Acronyms
ACABQ: Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
AU: African Union
CEDAW: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
CERD: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
CMW: Committee on Migrant Workers
CRC: Committee on the Rights of the Child
CSD: Commission on Sustainable Development
CTC: Counter-Terrorism Committee
DDR: Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration
DESA: Department of Economic and Social Affairs
DFS: Department of Field Support
DPKO: Department of Peacekeeping Operations
ECOSOC: Economic and Social Council
ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States
ESCR: Economic, social and cultural rights
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation
GEF: Global Environment Fund
GFMD: Global Forum on Migration and Development
HDI: Human Development Index
HRC: Human Rights Council
IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organisation
ICC: International Criminal Court
ICJ: International Court of Justice
ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross
ICTR: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda:
ICTY: International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia
IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development
ILO: International Labour Organisation
IMF: International Monetary Fund
IMO: International Maritime Organisation
INCB: International Narcotics Control Board
IOM: International Organisation for Migration
IPCC: Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change
ITU: International Telecommunication Union
LoN: League of Nations
MDG: Millennium Development Goals
NGO: Non-Governmental Organisation
NPT: Non-Proliferation Treaty
NSG: Nuclear Suppliers Group
OCHA: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OHCHR: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
PBC: Peace building Commission
PKO: Peacekeeping Operation
POC: Protection of Civilians
PSC: Peace and Security Council of the African Union
SCSL: Special Court for Sierra Leone
SPM: Special Political Mission
SSR: Security System Reform
STL: Special Tribunal for Lebanon
UNAIDS: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS
UNAT: United Nations Administrative Tribunal
UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDC: United Nations Disarmament Commission
UNDCP: United Nations International Drug Control Programme
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme
UNEO:(proposed) United Nations Environment Organisation
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNFF: United Nations Forum on Forests
UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund
UNGA: United Nations General Assembly
UNHABITAT: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UNHSP)
UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund
UNIDIR: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
UNITAID: International Drug Purchase Facility
UNO: United Nations Organisation
UNODC: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
UNRWA: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNSC: United Nations Security Council
UNSG: United Nations Secretary-General
UNSGSR: United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative
UNWTO: World Tourism Organisation
UPR: Universal Periodic Review
UPU: Universal Postal Union
WB: World Bank
WFI: World Financial Institutions
WFP: World Food Programme
WHO: World Health Organisation
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation
WMO: World Meteorological Organisation
WSIS: World Summit on the Information Society
WTO: World Trade Organisation
Update : July 2010