Abbreviations - The World Factbook
Abbreviations reference guide, which includes all abbreviations and acronyms used in the Factbook, with their expansions.
ABEDA |
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa |
ACP Group |
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States |
ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
AfDB |
African Development Bank |
AFESD |
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development |
AG |
Australia Group |
Air Pollution |
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution |
Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides |
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes |
Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants |
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants |
Air Pollution-Sulphur 85 |
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at Least 30% |
Air Pollution-Sulphur 94 |
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions |
Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds |
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes |
AMF |
Arab Monetary Fund |
AMISOM |
African Union Mission in Somalia |
AMU |
Arab Maghreb Union |
Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
Antarctic Seals |
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals |
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol |
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty |
ANZUS |
Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty |
AOSIS |
Alliance of Small Island States |
APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
Arabsat |
Arab Satellite Communications Organization |
ARF |
ASEAN Regional Forum |
ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
ATMIS |
African Union Transition Mission in Somalia |
AU |
African Union |
Autodin |
Automatic Digital Network |
BA |
Baltic Assembly |
bbl/day |
barrels per day |
BCIE |
Central American Bank for Economic Integration |
BDEAC |
Central African States Development Bank |
Benelux |
Benelux Union |
BGN |
United States Board on Geographic Names |
BIMSTEC |
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation |
BIS |
Bank for International Settlements |
BRICS |
(Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) |
BSEC |
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone |
°C |
degree(s) Celsius, degree(s) centigrade |
C |
Commonwealth |
CACM |
Central American Common Market |
CAEU |
Council of Arab Economic Unity |
CAN |
Andean Community |
Caricom |
Caribbean Community and Common Market |
CBSS |
Council of the Baltic Sea States |
CCC |
Customs Cooperation Council |
CD |
Community of Democracies |
CDB |
Caribbean Development Bank |
CE |
Council of Europe |
CEI |
Central European Initiative |
CELAC |
Community of Latin America and Caribbean States |
CEMA |
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance |
CEMAC |
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa |
CEPGL |
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries |
CERN |
European Organization for Nuclear Research |
CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency |
CICA |
Conference of Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia |
c.i.f. |
cost, insurance, and freight |
CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
CITES |
see Endangered Species |
Climate Change |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol |
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
COCOM |
Coordinating Committee on Export Controls |
COMESA |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
Comsat |
Communications Satellite Corporation |
CP |
Colombo Plan |
CPLP |
Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa |
CSN |
South American Community of Nations became UNASUL - Union of South American Nations |
CSTO |
Collective Security Treaty Organization |
CTBTO |
Preparatory Commission for the Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization |
CY |
calendar year |
D-8 |
Developing Eight |
Desertification |
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa |
DIA |
United States Defense Intelligence Agency |
DST |
daylight savings time |
EAC |
East African Community |
EADB |
East African Development Bank |
EAEC |
Eurasian Economic Community |
EAPC |
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council |
EAS |
East Asia Summit |
EBRD |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
EC |
European Community OR European Commission |
ECA |
Economic Commission for Africa |
ECB |
European Central Bank |
ECE |
Economic Commission for Europe |
ECLAC |
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
ECO |
Economic Cooperation Organization |
ECOMIG |
ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia |
ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West African States |
ECSC |
European Coal and Steel Community OR Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court |
EEC |
European Economic Community |
EEZ |
exclusive economic zone |
EFTA |
European Free Trade Association |
EIB |
European Investment Bank |
EITI |
Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative |
EMU |
European Monetary Union |
Endangered Species |
Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) |
Entente |
Council of the Entente |
Environmental Modification |
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques |
ESA |
European Space Agency |
ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
est. |
estimate |
EU |
European Union |
EUFOR |
European Union Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Euratom |
European Atomic Energy Community |
Eutelsat |
European Telecommunications Satellite Organization |
EUTM |
European Union Training Mission (military force deployed to provide advice, operational training, and education to security forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Central African Republic, Mali, and Somalia) |
°F |
degree(s) Fahrenheit |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
FATF |
Financial Action Task Force |
f.o.b. |
free on board |
ft |
foot |
FttP |
FttP: Fiber to the Home (FttP) is a pure fiber-optic cable connection running from an Internet Service Provider (ISP) directly to the user's home or business |
FY |
fiscal year |
G-10 |
Group of 10 |
G-11 |
Group of 11 |
G-15 |
Group of 15 |
G-20 |
Group of 20 |
G-24 |
Group of 24 |
G-5 |
Group of 5 |
G-6 |
Group of 6 |
G-7 |
Group of 7 |
G-77 |
Group of 77 |
GCC |
Gulf Cooperation Council |
GCN |
Global Caribbean Network |
GCTU |
General Confederation of Trade Unions |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time |
GNP |
gross national product |
GSM |
global system for mobile cellular communications |
GUAM |
Organization for Democracy and Economic Development; acronym for member states - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova |
Hazardous Wastes |
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal |
IADB |
Inter-American Development Bank |
IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
IANA |
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority |
IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) |
ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
ICC |
International Chamber of Commerce |
ICCt |
International Criminal Court |
ICJ |
International Court of Justice (World Court) |
ICRC |
International Committee of the Red Cross |
ICRM |
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement |
ICSID |
International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes |
IDA |
International Development Association |
IDB |
Islamic Development Bank |
IDP |
Internally Displaced Person |
IEA |
International Energy Agency |
IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
IFRCS |
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
IGAD |
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development |
IHO |
International Hydrographic Organization |
ILO |
International Labor Organization |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
IMSO |
International Mobile Satellite Organization |
in |
inch |
Inmarsat |
International Maritime Satellite Organization |
InOC |
Indian Ocean Commission |
Intelsat |
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization |
Interpol |
International Criminal Police Organization |
Intersputnik |
International Organization of Space Communications |
IOC |
International Olympic Committee |
IOM |
International Organization for Migration |
IPU |
Inter-Parliamentary Union |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
ITC |
International Trade Center |
ITSO |
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization |
ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
ITUC |
International Trade Union Confederation, the successor to ICFTU (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) and the WCL (World Confederation of Labor) |
kg |
kilogram |
kHz |
kilohertz |
km |
kilometer |
kW |
kilowatt |
kWh |
kilowatt-hour |
LAES |
Latin American and Caribbean Economic System |
LAIA |
Latin American Integration Association |
LAS |
League of Arab States |
Law of the Sea |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS) |
LNG |
liquefied natural gas |
LOS |
see Law of the Sea |
m |
meter |
Marine Dumping |
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter |
Marine Life Conservation |
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas |
Medarabtel |
Middle East Telecommunications Project of the International Telecommunications Union |
Mercosur |
Southern Cone Common Market |
MFO |
Multinational Force & Observers--Sinai |
MHz |
megahertz |
mi |
mile |
MIGA |
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency |
MINURCAT |
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad |
MINURSO |
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara |
MINUSCA |
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic |
MINUSMA |
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali |
MINUSTAH |
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti |
mm |
millimeter |
MONUSCO |
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
mt |
metric ton |
Mt. |
Mount |
NA |
not available |
NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
NAM |
Nonaligned Movement |
NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NC |
Nordic Council |
NEA |
Nuclear Energy Agency |
NEGL |
negligible |
NGA |
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
NGO |
nongovernmental organization |
NIB |
Nordic Investment Bank |
nm |
nautical mile |
NSG |
Nuclear Suppliers Group |
Nuclear Test Ban |
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water |
OAPEC |
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries |
OAS |
Organization of American States |
OAU |
Organization of African Unity; see African Union |
OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OECS |
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States |
OHCHR |
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
OIC |
Organization of the Islamic Conference |
OIF |
International Organization of the French-speaking World |
OPANAL |
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean |
OPCW |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
OPEC |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
OSCE |
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
Ozone Layer Protection |
Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer |
PCA |
Permanent Court of Arbitration |
PFP |
Partnership for Peace |
PIF |
Pacific Islands Forum |
PPP |
purchasing power parity |
Quad |
Quadrilateral Security Dialogue |
RG |
Rio Group |
SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
SACEP |
South Asia Co-operative Environment Program |
SACU |
Southern African Customs Union |
SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
SAFE |
South African Far East Cable |
SCO |
Shanghai Cooperation Organization |
SELEC |
Convention of the Southeast European Law Enforcement Centers |
SHF |
super-high-frequency |
Ship Pollution |
Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL) |
SICA |
Central American Integration System |
Sparteca |
South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement |
SPC |
Secretariat of the Pacific Communities |
SPF |
South Pacific Forum |
sq km |
square kilometer |
sq mi |
square mile |
TAT |
Trans-Atlantic Telephone |
Tropical Timber 83 |
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983 |
Tropical Timber 94 |
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 |
UDEAC |
Central African Customs and Economic Union |
UHF |
ultra-high-frequency |
UN |
United Nations |
UNAMA |
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan |
UNAMID |
African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur |
UNASUR |
Union of South American Nations |
UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also known as LOS |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNDCP |
United Nations Drug Control Program |
UNDEF |
United Nations Democracy Fund |
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 Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus |
UNFPA |
United Nations Population Fund |
UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
UNHRC |
United Nations Human Rights Council |
UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
UNIDO |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
UNIFIL |
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon |
UNISFA |
United Nations Interim Force for Abyei |
UNITAR |
United Nations Institute for Training and Research |
UNMIK |
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo |
UNMIL |
United Nations Mission in Liberia |
UNMIS |
United Nations Mission in the Sudan |
UNMISS |
United Nations Mission in South Sudan |
UNMIT |
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste |
UNMOGIP |
United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan |
UNOCI |
United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire |
UNODC |
United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime |
UNOPS |
United Nations Office of Project Services |
UNRWA |
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
UNSC |
United Nations Security Council |
UNSOM |
United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia |
UNTSO |
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization |
UNWTO |
World Tourism Organization |
UPU |
Universal Postal Union |
USG |
United States Government |
USSR |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union); used for information dated before 25 December 1991 |
UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time |
VHF |
very-high-frequency |
VSAT |
very small aperture terminal |
WADB |
West African Development Bank |
WAEMU |
West African Economic and Monetary Union |
WCL |
World Confederation of Labor |
WCO |
World Customs Organization |
Wetlands |
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat |
WEU |
Western European Union |
WFP |
World Food Program |
WFTU |
World Federation of Trade Unions |
Whaling |
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Organization |
WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
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