Abbreviations
| AI |
Agreement Index |
| AILAC |
Independent Association of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| ALBA |
Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America |
| AMISOM |
African Union Mission in Somalia |
| AOSIS |
Alliance of Small Islands States |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| APSA |
African Union Peace and Security Architecture |
| AU |
African Union |
| AUPSC |
African Union Peace and Security Council |
| BASIC |
Brazil, South Africa, India and China |
| BRICs |
Brazil, Russia, India and China |
| CACM |
Central American Common Market |
| CAN |
Andean Community |
| CARICOM |
Caribbean Community |
| CD |
Cartagena Dialogue |
| CELAC |
Community of Latin American and Caribbean states |
| CfRN |
Coalition for Rainforest Nations |
| COMESA |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
| COMIFAC |
Central African Forestry Commission |
| COP |
Conference of Parties |
| CRC |
Caricom Reparations Commission |
| CSS |
Health Council |
| DA |
Durban Alliance |
| DPPA |
Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs |
| DPO |
Department of Peacekeeping Operations |
| DPRK |
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
| ECCAS |
Economic Community of Central African States |
| ECOSOC |
Economic and Social Committee |
| ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West African States |
| EEAS |
European External Action Service |
| EIG |
Environmental Integrity Group |
| EIT |
Economies in Transition |
| EPA |
Economic Partnership Agreement |
| EU |
European Union |
| G20 |
Group of 20 states |
| G-77 |
Group of 77 (developing countries) |
| GAUMU |
Technical Group on Universal Access to Medicines |
| GHG |
Green House Gas |
| GRULAC |
Group of Latin American and Caribbean states |
| HAC |
High Ambition Coalition |
| HRC |
Human Rights Council |
| ICDRA |
International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities |
| ING |
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee |
| ISAGS |
South American Institute of Government in Health |
| ISIL |
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant |
| JCM |
Joint-support Coordination Mechanism |
| LAC |
Latin American and Caribbean |
| LAS |
League of Arab States |
| LDC |
Least Developed Countries |
| LMDC |
Like-Minded Developing Countries |
| MDGs |
Millennium Development Goals |
| MERCOSUR |
Southern Common Market |
| NAM |
Non-Aligned Movement |
| OAS |
Organization of American States |
| OAU |
Organization of African Unity |
| OIC |
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation |
| ONUC |
United Nations Operation in the Congo |
| OP |
Optional Protocol |
| OWG |
Open Working Group |
| PA |
Paris Agreement |
| PAHO |
Pan American Health Organization |
| P5 |
Permanent Five (members of the UN Security Council) |
| R2P |
Responsibility to Protect |
| SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
| SDGs |
Sustainable Development Goals |
| SICA |
Central American Integration System |
| SIDS |
Small Island Developing States |
| TRIPS |
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNAMID |
United Nations-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur |
| UNOAU |
United Nations Office to the African Union |
| UNASUR |
Union of South American Nations |
| UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNGA |
United Nations General Assembly |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNSC |
United Nations Security Council |
| UPEACE |
University for Peace |
| US |
United States |
| WEOG |
Western Europe and Others Group |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |