| ACC |
Administrative Committee on Coordination |
| AFG |
African Governance Forum |
| AIDS |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| APA |
Administrative Place of Assignment |
| APRM |
Africa Peer Review Mechanism |
| ARV |
Antiretroviral |
C |
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| CAADP |
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme |
| CAFRAD |
African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CCA |
Common Country Assessment |
| CEB |
United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination |
| CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| COP10 |
Tenth Session of the Conference of Parties |
| CSP |
Child Survival Partnership |
| CTBTO |
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization |
| CTC |
Counter-Terrorism Committee |
D |
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| DRC |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
E |
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| ECA |
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
| ECE |
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| ECESA |
Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs |
| ECHA |
Executive Committee on Humanitarian Affairs |
| ECLAC |
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| ECOSOC |
UN Economic and Social Council |
| ECPS |
Executive Committee on Peace and Security |
| EFA |
Education for All |
| EFA-FTI |
Education for All-FastTrack Initiative |
| EMG |
Environmental Management Group |
| ESCAP |
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| ESCWA |
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia |
F |
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| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FFDO |
Financing for Development Office |
G |
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| GAVI |
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization |
| GCOS |
Global Observing System for Climate |
| GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
| GIVS |
Global Immunization Vision and Strategy |
H |
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| Hib |
Haemophius influenzae type b |
| HIV |
Human Immune-Deficiency Virus |
| HLCP |
High-Level Committee on Programmes |
| HLSOC |
High-Level Summit Organizing Committee |
| HURIST |
OHCHR's and UNDP's joint programme on Human Rights Strengthening |
I |
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| IAAH |
International Alliance Against Hunger |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IANWGE |
Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality |
| ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ICPO/Interpol |
International Criminal Police Organization/Interpol |
| ICT |
Information and Communications Technology |
| IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IGAC |
International Group for Anti-Corruption Cooperation |
| ILO |
International Labour Organization |
| ILO/STEP |
International Labour Organization/Strategies and Tools against
social Exclusion and Poverty |
| IMCI |
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
| IOM |
International Organization For Migration |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPEC |
ILO’s collaborative Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour |
| IPGRI |
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute |
| ISDR |
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
| ITC |
International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO |
| ITU |
International Telecommunications Union |
L |
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| LDCs |
Least Developed Countries |
| LLDCs |
Landlocked Developing Countries |
M |
|
| MDG |
Millennium Development Goals |
N |
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| NEPAD |
New Partnership for Africa's Development |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
O |
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| OCHA |
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development |
| OHCHR |
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| OPCW |
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
| OSAA |
Office of the Special Advisor on Africa |
P |
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| PARIS 21 |
Partnership in Statistics for Development in the Twenty-First Century task team |
| PCNA |
Preparation of comprehensive post-conflict needs assessments |
| PRSP |
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers |
| PWG |
Policy Working Group on the United Nations and Terrorism |
R |
|
| RECs |
Regional Economic Communities |
| RIASCO |
Regional Interagency Coordination and Support Office |
S |
|
| SCN |
UN System Standing Committee on Nutrition |
| SIDS |
Small Island Developing States |
| SMART governance |
Simple, moral, accountable, responsible and transparent governance |
| SOLA |
Special Operations Living Allowance |
T |
|
| TB |
Tuberculosis |
U |
|
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNAIDS |
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNCCD |
UN Convention to Combat Desertification |
| UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDAF |
United Nations Development Assistance Framework |
| UNDDA |
United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs |
| UN-DESA |
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
| UNDG |
United Nations Development Group |
| UN-DPA |
United Nations Department of Political Affairs |
| UN-DPKO |
Department of Peacekeeping Operations |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFCCC |
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNFPA |
United Nations Population Fund |
| UNGEI |
United Nations Girls' Education Initiative |
| UN-HABITAT |
United Nations Human Settlements Programme |
| UNHCHR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNIDO |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| UNMISET |
United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor |
| UN-OCHA |
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| UNODC |
United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime |
| UNPAN |
United Nations Online Network on Public Administration and Finance |
| UNRWA |
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
| UNSSC |
United Nations System Staff College |
| UNWTO |
United Nations World Tourism Organization |
| UPU |
Universal Postal Union |
W |
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| WFP |
World Food Programme |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
| WSIS |
World Summit on the Information Society |
| WSSD |
World Summit on Sustainable Development |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |
| WWAP |
World Water Assessment Programme |
| WWDR |
World Water Development Report |
