LIJST VAN AFKORTINGEN

ACC - Administrative Committee on Coordination

ACCIS - Advisory Committee for the Coordination of Information Systems

ACMAD - African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development

AGRHYMET - Regional Training Centre for Agrometeorology and Operational Hydrology and Their Applications

AIDS - Acquired Immune - Deficiency Syndrome

APELL - Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at the Local Level

APS - Algemeen Preferentiestelsel (=GSP)

ASEAN - Association of Southeast Asian Nations

BNP - Bruto Nationaal Product (=GNP)

CFC's - Chloroflurocarbons (=CFK's)

CFK's - Chloorfluorkoolwaterstoffen (=CFC's)

CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Centres

CIDIE - Committee of International Development Institutions on the Environment

CILSS - Permanent Inter - State Committee on Drought in the Sahel

DNA - Dioxyribonucleic acid

DOEM - Designated Officials on Environmental Matters

EC - European Community (=EG)

ECE - Economic Commission for Europe

EDI - Electronic Data Interchange

EEZ - Exclusieve Economische Zone

EG - Europese Gemeenschap (=EC)

ESCAP - Economic and Social Council for Asia and the Pacific

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization

GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GEF - Global Environment Facility

GEMS - Global Environment Monitoring System

GEMS/WATER - Global Water Quality Monitoring Programme

GESAMP - Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution

GIS - Geographical Information Systems

GNP - Gross National Product (=BNP)

GOOS - Global Ocean Observing Programme

GRID - Global Resource Information Database

GSP - Generalized System of Preferences (=APS)

HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus

IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency

IAP - WASAD - International Action Programme on Water and Sustainable Development

IARC - International Agency for Research on Cancer

IBSRAM - International Board for Soil Research and Management

ICC - International Chamber of Commerce

ICCA - International Council of Chemical Associations

ICES - International Council for the Explotation of the Sea

ICIMOD - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

ICLEI - International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives

ICPIC - International Cleaner Production Information Clearinghouse

ICSCs - International Chemical Safety Cards

ICSU - International Council of Scientific Unions

IDA - International Development Association

IEB - International Environment Bureau

IEEA - Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting

IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development

IGADD - Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development

IGBP - International Biosphere - Geosphere Programme

ILO - International Labour Office

IMF - International Monetary Fund

IMO - International Maritime Organization

IMS - International Mountain Society

INFOTERRA - International Environmental Information System

INTIB - Industrial and Technological Information Bank

INSTRAW - International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women

IOC - International Oceangraphic Commission

IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Clima te Change

IPCS - International Programme on Chemical Safety

IPM - Integrated Pest Management

IRPTC - International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals

ITC - International Trade Centre

ITTA - International Tropical Timber Agreement

ITTO - International Tropical Timber Organization

IUCN - International Union for the Conservation of Nature

IULA - International Union of Local Authorities

LANDEP - Landscape Ecological Planning

LISA - Low - Input Sustainable Agriculture

MARPOL - International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

MIS - Management information systems

NGO - Non - governmental organization

OAS - Organization of American States

OECD - Organisation for Economic Co - operation and Development (=OESO)

OESO - Organisatie voor Economisch Samenwerking en Ontwikkeling (=OECD)

PAH - Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

PEC - Primary environmental care

PIC - Prior informed consent

PGRFA - Plant genetic resources for agriculture

ODA - Overseas Development Assistance

SARD - Sustainable agriculture and rural development

SNA - Systems of National Accounts

SADCC - Southern African Development Coordination Conference

START - System for Analysis, Research and Training

TCDC - Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries

TEMA - Training, Education, and Mutual Assistance programme

TFAP - Tropical Forest Action Plan

UMA - Arab Maghreb Union

UMP - Urban Management Programme

UN - United Nations (=VN)

UNCED - United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNCHS - United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)

UNCLOS - United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNDRO - United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator

UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNDP - United Nations Development Programme

UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNIFEM - United Nations Development Fund for Women

UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund

UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

UNSO - United Nations Sudano - Sahelian Office

UNU - United Nations University

UTO - United Towns Organisation

VN - Verenigde Naties (=UN)

WAMM - World Association of the Major Metropolises

WCP - World Climate Programme

WFP - World Food Programme

WHO - World Health Organization

WMI - Woodland Mountain Institutes

WMO - World Meteorological Organization

WTO - World Tourist Organization