Abbreviations
| AKR | Aleanca Kosova e Re/New Kosovo Alliance |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
| CSCE | Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| DRC | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| EC | European Community |
| EU | European Union |
| FM | Foreign Minister |
| FRETILIN | The Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor |
| FSM | Federated States of Micronesia |
| HRW | Human Rights Watch |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICERD | International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
| ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| ICG | International Crisis Group |
| ICISS | International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty |
| ICJ | International Court of Justice |
| ILM | International Legal Materials |
| ISEAS | Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |
| ISIS | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| KRG | Kurdistan Regional Government |
| MERI | Middle East Research Institute |
| MFA | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| MP | Member of Parliament |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| OHCHR | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| PCIJ | Permanent Court of International Justice |
| PM | Prime Minister |
| R2P | Responsibility to Protect |
| SEESOX | South East European Studies at Oxford |
| SV | Sosialistisk Venstreparti/The Socialist Left Party |
| UAE | United Arab Emirates |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNAMET | United Nations Mission in East Timor |
| UNAMI | United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq |
| UNCHR | United Nations Commission of Human Rights |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UN General Assembly/UNGA | United Nations General Assembly |
| UNMIK | United Nations Mission in Kosovo |
| UNPO | Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization |
| UN Secretary-General | United Nations Secretary-General |
| UN Security Council/UNSC | United Nations Security Council |
| UNTAET | United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor |
| UNTS | United Nations Treaty Series |
| US | United States of America |
| WMD | Weapons of mass destruction |