SELECTED ABBREVIATIONS

ACABQ—Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

CND—Commission on Narcotic Drugs

CONGO—Conference on Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status

CTBTO—Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization

DPA—Department of Political Affairs

DPKO—Department of Peacekeeping Operations

E10—Elected ten members of the Security Council

ECOSOC—Economic and Social Council

FAO—Food and Agriculture Organization

G-77—Group of 77, a coalition of developing countries

GA—General Assembly

GAO—US Government Accountability Office

HCHR—High Commissioner for Human Rights

HRC—Human Rights Council

IAEA—International Atomic Energy Agency

ICAO—International Civil Aviation Organization

IMO—International Maritime Organization

IPCC—Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

ITU—International Telecommunication Union

MINUSTAH—United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti

NAM—Nonaligned Movement

NATO—North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NGO—nongovernmental organization

OIOS—Office of Internal Oversight Services

OPCW—Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

P5—Permanent Five members of the Security Council

UNAIDS—Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS

UNAMID—African Union–United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur

UNDP—United Nations Development Program

UNEP—United Nations Environment Program

UNESCO—United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

UNFICYP—United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus

UNHCR—Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF—United Nations Children’s Fund

UNIDO—United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNMEE—United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea

UNMIT—United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste

UNODC—United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

UNPOL—United Nations Police

UNTSO—United Nations Truce Supervision Organization

UPU—Universal Postal Union

WEOG—Western Europe and Others Regional Group

WFP—World Food Program

WHO—World Health Organization

WIPO—World Intellectual Property Organization