UNCLASSIFIED (U)

5 FAH-3 H-300 
ORGANIZATION AcronymS

5 FAH-3 H-310 

ORGANIZATION AcronymS

(CT:TAGS-88;   03-09-2021)
(Office of Origin:  A/GIS/IPS/RA)

5 FAH-3 H-311  Scope

(CT:TAGS-46;   02-28-2012)

a. This subchapter contains titles and acronyms for organization names for TAGS use.  There are over 1400 organization acronyms listed in alphabetical order by full name and by acronym.  This list is used as an approved list for organization names for internal Department of State organizations and external, non-Department of State organizations.

Sample listings:
American University in Beirut use AUB
Amnesty International use AI
AMOCO use for American Oil Company
ANC use for African National Congress
Andean Pact

b. Due to some organization names having the same acronyms, we have added additional indicators to the acronyms in order to distinguish them.

Examples:
International Whaling Commission - IWC-1
International Wheat Council - IWC-2
International Rescue Committee - IRC-2
International Red Cross – IRC-3

c.  Acronyms range from two to seven or more characters. Some organization names are used instead of an acronym.

Examples:
UN – United Nations
ADB - Asian Development Bank
PBOS - Planning Board on Ocean Shipping
ECOWAS - Economic Community of West African States


Alitalia – Italian airline

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5 FAH-3 H-312  ACRONYMS

(CT:TAGS-88;   03-09-2021)

9W use for Jet Airways

A

A3 use for Aegean Airlines

AAA use for American Automobile Association

AAFLI use for Asian American Free Labor Institute

AAI use for African American Institute

AALC use for African American Labor Center

AB use for Air Berlin

ABA use for American Bar Association

ABC use for American Broadcasting Company

ABMC use for American Battle Monuments Commission

ACABQ use for UN Advisory Committee on Administration and Budget Questions

ACTU use for Australian Labor Union

ADB use for Asian Development Bank

ADB-1 use for Association for the Advancement of International Education

ADF use for African Development Foundation

Administration and Budget Committee (UNGA) use UNGA/C-5

Adria Airways use JP (Slovenia airline)

AEC use for Atomic Energy Commission

AEDF use for Asian Economic Development Fund

Aegean Airlines use A3

AER LINGUS use for Irish Airline

AEROFLOT use for Russian Airline

AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS an Argentine Airline

Aeromexico use AM

Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela use for Venezuela Airline

Aerosvit use VV (Ukraine Airline)

Aerovias Nacionales De Colombia use AVIANCA

AFDB use for African Development Bank

AFDF use for African Development Fund

Afghan Airline use ARIANA

AFL-CIO use for American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organization

AFP use for Agence France Press

African America Labor Center use AALC

African American Institute use AAI

African Development Bank use AFDB

African Development Foundation use ADF

African Development Fund use AFDF

African National Congress use ANC

AFSA use for American Foreign Service Association

Agence France Press use AFP

Agency for International Development use AID

AGR use for Department of Agriculture

AH use Air Algerie

AI use for Amnesty International

AID use for Agency for International Development

AIFLD use for American Institute for Free Labor Development

AirAsia use for Malaysia Airline

Air Algerie use AH

Air Berlin use AB

Air Canada

Air Chad use for Toumai Air Tchad

Air China use CA

Air Europa use UX Air France

Air India

Air Jamaica

Air Malta use KM

Air New Zealand

Air Pacific

Airbus

AirTran Airways use FL

AKB use for Allied Kommandatura Berlin

AL-1 use for Arab League

Alaska Airlines use AS

Algerian National Liberation Front AKA National Army of Liberation (Algeria) use     FLN

ALIA use for Royal Jordanian Airline

Alitalia use for Italian Airline (Alitalia Compagnia Aerea Italiana)

Alitalia Compagnia Aerea Italiana use Alitalia

All Union Central Council of Trade Unions (USSR) use AUCCTU

Allied Kommandatura Berlin use AKB

Allis Chalmers

AM use for Aeromexico

ALP use for Australian Labor Party

AMAL use for Movement of the Deprived (Sh’a Muslim Militia Organization)

AMAX use for American Metals Climax Inc

AMCHAMS use for American Chambers of Commerce

American Airlines

American Automobile Association use AAA

American Bar Association use ABA

American Battle Monuments Commission use ABMC

American Broadcasting Company use ABC

American Chambers of Commerce use AMCHAMS

American Express

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations use AFL-CIO

American Foreign Service Association use AFSA

American Institute for Free Labor Development use AIFLD

American Metals Climax Inc use AMAX

American Oil Company use AMOCO

American Red Cross use ARC

American Telephone & Telegraph use AT&T

American University in Beirut use AUB

Amnesty International use AI

AMOCO use for American Oil Company

ANA use NH

ANC use for African National Congress

Andean Pact

ANZUS use for Australia, New Zealand and US Council

AP use for Associated Press

APAG use for Atlantic Policy Advisory Group

APCAC use for Asian Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce

APECO use for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

Arab League use AL

Arabian American Oil Company use ARAMCO

Arabsat

ARAMCO use for Arabian American Oil Company

ARC use for American Red Cross

ARCL use for Arctic Council

ARCO use for Atlantic Richfield Oil Company

ARDE use for Revolutionary Democratic Alliance

ARENA a Political Party in El Salvador

ARIANA use for Afghan Airline

Arik Air use W3

Armenian Secret Army use ASALA

AS use for Alaska Airlines

ASALA use for Armenian Secret Army

ASEAN use for Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Asiana Airlines use OZ

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation use APECO

Asia Society

Asian and Pacific Council use ASPAC

Asian American Free Labor Institute use AAFLI

Asian Development Bank use ADB

Asian Economic Development Fund use AEDF

Asian Foundation

Asian Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce use APCAC

Asian Wall Street Journal

ASPAC use for Asian and Pacific Council

Associated Press use AP

Association for the Advancement of International Education use ADB-1

Association of Southeast Asian Nations use ASEAN

AT use Royal Air Maroc

AT&T use for American Telephone & Telegraph

ATA use for Atlantic Treaty Association

Atlantic Policy Advisory Group use APAG

Atlantic Richfield Oil Company use ARCO

Atlantic Treaty Association use ATA

Atomic Energy Commission use AEC

AU-1 use for African Union

AUB use for American University in Beirut

AUCCTU use for All Union Central Council of Trade Unions (USSR)

Australia, New Zealand, and US Council use ANZUS

Australian Airlines use OS

Australian Labor Party use ALP

Australian Labor Union use ACTU

Automatic Data Processing Security use ADPSEC

AVIANCA use for Aerovias Nacionales De Colombia

B

B6 use for Jet Blue

Banco Interamericano de Desarollo AKA Inter American Development use IDB

Bank of America

Bank of England

Bank of International Settlements use BIS

Bank of Mexico

BASC use for Berlin Air Safety Center

Basque Terrorist Group use ETA

BBC use for British Broadcasting Company

BD use for BMI

BDC use for Berlin Document Center

Bechtel

Bell Helicopter

BENDIX use for Bendix Corporation

Bendix Corporation use BENDIX

Berlin Air Safety Center use BASC

Berlin Document Center use BDC

Berlin Quadripartite Group use BQG

Bethlehem Steel

BG use for Biman Bangladesh Airlines

BIE use for Bureau of International Expositions

Biman Bangladesh Airlines use BG

BIS use for Bank of International Settlements

BLS use for Bureau of Labor Statistics

Blue1 use KF

BMI use BD

Board of Appellate Review use LBAR

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System AKA Federal Reserve Board use FRB

Boeing

Bolivian National Liberation Army use ELN

Bolivian National Mining Corporation or Corporacion Minera De Bolivia use     COMIBOL

Bonn Quadripartite Group use BQG

Bonngroup use BQG

BOS use for Southern Opposition Block

BP-1 use for British Petroleum Company

BQG use for Berlin Quadripartite Group

BQG use for Bonn Quadripartite Group

BQG use for Bonngroup

Brazilian State Owned Oil Company use Petrobras

British Airways

British Broadcasting Company use BBC

British Civil Aviation Authority use CAA

British Petroleum Company use BP

British West Indies Airline use BWIA

Bundesbank use for Central Bank of the FRG

Bureau of International Expositions use BIE

Bureau of Labor Statistics use BLS

Burma Inc

Brussels Airlines use SN

C

CA use for Air China

CAA use for British Civil Aviation Authority

CAAC use for Civil Aviation Authority for China

CACM use for Central American Common Market

Candadian Airlines use CP

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation use CBC

CAPC use for Civil Aviation Planning Committee (NATO)

CARE use for Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere, Inc

Cargolux

Caribbean Community use CARICOM

Caribbean Development Bank use CDB

Caribbean Postal Unit use CPU

Caterpillar

Cathay Pacific use CX

Catholic Relief Services use CRS

CBC use for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

CBS use for Columbia Broadcasting System

CCC-1 use for Commodity Credit Corporation

CCC-3 use for Customs Cooperation Council

CCIR use for International Radio Consultative Committee

CCITT use for International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee

CCMS use for Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society

CCNAA use for Coordinating Council for North American Affairs

CCPCJ:  Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

CCUS use for Chamber of Commerce of the US

CDB use for Caribbean Development Bank

CDC use for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDG (Formerly CCD Until Jan 1980), use for Committee on Disarmament        Conference of Committee on Disarmament

CDI use for Christian Democratic International

CDU use for Christian Democratic Union

CEA use for Council of Economic Advisers

CEAC use for Committee on European Airspace Coordination

CEC use for Commission of the European Communities

CEMA use for CMEA

CEMA use for COMECON

CEMA use for Council for Mutual Economic Assistance

Center for Strategic and International Studies use CSIS

Central African Customs and Economic Union use UDEAC

Central American Common Market use CACM

Central American Defense Council use CONDECA

Central Bank of the FRG use Bundesbank

Central Identification Lab use CIL

Central Intelligence Agency use CIA

CEP use for Civil Emergency Planning Committee Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee

CEPAL use ECLAC

CEQ use for Council on Environmental Quality

Cessna

Chamber of Commerce of the US use CCUS

Chase Manhattan

Chemical Bank

Chemical Weapons Convention use CWC

Chevron

China Airlines (Taiwan)

Christian Democratic International use CDI

Christian Democratic Party in Italy use DC

Christian Democratic Union use CDU

China Eastern Airlines use MU

China Southern Airlines use CZ

Christian Science Monitor

Christian Social Union use CSU

Chrysler

Church World Service use CWS

CIA use for Central Intelligence Agency

CIEC use for Inter-American Council on Education Science and Culture

CIL use for Central Identification Lab

CIME use for Committee on Investments and Multi-National Enterprise Center

CIP use for Council on International Programs

CIPEC use for Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries

CIS use for Commonwealth of Independent States

CITEL use for Inter-American Telecommunications Commissions

CITES use for Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species

CITIBANK use for First National City Bank of New York

CITICORP

Civil Aeronautics Board (Defunct 12/31/84)

Civil Aviation Authority for China use CAAC

Civil Aviation Planning Committee (NATO) use CAPC

Civil Emergency Planning Committee use CEP

CM use for Copa Airlines

CMEA use CEMA

CND use for UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

Coca Cola

COCOM

COE use for Council of Europe

Colombo Plan Secretariat use CPS

Columbia Broadcasting System use CBS

COM use for Department of Commerce

COMAC

COMECON use CEMA

COMIBOL use for Bolivian National Mining Corporation or Corporacion Minera DeBolivia

Commission of the European Communities use CEC

Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice use CCPCJ

Commission on Transnational Corps (UN) use UNTNC

Committee for Scientific and Technical Personnel use CSTP

Committee for the Protection for New Varieties of Plants use UPOV

Committee on Contributions (UN) use CONTRIB

Committee on Disarmament use CDG

Committee on European Airspace Coordination use CEAC

Committee on Investments and Multi-National Enterprise use CIME

Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society use CCMS

Commodity Credit Corporation use CCC-1

Commonwealth of Independent States use CIS

Communaute Economique Europeene use EUN

Communicable Diseases Center use CDC

Comptroller General of US use GAO

COMSAT

CONDECA use for Central American Defense Council

Conference of Committee on Disarmament use CDG

CONOCO use for Continental Oil Company

Contadora Four

Continental Airlines

Continental Oil Company use CONOCO

CONTRIB use for UN Committee on Contributions

Control Data

Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species use CITES

Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere, Inc. use CARE

Coordinating Council for North American Affairs use CCNAA

Copa Airlines use CM

Corporacion Minera De Bolivia AKA Bolivian National Mining Corporation use COMIBOL

COSEP use for Superior Council of the Private Sector Groups in Nicaragua

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance use CEMA

Council of Economic Advisers use CEA

Council of Europe use COE

Council on Environmental Quality use CEQ

Council on International Programs use CIP

Council on Mutual Economic Assistance use CEMA

CP use for Canadian Airlines

CPC use for UN Committee for Program and Coordination

CPS use for Colombo Plan Secretariat

CPSU use for Communist Party in the USSR

CPU use for Caribbean Postal Unit

Credentials Committee (UN) use UNCRED

Crime Prevention Control Committee (UN) use UNCRIME

Croatia Airlines use OU

CRS use for Catholic Relief Services

CSD use for UN Commission on Sustainable Development

CSIS use for Center for Strategic and International Studies

CSTP use for Committee for Scientific and Technical Personnel

CSU use for Christian Social Union

CTBTO use for policy coordination and cooperation cables in sessions of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization

CTM use for Customs

Cubana Airlines

Customs use CTM

Customs Cooperation Council use CCC-3

CWC use for Chemical Weapons Convention

CWS use for Church World Service

CX use for Cathay Pacific

CY use for Cyprus Airways

Cyprus Airways use CY

CZ use for China Southern Airlines

Czech Airlines use OK

D

DAC use for Development Assistance Committee (OECD)

DC use for Christian Democratic Party in Italy

DCA use for Defense Communication Agency

DCI use for Defense Capabilities Initiative

DEA use for Drug Enforcement Administration

Defense Capabilities Initiative use DCI

Defense Communication Agency use DCA

Defense Intelligence Agency use DIA

Defense Planning Commission use DPC

Delta Air Lines

Democratic Popular Unity use UPD

Democratic Progressive Party use DPP

Department of Agriculture use AGR

Department of Commerce use COM

Department of Defense use DOD

Department of Education use ED

Department of Energy use DOE

Department of Health and Human Services use HHS

Department of Homeland Security use DHS

Department of Housing and Urban Development use HUD

Department of Justice use JUS

Department of Labor use LAB

Department of the Interior use INT

Department of the Treasury use TRSY

Department of Transportation use DOT

Development Assistance Committee (OECD) use DAC

DHS use for Department of Homeland Security

DIA use for Defense Intelligence Agency

Digital Equipment Disaster Relief Coordinator (UN) use UNDRO

Disengagement Observer Force (UN) use UNDOF

DJP use for Ruling Democratic Justice Party

DOD use for Department of Defense

DOE use for Department of Energy

DOT use for Department of Transportation

Dow Chemical

DPC use for Defense Planning Commission

DPP use for Democratic Progressive Party

DPR use for Office of Policy and Resources

Drug Enforcement Administration use DEA

Dupont

DY use for Norwegian Air Shuttle

E

EAC use for East African Community

EAL use for Ethiopian Airlines

EALG use for East Asian Liaison Group

EAPC use for Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council

East African Community use EAC

East Asian Liaison Group use EALG

EBRD use for European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ECA use for Economic Commission for Africa (UN), UN Economic Commission for Africa

ECAC use for European Civil Aviation Conference

ECDC use for Economic Cooperation and Development Committee

ECE use for UN Economic Commission for Europe

ECG use for Energy Coordinating Group

ECLAC use for CEPAL, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ECMT use for European Conference of Ministers of Transport

Economic and Development Review Committee in OECD use EDRC

Economic and Soc Commission for Asia and Pacific use ESCAP

Economic and Social Council (UN) use ECOSOC

Economic Commission for Africa (UN) use ECA

Economic Commission for Europe (UN) use ECE

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN) use ECLAC

Economic Commission for Western Asia use ECWA

Economic Committee (UNGA) use UNGA/C-2

Economic Community of West African States use ECOWAS

Economic Cooperation and Development Comt use ECDC

Economic Policy Committee (OECD) use EPC

ECOSOC use for UN Economic and Social Council, UNECOSOC

ECOWAS use for Economic Community of West African States

ECWA use for UN Economic Commission for Western Asia

ED use for Department of Education

EDC use for Export Development Corporation

EDRC use for Economic and Development Review Committee

EDU use for European Democratic Union

EEOC use for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EFTA use for European Free Trade Association

EgyptAir

EK use for Emirates

EL AL use for Israeli Airlines

El Salvador Airlines (TACA International) use TACA

ELF use for Eritrean Liberation Front

ELN use for Bolivian National Liberation Army

Energy Coordinating Group use ECG

Environment Program (UN) use UNEP

Environmental Protection Agency use EPA

EP use for European Parliament

EPA use for Environmental Protection Agency

EPC use for Economic Policy Committee (OECD)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission use EEOC

Eritrean Liberation Front use ELF

ESA use for European Space Agency

ESCAP use for UN Econ and Soc Commission for Asia and Pacific

ESDI use for European Security and Defense Identity

ESSO

ETA use for Basque Terrorist Group

Ethiopian Airlines use EAL

Etihad Airways use EY

EUN use for Communaute Economique Europeene

EUN use for European Atomic Energy Community

EUN use for European Common Market

EUN use for European Communities

EUN use for European Economic Community

EUN use for European Union

EUN use for Marche Commun European

Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council use EAPC

EUROCONTROL use for European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation

EURONET

European Atomic Energy Community use EUN

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development use EBRD

European Civil Aviation Conference use ECAC

European Command use EUCOM

European Common Market use EUN

European Communities use EUN

European Conference of Ministers of Transport use ECMT

European Democratic Union use EDU

European Economic Community AKA European Common Market use EUN

European Free Trade Association AKA Outer Seven AKA The Seven use EFTA

European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation use EUROCONTROL

European Parliament use EP

European Security and Defense Identity use ESDI

European Space Agency use ESA

European Union use EUN

EXIM use for Export Import Bank

EXIM use for Export Import Bank of the United States

Export Development Corporation use EDC

Export Import Bank use EXIM

Export Import Bank of US use EXIM

EXXON

EY use for Etihad Airways

F

F9 use for Frontier

FAA use for Federal Aviation Administration

Fairchild

FAO use for Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

FAPC use for Food and Agriculture Planning Committee

FAPLA use for Forcas Armadas Para A Liberacao De Angola

FARC use for Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionaria

FAS use for Foreign Agriculture Service (Dept. of Agriculture)

FATAH

FBI use for Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBIS use for Foreign Broadcast Information Service

FCC use for Federal Communications Commission

FCIA use for Federal Credit Insurance Association

FCSC use for Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States

FDA use for Food and Drug Administration (HHS)

FDN Democratic Revolutionary Front in El Salvador

FDIC use for Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

FDR Guerrilla Group in El Salvador

Federal Aviation Administration use FAA

Federal Bureau of Investigation use FBI

Federal Communications Commission use FCC

Federal Credit Insurance Association use FCIA

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. use FDIC

Federal Emergency Management Admin use FEMA

Federal Highway Administration use FHWA

Federal Power Commission use FPC

Federal Reserve Board use FRB

Federal Trade Commission use FTC

FEMA use for Federal Emergency Management Administration

FHWA use for Federal Highway Administration

FIAT

Financial Management Center

FINNAIR use for National Airline of Finland

Firestone

First National City Bank of New York use CITIBANK

Fish and Wildlife Service use FWS

FL use for AirTran Airways

FLN use for Algerian National Liberation Front, National Army of Liberation (Algeria)

FMC use for Federal Maritime Commission

FMLN use for Farabundo Marti Liberacion Nacional

FNLA use for National Front for the Liberation of Angola

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN use FAO

Food and Drug Administration (HHS) use FDA

Food and Agriculture Planning Committee in NATO use FAPC

Forcas Armadas Para A Liberacao De Angola use FAPLA

Foreign Agriculture Service (Agriculture) use FAS

Foreign Broadcast Information Service use FBIS

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the US use FCSC

FPC use for Federal Power Commission

FR use for Ryanair

FRB use for Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

FRB use for Federal Reserve Board

Free Trade Union Institute use FTUI

FRELIMO (Leading Angolan Political Party)

Frontier use F9

FSCADP use for FSC Paris ADP Center

FSLN use for Sandinistas National Liberation Front

FTC use for Federal Trade Commission

FTUI use for Free Trade Union Institute

Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionaria use FARC

Fund for Agricultural Development use IFAD

FV use for Rossiva

FWS use for Fish and Wildlife Service

G

G3 use for Gol Transportes Aereos

G-77 use for Group of Seventy-Seven

G-8 use for Group of 8

GA use for Garuda Indonesia

GAO use for Government Accountability Office

GATT use for General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GCC use for Gulf Cooperation Council

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade use GATT

General Assembly (UN) use UNGA

General Electric

General Motors use for GM

General Services Administration use GSA

General Tire

GF use for Gulf Air

GM-1 use for General Motors

Gol Transporetes Aereos use G3

Goodyear

Government Accountability Office use GAO

Government Printing Office use GPO

GPO use for Government Printing Office

Green Party use GREENS

Greenpeace Environmental Group

GREENS use for Green Party

Group of Eight use G-8

Group of Seventy-Seven use G-77

Gruman

GSA use for General Services Administration

GTE

GULF

Gulf Air use GF

Gulf Cooperation Council use GCC

H

HA use for Hawaiian Airlines

Hague Conference on Private Intl Law use HCOPIL

Hainan Airlines use HU

Hawaiian Airlines use HA

HCOC: Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferations

HCOPIL use for Hague Conference on Private Intl Law

Health and Human Services use HHS

HHS use for Department of Health and Human Services

Histadrut Israeli Labor Union

Hitachi

HKA use for Hong Kong Airlines

Honeywell

Hong Kong Airlines use HKA

HU use for Hainan Airlines

HUD use for Department of Housing and Urban Development

Hughes Aircraft

Human Rights Commission (UN) use UNHRC

Human Rights Committee (UN) use UNHRC-2

Human Settlements Commission (UN) use UNCHS

I

IA-ECOSOC use for Inter-American Economic and Social Council

IACI use for Inter-American Children’s Institute

IACW use for Inter-American Commission of Women

IADB use for Inter-American Defense Board

IAEA use for International Atomic Energy Agency

IAF use for Inter-American Foundation

IAHRC use for Inter-American Human Rights Commission

IAII use for Inter-American Indian Institute

IAJC use for Inter-American Juridical Committee (OAS)

IARC use for International Agency for Research on Cancer

IATA use for International Air Transport Association

IATTC use for Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

IBC use for International Boundary Commission United States and Canada

Iberia Airlines

IBM use for International Business Machines

IBPCA use for International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration

IBPCT use for Bureau for the Publication of Customs Tariffs

IBRD use for International Bank for Reconstruction, World Bank

IBWC use for International Boundary and Water Commission United States and Mexico

IBWM use for International Bureau of Weights and Measures

ICAC use for International Cotton Advisory Committee

ICAF use for Industrial College of the Armed Forces

ICAO use for International Civil Aviation Organization

ICASS use for International Cooperative Administrative Support Services

ICBL use for The International Campaign to Ban Landmines

ICC use for Interstate Commerce Commission

ICCAT use for International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

ICCROM use for International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

Iceland Air

ICES use for International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

ICFTU use for International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

ICJ use for International Court of Justice

ICMC use for International Catholic Migration Commission

ICO use for International Coffee Organization

ICO-1 use for International Cocoa Organization

ICRC use for International Committee of the Red Cross

ICSC use for Interim Committee on Communication Satellites

ICSID use for International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

ICTR use for International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

ICTY use for International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

IDA use for International Development Association

IDB use for Banco Interamericano de Desarollo, Inter-American Development Bank

IDLO use for International Development Law Organization

IEA use for International Energy Agency

IFAD use for Fund for Agricultural Development, International Fund for Agriculture Development

IFC use for International Finance Corporation

IFRB use for International Frequency Registration Board

IFRC use for International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

IHO use for International Hydrographic Organization

IIC use for International Institute for Cotton

IICA use for Inter-American Institute of Agriculture

IJC use for International Joint Commission

IJO use for International Jute Organization

ILA use for International Law Association

ILC use for International Law Commission

ILO use for International Labor Organization

ILZSG use for International Lead and Zinc Study Group

IMC use for International Meteorological Committee

IMF use for International Monetary Fund

IMH use for International Mission of Hope

Immigration and Naturalization Service use INS

IMO use for International Maritime Organization

INCB use for International Narcotics Control Board

Industrial College of the Armed Forces use ICAF

INFCE use for International Nuclear Cycle Evaluation

INMARSAT use for International Maritime Satellite

INPFC use for International North Pacific Fisheries Commission

INRA use for National Institute for Agrarian Reform

INRO use for International Natural Rubber Organization

INS use for Immigration and Naturalization Service

INT use for Department of the Interior

INTELSAT use for International Telecomsatellite Consort

Inter-American Children’s Institute use IACI

Inter-American Commission of Women use IACW

Inter-American Council on Education Science and Culture use CIEC

Inter-American Defense Board use IADB

Inter-American Development Bank AKA Banco Interamericano de Desarollo in Washington, not a UN activity use IDB

Inter-American Economic and Social Council use IA-ECOSOC

Inter-American Foundation use IAF

Inter-American Human Rights Commission use IAHRC

Inter-American Indian Institute use IAII

Inter-American Institute of Agriculture use IICA

Inter-American Juridical Committee (OAS) use IAJC

Inter-American Regional Organization of the ICFTU use ORIT-ICFTU

Inter-American Telecommunications Commission use CITEL

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission use IATTC

Intergovernmental Committee for Migration use IOM

Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries use CIPEC

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission use IOC

Interim Committee on Communications Satellites use ICSC

Internal Revenue Service use IRS

International Agency for Research on Cancer use IARC

International Air Transport Association use IATA

International Atomic Energy Agency use IAEA

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, a Specialized Agency of the UN use IBRD

International Boundary and Water Commission United States and Mexico use IBWC

International Boundary Commission United States and Canada use IBC

International Bureau for the Publication of Customs Tariffs use IBPCT

International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration use IBPCA

International Bureau of Weights and Measures use IBWM

International Business Machines use IBM

International Catholic Migration Commission use ICMC

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes use ICSID

International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property use ICCROM

International Civil Aviation Organization, a specialized agency of the UN use ICAO

International Cocoa Organization use ICO-1

International Coffee Organization use ICO

International Committee of the Red Cross use ICRC

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions use ICFTU

International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas use ICCAT

International Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS)

International Cooperation Administration use AID

International Cotton Advisory Committee use ICAC

International Council for the Exploration of the SEA use ICES

International Court of Justice use ICJ

International Criminal Police Organization use INTERPOL

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda use ICTR

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia use ICTY

International Development Association Administered by the IBRD use IDA

International Development Law Organization use IDLO

International Energy Agency use IEA

International Federation of Christian Trade Unions use WCL

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies use IFRC

International Finance Corporation in Washington, an affiliate of IBRD but a separate legal entity use IFC

International Frequency Registration Board use IFRB

International Fund for Agriculture Development use IFAD

International Hydrographic Organization use IHO

International Institute for Cotton use IIC

International Institute for the Unification of Private Law use UNIDROIT

International Joint Commission U.S.-Canada use IJC

International Jute Organization use IJO

International Labor Organization—specialized agency of the UN use ILO

International Law Association use ILA

International Law Commission use ILC

International Lead and Zinc Study Group use ILZSG

International Maritime Organization use IMO

International Maritime Satellite use INMARSAT

International Meteorological Committee use IMC

International Mission of Hope use IMH

International Monetary Fund in Washington—Related to the UN use IMF

International Narcotics Control Board use INCB

International Natural Rubber Organization use INRO

International North Pacific Fisheries Commission use INPFC

International Nuclear Cycle Evaluation use INFCE

International Office of Epizootics use OIE

International Office of the Vine and Wine use IOVW

International Olympic Committee use OIC-2

International Organization for Legal Metrology use IOLM

International Organization for Migration use IOM

International Pacific Halibut Commission U.S. and Canada use IPHC

International Program for Development of Communications use IPDC

International Radio Consultative Committee use CCIR

International Red Cross use IRC-3

International Renewable Energy Agency use IRENA

International Rescue Committee use IRC-2

International Research and Exchange Board use IREX

International Rice Commission use IRC

International Rubber Study Group use IRSG

International Seed Testing Association use ISTA

International Sugar Organization use ISO

International Telecommunication Union—specialized agency of the UN use ITU

International Telecomsatellite Consort use INTELSAT

International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee use CCITT

International Telephone & Telegraph Company use ITT

International Tin Council

International Trade Commission use ITC

International Tropical Timber Organization use ITTO

International Union for Conservation of Nature use IUCN

International Whaling Commission use IWC-1

International Wheat Council use IWC-2

International Wool Study Group use IWSG

International Youth Conference use IYC

Interparliamentary Union use IPU

INTERPOL use for International Criminal Police Organization

Interstate Commerce Commission use ICC

IOC use for Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

IOLM use for International Organization for Legal Metrology

IOM use for International Organization for Migration

IOVW use for International Office of the Vine and Wine

IPDC use for International Program for Development of Communications

IPHC use for International Pacific Halibut Commission

IPU use for Interparliamentary Union

IRA use for Irish Republican Army

Iran Air

IRC use for International Rice Commission

IRC-2 use for International Rescue Committee

IRC-3 use for International Red Cross

IRENA use for International Renewable Energy Agency

IREX use for International Research and Exchange Board

Irish Airline use Aer Lingus

Irish Republican Army use IRA

IRS use for Internal Revenue Service

IRSG use for International Rubber Study Group

ISCON use for Islamic Conference

Islamic Conference use ISCON

Islamic Jihad (Terrorist Group)

ISO use for International Sugar Organization

Israeli Airlines use EL AL

ISTA use for International Seed Testing Association

IT use for Kingfisher Airlines

Italian Airline (Alitalia Compagnia Aerea Italiana) use Alitalia

Italian Communist Party use PCI

Italian Socialist Party use PSI

ITC use for International Trade Commission

ITT use for International Telephone and Telegraph Company

ITTO use for International Tropical Timber Organization

ITU use for International Telecommunication Union

IUCN use for International Union for Conservation of Nature

IWC-1 use for International Whaling Commission

IWC-2 use for International Wheat Council

IWSG use for International Wool Study Group

IYC use for International Youth Conference

J

JAL use for Japan Air Lines

Jamaica Labor Party use JLP

Japan Airlines use JAL

JAT use for Serbian Airline (JAT Airways)

JCIC use for Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission

JDL use for Jewish Defense League

Jet Airways use 9W

Jet Blue use B6

Jewish Defense League use JDL

JJ use for TAM Airlines (Brazil)

JLP use for Jamaica Labor Party

Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission use JCIC

JP use for Spanair

JUS use for Department of Justice

K

Kaiser

KAL use for Korean National Airlines (Korean Air)

KANU use for Kenya African National Union

Kenya Airways use KQ

Kellogg

Kenya African National Union use KANU

KF use for Blue1

KGB

Khmer Peoples National Liberation Front use KPNLF

Kingfisher Airlines use IT

KISAN

KL use for KLM

KLM use KL

KM use for Air Malta

KOC use for Kuwait Oil Company

Korean National Airlines use KAL (Korean Air)

KPNLF use for Khmer Peoples National Liberation Front

KQ use for Kenya Airways

Kuomintang or Nationalist Party use KMT

Kuwait Oil Company use KOC

L

LA use for LAN

LAB use for Department of Labor

LAN use LA

Latin American Economic System use SELA

LBAR use for Board of Appellate Review

LDP use for Liberal Democratic Party

League of Red Cross Societies use IFRC

Legal Committee (UNGA) use UNGA/C-6

Liberal Democratic Party use LDP

Library of Congress use LOC

LIKUD

Litton

LOC use for Library of Congress

Lockheed

LOS use for UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

LOT use for Polish National Airlines (LOT Polish Airlines)

Lufthansa

LX use Swiss International Air Lines

M

M-19

MA use for Malev

MAB use for The Man and the Biosphere Program

Mafia

Maintenance of Certain Lights in the Red Sea use MCLRS

Malaysia Airlines use MH

Maley use MA

Man and the Biosphere Program (The) use MAB

Manufacturers Hanover Trust

MARAD use for U.S. Maritime Administration

Marche Commun European use EUN

MAS use for Military Agency for Standardization

MCC use for Millennium Challenge Corporation

McDonnell Douglas

MCG use for Mediterranean Cooperation Group (NATO)

MCLRS use for Maintenance of Certain Lights in the Red Sea

MEA use for Middle East Airlines

Mediterranean Cooperation Group (NATO) use MCG

Mexicana Airlines

MF use Xiamen Airlines

MFO use for Multinational Force Observers

MH use for Malaysia Airlines

Middle East Airlines use MEA

MIGA use for Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

Military Agency for Standardization use MAS

Millennium Challenge Corporation use MCC

MINURSO use for UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara

MIR use for Leftist Revolutionary Movement in Bolivia

Missile Technology Control Regime use MTCRE

MISURASATA

Mitsubishi

MNLF use for Moro National Liberation Front

MNR National Revolutionary Movement in El Salvador

Mobil

Monsanto

MONUC use for UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Moro National Liberation Front use MNLF

Morgan Guarantee

Motion Picture Export Association of America use MPEAA

Motorola

Movement of the Deprived—Sh’a Muslim Militia Organization use AMAL

MPEAA use for Motion Picture Export Association of America

MPLA use for Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola

MTCRE use for Missile Technology Control Regime

MTN use for Multilateral Trade Negotiations

MU use for China Eastern Airlines

Multilateral Trade Negotiations use MTN

Multinational Force Observers use MFO

N

NAA use for North Atlantic Assembly

NAC use for North Atlantic Council

NACB use for Nonaligned Coordinating Bureau

NADB use for North American Development Bank

NAFO use for Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

NAMSA use for NATO Management Supply Agency

Narcotics Commission (UN) use UNCND

NAS use for National Academy of Sciences (US)

NASA use for National Aeronautics and Space Admin

NASCO use for North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization

NATO-Ukraine Commission use NUC

National Academy of Sciences (US) use NAS

National Aeronautics and Space Admin use NASA

National Airline of Finland use FINNAIR

National Airlines

National Archives

National Army of Liberation (Algeria) use FLN

National Bipartisan Comm on Central America use NBCCA

National Broadcasting Company use NBC

National Bureau of Standards use NBS

National Council of Churches

National Defense University use NDU

National Endowment for Democracy

National Energy Board use NEB

National Front for the Liberation of Angola use FNLA

National Gallery of Art use NGA

National Institute for Agrarian Reform use INRA

National Institute of Health use NIH

National Institute on Drug Abuse use NIDA

National Iranian Oil Company use NIOC

National League of Families

National Marine Fisheries Services use NMFS

National Oceanographic and Atmosphere Agency use NOAA

National Peoples Congress use NPC

National Research Council (US) use NRC-5

National Science Foundation use NSF

National Security Agency use NSA

National Security Council use NSC

National Technical Information Service use NTIS

National Telecommunications and Information Administration use NTIA

National Transportation Safety Board use NTSB

National Union for Total Independence in Angola use UNITA

National War College use NWC

NATO use for North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NATO Industrial Advisory Group use NIAG

NATO Integrated Communications Systems use NICSMA

NATO Led Peacekeeping Forces in Kosovo use PKFK

NATO Led Stabilization Forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina use SFOR

NATO Management Supply Agency use NAMSA

NBC use for National Broadcasting Company

NBCCA use for National Bipartisan Comm on Central America

NBS use for National Bureau of Standards

NDR use for Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance

NDU use for National Defense University

NEB use for National Energy Board

Nestles

New Korean Democratic Party use NKDP

NGA use for National Gallery of Art

NH use for ANA

NIAG use for NATO Industrial Advisory Group

Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance use NDR

NICSMA use for NATO Integrated Communications Systems

NIDA use for National Institute on Drug Abuse

Nigerian National Petroleum Corp use NNPC

NIH use for National Institute of Health

NIOC use for National Iranian Oil Company

Nippon Cargo Airlines

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp use NTT

Nissan

NKDP use for New Korean Democratic Party

NMFS use for National Marine Fisheries Services

NNPC use for Nigerian National Petroleum Corp

NNRRC use for National and Nuclear Risk Reduction Center

NOAA use for National Oceanographic and Atmosphere Agency

Nonaligned Coordinating Bureau use NACB

Nordic Council

North Atlantic Assembly use NAA

North Atlantic Council use NAC

North Atlantic Ice Patrol

North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization use NASCO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization use NATO

North Pacific Fur Seal Commission use NPFSC

North Pacific Marine Science Organization use PICES

Northrop

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization use NAFO

Norwegian Air Shuttle use DY

NPC use for National Peoples Congress

NPFSC use for North Pacific Fur Seal Commission

NPG use for Nuclear Planning Group NATO

NRC-5 use for National Research Council (US)

NSA use for National Security Agency

NSG: Nuclear Suppliers Group

NSC use for National Security Council

NSF use for National Science Foundation

NTIA use for National Telecommunications and Information Administration

NTIS use for National Technical Information Service

NTSB use for National Transportation Safety Board

NTT use for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp

NUC use for NATO-Ukraine Commission

Nuclear Energy Agency

Nuclear Planning Group NATO use NPG

Nuclear Regulatory Commission use USNRC

Nuclear Risk Reduction Center use NRRC

NWC use for National War College

O

OAPEC use for Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries

OAS use for Organization of American States

Occidental

Occupational Safety and Health Administration use OSHA

OECD use for Organisation de Cooperation et de Development Economiques

OECD use for Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris

OECS use for Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

Office of Management and Budget Formerly Bureau of the Budget use OMB

Office of Micronesian Status Negotiations use OMSN

Office of Personnel Management use OPM

Office of Policy and Resources use DPR

Office of Science and Technology Policy use OSTP

Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations use USTR

Office of UN Disaster Relief use UNDRO

OIC-2 use for International Olympic Committee

OIE use for International Office of Epizootics

OK use for Czech Airlines

OMB use for Office of Management and Budget

OMSN use for Office of Micronesian Status Negotiations

Onsight Inspection Agency use OSIA

OPEC use for Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OPIC use for Overseas Private Investment Corporation

OPM use for Office of Personnel Management

Organisation de Cooperation et de Development Economiques use OECD

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe use OSCE

Organizacion Regional Interamericana de Trabajadores use ORIT-ICFTU

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris use OECD

Organization of African Union Unity use OATU

Organization of African Unity use OAU

Organization of American States use OAS

Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries use OAPEC

Organization of Eastern Caribbean States use OECS

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries use OPEC

ORIT-ICFTU use for Inter-American Regional Organization of the ICFTU, Organizacion Regional Interamericana de Trabajadores

OS use for Australian Airlines

OSCE use for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

OSHA use for Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSIA use for Onsight Inspection Agency

OSTP use for Office of Science and Technology Policy

OTASE

OU use for Croatia Airlines

Outer Space Committee (UN) use UNPUOS

Overseas Private Investment Corporation use OPIC

OVP use for Office of the Vice President

OZ use for Asiana Airlines

P

PAC use for Pan Africanist Congress

Pacific Community use SPC

Pacific Island Forum use PIF

PAHO use for Pan American Health Organization

PAIGH use for Pan American Institute of Geography and History

Pakistan Peoples Party use PPP

Pakistani Airlines use PIA (Pakistan International Airlines)

PAL use for Philippine Airlines

Palestine Liberation Organization use PLO

Palestinian National Council use PNC

PAN use for Partido Accion Nacional

Pan Africanist Congress use PAC

Pan American Health Organization in Washington use PAHO

Pan American Institute of Geography and History use PAIGH

Pan American Railway Congress Association in Buenos Aires use PARCA

Panama Canal Commission use PCC

PARCA use for Pan American Railway Congress Association

Partido Accion Nacional use PAN

Partido Revolucionario Institucional use PRI

Partnership for Peace (NATO) use PFP

Party for Peace and Democracy use PPD

PASOK

PBEIST use for Planning Board for European Inland Surface Transportation

PBOS use for Planning Board on Ocean Shipping

PBS use for Public Broadcasting System

PCC use for Panama Canal Commission

PCI use for Italian Communist Party

PDC use for Christian Democratic Party in El Salvador

PEMEX use for Petroleas Mexicanos

Peoples National Party use PNP

Permanent Joint Council, NATO-Russia use PJC

Pertamina

PETROBRAS use for Brazilian State Owned Oil Company

Petroleas Mexicanos use PEMEX

PFLP use for Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine

PFP use for Partnership for Peace (NATO)

Phalange Party use for Political Party in Lebanon

Philippine Airlines use PAL

Phillips Petroleum

PHS use for Public Health Service

PIA use for Pakistani Airlines (Pakistan International Airlines)

PICES use for North Pacific Marine Science Organization

PIF use for Pacific Island Forum

PJC use for Permanent Joint Council, NATO-Russia

PKFK use for NATO Led Peacekeeping Forces in Kosovo

PLA use for Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Army

Planning Board for European Inland Surface Transportation use PBEIST

Planning Board on Ocean Shipping use PBOS

PLN use for National Liberation Front in Costa Rica

PLO use for Palestine Liberation Organization

PNC use for Palestinian National Council

PNDC use for Provisional National Defense Council

PNP use for People’s National Party

Polisario

Political Committee (UNGA) use UNGA/C-1

Political Party in Lebanon use Phalange Party

Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine use PFLP

Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola use MPLA

Population Commission (UN) use UNPOP

Population Fund (UN) use UNFPA

Portugal use TAP

Post Communications Center

Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal use PUASP

PPD use for Party for Peace and Democracy

PPP use for Pakistan Peoples’ Party

PRI use for Partido Revolucionario Institucional

Project Hope

Provisional National Defense Council use PNDC

PSD use for Social Democratic Party in Portugal

PSI use for Italian Socialist Party

PSOE use for Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party

PUASP use for Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal

Public Broadcasting System use PBS

Public Health Service use PHS

Q

Qantas Airways use QANTAS

QANTAS use for Qantas Airways

Qatar Airways use QR

QR use for Qatar Airways

R

Radio Free Europe use RFE

Radio Liberty use RL

Radio Marti

Railroad Retirement Board use RRB

Rand

Raytheon

RCA

RDP use for Reunification Democracy Party

Red Brigade

Red Cross use IRC-3

Refugee High Commissioner (UN) use UNHCR

RENAMO use for Resistencia Nacional Mocambicana

Resistencia Nacional Mocambicana use RENAMO

Reunification Democracy Party use RDP

Revolutionary Democratic Alliance use ARDE

Reynolds

RFE use for Radio Free Europe

RL use for Radio Liberty

RO use for TAROM

Rockwell International

Rolls Royce

Rossiya use FY

Royal Air Maroc use AT

Royal Dutch Airlines use KLM

Royal Jordanian Airline use ALIA

RRB use for Railroad Retirement Board

Ruling Democratic Justice Party use DJP

S

S7 use for S7 Airlines (Siberian)

SA use for South African Airways

SAARC use for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Sandinistas

Sandinistas National Liberation Front use FSLN

SAS use for Scandinavian Airlines

Saudi Arabian Airlines use SV

SBA use for Small Business Administration

Scandinavian Airlines use SAS

SCC use for Standing Consultative Commission

SCEPC use for Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee

SDFCU use for State Department Federal Credit Union

SEC use for Securities and Exchange Commission

Secretariat of the Pacific Community use SPC

Securities and Exchange Commission use SEC

SELA use for Latin American Economic System

Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee use SCEPC

Serbian Airline use JAT (JAT Airways)

SFOR use for NATO Led Stabilization Forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Shell

Shenzhen Airlines use ZH

Singapore Airlines

Sinn Fein Political Arm of the IRA

Small Business Administration use SBA

SMI use for Smithsonian Institution

Smith and Wesson

Smithsonian Institution use SMI

SN use for Brussels Airlines

Social Committee (UNGA) use UNGA/C-3

Social Security Administration use SSA

Social Union Mexican Businessmen use USEM

Socialist International use SOCINT

SOCINT use for Socialist International

South African Airways use SA

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation use SAARC

Southern Opposition Block use BOS

Southwest use WN

Southwest Africa Peoples Organization use SWAPO

Soviet Airline use AEROFLOT

Soviet Intelligence Service use KGB

Spanair use JK

Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party use PSOE

SPC use for Pacific Community

SPD use for Social Democratic Party in FRG and UK

Special Session on Disarmament (UN) use SSOD

Special Tribunal for Lebanon use STL

Special Verification Commission use SVC

SPLM use for Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement

SriLankan use UL

SSA use for Social Security Administration

Standing Consultative Commission use SCC

STAT use for Statistical Commission (UN)

State Dept Federal Credit Union use SDFCU

Statistical Commission (UN) use STAT

Status of Women Commission (UN) use UNCSW

STL use for Special Tribunal for Lebanon

Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Army use SPLA

Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement use SPLM

SV use for Saudi Arabian Airlines

SVC use for Special Verification Commission

Sverdrup Corp

SWAPO use for Southwest Africa Peoples’ Organization

Swiss International Airlines use LX

SWISSAIR

T

TACA El Salvador Airlines (TACA International)

TAM Airlines use JJ

TAROM use RO

TAP Portugal

TAPLINE use for Trans Arabian Pipeline Company

Tariff Negotiating Committee (GATT) use TNC

TASS Soviet News Agency

TDB use for Trade and Development Board

Tektronix

TENNECO

Tennessee Valley Authority use TVA

Terrorism Committee (UN) use UNTERR

Texaco

Texas Instruments

TG use for Thai Airways International

TGC use for Tripartite Gold Commission

Thai Airways International use TG

THY Turkish Airlines

Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front use TPLF

Time

TNC use for Tariff Negotiating Committee (GATT)

Toumai Air Tchad use Air Chad

Toyota

TPLF use for Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front

Trade and Development Board use TDB

Trade Union Advisory Committee (OECD) use TUAC

Trade Union Conference use TUC

Trans Arabian Pipeline Company use TAPLINE

Transaero use UN

Transnational Corporation Commission (UN) use UNTNC

Transportation Security Administration use TSA

Trilateral Commission

Tripartite Gold Commission use TGC

TRSY use for Department of the Treasury

Trusteeship Committee (UNGA) use UNGA/C-4

Trusteeship Council use UNTC

TRW

TSA use for Transportation Security Administration

TU use for Tunisair

TUAC use for Trade Union Advisory Committee (OECD)

TUC use for Trade Union Conference

Turkish Airlines use THY

TVA use for Tennessee Valley Authority

U

UANC use for United African National Congress

UAW use for United Auto Workers

UCD use for United Democratic Center

UDEAC use for Central African Customs and Economic Union

UIL use for Italian Labor Union

UL use for SriLankan

UMNO use for United Malays National Organization

UMOA use for Union Monetaire Ouest Africaine, West African Monetary Union

UN use for United Nations

UN use for Transaero

UN Advisory Committee on Administration & Budget Question use ACABQ

UN Association of the United States of America use UNAUS

UN Border Relief Operations use UNBRO

UN Children’s Fund use UNICEF

UN Command in Korea use UNC

UN Commission on Human Settlements use UNCHS

UN Commission on International Trade Law use UNCITRAL

UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs use CND

UN Commission on Social Development use UNCSD

UN Commission on Sustainable Development use CSD

UN Commission on Status of Women use UNCSW

UN Commission on Transnational Corps use UNTNC

UN Committee for Program and Coordination use CPC

UN Committee on Contributions use CONTRIB

UN Committee on Hostages Convention use UNCHC

UN Committee on International Terrorism use UNTERR

UN Conference on Trade and Development use UNCTAD

UN Convention Against Corruption use UNCAC

UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime use UNTOC

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea use LOS

UN Convention to Combat Desertification use UNCCD

UN Credentials Committee use UNCRED

UN Development Program use UNDP

UN Disarmament Commission use UNDC

UN Disaster Relief Coordinator use UNDRO

UN Disengagement Observer Force use UNDOF

UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific use ESCAP

UN Economic and Social Council use ECOSOC

UN Economic Commission for Africa use ECA

UN Economic Commission for Europe use ECE

UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean use ECLAC

UN Economic Commission for Western Asia use ECWA

UN Educational and Training Program for Southern Africa use UNETPSA

UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization use UNESCO

UN Emergency Force use UNEF

UN Environment Program use UNEP

UN Force in Cyprus use UNFICYP

UN Force in Lebanon use UNIFIL

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change use UNFCCC

UN Fund for Drug Abuse Control use UNFDAC

UN Fund for Population Activities use UNFPA

UN General Assembly use UNGA

UN General Assembly Adm and Budget Committee use UNGA/C-5

UN General Assembly Economic Committee use UNGA/C-2

UN General Assembly Fifth Committee use UNGA/C-5

UN General Assembly First Committee use UNGA/C-1

UN General Assembly Fourth Committee use UNGA/C-4

UN General Assembly Legal Committee use UNGA/C-6

UN General Assembly Second Committee use UNGA/C-2

UN General Assembly Sixth Committee use UNGA/C-6

UN General Assembly Social Committee use UNGA/C-3

UN General Assembly Third Committee use UNGA/C-3

UN Good Offices Mission for Afghanistan and Pakistan use UNGOMAP

UN High Commissioner for Refugees use UNHCR

UN Human Rights Counsel use UNHRC

UN Human Rights Committee use UNHRC-2

UN Industrial Development Organization use UNIDO

UN Institute for Training and Research use UNITAR

UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo use UNMIK

UN Interim Force in Lebanon use UNIFIL

UN International Drug Control Program use UNIDCP

UN International Forces in Lebanon use UNIFIL

UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research use UNICRI

UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan use UNMOGIP

UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara use MINURSO

UN Mission in Sierra Leone use UNAMSIL

UN Observation Mission in Georgia use UNOMIG

UN Office of Outer Space Affairs use UNOOSA

UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo use MONUC

UN Outer Space Committee use UNPUOS

UN Population Commission use UNPOP

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East use UNRWA

UN Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation use UNSCEAR

UN Security Council use UNSC

UN Statistical Commission use STAT

UN Transitional Administration in East Timor use UNTAT

UN Truce Supervision Organization use UNTSO

UN Trust Fund for South Africa use UNTFSA

UN Trusteeship Council use UNTC

UNAMSIL use for UN Mission in Sierra Leone

UNAUS use for UN Association of the United States of America

UNBRO use for UN Border Relief Operations

UNC use for UN Command in Korea

UNCAC use for UN Convention Against Corruption

UNCCD use for UN Convention to Combat Desertification

UNCHC use for UN Committee on Hostages Convention

UNCHS use for UN Commission on Human Settlements

UNCITRAL use for UN Commission on International Trade Law

UNCRED use for UN Credentials Committee

UNCRIME use for Crime Prevention Control Committee (UN)

UNCSD use for UN Commission on Social Development

UNCSW use for UN Commission on Status of Women

UNCTAD use for UN Conference on Trade and Development

UNDC use for UN Disarmament Commission

UNDOF use for UN Disengagement Observer Force

UNDP use for UN Development Program

UNDRO use for Office of UN Disaster Relief, UN Disaster Relief Coordinator

UNECOSOC use ECOSOC

UNEF use for UN Emergency Force

UNEP use for UN Environment Program

UNESCO use for UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNETPSA use for UN Educational and Training Program for Southern Africa

UNFCCC use for UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNFDAC use for UN Fund for Drug Abuse Control

UNFICYP use for UN Force in Cyprus

UNFPA use for UN Fund for Population Activities

UNGA use for UN General Assembly

UNGA/C-1 use for Political Committee (UNGA), UN General Assembly First Committee

UNGA/C-2 use for UN General Assembly Economic Committee, UN General Assembly Second Committee

UNGA/C-3 use for UN General Assembly Social Committee, UN General Assembly Third Committee

UNGA/C-4 use for UN General Assembly Special Political and Decolonization Committee, UN General Assembly Fourth Committee

UNGA/C-5 use for UN General Assembly Adm and Budget Committee, UN General Assembly Fifth Committee

UNGA/C-6 use for UN General Assembly Legal Committee, UN General Assembly Sixth Committee

UNGOMAP use for UN Good Offices Mission for Afghanistan and Pakistan

UNHCR use for UN High Commissioner for Refugees

UNHRC use for UN Human Rights Council

UNHRC-2 use for UN Human Rights Committee

UNICEF use for UN Children's Fund

UNICRI use for UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research

UNIDCP use for UN International Drug Control Program

UNIDO use for UN Industrial Development Organization

UNIDROIT use for International Institute for the Unification of Private Law

UNIFIL use for UN Force in Lebanon, UN Interim Force in Lebanon, and UN International Forces in Lebanon

Union Carbide

Union Monetaire Ouest Africaine use UMOA

UNITA use for National Union for Total Independence in Angola

UNITAR use for UN Institute for Training and Research

United African National Congress use UANC

United Airlines

United Auto Workers use UAW

United Brands

United Democratic Center use UCD

United Malays National Organization use UMNO

United Nations use UN

United Nicaraguan Opposition use UNO

United Press International use UPI

United States Information Service use USIS

United States Travel and Tourism Administration use USTTA

Universal Postal Union use UPU

UNMIK use for UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

UNMOGIP use for UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

UNO use for United Nicaraguan Opposition

UNODC: United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime

UNOOSA use for UN Office of Outer Space Affairs

UNPOP use for UN Population Commission

UNRWA use for UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

UNSC use for UN Security Council

UNSCEAR use for UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

UNTAT use for UN Transitional Administration in East Timor

UNTC use for UN Trusteeship Council

UNTERR use for UN Committee on International Terrorism

UNTFSA use for UN Trust Fund for South Africa

UNTOC use for UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime

UNTNC use for UN Commission on Transnational Corps

UNTSO use for UN Truce Supervision Organization

UPD use for Democratic Popular Unity

UPI use for United Press International

UPOV use for Committee for the Protection for New Varieties of Plants

UPU use for Universal Postal Union

Uruguay Round Textile Negotiating Group

US Agency for Global Media use USAGM

US use for US Airways

US Air Force use USAF

US Airways use US

US Geological Survey use USGS

US Marine Corps use USMC

US Maritime Administration use MARAD

US Marshals Service use USMS

US Navy use USN

US Postal Service use USPS

US Secret Service use USSS

US Steel

US Trade Representative use USTR

US Travel Service (COM) use USTTA

US-Egypt Joint Cooperation Commission use USEGJC

US-India Joint Commission on Educational and Cultural Cooperation use USINJC

US-Israel Joint Committee for Investment and Trade use USISJC

US-Saudi Arabia Economic Commission use USSAEC

USAF use for US Air Force

USAGM use for US Agency for Global Media

USEGJC use for US-Egypt Joint Cooperation Commission

USEM use for Social Union Mexican Businessmen

USGS use for US Geological Survey

USINJC use for US-India Joint Commission on Educational and Cultural Cooperation

USISJC use for US-Israel Joint Committee for Investment and Trade

USMC use for US Marine Corps

USMS use for US Marshals Service

USN use for US Navy

USNRC use for Nuclear Regulatory Commission

USPS use for US Postal Service

USSAEC use for US-Saudi Arabia Economic Commission

USTDA use for United State Trade and Development Agency

USTR use for Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations

USTS use USTTA

USTTA use for United States Travel and Tourism Administration

UX use for Air Europa

V

VA use for Veterans Administration

VARIG use for Brazilian Airline

VARIG use for S A Empresa De Viacao Area Rio Grandense

Veterans Administration use VA

Veterans of Foreign Wars use VFW

VFW use for Veterans of Foreign Wars

Vietnam Airlines use VN

Virgin America use VX

Virgin Atlantic use VS

VN use for Vietnam Airlines

VOA use for Voice of America

Voice of America use VOA

VS use for Virgin Atlantic

VV use for Aerosvit

VX use for Virgin America

W

W3 use for Arik Air

WAEC use for all cables related to the Wassenar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Weapons and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies

WARC use for World Administrative Radio Conference

Warsaw Pact Organization use WPO

Warsaw Treaty Organization use WPO

WCC use for World Council of Churches

WCL use for International Federation of Christian World Confederation of Labor

WEO use for Western European and Other Groups

West African Monetary Union use UMOA

Western European and Other Groups use WEO

Western European Union use WEU

Western Union

Westinghouse

Westjet use WS

WEU use for Western European Union

WFC-2 use for World Food Council

WFP use for World Food Program

WFTU use for World Federation of Trade Unions

WHC use for The World Heritage Convention

WHO use for World Health Organization

WILPF use for Women’s International League for Peace

WIPO use for World Intellectual Property Organization

WJC use for World Jewish Congress

WMO use for World Meteorological Organization

Women’s International League for Peace use WILPF

World Administrative Radio Conference use WARC

World Affairs Council

World Airways

World Assembly on Aging

World Bank use IBRD

World Confederation of Labor use WCL

World Council of Churches use WCC

World Federation of Trade Unions use WFTU

World Food Council use WFC-2

World Food Program use WFP

World Health Organization use WHO

World Heritage Convention (The) use WHC

World Intellectual Property Organization use WIPO

World Jewish Congress use WJC

World Meteorological Organization use WMO

World Road Association use WRA

World Summit on the Information Society use WSIS

World Tourism Organization use WTO

World Trade Organization use WTRO

World Vision

WPO use for Warsaw Pact Organization and Warsaw Treaty Organization

WRA use for World Road Association

WS use for Westjet

WSIS use for World Summit on the Information Society

WTO use for World Tourism Organization

WTRO use for World Trade Organization

X

XEROX

Xiamen Airlines use MF

Y

Yacemientos Petroliferos Fiscales (BL) use YPFB

Yomiuri Shimbun

YPFB use for Yacemientos Petroliferos Fiscales (BL)

Z

ZANU use for Zimbabwe African National Union

ZAPU use for Zimbabwe African Peoples Union

Zenith

ZH use for Shenzhen Airlines

Zimbabwe African National Union use ZANU

Zimbabwe African Peoples Union use ZAPU

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