2 Bermuda 100.00 NA
3 Gibraltar 100.00 NA
4 Cayman Islands 100.00 NA
5 Hong Kong 100.00 NA
6 Holy See (Vatican City) 100.00 NA
7 Singapore 100.00 NA
8 Macau 100.00 NA
9 Monaco 100.00 NA
10 Nauru 100.00 NA
11 Kuwait 98.00 NA
12 Puerto Rico 98.00 NA
13 Belgium 97.00 NA
14 Qatar 96.00 NA
15 Virgin Islands 95.00 NA
16 Malta 94.00 NA
17 San Marino 94.00 NA
18 Netherlands Antilles 93.00 NA
19 Venezuela 93.00 NA
20 American Samoa 92.00 NA
21 Argentina 92.00 NA
22 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 92.00 NA
23 Uruguay 92.00 NA
24 Turks and Caicos Islands 92.00 NA
25 Israel 92.00 NA
26 Iceland 92.00 NA
27 Northern Mariana Islands 91.00 NA
28 United Kingdom 90.00 NA
29 Andorra 89.00 NA
30 Bahrain 89.00 NA
31 Australia 89.00 NA
32 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 89.00 NA
33 Chile 88.00 NA
34 Denmark 87.00 NA
35 New Zealand 87.00 NA
36 Lebanon 87.00 NA
37 Djibouti 87.00 NA
38 Brazil 86.00 NA
39 Gabon 85.00 NA
40 Sweden 85.00 NA
41 Bahamas, The 84.00 NA
42 Greenland 84.00 NA
43 Luxembourg 82.00 NA
44 Netherlands 82.00 NA
45 United States 82.00 NA
46 Saudi Arabia 82.00 NA
47 Korea, South 81.00 NA
48 Palau 81.00 NA
49 Western Sahara 81.00 NA
50 Canada 80.00 NA
51 United Arab Emirates 78.00 NA
52 Libya 78.00 NA
53 Jordan 78.00 NA
54 France 77.00 NA
55 Spain 77.00 NA
56 Norway 77.00 NA
57 Mexico 77.00 NA
58 Cuba 76.00 NA
59 Brunei 75.00 NA
60 Suriname 75.00 NA
61 Colombia 74.00 NA
62 Dominica 74.00 NA
63 Cook Islands 74.00 NA
64 Germany 74.00 NA
65 Belarus 73.00 NA
66 Panama 73.00 NA
67 Switzerland 73.00 NA
68 Russia 73.00 NA
69 Czech Republic 73.00 NA
70 Gaza Strip 72.00 NA
71 West Bank 72.00 NA
72 Oman 72.00 NA
73 Bulgaria 71.00 NA
74 Peru 71.00 NA
75 Marshall Islands 71.00 NA
76 Cyprus 70.00 NA
77 Malaysia 70.00 NA
78 Dominican Republic 69.00 NA
79 Estonia 69.00 NA
80 Turkey 69.00 NA
81 Hungary 68.00 NA
82 Italy 68.00 NA
83 Ukraine 68.00 NA
84 Latvia 68.00 NA
85 Iran 68.00 NA
86 Austria 67.00 NA
87 Macedonia 67.00 NA
88 Tunisia 67.00 NA
89 Lithuania 67.00 NA
90 Iraq 67.00 NA
91 Bolivia 66.00 NA
92 Japan 66.00 NA
93 Ecuador 66.00 NA
94 Algeria 65.00 NA
95 Philippines 65.00 NA
96 New Caledonia 65.00 NA
97 Armenia 64.00 NA
98 Costa Rica 63.00 NA
99 Korea, North 63.00 NA
100 Finland 63.00 NA
101 Congo, Republic of the 61.00 NA
102 Sao Tome and Principe 61.00 NA
103 Greece 61.00 NA
104 El Salvador 61.00 NA
105 Poland 61.00 NA
106 South Africa 61.00 NA
107 Ireland 61.00 NA
108 Botswana 60.00 NA
109 Cape Verde 60.00 NA
110 Paraguay 60.00 NA
111 Montenegro 60.00 NA
112 Liberia 60.00 NA
113 Portugal 59.00 NA
114 Kazakhstan 58.00 NA
115 Angola 57.00 NA
116 Cameroon 57.00 NA
117 Gambia, The 57.00 NA
118 Croatia 57.00 NA
119 Nicaragua 57.00 NA
120 Mongolia 57.00 NA
121 Slovakia 56.00 NA
122 Morocco 56.00 NA
123 Romania 54.00 NA
124 Seychelles 54.00 NA
125 Syria 54.00 NA
126 Georgia 53.00 NA
127 Jamaica 53.00 NA
128 Azerbaijan 52.00 NA
129 Fiji 52.00 NA
130 Indonesia 52.00 NA
131 Serbia 52.00 NA
132 French Polynesia 52.00 NA
133 Belize 52.00 NA
134 Isle of Man 51.00 NA
135 Ghana 50.00 NA
136 Guatemala 49.00 NA
137 Tuvalu 49.00 NA
138 Turkmenistan 49.00 NA
139 Cote d'Ivoire 49.00 NA
140 Honduras 48.00 NA
141 Nigeria 48.00 NA
142 Slovenia 48.00 NA
143 Aruba 47.00 NA
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47.00 NA
145 Albania 47.00 NA
146 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 47.00 NA
147 Haiti 47.00 NA
148 Kiribati 44.00 NA
149 China 43.00 NA
150 Egypt 43.00 NA
151 Sudan 43.00 NA
152 Moldova 42.00 NA
153 Mauritius 42.00 NA
154 Senegal 42.00 NA
155 Togo 42.00 NA
156 Benin 41.00 NA
157 Faroe Islands 41.00 NA
158 Mauritania 41.00 NA
159 Barbados 40.00 NA
160 British Virgin Islands 40.00 NA
161 Central African Republic 39.00 NA
162 Equatorial Guinea 39.00 NA
163 Niue 39.00 NA
164 Saint Helena 39.00 NA
165 Maldives 38.00 NA
166 Sierra Leone 38.00 NA
167 Mozambique 37.00 NA
168 Somalia 37.00 NA
169 Namibia 37.00 NA
170 Zimbabwe 37.00 NA
171 Uzbekistan 37.00 NA
172 Kyrgyzstan 36.00 NA
173 Pakistan 36.00 NA
174 Bhutan 35.00 NA
175 Zambia 35.00 NA
176 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 34.00 NA
177 Guinea 34.00 NA
178 Burma 33.00 NA
179 Thailand 33.00 NA
180 Mali 32.00 NA
181 Saint Kitts and Nevis 32.00 NA
182 Grenada 31.00 NA
183 Guernsey 31.00 NA
184 Laos 31.00 NA
185 Yemen 31.00 NA
186 Jersey 31.00 NA
187 Antigua and Barbuda 30.00 NA
188 Guinea-Bissau 30.00 NA
189 India 29.00 NA
190 Madagascar 29.00 NA
191 Comoros 28.00 NA
192 Saint Lucia 28.00 NA
193 Vietnam 28.00 NA
194 Guyana 28.00 NA
195 Bangladesh 27.00 NA
196 Timor-Leste 27.00 NA
197 Chad 27.00 NA
198 Tajikistan 26.00 NA
199 Lesotho 25.00 NA
200 Swaziland 25.00 NA
201 Vanuatu 25.00 NA
202 Tonga 25.00 NA
203 Tanzania 25.00 NA
204 Afghanistan 24.00 NA
205 Samoa 23.00 NA
206 Cambodia 22.00 NA
207 Micronesia, Federated States of 22.00 NA
208 Kenya 22.00 NA
209 Eritrea 21.00 NA
210 Burkina Faso 20.00 NA
211 Malawi 19.00 NA
212 Solomon Islands 18.00 NA
213 Rwanda 18.00 NA
214 Ethiopia 17.00 NA
215 Nepal 17.00 NA
216 Niger 16.00 NA
217 Sri Lanka 15.00 NA
218 Liechtenstein 14.00 NA
219 Montserrat 14.00 NA
220 Trinidad and Tobago 13.00 NA
221 Uganda 13.00 NA
222 Papua New Guinea 12.00 NA
223 Burundi 10.00 NA
224 Burundi 6.80 NA
225 Laos 5.60 NA
226 Liberia 5.60 NA
227 Afghanistan 5.40 NA
228 Eritrea 5.40 NA
229 Maldives 5.30 NA
230 Malawi 5.20 NA
231 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.10 NA
232 Timor-Leste 5.00 NA
233 Burkina Faso 5.00 NA
234 Bhutan 4.90 NA
235 Nepal 4.90 NA
236 Yemen 4.90 NA
237 Mali 4.80 NA
238 Chad 4.70 NA
239 Cambodia 4.60 NA
240 Haiti 4.50 NA
241 Angola 4.40 NA
242 Uganda 4.40 NA
243 Ethiopia 4.30 NA
244 Sudan 4.30 NA
245 Togo 4.30 NA
246 Gambia, The 4.20 NA
247 Somalia 4.20 NA
248 Tanzania 4.20 NA
249 Rwanda 4.20 NA
250 Solomon Islands 4.10 NA
251 Mozambique 4.10 NA
252 Vanuatu 4.10 NA
253 Benin 4.00 NA
254 Kenya 4.00 NA
255 Western Sahara 4.00 NA
256 Niger 4.00 NA
257 Madagascar 3.80 NA
258 Nigeria 3.80 NA
259 Bangladesh 3.50 NA
260 Lesotho 3.50 NA
261 Guinea 3.50 NA
262 Ghana 3.50 NA
263 Cape Verde 3.50 NA
264 Cameroon 3.50 NA
265 Guatemala 3.40 NA
266 Gaza Strip 3.30 NA
267 Indonesia 3.30 NA
268 West Bank 3.30 NA
269 Cote d'Ivoire 3.20 NA
270 Guinea-Bissau 3.20 NA
271 Belize 3.10 NA
272 Syria 3.10 NA
273 Vietnam 3.10 NA
274 Senegal 3.10 NA
275 Jordan 3.10 NA
276 Mauritania 3.00 NA
277 Philippines 3.00 NA
278 Sao Tome and Principe 3.00 NA
279 Pakistan 3.00 NA
280 Malaysia 3.00 NA
281 United Arab Emirates 2.90 NA
282 Namibia 2.90 NA
283 Trinidad and Tobago 2.90 NA
284 Sierra Leone 2.90 NA
285 Honduras 2.90 NA
286 Burma 2.90 NA
287 Equatorial Guinea 2.80 NA
288 Paraguay 2.80 NA
289 Congo, Republic of the 2.70 NA
290 Comoros 2.70 NA
291 China 2.70 NA
292 Panama 2.70 NA
293 Marshall Islands 2.70 NA
294 Brunei 2.60 NA
295 Dominican Republic 2.60 NA
296 Algeria 2.50 NA
297 Bolivia 2.50 NA
298 Botswana 2.50 NA
299 Saudi Arabia 2.50 NA
300 Kuwait 2.50 NA
301 American Samoa 2.40 NA
302 India 2.40 NA
303 Costa Rica 2.30 NA
304 Zambia 2.30 NA
305 Central African Republic 2.30 NA
306 Djibouti 2.20 NA
307 Zimbabwe 2.20 NA
308 Turkmenistan 2.20 NA
309 Ireland 2.20 NA
310 Libya 2.20 NA
311 Qatar 2.20 NA
312 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.20 NA
313 Montserrat 2.20 NA
314 Northern Mariana Islands 2.10 NA
315 Ecuador 2.10 NA
316 New Caledonia 2.10 NA
317 Iran 2.10 NA
318 Gabon 2.10 NA
319 Faroe Islands 2.00 NA
320 Venezuela 2.00 NA
321 Oman 2.00 NA
322 Albania 1.90 NA
323 El Salvador 1.90 NA
324 Papua New Guinea 1.90 NA
325 Turkey 1.90 NA
326 Bahrain 1.80 NA
327 Egypt 1.80 NA
328 Kiribati 1.80 NA
329 Palau 1.80 NA
330 Nicaragua 1.80 NA
331 Morocco 1.80 NA
332 Brazil 1.80 NA
333 Colombia 1.70 NA
334 Swaziland 1.70 NA
335 Samoa 1.70 NA
336 British Virgin Islands 1.70 NA
337 Tunisia 1.70 NA
338 Thailand 1.70 NA
339 Iraq 1.70 NA
340 Israel 1.70 NA
341 Fiji 1.60 NA
342 Tajikistan 1.60 NA
343 Uzbekistan 1.60 NA
344 Tonga 1.60 NA
345 Netherlands Antilles 1.60 NA
346 Kyrgyzstan 1.60 NA
347 Barbados 1.50 NA
348 Cayman Islands 1.50 NA
349 Mexico 1.50 NA
350 Saint Helena 1.50 NA
351 Anguilla 1.40 NA
352 Bahamas, The 1.40 NA
353 Portugal 1.40 NA
354 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.40 NA
355 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.40 NA
356 Saint Lucia 1.40 NA
357 South Africa 1.40 NA
358 Seychelles 1.40 NA
359 Chile 1.30 NA
360 French Polynesia 1.30 NA
361 United States 1.30 NA
362 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.30 NA
363 Tuvalu 1.30 NA
364 Peru 1.30 NA
365 Cyprus 1.30 NA
366 Argentina 1.20 NA
367 Singapore 1.20 NA
368 Mongolia 1.20 NA
369 Lebanon 1.20 NA
370 Kazakhstan 1.20 NA
371 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1.20 NA
372 Australia 1.20 NA
373 Azerbaijan 1.00 NA
374 Canada 1.00 NA
375 Luxembourg 1.00 NA
376 New Zealand 1.00 NA
377 Suriname 1.00 NA
378 Hong Kong 1.00 NA
379 Antigua and Barbuda 0.90 NA
380 Greenland 0.90 NA
381 San Marino 0.90 NA
382 Spain 0.90 NA
383 Mauritius 0.90 NA
384 Netherlands 0.90 NA
385 Jamaica 0.90 NA
386 Korea, North 0.90 NA
387 Finland 0.80 NA
388 France 0.80 NA
389 Puerto Rico 0.80 NA
390 Macedonia 0.80 NA
391 Iceland 0.80 NA
392 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.80 NA
393 Austria 0.70 NA
394 Norway 0.70 NA
395 Macau 0.70 NA
396 Guernsey 0.60 NA
397 Greece 0.60 NA
398 Jersey 0.60 NA
399 Malta 0.60 NA
400 Korea, South 0.60 NA
401 Sri Lanka 0.50 NA
402 Liechtenstein 0.50 NA
403 Serbia 0.50 NA
404 Switzerland 0.50 NA
405 United Kingdom 0.50 NA
406 Sweden 0.50 NA
407 Denmark 0.50 NA
408 Croatia 0.40 NA
409 Uruguay 0.40 NA
410 Italy 0.40 NA
411 Bermuda 0.30 NA
412 Belgium 0.30 NA
413 Nauru 0.30 NA
414 Monaco 0.30 NA
415 Hungary 0.30 NA
416 Grenada 0.30 NA
417 Dominica 0.20 NA
418 Japan 0.20 NA
419 Slovakia 0.20 NA
420 Virgin Islands 0.20 NA
421 Aruba 0.10 NA
422 Germany 0.10 NA
423 Gibraltar 0.10 NA
424 Holy See (Vatican City) 0.10 NA
425 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.10 NA
426 Belarus 0.00 NA
427 Cuba 0.00 NA
428 Guyana 0.00 NA
429 Wallis and Futuna 0.00 NA
430 Wallis and Futuna 0.00 NA
431 Tokelau 0.00 NA
432 Tokelau 0.00 NA
433 Pitcairn Islands 0.00 NA
434 Pitcairn Islands 0.00 NA
435 Czech Republic 0.00 NA
436 Romania -0.10 NA
437 Andorra -0.20 NA
438 Isle of Man -0.20 NA
439 Niue -0.20 NA
440 Armenia -0.30 NA
441 Bulgaria -0.30 NA
442 Poland -0.30 NA
443 Estonia -0.30 NA
444 Lithuania -0.40 NA
445 Latvia -0.50 NA
446 Russia -0.50 NA
447 Georgia -0.60 NA
448 Slovenia -0.60 NA
449 Cook Islands -0.70 NA
450 Ukraine -0.70 NA
451 Montenegro -0.80 NA
452 Moldova -1.50 NA
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Appendix A :: Abbreviations
A
ABEDA
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
ACCT
Agency for the French-Speaking Community (see International
Organization of the French-speaking World)
ACP Group
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States
AfDB
African Development Bank
AFESD
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Air Pollution
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or
Their Transboundary Fluxes
Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Air Pollution-Sulphur 85
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their Transboundary
Fluxes by at Least 30%
Air Pollution-Sulphur 94
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions
Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic
Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes
AMF
Arab Monetary Fund
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Antarctic Seals
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals
ANZUS
Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
APEC
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Arabsat
Arab Satellite Communications Organization
ARF
ASEAN Regional Forum
ADB
Asian Development Bank
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AU
African Union
Autodin
Automatic Digital Network
B
BA
Baltic Assembly
bbl/day
barrels per day
BCIE
Central American Bank for Economic Integration
BDEAC
Central African States Development Bank
Benelux
Benelux Economic Union
BIMSTEC
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation
Biodiversity
Convention on Biological Diversity
BGN
United States Board on Geographic Names
BIS
Bank for International Settlements
BSEC
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone
C
C
Commonwealth
c.i.f.
cost, insurance, and freight
CACM
Central American Common Market
CAEU
Council of Arab Economic Unity
CAN
Andean Community of Nations
Caricom
Caribbean Community and Common Market
CB
citizen's band mobile radio communications
CBSS
Council of the Baltic Sea States
CCC
Customs Cooperation Council
CDB
Caribbean Development Bank
CE
Council of Europe
CEI
Central European Initiative
CEMAC
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
CEPGL
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
CERN
European Organization for Nuclear Research
CEPT
Conference Europeanne des Poste et Telecommunications
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
CITES
see Endangered Species
Climate Change
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change
COCOM
Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
Comsat
Communications Satellite Corporation
COMESA
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
CP
Colombo Plan
CPLP
Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa
CSTO
Collective Security Treaty Organization
CTBTO
Preparation commission for the Nuclear-Ban-Treaty Operation
CY
calendar year
D
DC
developed country
DDT
dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane
Desertification
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries
Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in
Africa
DIA
United States Defense Intelligence Agency
DSN
Defense Switched Network
DST
daylight savings time
DWT
deadweight ton
E
EAC
East African Community
EADB
East African Development Bank
EAEC
Eurasian Economic Community
EAPC
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
EBRD
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC
European Community
ECA
Economic Commission for Africa
ECE
Economic Commission for Europe
ECLAC
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECO
Economic Cooperation Organization
ECOSOC
Economic and Social Council
ECOWAS
Economic Community of West African States
ECSC
European Coal and Steel Community
EEC
European Economic Community
EFTA
European Free Trade Association
EEZ
exclusive economic zone
EIB
European Investment Bank
EMU
European Monetary Union
Endangered Species
Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Flora and Fauna (CITES)
Entente
Council of the Entente
Environmental Modification
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of
Environmental Modification Techniques
ESA
European Space Agency
ESCAP
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESCWA
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
est.
estimate
EU
European Union
Euratom
European Atomic Energy Community
Eutelsat
European Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Ex-Im
Export-Import Bank of the United States
F
f.o.b.
free on board
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
FAX
facsimile
FLS
Front Line States
FOC
flags of convenience
FSU
former Soviet Union
FY
fiscal year
FZ
Franc Zone
G
G-2
Group of 2
G-3
Group of 3
G-5
Group of 5
G-6
Group of 6
G-7
Group of 7
G-8
Group of 8
G-9
Group of 9
G-10
Group of 10
G-15
Group of 15
G-11
Group of 11
G-24
Group of 24
G-77
Group of 77
GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; now WTO
GCC
Gulf Cooperation Council
GCTU
General Confederation of Trade Unions
GDP
gross domestic product
GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
GNP
gross national product
GRT
gross register ton
GSM
global system for mobile cellular communications
GUAM
Organization for Democracy and Economic Development; acronym for member
states - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova
GWP
gross world product
H
Hazardous Wastes
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous
Wastes and Their Disposal
HF
high-frequency
HIV/AIDS
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome
I
IADB
Inter-American Development Bank
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
ICC
International Chamber of Commerce
ICCt
International Criminal Court
ICJ
International Court of Justice (World Court)
ICRC
International Committee of the Red Cross
ICRM
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
ICSID
International Center for Secretariat of Investment Disputes
ICTR
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
ICTY
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
IDA
International Development Association
IDB
Islamic Development Bank
IDP
Internally Displaced Person
IEA
International Energy Agency
IFAD
International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC
International Finance Corporation
IFRCS
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
IGAD
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
IHO
International Hydrographic Organization
ILO
International Labor Organization
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IMO
International Maritime Organization
IMSO
International Mobile Satellite Organization
Inmarsat
International Maritime Satellite Organization
InOC
Indian Ocean Commission
INSTRAW
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of
Women
Intelsat
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Interpol
International Criminal Police Organization
Intersputnik
International Organization of Space Communications
IOC
International Olympic Committee
IOM
International Organization for Migration
IPU
Inter-parliamentary Union
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ISP
Internet Service Provider
ITSO
International Telecommunications Satellites Organization
ITU
International Telecommunication Union
ITUC
International Trade Union Confederation, the successor to ICFTU
(International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) and the WCL (World
Confederation of Labor)
K
kHz
kilohertz
km
kilometer
kW
kilowatt
kWh
kilowatt-hour
L
LAES
Latin American Economic System
LAIA
Latin American Integration Association
LAS
League of Arab States
Law of the Sea
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)
LDC
less developed country
LLDC
least developed country
London Convention
see Marine Dumping
LOS
see Law of the Sea
M
m
meter
Marecs
Maritime European Communications Satellite
Marine Dumping
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and
Other Matter
Marine Life Conservation
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High
Seas
MARPOL
see Ship Pollution
Medarabtel
Middle East Telecommunications Project of the International
Telecommunications Union
Mercosur
Southern Cone Common Market
MHz
megahertz
MICAH
International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti
MINURSO
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
MIGA
Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency
MINUSTAH
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
MONUC
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo
N
NA
not available
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
NAM
Nonaligned Movement
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NC
Nordic Council
NEA
Nuclear Energy Agency
NEGL
negligible
NGA
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NIB
Nordic Investment Bank
NIC
newly industrializing country
NIE
newly industrializing economy
NIS
new independent states
nm
nautical mile
NMT
Nordic Mobile Telephone
NSG
Nuclear Suppliers Group
Nuclear Test Ban
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space,
and Under Water
NZ
New Zealand
O
OAPEC
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
OAS
Organization of American States
OAU
Organization of African Unity; see African Union
ODA
official development assistance
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECS
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OHCHR
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
OIC
Organization of the Islamic Conference
OIF
International Organization of the French-speaking World
ONUB
United Nations Operation in Burundi
OOF
other official flows
OPANAL
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the
Caribbean
OPCW
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSCE
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Ozone Layer Protection
Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
P
PCA
Permanent Court of Arbitration
PFP
Partnership for Peace
PIF
Pacific Islands Forum
PPP
purchasing power parity
R
Ramsar
see Wetlands
RG
Rio Group
S
SAARC
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SACU
Southern African Customs Union
SACEP
South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme
SADC
Southern African Development Community
SCO
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
SAFE
South African Far East Cable
SECI
Southeast European Cooperative Initiative
SHF
super-high-frequency
Ship Pollution
Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)
SICA
Central American Integration System
Sparteca
South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement
SPC
Secretariat of the Pacific Communities
SPF
South Pacific Forum
sq km
square kilometer
sq mi
square mile
T
TAT
Trans-Atlantic Telephone
TEU
Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit, a unit of measure for containerized cargo
capacity
Tropical Timber 83
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
Tropical Timber 94
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
U
UAE
United Arab Emirates
UDEAC
Central African Customs and Economic Union
UHF
ultra-high-frequency
UK
United Kingdom
UMA
Arab Maghreb Union
UN
United Nations
UNAMSIL
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
UNCLOS
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also know as LOS
UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDCP
United Nations Drug Control Program
UNDOF
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
UNDP
United Nations Development Program
UNEP
United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNFICYP
United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus
UNFPA
United Nations Population Fund
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF
United Nations Children's Fund
UNICRI
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
UNIDIR
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
UNIDO
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNIFIL
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
UNITAR
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNMEE
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
UNMIK
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
UNMIL
United Nations Mission in Liberia
UNMIT
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste
UNMOGIP
United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
UNMOVIC
United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission
UNOCI
United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire
UNOMIG
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
UNOPS
United Nations Office of Project Services
UNRISD
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
UNRWA
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the
Near East
UNSC
United Nations Security Council
UNSSC
Untied Nations System Staff College
UNTSO
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
UNU
United Nations University
UNWTO
World Tourism Organization
UPU
Universal Postal Union
US
United States
USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union); used for
information dated before 25 December 1991
UTC
Coordinated Universal Time
UV
ultra violet
V
VHF
very-high-frequency
VSAT
very small aperture terminal
W
WADB
West African Development Bank
WAEMU
West African Economic and Monetary Union
WCL
World Confederation of Labor
WCO
World Customs Organization
Wetlands
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As
Waterfowl Habitat
WEU
Western European Union
WFP
World Food Program
WFTU
World Federation of Trade Unions
Whaling
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
WHO
World Health Organization
WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WP
Warsaw Pact
WTO
World Trade Organization
Z
ZC
Zangger Committee
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
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Appendix B :: International Organizations and Groups
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