Chapter M

m meter

Marecs Maritime European Communications Satellite

Marine Dumping Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter

Marine Life Conservation Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas

MARPOL see Ship Pollution

Medarabtel Middle East Telecommunications Project of the International Telecommunications Union

Mercosur Southern Cone Common Market

MHz megahertz

MICAH International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti

MINURSO United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara

MIGA Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency

MINUSTAH United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti

MONUC United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

N

NA not available

NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement

NAM Nonaligned Movement

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NC Nordic Council

NEA Nuclear Energy Agency

NEGL negligible

NGA National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

NIB Nordic Investment Bank

NIC newly industrializing country

NIE newly industrializing economy

NIS new independent states

nm nautical mile

NMT Nordic Mobile Telephone

NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water

NZ New Zealand

O

OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries

OAS Organization of American States

OAU Organization of African Unity; see African Union

ODA official development assistance

OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OECS Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

OIC Organization of the Islamic Conference

OIF International Organization of the French-speaking World

ONUB United Nations Operation in Burundi

OOF other official flows

OPANAL Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean

OPCW Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Ozone Layer Protection Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer

P

PCA Permanent Court of Arbitration

PFP Partnership for Peace

PIF Pacific Islands Forum

PPP purchasing power parity

R

Ramsar see Wetlands

RG Rio Group

S

SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

SACU Southern African Customs Union

SACEP South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme

SADC Southern African Development Community

SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organization

SAFE South African Far East Cable

SECI Southeast European Cooperative Initiative

SHF super-high-frequency

Ship Pollution Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)

SICA Central American Integration System

Sparteca South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement

SPC Secretariat of the Pacific Communities

SPF South Pacific Forum

sq km square kilometer

sq mi square mile

T

TAT Trans-Atlantic Telephone

TEU Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit, a unit of measure for containerized cargo capacity

Tropical Timber 83 International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983

Tropical Timber 94 International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994

U

UAE United Arab Emirates

UDEAC Central African Customs and Economic Union

UHF ultra-high-frequency

UK United Kingdom

UMA Arab Maghreb Union

UN United Nations

UNAMSIL United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone

UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also know as LOS

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNDCP United Nations Drug Control Program

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 Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus

UNFPA United Nations Population Fund

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund

UNICRI United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute

UNIDIR United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNIFIL United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNMEE United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea

UNMIK United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

UNMIL United Nations Mission in Liberia

UNMIT United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste

UNMOGIP United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

UNMOVIC United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission

UNOCI United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire

UNOMIG United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia

UNOPS United Nations Office of Project Services

UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

UNSC United Nations Security Council

UNSSC Untied Nations System Staff College

UNTSO United Nations Truce Supervision Organization

UNU United Nations University

UNWTO World Tourism Organization

UPU Universal Postal Union

US United States

USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union); used for information dated before 25 December 1991

UTC Coordinated Universal Time

UV ultra violet