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ACP
|
Africa-Caribbean-Pacific states
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AIDS
|
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
|
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AKP
|
Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
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ANC
|
African National Congress (South Africa)
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AOSIS
|
Alliance of Small Island States
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APRM
|
African Peer Review Mechanism
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ARPCT
|
Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (Somalia)
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ASEAN
|
Association of South-East Asian Nations
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AU
|
African Union
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BJP
|
Bharatiya Janarta Party (India)
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BSPP
|
Burma Socialist Programme Party
|
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CACIF
|
Comité de Asociaciones Agr�colas, Comerciales, Industriales y Financieras (Guatemala)
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CBO
|
community-based organization
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CEDAW
|
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
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CFCs
|
chlorofluorocarbons
|
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CIS
|
Commonwealth of Independent States
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CODESA
|
Convention for a Democratic South Africa
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COSATU
|
Congress of Trade Unions (South Africa)
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CTAs
|
clandestine transnational activities
|
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DAC
|
Development Assistance Committee (of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
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DPKO
|
Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN)
|
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DPRK
|
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
|
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DRC
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)
|
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DS
|
Development Studies (the discipline)
|
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ECOSOC
|
Economic and Social Council (United Nations)
|
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ECOWAS
|
Economic Community of the West African States
|
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ELN
|
National Liberation Army (Columbia)
|
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EPB
|
Economic Planning Board (South Korea)
|
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EZLN
|
Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Mexico)
|
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FARC
|
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
|
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FDI
|
foreign direct investment
|
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FRETILIN
|
Revolutionary Front for the Independence of East Timor
|
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FRG
|
Frente Republicano Guatemalteco (Guatemala)
|
|
FSC
|
Forestry Stewardship Council
|
|
G77
|
Group of 77 least developed countries
|
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GAM
|
Aceh Freedom Movement (Indonesia)
|
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GATT
|
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
|
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GDP
|
Gross Domestic Product
|
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GEF
|
Global Environment Facility
|
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GMOs
|
genetically modified organisms
|
| GNI |
Gross National Income |
| GNP |
Grand National Party (South Korea) |
| GNU |
Government of National Unity (South Africa) |
| H5N1 |
avian influenza virus |
| HCI |
heavy and chemical industries |
| HIP(i)C |
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (Initiative) |
| HIV |
human immunodefiency virus |
| IDEA |
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance |
| IFE |
Federal Electoral Institute (Mexico) |
| IFP |
Inkatha Freedom Party (South Africa) |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IOC |
international organized crime |
| IPU |
Inter-Parliamentary Union |
| IR |
International Relations (the discipline) |
| ISI |
import-substituting industrialization |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| LFO |
Legal Framework Order (Pakistan) |
| MAD |
mutually assured destruction |
| MCA |
Millennium Challenge Account (US Government) |
| MDGs |
Millennium Development Goals (of the United Nations) |
| MDP |
Millennium Development Party (South Korea) |
| MERCOSUR |
Southern Common Market (Latin America) |
| MINUGUA |
MisiÃ?n de las Naciones Unidas en Guatemala |
| MKSS |
Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (India) |
| MNCs |
multinational corporations |
| MST |
Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (Landless Rural Workers, Movement) (Brazil) |
| NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NAM |
Non-Aligned Movement |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NDA |
National Democratic Alliance (India) |
| NEPAD |
New Economic Partnership for Africa's Development |
| NGO |
non-governmental organization |
| NICs |
newly industrialized countries (mainly East Asia) |
| NIE |
new institutional economics |
| NLD |
National League for Democracy (Myanmar) |
| NSSD |
National Strategy for Sustainable Development |
| OAS |
Organization of American States |
| OBCs |
Other Backward Classes (India) |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OPEC |
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| PAC |
Pan Africanist Congress (South Africa) |
| PAN |
National Action Party (Mexico) |
| PDP |
People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) |
| PFN |
Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria |
| POPs |
persistent organic compounds |
| PPC |
People's Plan Campaign (India) |
| PPP |
Pakistan People's Party |
| PRD |
Party of the Democratic Revolution (Mexico) |
| PRI |
Institutional Revolutionary Party (Mexico) |
| PRN |
National Revolutionary Party (Mexico) |
| PRSP |
Poverty Reduction Strategy Process |
| ROK |
Republic of Korea (South Korea) |
| RSS |
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (India) |
| SACP |
South African Communist Party |
| SALs |
structural adjustment loans |
| SARS |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| SAVAK |
Organization for Intelligence and National Security (Iran) |
| SCO |
Shanghai Co-operation Organization |
| SLORC |
State Law and Order Restoration Committee (Myanmar) |
| TEPJF |
Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation (Mexico) |
| TERI |
Energy and Resources Institute |
| TFG |
Transitional Federal Government (Somalia) |
| TNCs |
transnational corporations |
| TRC |
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa) |
| UDF |
United Democratic Front (South Africa) |
| UIC |
Union of Islamic Courts (Somalia) |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNAIDS |
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNIDO |
United National Democratic Opposition (Philippines) |
| UNITA |
National Union for Total Independence of Angola |
| UNMIT |
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste |
| UNMOGIP |
United Nations Military Observer Group |
| UNTAET |
United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor |
| UP |
Uttar Pradesh (India) |
| URNG |
Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (Guatemala) |
| WGA |
World Governance Assessment |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WMD |
weapons of mass destruction |
| WSF |
World Social Forum |
| WSSD |
World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002) |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |
| WWF |
World Wide Fund for Nature |
