group OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Bureau de la Coordination des affaires humanitaires BCAH) OCHA-RSO OCHA Regional Support Office OCI Outpost Centres Incorporated OCPA Office of the Coalition Provisional Authority OCPH Organisation Catholique pour la Promotion Humaine OCSD Organisation Canadienne pour la Solidarité et le Développement OCT Outbreak Control Team OD Special Account for Programme Support (OCHA) ODA Offical Development Assistance ODA Overseas Development Administration (UK) (now is DFID) ODCA Oxen Driven Cart Ambulance ODCCP Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention ODEB Organisation pour le Développement et l'Environnement au Burundi ODECOM Organização não Governamental para o Desenvolvimento Comunitário ODI Overseas Development Institute ODIC Organisation pour le Dévéloppement Intégré de la Guinée ODIHR Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights ODLAC Associação para o Desenvolvimento de Liga AmBíente Comunitário ODP Obra de Divina Providencia ODPI Orphans Development Programme International ODPR Office for Displaced Persons and Refugees OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OECS Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States OEOA Office of Emergency Operations for Africa (United Nations) OERC Office of the Emergency and Relief Coordinator OES Omdurman El Salaam OF Ombudsman's Office OFADEC Office Africa pour le Developpement et la Cooperation OFDA Office for the U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance OFFP Oil-for-Food Programme

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OFM Open File Mechanism OFR Office for Refugees OFS Operating Field Stations OGARDE Organização DE Apoio à Reinserção Sócio-Económico dos Desmobilizados e Deslocados OGDH Organisation Guinéene pour les Droits de l'Homme OGS Operation Goma Solidarité OH Okra Hills OHAT Organização Humanitária Adriano Teuns OHC Office of the High Commission OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN) OHDACA Overseas Humanitarian Disaster and Civic Aid OHPA Organização Humanitária dos Povos de Angola OHR Office of the High Representative OHRM Office of Human Resources Management (UN) OI Ockenden International OIC Organization of the Islamic Conference OIF Operation Iron Fist OIF II Operation Iron Fist II OIKOS Cooperação e Desenvolvimento (Portuguese NGO) OIM Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations OIP Office of the Iraq Programme OISC Obra de Inserção Social da Criança - São Francisco de Assis OKUTIUKA Okutiuka - Accão pela Vida OLS Operation Life Line Sudan (UN) OMA Organisaçao da Mulher Angolana (Organisation of Angola Women) OMAR Organisation for Mine Awareness and Reconstruction OMAS Obra Missionária de Acção Social OMCV Organisaçao das Muheres de Cabo Verde (Organisation of Cape Verdean Women) OMS Organisation Mondial de la Santé (World Health Organisation) ONARS National Office for Assistance to Refugees and Affected Populations ONEA Office National de l'Eau et de l'Assainissement ONFPP Office National de Formation et de Perfectionnement Professionnel ONG Organisation non-gouvernementale (Non-governmental organisation) ONGDH Organisation Non Gouvernemental de Droits de l'Homme ONGI Organisations Non-Gouvernementale Internationale ONGN Organisation Non-Gouvernementale Nationale ONU SIDA United Nations-AIDS ONUB UN Peacekeeping Mission in Burundi ONUCI French Licorne and UN Côte d'Ivoire ONUDI Organisation des Nations Unies pour le Dévéloppement Industriel OPAM Organisation des Producteurs Artisanaux de Minerais OPC Office de la Protection du Citoyen (Citizens' Protection Office) OPD Out Patient Department OPEC Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPH Old People's Homes OPHAR Office Pharmaceutical of Rwanda OPIC Overseas Private Investment Corporation OPM Office of the Prime Minister

OPM Oxford Policy Management OPS Office for Project Services (United Nations) OPS/OMS Organisation Panaméricaine de la Santé/ Organisation Mondial de la Santé OPSM Special Market Operation OPV Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine OPV3 Oral Polio Vaccine OR Operating Room ORA Orphans, Refugees and Aid ORA Associação de Beneficência Luso ORB Occasional Recuperation Break ORHA Office of the Regional Humanitarian Advisor ORHA Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Affairs ORHC Office of the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator ORS Oral Rehydration Salt OSAPY Organisation pour la Sédentarisaton, Alphabétisation et la Promotion des Pygmées. OSAR Office Central Suisse d'Aide aux Réfugiés OSC Organisation de la Societé Civile OSCE Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSD Occupation Skills Development OSD Occupation Skills Development OSEB Office of the Secretary of the Executive Board OSEC On Site Electrolytic Chlorination OSIL Operation to Save Innocent Lives OSO Operation Support Officer OSOCC On Site Operations Coordination Centre OSRSG Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General ÔST Outer Space Treaty OTI Office of Transition Initiatives (US) OV Onchocerca Vulvulous OV Ockenden Venture OVC Orphans and other Vulnerable Children OVCI Organismo Di Volontariato Per La Cooperazione Internazionale OVG Goma Volcano Observatory OVO Extra Departmental Guard Service of the Ministry of the Interior OXFAM Oxfam UK OXFAM-GB Oxfam GB OXFAM-Q Oxfam Quebec

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P.E.A.C.E. Poverty Eradication and Community Empowerment Programme PA Palestinian Authority PA Palestinian Authority PAC Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania PACE Performance and Competency Enhancement PACE Pan-African Control of Epizootics PACT, INC Private Agencies Collaborating Together PACTA Programme Advancing Conflict Transformation in Abyei PACTO Programmea Angolano de Capacitação e Treinamento Organizacional PADEBU Plateforme de Dévéloppement de Bunyakiri PADIS Pan-African Development Information System PAH Patricia Anne Hotung (Name of a Ship West Timor) PAHO Pan American Health Organization (WHO) PAHO/WHO Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization PAID Policy, Analysis and Information Division (OCHA) PAIGA Promotion of Agriculture and Income Generation Activities PAIGC Parti africain de l'indépendance de la Guinée et du Cap Vert PAIGC African Party for Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde PAM Programme Alimentaire Mondial (World Food Programme) PAMSCAD Programme of Action to Mitigate the Social Costs of Adjustment and Development PAP Poverty Alleviation Programme PAP/RDC Programme d'Assistance aux Pygmées PAPP Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People PAPSCA Programme to Alleviate Poverty and the Social Cost of Adjustment PAR Programmea de Apoio à Reabilitação PARC Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees PARC Pan African Rinderpest Campaign PAROS Prevention of an Arms Race in outer Space Committee PAROs "Beacon" Vulnerability assessment system PAS Performance Appraisal System PASS Project for the Advancement of the School Sector PAT Post Authorisation Table PATH Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health (NGO) PATS Programme d'AppuiTransitoire au Secteur de la Santé PBI Peace Brigades International PBRS Peace Building & Recovery Strategy PC Personal Computer PC Programme Coordinator pc Piece PCAC Programme Cadre d'Appui aux Communautés PCAH Plan Commun d'Action Humanitaire PCBS Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees PCBS Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCE Piece PCF Post-conflict Funds PCG UN/CEFACTPromotion and Communication Group

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PCH Preventive and Curative Health PCI Project Concern International PCMH Princess Christian Maternity Hopital PCP Principled Common Programming PCPC Provincial Child Protection Committee PCTC Pilot Community Therapeutic Centre PDAB Policy Development and Advocacy Branch (OCHA) PDCI Parti Démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire PDCI Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire PDD Presidential Decision Directive PDDRTC Provincial Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Technical Committee PDI/IDP Personne déplacée interne PDM Post Distribution Monitoring PDRH Projet de développement des ressources humaines (Human resources development project) PDS Public Distribution System PDSB Policy Development Studies Branch PDU Policy Development Unit (OCHA) PEA People's Education Association PEAP Poverty Eradication Action Plan PEC Programa Escolar Comunitárrio PEC Plan Económico para Centroamérica (Plan of Economic Cooperation for Central America) PEC Primary Environmental Care PEC Provincial Education Committee PEER Programme for Emergency Education and Reconstruction UNESCO's PEM Protein-energy Malnutrition PEMSD Planning, Evaluation, Monitoring and Statistic Division PEP Peace Education Package PEP Post-Exposure Prevention PEP Post-Exposure Prophylaxis PEPA Provincial Emergency Plan of Action PEPAM National Mine Awareness and Risk Reduction Programme (Angola) PEPARR Provincial Plan of Action for Resettlement and Return PEPC Promoting Effective Peri-natal Care PEPS Peace Education Package for Somalia PES Poverty Eradication Strategy PEV Programme élargi de vaccination (Expanded programme of immunisation) PEWAS Poso Emergency Water and Sanitation (Project) PFO Programme Funding Office (UNICEF) PGIHT Post-Graduate Institute of Health Training PGRI Teachers' Associations PHA People Living with HIV/AIDS PHAL Private Health Association of Lesotho PHARPE Public Health and Rehabilitation Programme for Eritrea (WHO) PHAST Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation PHAST Hygiène Participative et Amélioration des Conditions Sanitaires PHB High Protein Biscuit PHC Public Health Centre PHC Primary Health Care

PHCC Primary Health Care Centre PHCG Provincial Humanitarian Coordination Group PHCO Programmea Humanitário para Crianças Órfãs PHCU Primary Health Care Unit PHD Provincial Health Delegation PHN Provincial Health and Nutrition Committee PHO Polish Humanitarian Organisation PHSD Public Administration, Human Resources and Social Development Division PHU Public Health Unit PHU Peripheral Health Unit PI Progressive Interventions PI Progressive Initiative PIACI-SECI Programmea International de Apoio Cristão para a Infância PIAF Provincial Inter-agency Forum PIB Produit intérieur brut (Gross national product) PIC Peace Implementation Council PIC Programa Infantil Comunitário PICG-IGCP Programme International de Conservation des Gorilles PICTA Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement PID Pelvic Inflammatory Disease PIDB Programme information database PIN People in Need PINF People in Need Foundation PIO Public Information Office PIR Integrated Emergency Response Programme Targeting Vulnerable Groups and Communities in Haïti (IERP) PIRAC Regional Intervention Platform for Americas and Caribbean PISP Pastoral Initiatives Support Programme PK Peace Keeping PKBI Indonesian Planned Parenthood Association PKF Peace Keeping Forces PKK Family welfare movement PLNS Pre- and Post- Missile Launch Notification System PLU Procedimiento de llamamientos Unificados PLWHA People Living with HIV/AIDS PMA Pacquet Minimum d'Activités PMAC Puntland Mine Action Centre PMAS Poverty, Monitoring, and Analysis System PMB Produce Marketing Board PMEU Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Unit PMH Psychosocial Mental Health PMI Indonesian Red Cross PMTCT Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission PMU Pingstmissionens u-landshjälp (Sweden) PMU Project Management Unit PNC Pre-Natal Consultation PND Pre-Natal Death PNE Primary Net Enrolment

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PNEAH National Emergency Programme for Humanitarian Assistance (Angola) PNF Provincial Non-Food Committee PNGRD Plan National de Gestion des Riques et des Désastres (National Risk and Disaster Management Plan) PNH Police Nationale d'Haïti (Haïtian National Police) PNLO Programme National de Lutte contre l'Onchocercose PNLS Plan National de Lutte contre le SIDA (National Programme against AIDS) PNPPDH National Plan of Human Rights Protection and Promotion PNRBC Programme National de Réadaptation à Base Communautaire PNSMC Programme National de Santé Mentale Communautaire PNSR Programme National de Santé de la Reproduction PNUD Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement (United Nations Development Programme) PNUEH Programme des Nations Unies pour les établissements humains PNW Pregnant and Nursing Women PoC Protection of Civilians POCHEP Poste Communautaire d'Hygiène et d'Eau Potable (Community Health, Water, and Sanitation) POLRI Indonesian National Police POP/FLE Population and Family Life Education POPELA Associação Popela POS Promotion Officers Posco At. Local NGO in Atambua (West Timor) Posko Coordinating Post (West Timor) Posyandu Integrated Heath Services Posts (West Timor) POT Periods of Tranquility POWER Post-War Emergency Rehabilitation Programme (UNDP) PPASL Planned Parenthood Association of Sierra Leone PPC Pearson Peacekeeping Centre PPD Plant Protection Department PPEW Promotion of Early Warning PPP Purchasing Power Parity PPR Papulopustular rosacea PPSSP Promotion de Soins de Santé Primaire en Zone de Santé Rurale PPTCT Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal PRA People's Redemption Army PRAC Projet de Réinsertion des Ex-Combattants et d'Appui aux Communautés PRAZEDOR Combater o Dor para Manter o Prazer PRB Pamir Reconstruction Bureau PRC People's Republic of China PRC Peace Resource Centre PRC Programa de Reabilitação Comunitária PRCS Palestine Red Crescent Society PRDA Presbyterian Relief and Development Agency PRDM Programme de Reinsertion et de Démobilisation Multinationale PREALC Programa Regional del Empleo para América Latina y el Caribe PREBU European Union Burundi Rehabilitation Programme

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PREFED Programme Régional d'Echange et de Formation PREMI Programa para la Reducción de la Mortalidad Infantil (Programme for the Reduction of Infant Mortality) (Ecuador) PRGF Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility PRICOR Primary Health Care Operations Research PRIDE Programme Intégré pour le Dévéloppement de l'Enterprise PRISM Local NGO (Guinea) PRITECH Primary Health Care Technology Project (USAID) PRM Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (U.S.Dept.of State) PRO National Trade Facilitation Committee PRO Protected Relief Operation PRO.DO.C.S Progetto Domani: Cultura e Solidarietá PROANDES Programa de la Región Andina (Programme for the Andean Region) PRODE Programmea de Reabilitação e Desenvolvimento PRODECA Programmea de Desenvolvimento das Culturas Agricolas PRODERE Programa para los Desplazados (Programme for Displaced Persons and Refugees) (Central America) PRODIBA Programa Nacional de Solidaridad (National Solidarity Programme) PROFERI Programme for Refugee Reintegration and Rehabilitation of Resettlement Areas in Eritrea PROMESS Programme de Médicaments Essentiels (Essential Medicine Programme) ProMIS Programme Management Information System PRONASOL Programa Nacional de Solidaridad (National Solidarity Programme) PROVIDA Programmeas para a Vida PROWESS Promotion of the Role of Women in Water and Environmental Sanitation Services PRR Peste des petits ruminants PRRA Participatory Rapid Rural Appraisal PRRO Protected Relief and Recovery Operation PRRO Protracted Relief and Rehabilitation Operation PRRO Protracted Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Operations PRS Social Reconciliation Forum PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Process PS Poste de Santé PSB Projet Santé Bandim PSC Programme Support Cost PSD Partners for Social Development PSDC Penang Skills Development Corporation PSDP Participatory Seed Development Programme PSF Pharmaciens Sans Frontières PSF-CI Pharmaciens Sans Frontières PSI Population Services International PSP Psycho-Social Programme PSPC Private Sector Promotion Centre PSS Psychosocial Support Services PSZ Population Services, Zimbabwe PTA Parent Teacher's Association PTBT Partial Test Ban Treaty PTC Pacific Telecommunications Conference PTC Parent Teachers Council

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PTC/EHTP Panafrican Emergency Training Programme and Emergency Health Training Programme for Africa PTF Partenaires Techniques et Financiers PTH Peace through Health PTME Prévention Transmission Mére Enfant PTPE Prévention de la Transmission du Virus du Parents à l'Enfants PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Physicians on Post-traumatic Stress Disease PU Première Urgence PU Public Works PUC Programme d'Urgence Congo PUC-SA Programme d'Urgence Congo pour la Sécurité Alimentaire PUSIC Party for Unity and Safeguarding of the Integrity of Congo Puskesmas Local Health Clinic (West Timor PV Present Value PVO Private Voluntary Organisation PVOC Private Voluntary Organisations Consortium PVS Passport and Visa Service PWA Palestinian Water Authority PWG Protection Working Group PWIH Personnes Vivant Avec le VIH PWRDF Primate's World Relief Development Fund or Anglican Church of Canada (Canada)

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QA Quartering Area QA Quality Assurance QAM Quality Assurance Manager QAP Quick Action Project QDS Quality Declared Seeds QERF Quartering Emergency Response Fund QIAP Quick Impact Action Plan QIP Quick Impact Project QP&SW Quaker Peace and Social Witness QRF Quick Response Fund QUIP Quick Impact Project

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R&D Research and Development R/HC Resident/ Humanitarian Coordinator RA+2000 Réseau Afrique 2000 RAA Refugee Affected Areas RAC Regional Agricultural Committee RACN Rapid Assessment of Critical Needs Rädda Barnen Save the Children Fund - Sweden RADI Réseau Africain pour le Développement Intègre RADIUS Risk Assessment Tools for Diagnosis of Urban Areas against Seismic Disasters RADS Return Application Database System RAL German Institute for Quality Protection and Labelling (Deutsches Institut für Gütesicherung und Kennzeichnung e.V.) RALS Rapid Assessment Learning Spaces RALSA Remote Area Life Support Advisors RAND Research and Development Corporation RAP Rapid assessment Procedure RAP Return Assistance Programme RAR Rapid Assessment and Response RASS Relief Association of Southern Sudan RB Radda Barnen RB Regular Budget RBF Russian Border Forces RBM Results Based Management RBM Roll Back Malaria RC Red Cross RC Regional Coordinator RC/HC Resident Coordinator / Humanitarian Coordinator RCA République Centrafricaine RCB Response Coordination Branch RCD Congolese Rally for Democracy (Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie) RCD-ML RCB-Liberation Movement (Mouvement de Liberation) RCD-N RCB-National RCF Regional Coordination Forum RCN Réseau des Citoyens Network RCO Regional Coordinator's Office RCOA Refugee Council of Australia (Australia) RCP Responsible Care Programme RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act RCS Red Cross Society RCSE Red Cross Society of Eritrea RCU Relief Coordination Unit RCU Resident Coordinator Unit RCVC Refugee Children and Vulnerable Citizens RDC République Démocratique du Congo RDC Rural District Council RDC Rural Development Commission

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RDC Regional Democratic Council RDI Rural Development Initiative RDO Rural Development Organisation RDP Recovery and Development Programme for Northern Uganda RDP Rapid Demobilisation Plan RDR Rally of the Republicans RDR Rassemblement des Républicains RDR Rassemblement des Republicains RDRA Regional Disaster Response Advisor RDRT / FACT Regional Disaster Response Team / Field Assessment and Coordination Team RDT Rapid Diagnosis Test REACT Rapid Emergency Assessment and Coordination Team REAP Rapid Emergency Assessment and Prioritisation REC Regional Emergency Coordination REC Refugee Eligibility Committee RED BARNET Save the Children - Denmark REDR Register of Engineers for Disaster Relief REFAMP Rèseau des Femmes africaines Ministres et Parlementaires REFMAP Reseau des Femmes du Fleuve Mano pour la Paix (MARWOPNET) RefWID Refugee Women in Development Rehab. Rehabilitation REIE-PGL Réseau d'Evaluation d'Impacts Environnementaux dans les Pays des Grands Lacs REIN Reintegration, Employment and Income Development for the North REINCOM Re-Integration Steering Committee RelogS Regional Logistics website REMAR Associação de Reabilitação de Marginais REP Rapid Employment Programme RERK Return and Economic Reintegration of Kosovans RESO Rassemblement, Echange, Solutions entre ONG ReSoMal Oral Rehydration Salt RESS Rehabilitation of Social Services REST Relief Society of Tigray REST Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan RESU Regional Emergency Support Unit REVD Residual Explosive Vapour Detection RF Russian Federation RF Reintegration Fund RFF Rescue Fire-Fighting RFFMP Réseau des Femmes du Fleuve Mano pour la Paix RFG Return Facilitation Group RFP Reseau Femmes et Paix RFPPE Regional Fund for Programme Preparation, Promotion and Evaluation RH Reproductive Health RH Reproductive Health RH/FP Reproductive Health/Family Planning RHC Reproductive Health Care RHC Regional Humanitarian Coordinator RHCO Regional Humanitarian Coordination Office

RHG Refugee Health Group RHL Reproductive Health Literacy RHS Reproductive Health Services RHTs Regional Health Teams RI Refugees International RI Relief International Ri/Dong Koreans term for "District" RIA Roberts International Airport RICS Registration of Individual Cases System RIFIDEC Regroupement des Institutions du Système de Financement Décentralisé du Congo RIMRIS Refugee Identification, Matching, and Referral Information System RKK Rissho Kosei Kai RLG Radio Listening Group RLO Regional Liaison Office RMA Revolution in Military Affairs RMB Rice Milk Blend RMC Regional Management Centre RMS South Maluku Republic RMS Republik Maluku Selatan RNA National Radio of Angola RO Korea The Republic of Korea RoC Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) ROFOU Rural Focus Uganda RoK Republic of Korea RONCO United States Demining Contractor RPA Rwandese Patriotic Army RPA Range and Pasture Administration RPF Rwanda Patriotic Front RPG Refugee Policy Group (US NGO) RPI Retail Price Index RPI Regional Protection Initiative RPMT Regional Planning and Management Team RPO Regional Programme Office RPO Regional Project Office RPS Reintegration Programme for Somalia RPUK Women's Volunteer Team for Humanity RQAN Return of Qualified African Nationals RQN Return of Qualified Nationals RRA Rehabilitation of Refugee-Affected Area RRA Rapid Rural Appraisal RRA Rahawyen Resistance Army RRC Russian Red Cross RRC Relief and Rehabilitation Commission RRCS Rwanda Red Cross Society RRD Rural Rehabilitation and Development RRDP Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Development Programme RRDR Rural Rehabilitation and Development in Rwanda RREE Refugee and Returnee Environmentla Education

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RREP Rapid Response Education Programme RRFSP Rapid Response Fund for Seed Procurement RRGA Refugee Relief Group of Ansar RRHA Representative and Regional Humanitarian Advisor RRIP Rural Rehabilitation and Investment Programme RRN Relief and Rehabilitation Network RRO Relief and Recovery Officer RRR Reconstruction, Resettlement, Rehabilitation RRRR Repatriation, Reintegration, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction RRRTF Return, Resettlement, and Reintegration Task Force RRS Rapid Response System RRS Region of Republican Subordination RRTF Reconstruction and Return Task Force RRU Relief and Recovery Unit RS Republika Srpska RSA Republic of South Africa RSC Regional Service Centre RSCC Regional Sanctions Coordinating Committee (Great Lakes) RSD Refugee Status Determination RSD/RCS Right of Self-Determination / Red Crescent Society RSLAF Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces RSO-CEA Regional Support Office for Central and East Africa RSOWA Regional Support Office for West Africa RSP Refugee Studies Programme RSS Reintegration Support Scheme RT Republic of Tajikistan RTC Regional Technical Committee RTI Respiratory Tract Infection RTLM Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines RTSS Regional Technical Support Service RUBOP Ministry of the Interior Regional Anti-Organised-crime Directorate RUDA Rural Urban Development Action RUF Revolutionary United Front RUFOU Rural Focus Uganda RUFP Revolutionary United Front Party RUR Russian Rouble RVAC Regional Vulnerability Assessment Committee RVF Rift Valley Fever (Ethiopia) RWD Rural Water Development RWG Regional Working Groups RWI Rwanda Women's Initiative

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S South S&DT Special and Differential Treatment SA Southern Asia SA Southern Africa SA Salvation Army or Armée du Salut (United Kingdom) SAA Small Arms Ammunition SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SAB Solidarité Afghanistan Belgium SAC Survey Action Centre SACB Somalia Aid Coordination Body SACI Southern Africa Capacity Initiatives SACU South African Customs Union SAD Single Administrative Document SAD Swiss Academy of Development SADC Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation SADC South African Development Community SADCC Southern African Development Coordination Conference SAFIRE Southern Alliance for Indigenous Resources SAFLAC Special Adjustment Facility for Latin America and the Caribbean SAFRON Ministry of States and Frontier Regions, Government of Afghanistan SAHIMS South African Humanitarian Information Management System SAHRIT Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa SAIRR South African Institute of Race Relations SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty SALW Small Arms and Light Weapons SAM Sintético Amarelo Maria SANASEM Service National de Semences SANRU Soins de Santé Rurale SAPA Social Action and Poverty Alleviation Programme SAP-SSA Food Security Early Warning and Control System SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act SARAR Respect de soi, capacité de vie associative, ressources, planification d'action SARCOF Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum SARCS Saudi Arabian Red Crescent Society SARDEP Semi Arid Rural Development Programme SARO South Asia Regional Office SARP Small Arms Reduction Programme (UNDP) SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome SARVE Early Warning Epidemiological Surveillance System SAT Security Assessment Team SATKORLAK PBP Executive Coordinating Unit for Disaster Management and the Handling of IDPs SATLAK Executive Unit for Disaster Management and the Handling of IDPs SAVE Samsor Afghanistan Volunteer Environmentalists SAWOP Save the Women Project SBF Saint Barbara Foundation SBN Southern Blue Nile

SC Save the Children SC Steering Committee SC Special Court (Sierra Leone) SC S Save the Children Sweden SC UK Save the Children - United Kingdom SC US Save the Children - United States of America SCA Swedish Committee for Afhanistan SCA Soil Conservation Administration SCAC French Development Cooperation SCAM Christian Solidarity for Mutual Aid SCAM Solidariedade Cristã de Ajuda Mutua SCBL Sudan Campaign to Ban Landmines SCC Sudan Council of Churches SCC Safety Checklist Contractors SC-Dk Save the Children (Denmark) SCF Save the Children Fund SCHR Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response SCM Security Council Mission SCN Sub Committee on Nutrition SCO Sudan County Office SCOPE Schools and Colleges Permaculture Organisation SCOVA Sudan Council of Voluntary Agencies SCPP Somali Civil Protection Programme SCR Office oth the Serbian Commissioner for Refugees SCRE System of Cross-Referenced Forced Displacement Estimates SCU Sponsoring Children Uganda SC-Uganda Save the Children (Uganda) SC-UK Save the Children - United Kingdom SCWZ Zimbabwe Council for the Welfare of Children SD Standard Deviation SDA Seven Day Adventist Church SDA-ADRA Seventh Day Adventist - Adventist Development and Relief Agency SDB Salesicuos Don Bosco SDC School Development Committee SDC Swiss Development Cooperation SDC/SHA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation / Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit SDDP Samburu District Development Programme SDE Survie et développement de l'enfant (Child survival and development) SDE Small Developing Economies SDI Strategic Defence Initiative SDO Somali Development Organisation SDP Swiss Development Cooperation SDP Sustainable Development Promoters SDR Swiss Disaster Relief SEA Scottish European Aid SEAR Southeast Asia Region SEAR Government Special Subsidy for Reinsertion SEARO Southeast Asia Regional Office

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SEATO Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation SEC Soroti Environment Concern SECADOS Local NGO (West Africa) SECI Southeast European Cooperative Initiative SECIPRO Organisation of National Trade Facilitation Committees Located in SECI Countries SeCoR Community Referral System for demobilised soldiers SECUT Sócio, Educativo e Cultural do Tumbuasa SED Small Enterprise Development Programme SEDEPAC Servicio Desarrollo y Paz, A.C. SEE Southeast Europe SEEDS Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society SEHAC Special Events Headquarters Advisory Committee SEMISH National Health Information SENADEP Service National de Développement et Promotion de la Pêche SENAH Service National d'Action Humanitaire SENSE Seed National Services (MINADER) SEO Southeastern Europe Operation (UNHCR) SEPHA Special Emergency Programme for the Horn of Africa SERA Strengthening Emergency Response Abilities SERACOB Service de Renforcement des Appuis aux Communautés de Base en Afrique Centrale SERPD Socio-economic Research and Planning Division SERVE Serving Emergency Relief and Vocational Enterprises (NL NGO) SERVOL Service Volunteer for All SES Sanitary of Epidemiological Station SESG Special Envoy of the Secretary-General SF Strategic Framework SFC Supplementary Feeding Centres SFCA Sudan Fertility Care Association SFCG Search for Common Ground SFOR Stabilisation Force SFP Supplementary Feeding Programme SFPA Sudan Fertility Planning Association SG Secretary General SGAA Sandy Gall's Afghanistan Appeal SGBV Sexual and Gender-Based Violence SGI Steering Group for Iraq SGL Solidarity Group Lending SGS Société Générale de Services SGWEP Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication Programme SHA Swiss Humanitarian Aid SHAPE Supreme Headquarters Allied Presence in Europe SHARE Structured Humanitarian Assistance Reporting SHC Stratégie Humanitaire Commune SHD Sustainable Human Development SHE Society for Health Education SI Soroptimist International SiaB School in a Box SIAs Supplemental Immunisation Activities

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SIBK School in a Box Kits SICA Central American Integration System SID Society for International Development SIDA Syndrome immunodéficience acquise (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) SIDA Swedish International Development Agency SIDC Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States SIDENI Syndicat d'Initiative et de Dévéloppement de Nindja SIDO Sub-Saharan International Development Organization SIDS Small Island Developing State SIE Sugar Industry Efficiency Act (of Mauritius) SIGCO Integrated Information Management System SIH Service d'Information Humanitaire SIL Summer Institute of Linguistics SIMAS Sudan Integrated Mine Action Service SINGO Sudanese Indigenous Non-governmental Organization SINGO Sudanese Indigenous Non-Governmental Organisation SINGOs Sudanese Indigenous Non-Governmental Organisations SIOC Security Information and Operations Centre SIPs Sustainable Impact Projects SISAN Système d'Information sur la Sécurité Alimentaire Nationale SISVAN Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia Alimentaria Nutricional SITZ Seychelles International Trade Zone SJ Society of Jesus SJAWO Sayed Jamaluddin Afghan Welfare Organization SKIP Stiftung Kinderd of Pestalozzi SL Sierra Leone SLA Sierra Leone Army SLADEA Sierra Leone Adult Education Association SLANGO Sierra Leone Association of Non-Governmental Organisation SLBM Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile SLILG Sri Lanka Institute of Local Governance SLIS Sierra Leone Information System SLM/A Sudan Liberation Movement and Army SLP Sierra Leone Police SLPA Sierra Leone Ports Authority SLPO Sudanese Love and Peace Organisation SLRA Sierra Leone Roads Authority SLRC Sierra Leone Red Cross SLRCS Sierra Leone Red Cross Society SLWOP Sierra Leone Oxen Programme SM Safe Motherhood SMAC Somali Mine Action Centre SMART Specific, Measurable, Accurate, Realistic and Time Bound SMB Sychelles Marketing Board SMC Sudan Medical Corps SMC Seed Management Committee SME Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise SME Small-Scale Micro-Enterprise

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SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises SMI Santé Maternelle et Infantile (Maternal and Child Health) SMoA State Ministry of Agriculture SMoH State Ministry of Health SMS Safe Motherhood Survey SMT Security Management Team SNA Somalia National Alliance SNAP Sudan National AIDS Control Programme SNAPE Service National des Puits Améliorés SNC Sub Committee on Nutrition SNCC Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Congolais - National Railway Company SNCTP Sudan National Committee on Traditional Practices SNDE Société Nationale de la Distribution d'Eau SNEP Service National d'Eau Potable (National Water and Sanitation Service) SNI Shelter Now International SNID Sub-National Immunisation Day SNNPR Southern Nations Nationalities Peoples Region SNPS Secretariado Nacional de Pastoral Social SNRE Service National Ressources en Eau (National Water Resources Service) SNU Systéme des Nations Unies SNV Netherlands Development Organisation SNV Stichting Nederlandse Vrijwilligers SNV Organização Holandesa de Desenvolvimento SO Shuhada Organization SO Special Operations (WFP) Socadido Soroti Catholic Diocese Integrated Development Organisation SOCAP Sociéte Caraibbéen de Production SODEC Solidarité pour le Développement Communautaire SODECOM Solidarité pour le Développement Communautaire du Maniema SODEFOR Société de dévéloppement des forêts SODERU Solidarité Développement Rural SOE Spillover Effects SOFA Assistance of Female Victims of Violence SOLE Solidariedade Evangélica SOLIDARITES Solidarités SOLO Sudan Open Learning Organisation SOM Sovereign Order of Malta SOMOLU Somali Open Learning Unit SOOYAAL The War Veterans Association SOP Standard Operating Procedures SOP Special Operations SOPAC South Pacific Applied Geo-Sciences Commission SORUDA Soroti Rural Development Agency SOS SOS-Aldeia de Criança SOS FORET Protection des forêts et de l'environnement SOS/CEDIA Criança e Desenvolvimento Integral de Angola SOS-V SOS Village d'Enfants SP Samaritan's Purse

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SP Stability Pact SP Sulfadoxine Pyriméthamine SPACH Society for the Preservation of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage SPARTECA South Pacific Regional Trade and Econmomic Cooperation Agreement SPC State Planning Commission SPC State Planning Committee SPCR Sudan Popular Committee for Relief SPCs Strategic programming countries SPDF Sudan Popular Defense Force SPFS Special Programme for Food Security SPGs Seed Producer Groups SPHERE A Project on a Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response SPLA Sudan People's Liberation Army SPLA B Sudan People's Liberation Army - Bahral Ghazal SPLA/M Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement SPLA-BaG Sudan People's Liberation Army-Bahr al Ghazal SPLM/A South Sudan People's Liberation Mouvement / Army SPLM-UTD Sudan People's Liberation Movement-United SPOT French Earth Observation Satellite SPPM Société de Prière pour la Paix Mondiale SPRAA Special Programme for Refugees Affected Areas SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary (Measures) SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences Sq Square SQKM Square Kilometre sqm square metre SR Santé de la Reproduction SRA Security Risk Assessment SRC Swedish Relief Council SRC Special Reintegration Committee SRC Swedish Red Cross SRC Sudanese Red Crescent SRCS Sudanese Red Crescent Society SRCS Somali Red Crescent Society SRDP Single Register of Displaced Persons SRH Sexual Reproductive Health SRHR Sexual Rights and Health Rights SRO Sub-Regional Office SRO Sel de réhydratation par voie orale (oral rehydration salts) SRP Somalia Rehabilitation Programme SRPA Special Relief Programme for Angola SRRA Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Association SRRC Somalia Restoration and Reconciliation Council SRRC Southern Regional Resource Center SRS Self-Reliance Strategy SRS Southern Red Sea (zone) (Eritrea) SRSA Swedish Rescue Services SRSB Swedish Rescue Service Board

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SRSG Special Representative for the Secretary-General SRSP Small Holder Rice Seed Project SRT Sustainable Returns Team SS South Sudan SSA Special Service Agreement SSCC Southern States Coordinating Council SSD Southern Asia-Pacific Division of ADRA SSDF South Sudan Defence Force SSG Special Safeguard under Article 5 of the AoA SSIA Southern Sudan Independence Army SSIA/M South Sudan Independence Army/Movement SSIM South Sudan Independence Mouvement SSM Special Safeguard Mechanism SSN Social Solidarity Network SSP Soins de Santé Primaire (Primary health care) SSS Salt-sugar solution (for oral rehydration therapy) SSS Soins de Santé de Second SSUM South Sudan Unity Mouvement SSYP Simukai Street Youth Programme STARBASE Sudan Transition and Recovery Database START WP.6 Team of Specialists on Standardisation and Regulatory Techniques START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty STAT Statistics Division STC Scientific and Technical Committee STC Seeds and Tools Committee STCS Space Traffic Control System STD Sexually Transmitted Disease STE State Trading Enterprise STI Sexually Transmitted Incidence STI Sexually-transmitted Infection SUB Rural Divisional Hospital SUDRA Sudan Development and Relief Agency SUFIGA Support for Income Generating Activities SUM Supplementation with Micronutrient SUMA Supply Management System SUPRAID Sudan Production Aid SUS Sviluppo Umano Sustinible SV Sexual Violence SVA Selskaja Vrachebnaja Ambulatorija or ambulatory Health post (Tajikistan) SVA Rural medical ambulatories SVI Sevizio Volontario Internazionale SVPA Sool Veterinary and Pastoralists Association SW SouthWest SWAA Society and Women Against AIDS in Africa SWABAC Southern and Western Afghanistan Balochistan Association for Coordination SWC State Water Corporation (Sudan) SWEDRELIEF Swedish Rescue Services Agency SWG Small Working Group

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SWG Sector Working Group

TA Technical Assistance TAB Turwanire Amahoro mu Bikorwa (Fight for Peace Through Work) Taboo Lwo TAC Temporary Accommodation Centre TACIS Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States TACOO Technical Assistance, Co-ordination and Operations Office TACRO The Americas and Caribbean Regional Office TAD Target Arrival Date TAFE Technical and Further Education College TANGO Tanzanian Non-Governmental Organizations TASIF Tajikistan Social Investment Fund TASO The AIDS Organisation TB Tuberculosis TBA To be advised TBA Traditional Birth Attendant TBS Taux Brut de Scolarisation TBT Technical Barriers to Trade TC Transit Centre TCDC Technical cooperation among developing countries TCE Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (FAO) TCE Trichloroethylene TCF Trauma Care Foundation TCG Technical Consultative Group TCHA Technical Committee on Humanitarian Assistance TCM Technical Cooperation on Migration TCN Third Country National TCOR FAO/Special Relief Operations Service TCP Targeted Livestock Population TCP Technical Cooperation Programme TCRS Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service TCTA Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority TCTD Transport, Communications and Tourism Division TDF Telefood Project TDFD Trade and Development Finance Division TDH Terre des Hommes TDMS Teacher Development and Management System TEAR The Evangelical Alliance Relief TED Trans European Division of ADRA TEMO Transport and Equipment Maintenance Organisation TEP Teacher Training Emergency Package UNESCO's TEU 20-foot Equivalent Unit TEVT Technical and Vocational Educational Training TEWPA Teso Women Peace Activists TF Tear Fund TF Task Force TFC Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre

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TFC Therapeutic Feeding Centre TFD Trabalho, Família e Desenvolvimento TFD Targeted Food Distributions TFD Telefood Project TFP Therapeutic Feeding Programme TFPI Task Force on Project Implementation TFR Total Fertility Rate TFZ Tolerance Foundation Zimbabwe TGH Triangle Génération Humanitaire TGID Thematic Group on Internal Displacement THH Tariro House of Hope THM Trihalomethanes TICCSD Turkish Intersectoral Committee for Child Survival and Development TIME Technical Information Management Exchange TIP Teso Initiative for Peace TIRUS Maluku network of NGOs TJS Tajikistan Somoni TLB Taro Leaf Blight (disease) TLP Targeted Livestock Population TM Tonne Métrique TMD Theatre Missile Defence TMDA Tambura Marketing and Development Association TMM Taux de mortalité maternelle (Maternal mortality rate) TNA Transitional National Assembly TNA Training Need Assessment TNC Transnational Corporation TNG Transitional National Government TNHC The Norwegian Helsinki Committee TNI Indonesian Armed Forces TNP Targeted Nutrition Programme TOKTEN Transfer of Knowledge Through Expatriate Nationals TOR Terms of Reference ToT Training of Trainers ToT Training of Teachers TPO Transcultural Psycho-social Organisation TPS True Patato Seeds TRC Truth and Reconciliation Committee TRC Truth and Reconciliation Commission TRCS Tanzania Red Cross Society TRCS Tajikistan Red Crescent Society TRI Toxic Release Inventory TRIM Agreement on Trade-related Investment Measures TRINDADE Trindade - Ninho de Infância TRININFA Trindade - Ninho de Infância TRIPS Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights TRIPS Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (a WTO Agreement) TRO Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation TRO Thérapie de réhydratation par voie orale (Oral rehydration therapy)

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TROCAIRE Catholic Agency for World Development TROPRO Tropical Produce Support Project TRP Transitional Recovery Programme TRQ Tariff Rate Quota TS Temporary Settlement TSA The Salvation Army (North Caucasus) TSF Terre Sans Frontières TSF Télécommunications sans Frontières TSG Technical Support Group TSU Technical Support Unit TSZ Temporary Security Zone TT Tetanus and Toxoid Vaccine TT&C Trafficking, Telemetry, and Control TT2 Tetanus Toxoid Vaccine TTC Teacher Training College TTFSE Trade and Transport Facilitation in Southeast Europe TTM Transtheoretical Model TTS Timor Tengah Selatan TTU Timor Tengah Utara TUAC Trade Union Advisory Committee TÜV German Certification Body (Technischer Überwachungsverein) TV Television TVE Technical and Vocational Education TWG Technical Working Group TWGDR Technical Working Group on Demobilisation and Re-integration TWH Technisches Hilfswerk

U.E. Union européenne U5MR Under Five Mortality Rate UA Union Aid UAAR Union Aid for Afghan Refugees UAC Uganda AIDS Commission UAC Unaccompanied Children UAE United Arab Emirates UAF University Assistance Fund UAJCA União das Associações de Camponeses Angolanos UAM Unaccompanied Minor UBA German Federal Environmental Agency (Umwelt Bundes Amt) UBOP Ministry of the Interior Regional Anti-organised-crime Directorate UBS Urban Basic Services UCAH Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit UCAH Unidade de Coordenação para Assistência Humanitária UCAH Unit for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance to Angola UCBHCA Uganda Community-Based Health Care Association UCI Universal Coverage Immunisation UCI Universal Child Immunisation UCP Umbrella Cooperating Partners UCS Unité Communale de Santé (Community Health Unit) UDESSD Unidos para os Dereitos da Educação, Saúde e Segurança da Desempanadas UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights UDPCI Union Pour la Démocratie et pour la Paix en Côte d'Ivoire UDSF United Democratic Salvation Front UE Union Européene UEBA União Evangélica Baptista em Angola UEC Information, Education, and Communication UFM Union du Fleuve Mano UFO Ultra High Frequency Follow-on UGA Uganda UgandAid.Net Humanitarian Information Network, Uganda UHF Ultra High Frequency UHRC Uganda Human Rights Commission UHWC Union of Health Work Committees UIEA União de Igrejas Evangélicas de Angola UK United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UKIAS United Kingdom Immigrants Advisory Service ULCC Ultra-large Crude Carrier ULIMO-K Former Rebel Group in Liberia ULV Ultra-low Volume (sprayer) UMA Unité monétaire Asiatique UMA Unidad del Medio Ambiente UMA Union du Maghreb Arabe UMATI Uzazi no Malezi Bora Tanzania UMATI Tanzania Family Planning Association

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UMCOR United Methodist Committee on Relief UMSF Uganda Muslim Salvation Front UN United Nations UN HABITAT United Nations Centre for Human Settlements UN/CEFACT United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business UNA Uganda National Alliance UNACA União Nacional das Associações de Camponeses Angolanos UNAIDS United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS UNAMA United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan UNAMET United Nations Assistance Mission in East Timor UNAMIR United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda UNAMIS United Nations Advance Mission in Sudan UNAMSI United Nations Assistance Mission in Sierra Leone UNAMSIL United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Sierra Leone UNAVEM United Nations Angola Verification Mission UNCAS United Nations Common Air Service UNCDF United Nations Capital Development Fund UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development UNCERO United Nations Coordinator for Relief and Emergency Operations in Sudan UNCHAP United Nations Common Humanitarian Action Plan UNCHR United Nations Centre for Human Rights UNCHS United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT) UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law UNCMT United Nations Country Management Team UNCO United Nations Coordinator's Office UNCRC United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child UNCRD United Nations Centre for Regional Development UNCSDHA United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs UNCT United Nations Country Team (all UN Agencies) UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTC United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations UNCU United Nations Coordination Unit UNDA Uganda National Democratic Alliance UNDAC United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework UNDC United Nations Development Corporation UNDCP United Nations International Drug Control Programme UNDDSMS United Nations Department for Development Support and Management Services UNDG United Nations Development Group UNDHA United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs UNDMT United Nations Disaster Management Team UNDMTP United Nations Disaster Management Training Programme UNDOF United Nations Disengagement Observer Force UNDOS United Nations Development Office for Somalia UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNDPA United Nations Demining Programme in Angola UNDPKO United Nations Department of Peace Keeping Operations UNDPMG United Nations Disaster Preparedness and Management Group

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UNDRO Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator UNDSS United Nations Department of Safety and Security (former UNSECOORD) UNDTCD United Nations Department of Technical Cooperation for Development UNEB Uganda National Examination Board UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UNeDocs United Nations Electronic Trade Documents UNEOG United Nations Emergency Operations Group UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNEPI Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization UNESCO Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'Education, la Science et la Culture UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization UNESCO PEER UNESCO Programme of Education for Emergencies and Reconstruction UNET UNICEF electronic information network UNEU United Nations Emergency Unit UN-EUE United Nations Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFD Union nationale de femmes de Djibouti (National Women's Union) UNFEOM United Nations Fijian Electoral Observation Mission UNFICYP United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus UNFIP United Nations Fund for International Partnership UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNFSO United Nations Field Security Officers UNGCI United Nations Guard Contingent in Iraq UNGIWG United Nations Geographic Information Working Group UNHAO United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Officer UNHAS United Nations Humanitarian Air Service UNHC United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR BH United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Bosnia and Hercegovina UNHCU United Nations Humanitarian Coordination Unit UNHO United Nations Humanitarian Offices UNHOC United Nations Humanitarian Operations Centre UNHRD United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot UNHRFOR United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for Field Operation in Rwanda UNHTT United Nations Humanitarian Technical Team UNIASO United Nations Inter-Agency Support Office UNIC United Nations Information Centre UNICEF Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'enfance UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund UNIDIR United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research UNIDIR United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIFEM Fonds de développement des Nations Unies pour la femme UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women UNIKOM United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission UNIMIX UNICEF's Supplementary Feeding Food UNIPTF United Nations International Police Task Force UNIRCU United Nations Iraq Relief Coordination Unit

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UNIS United Nations International Standard UNITA União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola UNITA National Union for the Total Independence of Angola UNITA Union nationale pour l'indépendence totale d'Angola UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research UNJLC United Nations Joint Logistics Centre UNLA Uganda National Liberation Army UNLO United Nations Liaison Office UNMA United Nations Mission in Angola UNMAAP United Nations Mine Action Assistance Programme in Croatia UNMAC United Nations Mine Action Centre UNMACC United Nations Mine Action Coordination Centre UNMAS United Nations Mine Action Service UNMEE United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea UNMIBH United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina UNMIK United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo UNMIL United Nations Mission in Liberia UNMO United Nations Military Observer UNMOGIP United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan UNMOT United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance in Afghanistan UNMOT United Nations Mission of Observers for Tajikistan UNOA United Nations Office in Angola UNOB United Nations Office in Burundi UNOC United Nations Operations Centre UNOCA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian and Economic Assistance Programmes Relating to Afghanistan UNOCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan UNOCI United Nations Mission in Côte d'Ivoire UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes UNOG United Nations Office at Geneva UNOGBIS Bureau des Nations Unies en Guinée Bissau UNOGBIS United Nations Peace Building Support Office in Guinea-Bissau UNOHCI United Nations Office of the Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq UNOL United Nations Peace-building Office in Liberia UNOMIG United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia UNOMIL United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia UNOMSIL United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone UNON United Nations Office at Nairobi UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services UNOSAT UN Satellite UNOSOM United Nations Operation in Somalia UNOWA United Nations Office for West Africa UNPAAERD United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development UNPF United Nations Population Fund UNPKF United Nations Peace Keeping Force UNPKO United Nations Peace-Keeping Operations UNPOS United Nations Political Office for Somalia UNPREDEP United Nations Preventive Deployment Force

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UNPROFOR United Nations Protection Force (Croatia) UNRC United nations Resident Coordinator UNRC United Nations Resource Centre UNRF Uganda National Rescue Front II (UNRF II) UNRF II Uganda National Rescue Front II UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development UNRRA United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNS United Nations System UNSC United Nations Security Council UNSCO United Nations Special Coordinator UNSCOL United Nations Special Coordinator for Emergency Relief Operations in Liberia UNSCOM United Nations Special Commission (Iraq) UNSCP United Nations Staff College Project UNSG United Nations Secretary-General UNSMA United Nations Special Mission for Afghanistan UNSO United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office UNTAC United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia UNTAES United Nations Transitional Adminstration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srijem UNTAET United Nations Transitional Administration for East Timor UNTOP United Nations Tajikistan Office of Peace-building UNTSO United Nations Truce Supervision Organization UNU United Nations University UNV United Nations Volunteers (programme) UPA Uganda People's Army UPC Union of Congolese Patriots (Union des Patriots Congolais) UPDA Uganda People's Democratic Army UPDF Uganda People's Defense Force UPE Universal Primary Education UPEC Unité de Production des Programmes d'Education Civique UPEL Universal primary education and literacy UPHB Union des Personnes Handicapées du Burundi UPMRC Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees UPPAP Uganda Participatory Povery Assessment Project UPRONA Union pour le Progrès National UR Uruguay Round URC Uganda Red Cross URCS Uganda Red Cross Society URSC Uganda Red Cross and Red Crescent Society US United States US$ United States Dollar USA United States of America USAID United States Agency for International Development USAID/OFDA United Nations Agency for International Development / Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance USCR United States Committee for Refugees USD United States Dollar USDA United States Department of Agriculture

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USG Under-Secretary-General USG Uganda Support Group USSPACECOM United States Space Command USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics UTA-E Unidade Tecnical Administrative - Emergencia UTCAH Technical Unit for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance UTO United Tajik Opposition UXO Unexploded Explosive Ordnance UXO Unexploded Ordnance

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VAC Vulnerability Assessment Committee VACA Vulnerability and Capabilities Analysis VACC Village AIDS Action Committee VAD Visão Angolana para o Desenvolvimento VAG Vulnerability Assessment Group VAGST Value Added Goods and Services Tax VAM Vulnerability and Analysis Mapping VAM Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping VAT Value Added Tax VAT Vaccin antitétanique (Tetanus toxoid) VAT2 Deux doses du vaccin antitétanique (Two doses of tetanus toxoid) VAW Violence against Women VCA Vulnerability Capacity Announcement VCA Vulnerabilities and Capacities Assessments VCA Vulnerability and Capacity Assets VCC Virtual Crisis Centre VCR Video cassette recorder VCT Voluntary Counselling and Testing VCT Violence Contre les Femmes VDC Village Development Committee VEEP Village Employment and Environment Programme VERP Village Employment and Rehabilitation Programme VESOS Village d'Enfants SOS VET Vocational Education and Training VFU Veterinary Field Unit VGF Vulnerable Group Feeding VGP Vulnerable Group Programme VHC Village Health Committee VHC Village Health Clinics VHF Very High Frequency VHF Viral Haemorrhagic Fever VHW Village health worker VIH Virus de l'immunodéficience humaine (Human immunodeficiency virus) VIP Ventilation Improved Pit (latrine) VIP Village Industries Programme (Eritrea) VIS Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo VISPE Volontari Italiani per la Solidarietà ai Paesi Emergenti Vitadele Brand of UNICEF complementary food for children VLCC Very Large Crude Carrier VLOM Village Level Operation and Maintenance VMC Village Management Committees VMT Verification and Monitoring Team VMW Village Midwives VNCC Vietnamese National Committee for Children VNNU Volontaire National des Nations Unies VNP Visiting nurses Programme

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VNU Volontaire des Nations Unies VOI All-Russian Society of Disabled Persons VOICE Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies VoM Voice of the Mountain (Caucasus) VOR/DME Visual Operating Regulations/Distance Measuring Equipment VPC Video Production Centre VPF Vivres pour la Formation VRDF Voluntary Declaration Repatriation Form VRF Village Revolving Fund VRF Voluntary Registration form VRS Voluntary Retirement Scheme (Mauritius) VSAT Via Satellite VSF Véterinaires Sans Frontières VSF-G Vétérinarians sans Frontières VTC Vocational Training Centre

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VVAF Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation VVF Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation WA West Africa WAAC Ward AIDS Action Committee WAAS West Africa Air Service WABA World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action WAC West African Countries WACRO War-Affected Children's Rehabilitation Organisation WADMIS West Africa Disaster Management and Information System WANEP West Africa Network for Peace Building WaSH MP Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Monitoring Project WASHE Waster and Sanitation Health Education Community WASIT Water and Sanitation for Integration of East Timorese WATSAN Water and Sanitation WB World Bank WBNF West-Nile Bank Front WCARO West and Central Africa Regional Office WCBA Women of Child-Bearing Age WCC World Council of Churches WCDO World Concern Development Organization WCEFA World Conference on Education for All WCH Women and Child-headed Households WCO World Custom's Organisation WCRP World conference on Religion and Peace WCRWC Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children WDC War Disabled Centres WDP Women's Development Programme WEB Wad el Bashier WEED World Economy, Ecology, and Development WEF World Economic Forum WEPP Western Emergency Preparedness and Planning Programme WES Water and Environmental Sanitation WESA Water and Environmental Sanitation Agency WEU Western European Union WFC World Food Council WFH Weight for Height WFMH World Federation for Mental Health WFP World Food Programme WFUNA World Federation of United Nations Associations WG Working Group WGET Working Group on Emergency Telecommunications WGS Wideband Gapfiller Satellite WHA World Health Assembly WHM World Harvest Mission WHO World Health Organization WHO/EURO World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

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WID Women in Development Bureau WILPF Women's International League for Peace and Freedom WIN World Immunisation News WINGS WFP Information Network Global System WISC Water, Infrastructure, and Sanitation Commitee WISIC West Indian Sea Island Cotton WJC World Jewish Congress WMC World Muslim Congress WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction WMO World Meteorological Organization WNBF West Nile Bank Front WOTAP Women's Training and Promotion Programme WP.6 Working Party on Technical Harmonisation and Standardisation Policies WP.7 Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards WRD Water Resources Department WRH Women's Reproductive Health WRI World Relief International WS World Scale WS World Service WSB West Side Boys WSB Wheat Soybean Blend WSC World Summit for Children WSD Water and Sanitation Division (MoEP) WSIS World Summit on the Information Society WSP War Torn Societies Project WSS Water, Supply, and Sanitation WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development WTN World Television Network WTO World Trade Organization WUN Western Upper Nile /Unity State WUR Women's Unity for Rehabilitation WUS World University Service WV-B World Vision - Burundi WVI World Vision International WVK World Vision Kenya WVRD World Vision Relief and Development WVRF World Vision Russian Federation WWF World Wide Fund for Nature

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XB ExtraBudgetary

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Y2K Year 2000 Technology Problem YES Youth Employment Support YF Yellow Fever YIRC Youth information and recreation YKTTI Yussif Kuwa Teachers Training Institute YMCA Young Men's Christian Association YME YEM Foundation YMTM Yayasan Mitra Tani Mandiri - Local NGO (West Timor) YPHD Young People's Health and Development YRC Yugoslav Red Cross Yrs Years YTM Yayasan Timor Membangun - Local NGO (West Timor) YWCA Young Women's Christian Association

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Z$ Zimbabwean Dollar ZAPSO Zimbabwe AIDS Prevention and Support Organization ZAPSO Zimbabwe AIDS Prevention and Support Organization ZAR Zone d'Accueil des Réfugiés Zashchita All Russian Institute for Disaster Medicine ZCDT Zimbabwe Community Development Trust ZCRS Zambia Christian Refugee Service ZCWZ Zimbabwe Council for the Welfare of Children ZDWF Zentrale Dokumentationsstelle der freien Wohlfahrtspflege für Flüchtlinge ZEPI Zimbabwe Expanded Programme of Immunisation ZIFAYA Zimbabwe Foundation for All Youth Associations ZIMRIGHTS Zimbabwe Human Rights Association ZIMVAC Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee ZNCWC Zimbabwe National Council for the Welfare of Children ZNFP Zimbabwe National Family Planning ZNFPC Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council ZOA ZOA - Refugee Care ZOT Zones of Tranquility ZRC Zonal Recovery Committee ZSO Zone Security Officer

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UN OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA) Palais des Nations 8-14 Avenue de la Paix CH – 1211 Geneva Switzerland

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