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    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


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