ACP
- African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries
ADB
- Asian Development Bank
AEC
- African Economic Community
AfDB
- African Development Bank
AL
- Arab League
ALADI
- Latin American Integration Association
AMU
- Arab Maghreb Union
ANZUS
- Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
APEC
- Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation
ASEAN
- Association of South-East Asian Nations
Benelux
- Benelux Economic Union
BIS
- Bank for International Settlements
BLEU
- Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union
CACM
- Central American Common Market
CARICOM
- Caribbean Community and Common Market
CEAO
- West African Economic Community
CEEAC
- Economic Community of Central African States
CEFTA
- Central European Free Trade Agreement (originally-Visegrad
Three)
CEPGL
- Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
CILSS
- Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in
the Sahei
CIS
- Commonwealth of Independent States
COCOM
- Co-ordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
CSCE
- Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
EBRD
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ECA
- Economic Commission for Africa
ECE
- Economic Commission for Europe
ECLAC
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECOWAS
- Economic Community of West African States
EEA
- European Economic Area
EFTA
- European Free Trade Association
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
FLS
- Front Line State
FZ
- Franc Zone
G-3
- Group of Three
G-7
- Group of Seven
G-8
- Group of Eight
GCC
- Gulf Co-operation Council
Geplacea
- Group of Latin American and Caribbean Sugar Exporting
Countries
IBEC
- International Bank for Economic Co-operation
ICC
- International Chamber of Commerce
ICFTU
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
ICO
- Islamic Conference Organization
IDB
- Inter-American Development Bank
IGADD
- Inter-Government Authority on Drought and Development
IOC
- Indian Ocean Commission
LCBC
- Lake Chad Basin Commission
NACC
- North Atlantic Co-operation Council
NAFTA
- North American Free Trade Agreement
NAM
- Non-aligned Movement
NATO
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
OAPEC
- Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
OAS
- Organization of American States
OAU
- Organization of African Unity
OECD
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
OECS
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OIC
- Organization of the Islamic Conference
OMVG
- Gambia River Development Organization
OMVS
- Senegal River Development Organization
OPEC
- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Parlacen
- Central American Parliament
PTA
- Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African
States
SAARC
- South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
SADC
- Southern African Development Community
SELA
- Latin American Economic System
SPC
- South Pacific Commission
SPF
- South Pacific Forum
UDEAC
- Central African Customs and Economic Union
UN
- United Nations
WEU
- Western European Union
