Abbreviations
| afisma | African-led International Support Mission in Mali |
| amis | African Union Mission in Sudan |
| amisom | African Union Mission in Somalia |
| aqim | Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb |
| ario | Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations |
| asr | Articles on the Responsibilities of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts |
| au | African Union |
| A4P | Action for Peacekeeping |
| BiH | Bosnia and Herzegovinna |
| C2 | Command and Control |
| card | Coordinated Annual Review on Defence |
| cesdp | Draft Treaty embodying the Statute of the European Community |
| ceumc | Chairman of the European Union Military Committee |
| cfc | Ceasefire Commission |
| cfi | Court of First Instance |
| cfsp | Common Foreign and Security Policy |
| chc | Clearing House Cell |
| chm | Clearing House Mechanism |
| cjeu | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| comkfor | Commander of kfor |
| csdp | Common Security and Defence Policy |
| dario | Draft Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations |
| ec | European Community |
| echr | European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
| ecj | European Court of Justice |
| ecowas | Economic Community of West African States |
| ecr | European Court Reports |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| eda | European Defence Agency |
| edc | European Defence Community |
| edidp | European Defence Industrial Development Programme |
| eeas | European External Action Service |
| eec | European Economic Community |
| epc | European Political Cooperation |
| esdi | European Security and Defence Identity |
| esdp | European Security and Defence Policy |
| ess | European Security Strategy |
| EU | European Union |
| euf | European Union-led Forces |
| eufor | European Union Force |
| eugs | EU Global Strategy |
| eumc | European Union Military Committee |
| eu ms | European Union Member States |
| eums | European Union Military Staff |
| eumam | European Union Military Advisory Mission |
| eupm | European Union Police Mission |
| eutm | European Union Training Mission |
| E2I | European Intervention Inititative |
| faca | Central African Armed Forces |
| fyrom | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| gatt | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| hr | High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy |
| hq | Head Quarter |
| iccpr | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| icj | International Court of Justice |
| ihl | International Human Rights Law |
| ifor | Implementation Force |
| ilc | International Law Commission |
| kfor | Kosovo Force |
| maf | Malian Armed Forces |
| minurcat | United Nations Mission in Central African Republic and Chad |
| minusca | United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic |
| minusma | United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali |
| mnb | Multinational Brigade |
| monuc | United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| mpcc | Military Planning and Conduct Capability |
| ms | Member State |
| nac | North Atlantic Council |
| nato | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| nsf | National Security Forces |
| oau | Organisation of African Unity |
| ohq | Operational Headquarter |
| oj | Official Journal |
| op | Operation |
| opcen | EU Operations Centre in Brussels |
| osce | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| pcij | Permanent Court of International Justice |
| pesco | Permanent Structured Cooperation |
| poc | Points of Contact |
| psc | Political and Security Committee |
| rca | Central African Republic |
| rmcb | Regional Maritime Capacity Building |
| Rn | Randnummer |
| RtoP | Responsibility to Protect |
| R2P | Responsibility to Protect |
| sea | Single European Act |
| sfir | Stabilization Force in Iraq |
| sfor | Stabilisation Force |
| sg/hr | Secretray General of the Council /High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy |
| sofa | Status of Force Agreement |
| soma | Status of Mission Agreement |
| spoc | Single EU Point of Contact |
| tcn | Troop Contributing Nations |
| tec | Treaty Establishing the European Community |
| teu | Treaty on European Union |
| tfeu | Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
| tfg | Transitional Federal Government |
| uav | Unmanned Armed Vehicle |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| unclos | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| unIfil | United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon |
| unmik | United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo |
| unsc | UN Security Council |
| unscom | United Nations Special Commission |
| unscr | UN Security Council Resolution |
| US | United States |
| USA | United States of America |
| weu | Western European Union |
| wfp | World Food Programme |