Candidates who are preparing for bank examinations, group exams and any other competitive examination there is a chance to ask a question on abbreviation of any of popular International organization. In competitive examinations 1 mark will also decide the candidate’s life. So, we must concentrate on all topics to get the better marks. When we will do hard work then the way to success must be opened if it is now or in future. Here we are providing abbreviation all organization in world.
A
ABEDA - Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
ACC - Arab Cooperation Council
ACCT - Agence de Cooperation Culturelle et Technique; see Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation
ACP - African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries
AfDB - African Development Bank
AFESD - Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
AG - Andean Group
AL - Arab League
ALADI - Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion; see Latin American Integration Association (LAIA)
AMF - Arab Monetary Fund
AMU - Arab Maghreb Union
ANZUS - Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
APEC - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
AsDB – Asian Development Bank
ASEAN – Association of Southeast Asian Nations
B
BAD - Banque Africaine de Developpement; see African Development Bank (AfDB)
BADEA - Banque Arabe de Developpement Economique en Afrique; see Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA)
BCIE - Banco Centroamericano de Integracion Economico; see Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)
BDEAC - Banque de Developpment des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale; see Central African States Development Bank (BDEAC)
Benelux - Benelux Economic Union
BID - Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo; see Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
BIS – Bank for International Settlements
BOAD – Banque Ouest-Africaine de Developpement; see West African Development Bank (WADB)
BSEC - Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone
C
C - Commonwealth
CACM - Central American Common Market
CAEU - Council of Arab Economic Unity
CARICOM - Caribbean Community and Common Market
CBSS - Council of the Baltic Sea States
CCC - Customs Cooperation Council
CDB - Caribbean Development Bank
CE - Council of Europe
CEAO - Communaute Economique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest; see West African Economic Community (CEAO)
CEEAC - Communaute Economique des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale; see Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)
CEI - Central European Initiative
CEMA - Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; also known as CMEA or Comecon; abolished 1 January 1991
CEPGL - Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs; see Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL)
CERN - Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire; see European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
CG - Contadora Group
CIS - Commonwealth of Independent States
CMEA - Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA); also known as Comecon; abolished 1 January 1991
COCOM - Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
Comecon - Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA); also known as CMEA; abolished 1 January 1991
CP - Colombo Plan
CSCE - Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
D
DC - developed country
E
EADB - East African Development Bank
EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC - European Community; see European Union (EU)
ECA - Economic Commission for Africa
ECAFE - Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East; see Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
ECE - Economic Commission for Europe
ECLA - Economic Commission for Latin America; see Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
ECLAC - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECO - Economic Cooperation Organization
ECOSOC - Economic and Social Council
ECOWAS - Economic Community of West African States
ECSC - European Coal and Steel Community
ECWA - Economic Commission for Western Asia; see Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
EEC - European Economic Community
EFTA - European Free Trade Association
EIB - European Investment Bank
Entente - Council of the Entente
ESA - European Space Agency
ESCAP - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESCWA - Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
EU - European Union
Euratom - European Atomic Energy Community
F
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization
FLS - Front Line States
FZ - Franc Zone
G
G-2 – Group of 2
G-3 – Group of 3
G-5 – Group of 5
G-6 – Group of 6 (not to be confused with the Big Six)
G-7 – Group of 7
G-8 – Group of 8
G-9 – Group of 9
G-10 – Group of 10
G-11 – Group of 11
G-15 – Group of 15
G-19 - Group of 19
G-24 – Group of 24
G-30 – Group of 30
G-33 – Group of 33
G-77 – Group of 77
GATT – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GCC - Gulf Cooperation Council
H
Habitat – Commission on Human Settlements
I
IADB - Inter-American Development Bank
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
IBEC - International Bank for Economic Cooperation
IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization
ICC - International Chamber of Commerce
ICEM - Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration; see International Organization for Migration (IOM)
ICFTU - International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
ICJ - International Court of Justice
ICM - Intergovernmental Committee for Migration; see International Organization for Migration (IOM)
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
ICRM - International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
IDA - International Development Association
IDB - Islamic Development Bank
IEA - International Energy Agency
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC - International Finance Corporation
IFCTU - International Federation of Christian Trade Unions
IFRCS - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
IGADD - Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development
IIB - International Investment Bank
ILO - International Labor Organization
IMCO - Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization; see International Maritime Organization (IMO)
IMF - International Monetary Fund
IMO – International Maritime Organization
INMARSAT – International Maritime Satellite Organization
INTELSAT – International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
INTERPOL – International Criminal Police Organization
IOC – International Olympic Committee
IOM – International Organization for Migration
ISO – International Organization for Standardization
ITU – International Telecommunication Union
L
LAES - Latin American Economic System
LAIA - Latin American Integration Association
LAS - League of Arab States; see Arab League (AL)
LDC - less developed country
LLDC - least developed country
LORCS - League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
M
MERCOSUR - Mercado Comun del Cono Sur; see Southern Cone Common Market
MINURSO - United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
MTCR - Missile Technology Control Regime
N
NACC - North Atlantic Cooperation Council
NAM - Nonaligned Movement
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NC - Nordic Council
NEA - Nuclear Energy Agency
NIB - Nordic Investment Bank
NIC - newly industrializing country; see newly industrializing economy (NIE)
NIE - newly industrializing economy
NSG - Nuclear Suppliers Group
O
OAPEC – Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
OAS – Organization of American States
OAU - Organization of African Unity
OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECS - Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OIC - Organization of the Islamic Conference
ONUMOZ - see UNOMOZ
ONUSAL - United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador
OPANAL - Organismo para la Proscripcion de las Armas Nucleares en la America Latina y el Caribe; see Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSCE - Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe
P
PCA - Permanent Court of Arbitration
PFP - Partnership for Peace
R
RG - Rio Group
S
SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SACU – Southern African Customs Union
SADC – Southern African Development Community
SADCC – Southern African Development Coordination Conference
SELA – Sistema Economico Latinoamericana; see Latin American Economic System (LAES)
SPARTECA – South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement
SPC – South Pacific Commission
SPF – South Pacific Forum
U
UDEAC - Union Douaniere et Economique de l’Afrique Centrale; see Central African Customs and Economic Union (UDEAC)
UN - United Nations
UNAVEM II - United Nations Angola Verification Mission
UNAMIR - United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDOF - United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
UNDP - United Nations Development Program
UNEP - United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNFICYP - United Nations Force in Cyprus
UNFPA - United Nations Fund for Population Activities; see UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
UNHCR - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNIFIL - United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
UNIKOM - United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission
UNITAR - United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNMIH - United Nations Mission in Haiti
UNMOGIP - United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
UNOMIG - United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
UNOMIL - United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia
UNOMOZ - United Nations Operation in Mozambique
UNOMUR - United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda (ONUMOZ)
UNOSOM - United Nations Operation in Somalia
UNPROFOR - United Nations Protection Force
UNRISD - United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
UNTAC – United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
UNTSO – United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
UNU – United Nations University
UPU – Universal Postal Union
USSR/EE – USSR/Eastern Europe
W
WADB - West African Development Bank
WCL - World Confederation of Labor
WEU - Western European Union
WFC - World Food Council
WFP - World Food Program
WFTU - World Federation of Trade Unions
WHO – World Health Organization
WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization
WMO – World Meteorological Organization
WP - Warsaw Pact (members met 1 July 1991 to dissolve the alliance)
WTO - see WToO
WToO - World Tourism Organization
WTrO - World Trade Organization (will be added in The World Factbook 1996)
Z
ZC - Zangger Committee