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AAR
|
Association for Aid and Relief, Japan
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AHD
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Antihandling Device
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AP or APM
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Antipersonnel Mine
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ARF
|
ASEAN Regional Forum
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ASEAN
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Association of South-East Asian Nations
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AusAID
|
Australian Agency for International Development
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AV or AVM
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Antivehicle Mine
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CARICOM
|
Caribbean Community and Common Market
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CBU
|
Cluster Bomb Unit
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CBR
|
Community Based Rehabilitation
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CCW
|
1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons
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CD
|
Conference on Disarmament
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CIDA
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Canadian International Development Agency
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CIS
|
Commonwealth of Independent States
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DANIDA
|
Danish International Development Assistance
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DCA
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DanChurchAid
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DDG
|
Danish Deming Group
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DFAIT
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Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada
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DFID
|
U.K. Department for International Development
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EC
|
European Commission
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ECHO
|
European Commission Humanitarian Office
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ECOWAS
|
Economic Community of West African States
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EOD
|
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
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ERW
|
Explosive Remnants of War
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EU
|
European Union
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FY
|
Fiscal Year
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GDP
|
Gross Domestic Product
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GICHD
|
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
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GIS
|
Geographic Information System
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GPS
|
Global Positioning System
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HI
|
Handicap International
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HRW
|
Human Rights Watch
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IADB
|
Inter-American Defense Board
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ICBL
|
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
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ICRC
|
International Committee of the Red Cross
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IDP
|
Internally Displaced Person
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IED
|
Improvised Explosive Device
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IMAS
|
International Mine Action Standards
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IMSMA
|
Information Management System for Mine Action
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IRC
|
International Rescue Committee
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IRIN
|
Integrated Regional Information Network (UN)
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ISU
|
Implementation Support Unit
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ITF
|
International Trust Fund (Slovenia)
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JRS
|
Jesuit Refugee Service
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LIS
|
Landmine Impact Survey
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LSN
|
Landmine Survivors Network
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MAC
|
Mine Action Center or Mines Action Canada
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MAG
|
Mines Advisory Group
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MASG
|
Mine Action Support Group
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MAT
|
Mine Action Team
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MBT
|
Mine Ban Treaty
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MDD
|
Mine Detection Dog
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MRE
|
Mine Risk Education
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NAM
|
Non-Aligned Movement
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NAMSA
|
NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency
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NATO
|
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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NGO
|
Non-Governmental Organization
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NPA
|
Norwegian People’s Aid
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OAS
|
Organization of American States
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OCHA
|
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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OSCE
|
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
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PfP
|
Partnership for Peace (NATO)
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QA
|
Quality Assurance
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SAC
|
Survey Action Center
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SADC
|
Southern African Development Community
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UN
|
United Nations
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UNDP
|
United Nations Development Programme
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UNGA
|
United Nations General Assembly
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UNHCR
|
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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UNICEF
|
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
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UNMAS
|
United Nations Mine Action Service
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UNOPS
|
United Nations Office for Project Services
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USAID
|
U.S. Agency for International Development
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UXO
|
Unexploded Ordnance
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VVAF
|
Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
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WHO
|
World Health Organization
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