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ABBREV IATIONS
ABCC Advisory Boa rd on Compensation Claims (United Nations)
AJAB Advisory Joint Appea ls Board (ICAO)
AMISOM A frican Union Mission in Somalia
AU Afr ican Uni on
BINUCA UnitedNations Integrated Peacebu ilding Oce in the Centra l Afri-
can Republ ic
BNUB UnitedNations Oce in Bur undi
BONUCA UnitedNations Peacebuildi ng Oce in the Central Af rican Republic
CCLM Committee on Const itutional and Legal Matters (FAO)
CLCS Commission on the Lim its of the Continental Shelf
CTBTO Comprehensive Nuclea r-Test-Ban Treaty Organizat ion
CTC Counter-Terrorism Committee (Secu rity Council)
CTED Counter-Terrorism Committee E xecutive Directorate (UnitedNations)
CTITF Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force
DPKO Depart ment of Peacekeeping Operations (United Nations)
DPI Department of Public In formation (UnitedNations)
EBRD Europea n Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC OWA S Economic Community of West Afr ican States
EU European Union
EUFOR RC A European Union Force in the Centra l African Republic
EUF OR ALT HEA European Union Force ALTHEA
FAO Food and Agricu lture Organization of the UnitedNations
HLTF United Nations System High-Level Task Force on Global Food
Securit y
IADC Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Com mittee
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agenc y
IANSA International Ac tion Network on Small Arms
IBRD Internationa l Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICAO Inter national Civil Aviation Or ganization
ICC International Crimi nal Court
ICTR Internationa l Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
ICTY Internationa l Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
IFA D International Fund for Agricu ltural Development