| CAAC | "Children affected by armed conflict" or "Children and Armed Conflict" |
| DPA | Department of Political Affairs |
| DPKO | Department of Peacekeeping Operations |
| DDR | Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration |
| GS | General Service |
| ICC | International Criminal Court |
| IDP | Internally Displaced Persons |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| NGOs | Non-Governmental Organizations |
| OHCHR | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| OSRSG/CAAC | Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict |
| SCWG | Security Council Working Group |
| SRSG/CAAC | Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| USG | Under-Secretary-General |
| UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNIFEM | United Nations Development Fund for Women |
| WFCL | Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention |