Acronyms and Abbreviations

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1 Acronyms and Abbreviations ACABQ Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions 69 ACCCA Advancing Capacity to Support Climate Change Adaptation 34 ACTRA Afghan Consulting Training and Research Association 38 AMCEN African Ministerial Conference on Environment 30 CCAD Central American Commission for Environment and Development 31 CDT Core Diplomatic Training 11 CEB UN Chief s Executive Board on Coordination 61, 77 CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research 21 CIFAL International Training Center for Local Actors 7, 44, 45, 68 CSD Commission on Sustainable Development 29 CZS Civilian Safety Zone 23 ESA European Space Agency 23 GEF Global Environment Facility 15 GHG Green House Gas 77 GHS Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals 15, 30 GIS Geographic Information System 20, 21 GMG Global Migration Group 7, 17 IARCSC Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission of Afghanistan 37 ICCM International Conference on Chemicals Management 28 ICRC International Commitee of the Red Cross 23 IDI INTOSAI Development Initiative 41 IFRC International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 23 IGO Inter-Governmental Organization 15 ILO International Labour Office 15 INTOSAI International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions 41 IOMC Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals 15, 28, 29 IUCN Internation Union for Conservation of Nature 49 LDCs Least Developed Countries 10 94

2 MDGs Millennium Development Goals 15, 42 NEPAD New Economic Partnership for African Development 30 OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 20, 23 OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 15, 29, 30, 31 OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights 13 OIF Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie 11 PDM Public Debt Management 41 PRTR Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers 15, 33 RBM Results-Based Management 70 SAI Supreme Audit Institutions 41 SAICM Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management 7, 15, 28, 29 UN: UN Training Platform for Climate Change 7, 61 CCLearn UNDP United Nations Development Programme 23, 27, 47, 61, 67, 69 UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe 36 UNEP United Nations Environment Programme 7, 19, 27, 29, 33, 77 UNEP-FI United Nations Environment Programme - Finance Initiative 19 UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 52, 67 UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 35 UNHCR United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees 23 UNICEF United Nations Children s Fund 23 UNOG UN Office in Geneva 59 UNWRA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East 23 WFP World Food Programme 23 WHO World Health Organization 23 WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development 15, 28 95

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