The following are the most important abbreviations
(Except from THIMUN Reports Book)
ABM = Anti-Ballistic Missile
AIDS = Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AOSIS = Alliance of Small Island States, est. 1990, Washington, D.C., USA
APEC = Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASEAN = Association of South-East Asian Nations, Jakarta, Indonesia
BWC = Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological, Biological and Toxic Weapons and on their Destruction (The Biological Weapons Convention), signed and ratified on 10 April 1972
CASA = Coordination Action on Small Arms, part of UN Department for Disarmament Affairs
CEAFRD = Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1965
CEDAW = Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, 18 December 1979
CERD = Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination or Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
CERF = Central Emergency Revolving Fund, est. 19 Dec. 1991 by UN Resolution A/46/182
CFC = Chlorofluorocarbons
CHR = Centre for Human Rights
CND = United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Vienna, Austria
COP = Conference Of Parties, Supreme Body of the UNCCD
COPUOS = Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space
CRC = Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted on 20 November 1989, entered into force on 2 September 1990 or Committee on the Rights of the Child
CSD = United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development
CSTD = Commission on Science and Development
CTBT = Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, 10 September 1996
CTBTO = Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organisation, Preparatory Commission in Vienna, Austria
CWC = Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, London, Moscow and Washington, 10 April 1972
DEVAW = Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, Dec. 1993
DHA = United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs, predecessor of OCHA
DPKO = United Nations Department of Peace Keeping Operations
ECA = Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa,Ethiopia
ECLAC/CEPAL = Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile
ECOMOG = Economic Community of West African States Military Observer Group
ECOSOC = Economic and Social Council, New York, NY, US and Geneva, Switzerland
ECOWAS = Economic Community of West African States, est. 28 May 1975, Lome, Togo
EIF = Entry into Force
EMPFORM = Employment Forum (ILO)
ERF = Emergency Relief Coordinator
ESCAP = United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,est. 1947, Bangkok, Thailand
EU = European Union, Brussels, Belgium
FAO = Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy
FCCC = Framework Convention on Climate Change, signed at the Rio Summit in 1992
FRY = Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
FYROM = Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
GA = General Assembly, New York, NY, United States
GATT = General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade predecessor of the WTO
GAW = Global Atmosphere Watch
GCOS = Global Climate Observing System, est. 1992, Geneva Switzerland
GDP = Gross Domestic Product
GEF = Global Environmental Facility
GM = Genetically Modified
GNP = Gross National Product
GRD = Global Resource Information Database, of the UNEP
HABITAT II = United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Istanbul 1996, predecessor of UNDHS
HCHR = High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland
HIPC = Highly Indebted Poor Countries
HIV = Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HRW = Human Rights Watch, New York, NY, United States
IAEA = International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
IASC = Inter-Agency Standing Committee
IBRD = International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (aka World Bank),Washington, DC, United States
ICBL = International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Resource Centre, Oslo, Norway
ICBM = InterContinental Ballistic Missiles
ICC = International Criminal Court, est. July 1998 in Rome, Italy
ICCP = Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to Its Country of Origin or Its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation
ICJ = International Court of Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands
ICRIC = International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland
ICTR = International Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha, Tanzania
ICTY = International Criminal Tribunal for ex-Yugoslavia, The Hague, The Netherlands
IDA = International Development Association, Washington, DC, United States
IDF = Israeli Defence Force
IDPs = Internally Displaced Persons
IFAD = International Fund for Agriculture Development, Rome, Italy
IFCS = International Forum on Chemical Safety, est. April 1999, located at WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
IFOR = NATO Implementation Force
IFTDH = International Federation Terre des Hommes, Lausanne, Switzerland
IGO = InterGovernmental Organization
ILC = International Law Commission, New York, NY, United States
ILO = International Labor Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
IMF = International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, United State
IMO = International Maritime Organization, London, United Kingdom
INCB = International Narcotic Board, Vienna, Austria
INSTRAW = United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
INTERFET = International Force in East Timor, September 1999 – 23 February 2000
INTERPOL = International Police, Lyon, France
IOC = International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland
IOMC = Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals,est. 1995, located at WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
IPCC = Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Control, est. 1988, Geneva, Switzerland
IPCS = International Programme on Chemical Safety, est. 1980, Geneva, Switzerland
IPEC = International Programme on the elimination of Child Labour, founded 1992 by the ILO
IPTF = International Police Task Force, Bosnia- Herzegovina
ISO = International Safety Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
ISS = International Space Station (NASA)
ITF = International Trust Fund
ITLOS = International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Hamburg. Germany
ITU = International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland
IWA = International Water Association, London, United Kingdom
KFOR = NATO Kosovo FORce
KLA = Kosovo Liberation Army
KTC = Kosovo Transitional Council
LAW = Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment, Jerusalem, Israel
LBT = Landmine Ban Treaty, also known as Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction
LDC = Less Developed Countries
LEDC = Less Economically Developed Countries
MEDC = Medium Economically Developed Countries
MIA = Missing in Action
MICAH = International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti, requested by Haiti’s President on 8 November 1999. Mission completed on 15 March 2000
MINURSO = United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, est. April 1999
MONUC= United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, est. 30 December 1999, Kinshasa, DR Congo
MUN = Model United Nations
NAFO = North Atlantic Fisheries Organization
NAFTA = North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement, Washington DC, United States
NAT = North Atlantic Treaty
NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization, est. 4 April 1949, Brussels, Belgium
NGO = Non-Governmental Organization
NPT = Treaty for the non-Proliferation of Weapons, 5 March 1970
NWFZ = Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
OAS = Organization of African States, Washington, DC, United States
OAU = Organization of African Unity, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
OCHA = Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Geneva, Switzerland
ODA = Official Development Assistance or Overseas Development Assistance
ODCCP = United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Vienna, Austria
ODCP = United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Vienna, Austria
OECD = Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development., Paris, France
OIC = Organization of the Islamic Conference, Geneva, Switzerland
OPB(T)W = Organization for the Prohibition of Biological (and Toxic) Weapons, to be established
OPCW = Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague, The Netherlands
OPEC = Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Vienna, Austria
OSART = Operational Safety Review Team of the International Atomic Energy Agency
OSCE = Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Prague, Czech Republic
PICCR = Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens’ Rights, est. 1994, Ramallah, Palestine
PSMC = Palestine –Israeli Steering and Monitoring Committee
PLO = Palestinian Liberation Organization
PNA = Palestinian National Authority
POW = Prisoners of War
RUF = Revolutionary United Front, in Sierra Leone
SADC = Southern African Development Community, Gaberone, Botswana
SALT = Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
SFOR = NATO Stabilization FORce
SIDS = Small Island Developing States
SLA = Southern Lebanese Army
SPA = Special Program of Assistance for Sub-Saharan Africa
START = Stategic Arms Reduction Treaty, (1) 1991; (2) 1993
SID = Sexually Transmitted Diseases
UDHR = Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
UN = United Nations, New York, NY, United States
UNAIDS = United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva, Switzerland
UNAMIC = United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia, Nov 1991 – Mar 1992, predecessor of UNTAC, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
UNCCD = United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Sept 1994
UNCHS = United Nations Centre for Human Settlements, formerly HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenya
UNCICP = United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention, Vienna, Austria
UNCLOS = United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 16 Nov 1994
UNCOPUOS = United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space
UNCPCJ = United Nations Centre for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Program,est 1994, Vienna, Austria
UNCPCJD = United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division
UNCSD = United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development, New York, NY, United States
UNCTAD = United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, Switzerland
UNDCP = United Nations International Drug Control Program, Vienna, Austria
UNDESD = United Nations Department of Economic and Social Development
UNDHA = United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs, Geneva, Switzerland
UNDOF = United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, est. June 1974, Golan Heights
UNDP = United Nations Development Program, New York, NY, United States
UNDPI = United Nations Department of Public Information, New York, NY, United States
UNDRO = United Nations Disaster Relief Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
UNEP = United Nations Environment Program, Nairobi, Kenya
UNESCO = United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, France
UNFCCC = United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Bonn, Germany
UNFDAC = United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control, Vienna, Austria
UNFICYP = United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, est. 4 March 1964
UNFPA = United Nations Population Fund, New York NY, United States
UNHCHR = United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland
UNHCR = United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland
UNICEF = United Nations Children’s Fund, New York, NY, United States
UNIDCP = United Nations International Drug Control Program, Vienna, Austria
UNIDIR = United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Geneva, Switzerland
UNIDO = United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna, Austria
UNIFEM = United Nations Development Fund for Women, New York, NY, United States
UNITA = National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
UNITAR = United Nations Institute for Training and Research, New York, NY, United States
UNMAS = United Nations Mine Action Service
UNMIBH = United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, est. by Security Council resolution 1035 (1995), Dec. 1995, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
UNMIK = United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo, est. June 1999
UNMOGIP = United Nations Military Observer Group on India and Pakistan, est January 1949
UNMOP = United Nations Mission in Prevlaka, est. January 1996, Cavtat, Croatia
UNO = United Nations Organization(s)
UNOCHA = United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance,Geneva, Switzerland
UNODCCP = United Nations Office of Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Vienna, Austria
UNOMA = United Nations Observer Mission in Angola, 30 June 1997 – Feb 1999
UNOMIG = United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia, est. 24 August 1993, Suklumi, Georgia
UNOMSL = United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone, July 1998 – October 1999, Freetown, Sierra Leone
UNOSOM = United Nations Operations in Somalia, April 1992 – March 1995, Mogadishu, Somalia
UNPO = United Nations and Peoples Organization, The Hague, The Netherlands
UNPREDEP = United Nations PREventive DEPloyment Force, March 1995 – Feb 1999, Skopje, FYR Macedonia
UNRISD = United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, Switzerland
UNRWA = United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Vienna, Austria
UNSC = United Nations Staff College, Turin, Italyor United Nations Security Council
UNSCOM = United Nations Special Commission, New York, NY, United States
UNSMA = United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan
UNTAC = United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia, March 1992 – Sep 1993, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
UNTAET = United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1272 of 25 October 1999
UNV = United Nations Volunteers, Bonn, Germany
WFP = World Food Programme, Rome, Italy
WFUNA = World Federation of United Nations Associations in Geneva, New York, NY, United States
WHO = World Health Organization, Copenhagen, Denmark
WIPO = World Intellectual Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
WMO = World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
WRI = World Institute, Washington, DC, United States
WSP = World Solar Programme 1996-2005, established by UNESCO’s General Conference in October/November 1995
WSSD = World Summit on Social Development, 6-12 March 1995 in Copenhagen, Denmark
WTO = World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
WWF = World Wide Fund for Nature or: 2nd World Water Forum, held in The Hague in March 2000
YES = Youth Employment Summit, held in Alexandria, Egypt, 11-16 Sept. 2002