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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

AAR Association for Aid and Relief, Japan
AFD Agence Française pour le Développement
AFP Agence France Presse
AHD Antihandling Device
AP or APM Antipersonnel Mine
ARF ASEAN Regional Forum
ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations
AT or ATM Antitank Mine
CARICOM Caribbean Community and Common Market
CBR Community Based Rehabilitation
CCW 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons
CD Conference on Disarmament
CIDA Canadian International Development Agency
DANIDA Danish International Development Agency
DFID U.K. Department for International Development
DRC Democratic Republic of Congo
EAPC Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
ECHO European Community Humanitarian Office
ECOMOG ECOWAS Ceasefire Monitoring Group
ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
EMAC Entity Mine Action Center
EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal
EU European Union
FMSP First Meeting of States Parties
FY Fiscal Year
GCC Gulf Cooperation Council
GICHD Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
GIS Geographic Information System
GTZ German Development and Cooperation Agency
HI Handicap International
HRW Human Rights Watch
IADB Inter-American Defense Board
ICBL International Campaign to Ban Landmines
ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross
ICVA International Council of Voluntary Agencies
IDRC International Development Research Council
IED Improvised Explosive Device
IFOR Implementation Force
INAROEE Angolan National Institute for the Removal of Explosive Obstacles
IPPNW International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
IRC International Rescue Committee
IRIN Integrated Regional Information Network (UN)
JRS Jesuit Refugee Service
LM Landmine Monitor
LSN Landmine Survivors Network
MAC Mine Action Center
MAG Mines Advisory Group
MARMINCA Mission of Assistance for the Removal of Mines
MASG Mine Action Support Group
MAT Mine Action Team
MBT Mine Ban Treaty
MERCUSOL Declaration of the Southern Commercial Market
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
NAM Non-Aligned Movement
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
NPA Norwegian People’s Aid
OAS Organization of American States
OAU Organization of African Unity
OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
QA Quality Assurance
SADC Southern African Development Community
SCF Save the Children Federation
SCS Special Clearance Services
SIDA Swedish International Development Authority
SMSP Second Meeting of States Parties
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nations Development Program
UNGA United Nations General Assembly
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
UNMAC United Nations Mine Action Center
UNMAS United Nations Mine Action Service
UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services
USAID U.S. Agency for International Development
UXO Unexploded Ordnance
VVAF Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation/Veterans International