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USA — United States of America
TNCS — Transnational Corporations
UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UNICEF — United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
WHO — World Health Organization
MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
GDP — Gross Domestic Product
OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
DDR — Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Programme
IARLJ — International Association of Refugee Law Judges
ADB — Asian Development Bank
EXCOM — Executive Committee
EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
ACLU — American Civil Liberties Union
BO — Branch Office
MNCS — Multi-national corporations
SGBV — Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
IMF — International Monetary Fund
SOPS — Standard Operating Procedures
CIS — Commonwealth of Independent States
FAO — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
DPKO — Department of Peacekeeping Operations
VOLREP — Voluntary Repatriation
GA — General Assembly
NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
EC — European Commission
IMO — International Maritime Organization
IGAD — Intergovernmental Authority on Development
HIV/AIDS — Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
RO — Regional Office
UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
UNRWA — United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
SC — Security Council
ICC — International Criminal Court
HDI — Human Development Index (UNDP yardstick of human welfare)
BBC — British Broadcasting Corporation
UN — United Narions
CHR — Commission on Human Rights
CNN — Cable News Network's
UNFPA — United Nations Fund for Population Activities (see www.unfpa.org)
TOC — Table of Contents
AOR — Area of Responsibility. The assigned area to any given unit.
WTO — World Trade Organisation
CRC — Committee on the Rights of the Child
IRIN — Integrated Regional Information Networks
UAM — Unaccompanied minor
ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
OIOS — Office of Internal Oversight Services
ICCPR — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights