List of Acronyms ADB Asian Development Bank CPR Conflict Prevention and Post-Conflict Reconstruction Network AfDB African Development Bank DAC Development Assistance Committee ALAC Advice and Legal Aid Centre (United Nations) ART Anti-retroviral therapy DAFI Albert Einstein Academic Scholarship Programme for Refugees ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations DAR Development Assistance for Refugees AU African Union DDRRR Demobilization, Disarmament, Repatriation, Reintegration and AU/PSC African Union Peace and Security Resettlement Council DPA United Nations Department of CA Consolidated Appeal Political Affairs CAP Consolidated Appeals Process DPKO United Nations Department of (Inter-agency) Peacekeeping Operations CARDS Community Assistance for EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction Reconstruction, Development and and Development Stabilisation EC European Commission CBCP The Söderköping/Cross Border Cooperation Process ECA Economic Commission for Africa (UN) CBSA Canada Border Services Agency ECHA Executive Committee on CCA Common Country Assessment (UN) Humanitarian Affairs (United Nations) CEDAW Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against ECHO European Commission Humanitarian Women Office CEB Council of Europe Development Bank ECOSOC Economic and Social Council (United Nations) CEP Community empowerment projects ECOWAS Economic Community of West Africa CERF Central Emergency Response Fund States (formerly Central Emergency Revolving Fund) ECRE European Council on Refugees and Exiles CHAP Common Humanitarian Action Plan EDF European Development Fund CIC Citizenship and Immigration Canada ELENA European Legal Network on Asylum CIS Commonwealth of Independent States ERC Emergency Relief Coordinator (United Nations) CoE Council of Europe EU European Union COP Country Operations Plan EUFOR European Force CPA Comprehensive Plan of Action UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009 357 List of Acronyms ExCom Executive Committee of the High MDGR Millennium Development Goals Commissioner’s Programme Review FAO Food and Agriculture Organization MDGs Millennium Development Goals GDP Gross domestic product MDRP Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Programme GLIA Great Lakes Initiative for Africa MERCOSUR Mercado Común del Sur - Common GPS Global Positioning System Market of the Southern Cone GTZ Deutsche Gessellschaft fur MENA UNHCR's Regional Bureau for the Technische Zusammenarbeit Middle East and North Africa HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency MINURSO United Nations Mission for the Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Referendum in Western Sahara Syndrome MONUC United Nations Observer Mission in IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee the Democratic Republic of the Congo ICC International Computing Centre MOSS Minimum Operational Security ICMC International Catholic Migration Standards Commission MOU Memorandum of Understanding ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross NAP National Action Plan ICT Information and Communications NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization Technology NEPAD The New Partnership for Africa's IDP Internally Displaced Person Development IFRC International Federation of Red Cross NFIs Non-food items and Red Crescent Societies NGO Non-Governmental Organization IGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development NWFP North-West Frontier Province (Pakistan) IGASOM IGAD Peace Support Mission in Somalia OAS Organization of American States ILO International Labour Organization OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (United IMF International Monetary Fund Nations) IOM International Organization for ODA Official Development Assistance Migration OECD Organization of Economic IPSAS International Public Sector Cooperation and Development Accounting Standards OHCHR (UN) Office of the High IUCN World Conservation Union Commissioner for Human Rights JAM Joint Assessment of Needs Mission OHR Office of the High Representative (Bosnia and Herzegovina) JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency OIC Organization of the Islamic Conference LAIC Legal Aid and Information Centre OIOS United Nations Office of Internal LOU Letter of Understanding Oversight Services 358 UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009 OMS Operations Management System UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework ONUB United Nations Operation in Burundi UNDCP United Nations International Drug List of Acronyms ONUCI United Nations Mission in Côte Control Programme d’Ivoire UNDG United Nations Development Group OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe UNDP United Nations Development Programme PISG Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (Kosovo) UNDSS United Nations Department of Safety and Security PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper UNEP United Nations Environment QIPs Quick Impact Projects Programme RLU Regional Legal Unit UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation UNFPA United Nations Population Fund SGBV Sexual and gender-based violence UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme SOLSES Sustainable Options for Livelihood Security in Eastern Sudan UNHAS United Nations Humanitarian Air Service SRI Sustainable Reintegration Initiative (Angola) UNHCHR United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights SRS Self-Reliance Strategy (Uganda) UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund SRSG Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization TACIS Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund States for Women THAP Temporary Humanitarian Assisted UN-IP United Nations Integrated Persons Development Programme UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on UNIOB United Nations Integrated Office in HIV/AIDS Burundi UNAMA United Nations Assistance Mission UNIOSIL United Nations Integrated Office in for Afghanistan Sierra Leone UNAMI United Nations Assistance Mission UNJLS United Nations Joint Logistics Centre for Iraq UNMAS United Nations Mine Action Service UNAMSIL United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Sierra Leone UNMEE United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea UNCAS United Nations Common Air Services for Somalia UNMIK United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo UNCT United Nations Country Team UNMIL United Nations Mission for Liberia UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNMIS United Nations Mission in Sudan UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009 359 List of Acronyms UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and UNVs United Nations Volunteers Crime VCT Voluntary counselling and testing UNOCI United Nations Mission in Côte d’Ivoire WFP World Food Programme UNOMIG United Nations Observer Mission in WHO World Health Organization Georgia ZAR Zone d’accueil des réfugiés UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services 360 UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009.