Acronyms
| ACC | Administrative Committee on Coordination |
| AFG | African Governance Forum |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| APA | Administrative Place of Assignment |
| APRM | Africa Peer Review Mechanism |
| ARV | Antiretroviral |
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| CAADP | Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme |
| CAFRAD | African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CCA | Common Country Assessment |
| CEB | United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination |
| CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| COP10 | Tenth Session of the Conference of Parties |
| CSP | Child Survival Partnership |
| CTBTO | Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization |
| CTC | Counter-Terrorism Committee |
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| DRC | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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| ECA | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
| ECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| ECESA | Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs |
| ECHA | Executive Committee on Humanitarian Affairs |
| ECLAC | United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| ECOSOC | UN Economic and Social Council |
| ECPS | Executive Committee on Peace and Security |
| EFA | Education for All |
| EFA-FTI | Education for All-FastTrack Initiative |
| EMG | Environmental Management Group |
| ESCAP | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| ESCWA | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia |
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| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FFDO | Financing for Development Office |
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| GAVI | Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization |
| GCOS | Global Observing System for Climate |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GIVS | Global Immunization Vision and Strategy |
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| Hib | Haemophius influenzae type b |
| HIV | Human Immune-Deficiency Virus |
| HLCP | High-Level Committee on Programmes |
| HLSOC | High-Level Summit Organizing Committee |
| HURIST | OHCHR's and UNDP's joint programme on Human Rights Strengthening |
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| IAAH | International Alliance Against Hunger |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IANWGE | Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ICPO/Interpol | International Criminal Police Organization/Interpol |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IGAC | International Group for Anti-Corruption Cooperation |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| ILO/STEP | International Labour Organization/Strategies and Tools against social Exclusion and Poverty |
| IMCI | Integrated Management of Childhood Illness |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization |
| IOM | International Organization For Migration |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPEC | ILO’s collaborative Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour |
| IPGRI | International Plant Genetic Resources Institute |
| ISDR | International Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
| ITC | International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO |
| ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
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| LDCs | Least Developed Countries |
| LLDCs | Landlocked Developing Countries |
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| MDG | Millennium Development Goals |
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| NEPAD | New Partnership for Africa's Development |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
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| OCHA | Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development |
| OHCHR | Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| OPCW | Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
| OSAA | Office of the Special Advisor on Africa |
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| PARIS 21 | Partnership in Statistics for Development in the Twenty-First Century task team |
| PCNA | Preparation of comprehensive post-conflict needs assessments |
| PRSP | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers |
| PWG | Policy Working Group on the United Nations and Terrorism |
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| RECs | Regional Economic Communities |
| RIASCO | Regional Interagency Coordination and Support Office |
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| SCN | UN System Standing Committee on Nutrition |
| SIDS | Small Island Developing States |
| SMART governance | Simple, moral, accountable, responsible and transparent governance |
| SOLA | Special Operations Living Allowance |
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| TB | Tuberculosis |
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| UN | United Nations |
| UNAIDS | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNCCD | UN Convention to Combat Desertification |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDAF | United Nations Development Assistance Framework |
| UNDDA | United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs |
| UN-DESA | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
| UNDG | United Nations Development Group |
| UN-DPA | United Nations Department of Political Affairs |
| UN-DPKO | Department of Peacekeeping Operations |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFCCC | UN Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund |
| UNGEI | United Nations Girls' Education Initiative |
| UN-HABITAT | United Nations Human Settlements Programme |
| UNHCHR | United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| UNMISET | United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor |
| UN-OCHA | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| UNODC | United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime |
| UNPAN | United Nations Online Network on Public Administration and Finance |
| UNRWA | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
| UNSSC | United Nations System Staff College |
| UNWTO | United Nations World Tourism Organization |
| UPU | Universal Postal Union |
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| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
| WSIS | World Summit on the Information Society |
| WSSD | World Summit on Sustainable Development |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
| WWAP | World Water Assessment Programme |
| WWDR | World Water Development Report |
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