Press Release Symbols |
| AFG |
Issues relating to
Afghanistan
; United Nations Good
Offices Mission in
Afghanistan
and Pakistan (UNGOMAP) |
| AFR |
Africa; Special Initiative on Africa; New Agenda for the
Development of Africa; other Africa-related activities |
| AIDS |
AIDS matter |
| BIO |
Biographical Notes |
| CA |
Issues relating to Central America; Guatemala Observer
Mission |
| DC |
Disarmament Commission; Review
Conference on NPT + biological weapons; other disarmament matters |
| DCF |
Conference on Disarmament and
subsidiary bodies |
| DEV |
Development matters; UN Development
Programme (UNDP); Department of Economic and Social Affairs; UN Volunteers;
Committee for Development Planning; least developed countries; small island
developing States |
| DSG |
Deputy Secretary-General (Miscellaneous) |
| DSG/SM |
Deputy Secretary-General
statements, press conferences |
| ECO |
General economic issues; debt;
global economy; international trade (non-specific); World Trade Organization
(WTO); Global Compact Office |
| ECOSOC |
Economic and Social Council; United
Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (formerly
Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC)) |
| EN |
Energy items |
| ENR |
Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources |
| ENV/DEV |
1992 United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development; Commission on Sustainable Development;
Biodiversity Convention; Convention to Combat Desertification; Conference on
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States; Climate Change
Convention; UN Forum on Forests |
| GA |
General Assembly, including plenary
and other miscellaneous GA matters; Credentials Committee; Round-up of
Resolutions and Decisions; General Committee |
| GA/AB |
Fifth Committee (Administrative and
Budgetary) |
| GA/COL |
Decolonization matters; Special
Committee on decolonization |
| GA/DIS |
First Committee (Disarmament and
International Security) |
| GA/EF |
Second Committee (Economic and
Financial) |
| GA/IO |
Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean |
| GA/L |
Sixth Committee (Legal) |
| GA/PAL |
Palestinian Rights Committee |
| GA/PK |
Committee on Peacekeeping
Operations |
| GA/SHC |
Third Committee (Social,
Humanitarian and Cultural) |
| GA/SM |
GA President statements |
| GA/SPD |
Fourth Committee (Special Political
and Decolonization) |
| HAB |
Human settlements and shelter; UN
Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat); UN Commission for Human Settlements |
| HQ |
Committee on Relations with the
Host Country; UN Headquarters (ceremonies, gifts, functions, etc.) |
| HR |
Human rights matters; Committee on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Committee to Investigate Israeli
Practices; Committee against Torture; Committee on the Rights of the Child;
children and armed conflicts; statements of High Commissioner for Human
rights; International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (States
Parties); Human Rights Day (10 December); Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues |
| HR/CN |
Commission on Human Rights and
subsidiary bodies, including Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination
and Protection of Minorities |
| HR/CT |
Human Rights Committee |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| ICEF |
UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) |
| ICJ |
International Court of Justice |
| IHA |
International humanitarian
assistance (including natural disasters); Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs |
| IK |
Iran/Iraq/Kuwait; Gulf
War-humanitarian programme for border areas;
Iraq
programme (oil-for-food) |
| L |
General legal matters;
International Law Commission; Charter Committee; International Criminal
Tribunals for Yugoslavia/Rwanda; International Criminal Court; UN Commission
on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL); Terrorist Bombings Committee; International
Criminal Court (ICC); Ad Hoc Committee on Terrorism |
| L/T |
Treaties, conventions, etc.
(signing, ratification, accession, entry into force) |
| NGO |
Non-governmental organizations,
including NGO Committee |
| Note |
Note to Correspondents; VIP visits |
| NR |
Natural resources; cartographic
conference |
| OBV |
Observances; UN Day |
| ORG |
Organization matters (meetings
schedule, Committee on Conferences, Secretariat matters, UN membership
lists); International Civil Service Commission (ICSC); Administrative
Tribunal; UN Reform |
| OS |
Outer space; Committee on Peaceful
Uses of Outer Space and Subcommittees |
| PAL |
UN Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA); Palestinian issues |
| PI |
Department of Public Information
(DPI) matters; Committee on Information; Electronic, Internet-related
matters; information and communication technologies (ICT) |
| PKO |
Peacekeeping operations and
missions |
| POP |
Population matters; Population
Commission; UN Population Fund (UNFPA) |
| RD |
Racial discrimination; Committee on
the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
| REC |
Regional Economic Commissions; ECE;
ECLAC; ESCAP; ESCWA; ECA |
| REF |
Refugee matters; Office of UN High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
| SAG |
Specialized agencies and other UN
organizations in the system, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), United Nations
Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Labour Organization (ILO),
International Maritime Organization (IMO), International Telecommunication
Union (ITU), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO), World Health Organization (WHO), World Meteorological Organization
(WMO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Universal Postal
Union (UPU), World Tourism Organization, World Bank, International Monetary
Fund (IMF) |
| SC |
Security Council meetings; Council
President statements; also items such as Council subsidiary bodies, sanctions
committee; Counter-Terrorism Committee |
| SEA |
Law of the Sea matters;
International Seabed Authority and International Sea Law Tribunal; Straddling
Fish Agreement |
| SG |
Secretary-General (miscellaneous) |
| SG/A |
Appointments/nominations of
officials by Secretary-General |
| SG/SM |
Secretary-General's messages,
statements, press conferences; Spokesman's statements |
| SG/T |
Secretary-General's travels |
| SOC |
General social issues; Commission
for Social Development; social development matters |
| SOC/CP |
Commission on Crime Prevention and
Criminal Justice; Crime Congresses; Ad Hoc Committee on Negotiations of
Convention against Corruption |
| SOC/NAR |
Narcotics and drug abuse;
Commission on Narcotic Drugs; International Narcotics Control Board (INCB);
United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) |
| STAT |
Statistics; Statistical Commission;
cartography |
| TAD |
UN Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD) (includes science and technology |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) |
| UNITAR |
UN Institute for Training and
Research |
| UNU |
United Nations University |
| WFP |
World Food Programme; Committee for
Food Aid Policies and Programmes |
| WOM |
Status of women; Commission on the
Status of Women; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against
Women; International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of
Women (INSTRAW); UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) |
| Also issued
occasionally: Press Features and
Reference Papers |