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- <text id=93CT1931>
- <title>
- The CIA World Factbook:Abbreviations
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- The CIA World Factbook
- Abbreviations
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <table>
- avdp.: avoirdupois
- c.i.f.: cost, insurance, and freight
- CY: calendar year
- DWT: deadweight ton
- est.: estimate
- Ex-Im: Export-Import Bank of the United States
- f.o.b.: free on board
- FRG: Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany); used for
- information dated before 3 October 1990 or CY91
- FY: fiscal year
- GDP: gross domestic product
- GDR: German Democratic Republic (East Germany); used for
- information dated before 3 October 1990 or CY91
- GNP: gross national product
- GRT: gross register ton
- km: kilometer
- km2: square kilometer
- kW: kilowatt
- kWh: kilowatt hour
- m: meter
- NA: not available
- NEGL: negligible
- nm: nautical mile
- NZ: New Zealand
- ODA: official development assistance
- OOF: other official flows
- PDRY: People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or
- South Yemen]; used for information dated before 22 May 1990 or
- CY91
- UAE: United Arab Emirates
- UK: United Kingdom
- US: United States
- USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union); used
- for information dated before 25 December 1991
- YAR: Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen]; used for
- information dated before 22 May 1990 or CY91
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- Abbreviations for International Organizations and Groups
- ABEDA Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
- ACC Arab Cooperation Council
- ACCT Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation
- ACP African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries
- AfDB African Development Bank
- AFESD Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
- AG Andean Group
- AL Arab League
- ALADI Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion; see Latin
- American Integration Association (LAIA)
- AMF Arab Monetary Fund
- AMU Arab Maghreb Union
- ANZUS Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
- APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
- AsDB Asian Development Bank
- ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- BAD Banque Africaine de Developpement;
- see African Development Bank (AfDB)
- BADEA Banque Arabe de Developpement Economique en Afrique;
- see Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA)
- BCIE Banco Centroamericano de Integracion Economico; see
- Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)
- BDEAC Banque de Developpment des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale;
- see Central African States Development Bank (BDEAC)
- Benelux Benelux Economic Union
- BID Banco Interamericano de Desarvollo; see Inter-American
- Development Bank (IADB)
- BIS Bank for International Settlements
- BOAD Banque Ouest-Africaine de Developpement; see West African
- Development Bank (WADB)
- C Commonwealth
- CACM Central American Common Market
- CAEU Council of Arab Economic Unity
- CARICOM Caribbean Community and Common Market
- CBSS Council of the Baltic Sea States
- CCC Customs Cooperation Council
- CDB Caribbean Development Bank
- CE Council of Europe
- CEAO Communaute Economique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest; see West
- African Economic Community (CEAO)
- CEEAC Communaute Economique des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale;
- see Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)
- CEI Central European Initiative
- CEMA Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; also known as
- CMEA or Comecon; abolished 1 January 1991
- CEPGL Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs; see
- Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL)
- CERN Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire; see
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
- CG Contadora Group
- CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
- CMEA Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA); also known
- as Comecon; abolished 1 January 1991
- COCOM Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
- Comecon Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA); also known
- as CMEA; abolished 1 January 1991
- CP Colombo Plan
- CSCE Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
- DC developed country
- EADB East African Development Bank
- EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- EC European Community
- ECA Economic Commission for Africa
- ECAFE Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East; see
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- (ESCAP)
- ECE Economic Commission for Europe
- ECLA Economic Commission for Latin America; see Economic
- Comission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
- ECOSOC Economic and Social Council
- ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
- ECWA Economic Commission for Western Asia; see Economic and
- Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
- EFTA European Free Trade Association
- EIB European Investment Bank
- Entente Council of the Entente
- ESA European Space Agency
- ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- ESCWA Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
- FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
- FLS Front Line States
- FZ Franc Zone
- G-2 Group of 2
- G-3 Group of 3
- G-5 Group of 5
- G-6 Group of 6 (not to be confused with the Big Six)
- G-7 Group of 7
- G-8 Group of 8
- G-9 Group of 9
- G-10 Group of 10
- G-11 Group of 11
- G-15 Group of 15
- G-19 Group of 19
- G-24 Group of 24
- G-30 Group of 30
- G-33 Group of 33
- G-77 Group of 77
- GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- GCC Gulf Cooperation Council
- Habitat see United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UNCHS)
- HG Hexagonal Group
- IADB Inter-American Development Bank
- IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
- IBEC International Bank for Economic Cooperation
- IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
- ICC International Chamber of Commerce
- ICEM Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration; see
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- ICFTU International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
- ICJ International Court of Justice
- ICM Intergovernmental Committee for Migration; see
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross
- IDA International Development Association
- IDB Islamic Development Bank
- IEA International Energy Agency
- IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
- IFC International Finance Corporation
- IGADD Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development
- IIB International Investment Bank
- ILO International Labor Organization
- IMCO Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization; see
- International Maritime Organization (IMO)
- IMF International Monetary Fund
- IMO International Maritime Organization
- INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite Organization
- INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
- INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization
- IOC International Olympic Committee
- IOM International Organization for Migration
- ISO International Organization for Standardization
- ITU International Telecommunication Union
- LAES Latin American Economic System
- LAIA Latin American Integration Association
- LAS League of Arab States; see Arab League (AL)
- LDC less developed country
- LLDC least developed country
- LORCS League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- MERCOSUR Southern Cone Common Market
- MINURSO United Nations Mission for the Referendum in
- Western Sahara
- MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime
- NACC North Atlantic Cooperation Council
- NAM Nonaligned Movement
- NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NC Nordic Council
- NEA Nuclear Energy Agency
- NIB Nordic Investment Bank
- NIC newly industrializing country; see newly industrializing
- economy (NIE)
- NIE newly industrializing economy
- NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group
- OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
- OAS Organization of American States
- OAU Organization of African Unity
- OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OECS Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
- OIC Organization of the Islamic Conference
- ONUSAL United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador
- OPANAL Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin
- America and the Caribbean
- OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- PCA Permanent Court of Arbitration
- RG Rio Group
- SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
- SACU Southern African Customs Union
- SADC Southern African Development Community
- SELA Sistema Economico Latinoamericana; see Latin American
- Economic System (LAES)
- SPARTECA South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement
- SPC South Pacific Commission
- SPF South Pacific Forum
- UDEAC Union Douaniere et Economique de l'Afrique Centrale; see
- Central African Customs and Economic Union (UDEAC)
- UN United Nations
- UNAVEM II United Nations Angola Verification Mission
- UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- 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 Force in Cyprus
- UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population Activities; see UN
- Population Fund (UNFPA)
- UNHCR United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for
- Refugees
- UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund;
- see United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization
- UNIKOM United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission
- UNIFIL United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
- UNMOGIP United Nations Military Observer Group in India and
- Pakistan
- UNOMOZ United Nations Operation in Mozambique
- UNOSOM United Nations Operation in Somalia
- UNPROFOR United Nations ProtectionForce
- UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
- Refugees in the Near East
- UNTAC United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
- UNTSO United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
- UPU Universal Postal Union
- USSR/EE USSR/Eastern Europe
- WADB West African Development Bank
- WCL World Confederation of Labor
- WEU Western European Union
- WFC World Food Council
- WFP World Food Program
- WFTU World Federation of Trade Unions
- WHO World Health Organization
- WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
- WMO World Meteorological Organization
- WP Warsaw Pact (members met 1 July 1991 to dissolve the
- alliance)
- WTO World Tourism Organization
- ZC Zangger Committee
- </table>
- <p>note: not all international organizations and groups have
- abbreviations
- </p>
- <p>Source: The World Factbook 1993. Central Intelligence Agency,
- Washington, DC.
- </p>
- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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