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BWC Biological Weapons Convention
BTWC Biological and Toxin Weapons ConventionCAT Committee Against TortureCBD Convention on Biological DiversityCCAMLR Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources CCW Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons (Inhumane Weapons Convention) CCW-ERW consideration of Explosive Remnants of War CD Conference on Disarmament CERD Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights top of page
CFS Committee on World Food Security CHR Commission on Human Rights CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CMS Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals COP Conference of the Parties CRIC Committee for the Review of Implementation CROC Committee on the Rights of the ChildCSD Commission on Sustainable Development CTBTO Provisional Technical Secretariat for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation
CWC Chemical Weapons ConventionECOSOC Economic and Social Council FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation FCTC Framework Convention on Tobacco ControlIAEA International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA TCM Technical Committee Meeting ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation ICC International Criminal Court ICRC Interim Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development ILC International Law Commission ILO International Labour Organisation INB Intergovernmental Negotiating Body INC Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee IOM International Organisation for Migration IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change top of page
IPU Inter-Parliamentary Union ISA International Seabed Authority ISDR International Strategy for Disaster Reduction IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature MOP Meeting of the Parties
MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime NPT Non-Proliferation Treaty NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group OEWG Open Ended Working Group OPCW Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons PCB Programme Coordinating BoardPIC Convention on Prior Informed Consent POPS Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants SAICM Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management SALW Small Arms Light Weapons UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDSUNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification UNICPOLOS United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea UNCROC United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNFPA United Nations Population FundUNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNPF United Nations Population Fund UNGA United Nations General Assembly UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency UPU Universal Postal Union WA Wassenaar Arrangement WCDR World Conference on Disaster Reduction WFP World Food Programme WGDD Working Group on Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples WHO World Health Organisation WMO World Meteorological Organisation WSIS World Summit on Information Society
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