A
 

ACABQ Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
ACC Administrative Committee on Coordination
AfDB African Development Bank
AfDF African Development Fund
AFESD Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
APCD Asian and Pacific Centre for Development
APCTT Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology
AsDB Asian Development Bank
AsDF Asian Development Fund

C

CBI Centre for promotion of imports of products of developing countries
CDF - see UNCDF
CEDO Centre for Education Development Overseas
CFA Committee on Food Aid Programmes and Policies
CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CP Committee for Programme and Coordination
 

D

E

EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC European Community
ECA European Commission for Africa *
ECAFE Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East *
ECE Economic Commission for Europe*
ECLA Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean*
ECOSOC Economic and Social Council
ECWA Economic Commission for Asia
EDF European Development Fund
EIB European Investment Bank
EMS European Monetary System
EPI Expanded Programme on Immunisation
EPTA Expanded Programme on Technical Assistance
ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific*
 

F

G

H

I

L

M

N
NATO  North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NGO  Non-Governmental Organisation

O
OAS  Organisation of American States
OAU Organisation of African Unity
ODA  Official Development Assistance
OECD  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OPCW  Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons
OPEC   Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries

P
PLO  Palestinian Liberation Organisation
 

S

SDR  Special Drawing Rights (Also called "the paper of gold of the IMF")
SEATO   Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation
SNAP  Substantial New Programme of Action (Since 1981 an Institution for and by developing countries)
SPA "Special Programme of Assistance" (For countries south of the Sahara with a low income)
SWAPO  South-West Africa People's Organisation
 

T

TAB  Technical Assistance Board*
TDR  A Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
 
 

U

UN United Nations
UNCDF UN Capital Development Fund
UNCTAD UN  Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP UN Development Programme
UNDRO UN Disaster Relief Office
UNDTCD UN Department fot Technical Cooperation and Development
UNEP UN Environment Programme
UNESCO UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNFDAC UN Fund for Drug Abuse Control
UNFICYP   UN Force in Cyprus
UNFPA UN Fund for Populationd Activities
UNHCR  UN High Commissioner for Refugees
UNHHSF  UN Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation
UNICEF UN Children`s Fund
UNIDIR UN Institute for Disarmament Research
UNIDO UN Industrial Development Organisation
UNIFEM UN Development Fund for Women
UNITAR UN Institute for Training and Research
UNMOGIP UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
UNOG  UN Office in Geneva
UNPROFOR  UN Protection Force in Bosnia
UNRISD UN Research Institute for Social Development
UNRRA UN Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRWA UN Relief and Works Agency (for Palestinian fugitives in the Middle-East)
UNSO UN Sahelian-Sudano Office
UNTFAP UN Tropical Forest Action Plan
 

V

VFDW Voluntary Fund for the UN Decade for Women

W

WFC World Food Council
WFP World Food Programme
WHO World Health Organisation
WIDER World Institute for Development Economics Research
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organisation
WMO World Meteorological Organisation
WTO World Trade Organisation, successor of GATT

Y

YMCA Young Men's Christian Association
YWCA Young Women's Christian Association