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 Peoples 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 Childrens 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 |