Abbreviations
AI |
Agreement Index |
AILAC |
Independent Association of Latin America and the Caribbean |
ALBA |
Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America |
AMISOM |
African Union Mission in Somalia |
AOSIS |
Alliance of Small Islands States |
ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
APSA |
African Union Peace and Security Architecture |
AU |
African Union |
AUPSC |
African Union Peace and Security Council |
BASIC |
Brazil, South Africa, India and China |
BRICs |
Brazil, Russia, India and China |
CACM |
Central American Common Market |
CAN |
Andean Community |
CARICOM |
Caribbean Community |
CD |
Cartagena Dialogue |
CELAC |
Community of Latin American and Caribbean states |
CfRN |
Coalition for Rainforest Nations |
COMESA |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
COMIFAC |
Central African Forestry Commission |
COP |
Conference of Parties |
CRC |
Caricom Reparations Commission |
CSS |
Health Council |
DA |
Durban Alliance |
DPPA |
Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs |
DPO |
Department of Peacekeeping Operations |
DPRK |
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
ECCAS |
Economic Community of Central African States |
ECOSOC |
Economic and Social Committee |
ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West African States |
EEAS |
European External Action Service |
EIG |
Environmental Integrity Group |
EIT |
Economies in Transition |
EPA |
Economic Partnership Agreement |
EU |
European Union |
G20 |
Group of 20 states |
G-77 |
Group of 77 (developing countries) |
GAUMU |
Technical Group on Universal Access to Medicines |
GHG |
Green House Gas |
GRULAC |
Group of Latin American and Caribbean states |
HAC |
High Ambition Coalition |
HRC |
Human Rights Council |
ICDRA |
International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities |
ING |
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee |
ISAGS |
South American Institute of Government in Health |
ISIL |
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant |
JCM |
Joint-support Coordination Mechanism |
LAC |
Latin American and Caribbean |
LAS |
League of Arab States |
LDC |
Least Developed Countries |
LMDC |
Like-Minded Developing Countries |
MDGs |
Millennium Development Goals |
MERCOSUR |
Southern Common Market |
NAM |
Non-Aligned Movement |
OAS |
Organization of American States |
OAU |
Organization of African Unity |
OIC |
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation |
ONUC |
United Nations Operation in the Congo |
OP |
Optional Protocol |
OWG |
Open Working Group |
PA |
Paris Agreement |
PAHO |
Pan American Health Organization |
P5 |
Permanent Five (members of the UN Security Council) |
R2P |
Responsibility to Protect |
SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
SDGs |
Sustainable Development Goals |
SICA |
Central American Integration System |
SIDS |
Small Island Developing States |
TRIPS |
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement |
UK |
United Kingdom |
UN |
United Nations |
UNAMID |
United Nations-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur |
UNOAU |
United Nations Office to the African Union |
UNASUR |
Union of South American Nations |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNGA |
United Nations General Assembly |
UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
UNSC |
United Nations Security Council |
UPEACE |
University for Peace |
US |
United States |
WEOG |
Western Europe and Others Group |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |