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1 Glossary ACC Action 1 Action 2 Action 3 ADB AfDB AFIS APB APC ARC ARE ASIF ATC BNAP BRC CAP CAR CASWANAME CCA CCPOQ CDF CEDAW Cessation Clauses CIP CIS CivPol Administrative Committee on Co-ordination Focused on defining the core activities of UNHCR: the centrality of its protection function, UNHCR s assistance and emergency capacity and the role of staff in carrying out its mission Looked at the immediate concerns of the Office arising from a shortfall in resources, and sought ways to make up savings, based on the priorities established in Action 1 Looked at fund-raising, including the importance of establishing adequate funding mechanisms to correspond to the needs of the Office s programmes Asian Development Bank African Development Bank Automated Fingerpoint Identification System Appointments and Promotions Board Asia-Pacific Consultations Action for the Rights of the children Arab Republic of Egypt Armenia Social Investment Fund Annual Tripartite Consultations Basic Needs Assistance Programme Bangkok Refugee Centre Consolidated Appeal Process Commissioner for Afghan Refugees Regional Bureau for Central Asia, South-West Asia, North Africa and the Middle East Common Country Assessment Consultative Committee on Programme and Operational Questions Comprehensive Development Framework Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Legal provisions that indicate when refugee status comes to an end Comprehensive Implementation Plan Commonwealth of Independent States Civilian Police 234 UNHCR 2002 Global Appeal
2 CMS Complementary food CPA DAFI DPKO DRC EBRD EC ECOWAS ECRE EDF EDMS EFCT ELENA EMTP EPGs ERISS ERP EU ExCom FAO FAOP FDPs FFW FGM FIVB FYR Macedonia GCC GDP GIS GSRF HBTF HCNM HIV/AIDS HLCM HLCP Career Management System Food items provided by UNHCR in addition to the basic food ration provided by WFP Comprehensive Plan of Action Albert Einstein Academic Scholarship Programme for Refugees Department of Peacekeeping Operations Democratic Republic of Congo European Bank for Reconstruction and Development European Commission Economic Community of West Africa States European Council on Refugee and Exiles European Development Fund Electronic Document Management System Emergency Field Co-ordination Training European Legal Network on Asylum Emergency Management Training Programmes Eminent Persons Groups Electronic Resettlement Information and Submission System Enterprise Resource Planning European Union Executive Committee of the High Commissioner s Programme Food and Agriculture Organisation Framework Agreement for Operational Partnership Formerly Deported peoples: Peoples who were deported from their historic homeland during the Soviet period. Some of the persons belonging to this category may be stateless. (Applies to situations in CIS countries. The definition does not carry a universal or binding character.) Food for Work Female Genital Mutilation Fédération Internationale de Volleyball The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Gulf Co-operation Council Gross Domestic Product Geographic Information System Georgia Self Reliance Fund Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize Scholarship Programme High Commissioner for National Minorities Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome High-Level Committees on Management (ACC) High-Level Committees on Programmes (ACC) UNHCR 2002 Global Appeal 235
3 HR HTP IAAP IAPSO IASC ICRC ICRIRR ICVA IDP IFRC IGAD IHL ILC ILO IMF INDR IOC IOM IPTF IRP IT JPO KFOR KIMS LAS LIFE Mandate Refugees MERCOSUR MERCOSUR MINURSO MONUC MOU NATO NEP NFI OAU OCHA Human Resources Harmful Traditional Practice Inter-Agency Advisory Panel Inter-Agency Procurement Services Office (UNDP) Inter-Agency Standing Committee International Committee of the Red Cross International Conference on the Reception and Integration of Refugees International Council of Voluntary Agencies Internally Displaced Person International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Intergovernmental Authority on Development International Humanitarian Law International Law Commission International Labour Office International Monetary Fund International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction International Olympic Committee International Organization for Migration International Police Task Force Involuntary Relocating Person Information Technology Junior Professional Officer Kosovo Force Knowledge and Information Management System League of Arab States Learning In and From Emergencies Persons who are recognised as refugees by UNHCR acting under the authority of its Statute and relevant UN General Assembly resolution. Mandate status is especially significant in States that are not parties of the 1951 Convention or its 1967 Protocol. Mercado Común del Sur Common Market of the Southern Cone United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara United Nations Observer Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo Memorandum of Understanding North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Non-Expandable Property Non-food item Organisation of African Unity Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs 236 UNHCR 2002 Global Appeal
4 ODIHR ODPR OHCHR OHR OIOS OMS OR OSCE PAR PARinAC PKF POP PPMS PRA prima facie refugee PRSP QIPs QSGs RDB Refoulement RFP RSD RWI SACB SADC Safe third country concept SCOR SDC SDC SEAD SFDI SFOR SGBV SRS STD TACIS OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Office for Displaced Persons and Refugees Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Office of the High Representative (Bosnia and Herzegovina) United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services Operations Management System Operational Reserve Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Performance Appraisal Report Partnership in Action Peacekeeping Force People-Oriented Planning Protection and Programme Management System Participatory Rural Appraisals Refers to a practice by which all persons forming part of a large-scale influx are regarded as refugees. Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers Quick Impact Projects Quick Support Grants Regional Development Banks The removal of a person to a territory where she/he would be at risk of being persecuted, or of being moved to another territory where she/he would face persecution. Request for Proposal Refugee Status Determination Rwandan Women s Initiative Somalia Aid Co-ordination Body Southern African Development Community Where asylum is refused on technical grounds because of the geographical route taken by the applicant via one or more countries Supply Chain Operations Reference Model Special Dentition Centre Swiss Development Co-operation Small Economic Activity Development Social Fund for Development of IDPs Stabilisation Force (Bosnia-Herzegovina) (NATO) Sexual and Gender based Violence Self-Reliance Strategy Sexually Transmitted Disease European Union's Technical Assistance for the CIS UNHCR 2002 Global Appeal 237
5 TB THAP TNG UAM UNAIDS UNCAS UNCSD UNCT UNDAF UNDCP UNDG UNDP UNEP UNESCO UNF UNFPA UNHCR 2004 process UNICEF UNIFEM UN-IP UNMIBH UNMIK UNOHCI UNOPS UNSCR UNSECOORD UNTAET UNV USAID WFP WHO Tuberculosis Temporary Humanitarian Assisted Persons Transitional National Government Unaccompanied Minor Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AID United Nations Common Air Service United Nations Common Supply Database United Nations Country Team United Nations Development Assistance Framework United Nations International Drug Control Programme (known also as UNIDCP) United Nations Development Group United Nations Development Programme United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation United Nations (Turner) Foundation United Nations Population Fund A process chaired by the High Commissioner, which is reviewing how the organisation could be more solidly constituted and positioned to carry out its role as the main international institution to respond to refugee problems United Nations Children s Fund United Nations Development Fund for Women United Nations Integrated Development Programme United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo United Nations Office of the Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Iraq United Nations Office for Project Services United Nations Security Council Resolution Office of the United Nations Security Co-ordinator United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor United Nations Volunteers United States Agency for International Development World Food Programme World Health Organisation 238 UNHCR 2002 Global Appeal
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