Chapter DC

developed country

DDT dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane

Desertification United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

DIA United States Defense Intelligence Agency

DSN Defense Switched Network

DST daylight savings time

DWT deadweight ton

E

EAC East African Community

EADB East African Development Bank

EAEC Eurasian Economic Community

EAPC Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council

EAS East Asia Summit

EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EC European Community or European Commission

ECA Economic Commission for Africa

ECE Economic Commission for Europe

ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ECO Economic Cooperation Organization

ECOSOC Economic and Social Council

ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States

ECSC European Coal and Steel Community

EE Eastern Europe

EEC European Economic Community

EEZ exclusive economic zone

EFTA European Free Trade Association

EIB European Investment Bank

EMU European Monetary Union

Endangered Species Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)

Entente Council of the Entente

Environmental Modification Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques

ESA European Space Agency

ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

ESCWA Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

est. estimate

EU European Union

Euratom European Atomic Energy Community

Eutelsat European Telecommunications Satellite Organization

Ex-Im Export-Import Bank of the United States

F

f.o.b. free on board

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization

FATF Financial Action Task Force

FAX facsimile

FLS Front Line States

FOC flags of convenience

FSU former Soviet Union

FY fiscal year

FZ Franc Zone

G

G-2 Group of 2

G-3 Group of 3

G-5 Group of 5

G-6 Group of 6

G-7 Group of 7

G-8 Group of 8

G-9 Group of 9

G-10 Group of 10

G-15 Group of 15

G-11 Group of 11

G-24 Group of 24

G-77 Group of 77

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; now WTO

GCC Gulf Cooperation Council

GCTU General Confederation of Trade Unions

GDP gross domestic product

GMT Greenwich Mean Time

GNP gross national product

GRT gross register ton

GSM global system for mobile cellular communications

GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development; acronym for member states - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova

GWP gross world product

H

Hazardous Wastes Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

HF high-frequency

HIV/AIDS human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome