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• Glossary Of Acronyms And Abbreviations

Appendix B

GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ADB Asian Development Bank

AJHR Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives

ANZCERTA (CER) Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement

ANZECC Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council

APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (forum)

APT Asia-Pacific Telecommunity

ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations

CEDAW Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

CER see ANZCERTA

CERD Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

CTS Consolidated Treaty Series

EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EC European Community

ECJ European Court of Justice

ECOSOC Economic and Social Council

EEC European Economic Community

ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

EU European Union

FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation

FATF Financial Action Task Force

FFA Forum Fisheries Agency

GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

HCOPIL The Hague Conference on Private International Law

HRC Human Rights Committee

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

IAIABC International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions

IBA International Bar Association

IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation

ICC International Chamber of Commerce

ICJ International Court of Justice

ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross

ICSID International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes

IDA International Development Association

IEA International Energy Agency

IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFC International Finance Corporation

ILC International Law Commission

ILM International Legal Materials

ILO International Labour Organisation

ILR International Law Reports

IMF International Monetary Fund

IMO International Maritime Organisation

INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite Organisation

INTELSAT International Telecommunication Satellite Organisation

IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

IOM International Organisation for Migration

IOSCO International Organisation of Securities Commissions

ISSA International Social Security Association

ITTO International Tropical Timber Organisation

ITU International Telecommunication Union

IUCN World Conservation Union

IWC International Whaling Commission

MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

NGO Non-governmental organisation

OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OIML International Organisation of Legal Metrology

PBEC Pacific Basin Economic Council

PCT Patent Co-operation Treaty

PECC Pacific Economic Cooperation Council

RCADI Recueil des cours de L’Académie de droit international

RIAA United Nations Reports of International Arbitral Awards

SPC South Pacific Commission

SPOCC South Pacific Organisations Co-ordination Committee

SPREP South Pacific Regional Environment Programme

STC Scientific and Technological Cooperation

TRIPS Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

UN United Nations

UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organisation

UNIDROIT International Institute for the Unification of Private Law

UNTS United Nations Treaty Series

UPOV International Union for the Protection of New Plant Species

UPU Universal Postal Union

WCO World Customs Organisation

WFC World Food Council

WFP World Food Programme

WHO World Health Organization

WIPO World Intellectual Property Organisation

WMO World Meteorological Organisation

WTO World Trade Organisation