Some useful acronyms and abbrevations

ACP-European Union: Joint assembly of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States Group and the European Union and its Members States

WMD: Weapons of mass destruction

EDA: European Defence Agency

IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency

SALW: small arms and light weapons

PCA: Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

FYRM: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations

SAA: Stabilisation and Association Agreement

ASEM: Asia-Europe Meeting

GAERC: General Affairs and External Relations Council

GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council

ECSC: European Coal and Steel Community

ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States

EEC: European Economic Community

ECCAS: Economic Community of Central African States

CIS: Community of Independent States

BTWC: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction

CIVCOM: Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management

CJEC: Court of Justice of the European Communities

EUMC: European Union Military Committee

PSC: Political and Security Committee

COREPER: Permanent Representatives Committee

EPC: European Political Cooperation

COREU: CORrespondance EUropéenne

UNSC: United Nations Security Council

ECHO: European Community Humanitarian Office

EUMS: European Union Military Staff EUBAM: European Union Border Assistance Mission

EUPAT: EU police advisory team

EUPM: European Union Police Mission

EDF: European Development Fund

GAM: Free Aceh Movement

EIDHR: European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights

ISS: EU Institute for Security Studies

ENPI: European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument

KEDO: Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization

MEDA (MEDA programme): financial and technical measures to accompany the reform of economic and social structures in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership

UN: United Nations

OSCE: Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe

NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

CTBTO: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation

CAP: Common Agricultural Policy

CFSP: Common Foreign and Security Policy

ESDP: European Security and Defence Policy

ENP: European Neighbourhood Policy

SAP: Stabilisation and Association Process

RELEX: Group of Commissioners for External Relations

PR / PREU: France Permanent Representation to the European Union

EUSR: European Union Special Representative

SADC: Southern African Development Community

ESS: European Security Strategy

SITCEN: EU Joint Situation Centre

GSEA: General Secretary for European Affairs

GSC: General Secretariat of the Council

SG/HR: Secretary General/High Representative for the CFSP

TACIS: Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States

TEC: Treaty establishing the European Community

ICTY: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

TEU: Treaty on European Union

UE: European Union or «Union»

WEU: Western European Union

PPEWU or PPU: Policy Planning and Early Warning Unit or Policy Planning Unit