UNITED NATIONS POPULATION INFORMATION NETWORK (POPIN)
UN Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
with support from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA)

Key to Acronyms

KEY TO ACRONYMS



ACC 			Administrative Committee on Coordination

CELADE		Latin American Demographic Centre 

CONGO		Conference of Non-governmental Organizations in Consultative 			

Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council 

DESD			United Nations Department of Economic and Social Development

ECA			Economic Commission for Africa

ECE 			Economic Commission for Europe

ECLAC		Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ECOSOC 		United Nations Economic and Social Council 

ESCAP		Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

ESCWA 		Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

FAO			Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

Habitat 		United Nations Centre for Human Settlements

ICPD			International Conference on Population and Development, 1994

IFAD			International Fund for Agricultural Development

IGO			Intergovernmental Organization

ILO			International Labour Organization

IPPF			International Planned Parenthood Federation

IUSSP		International Union for the Scientific Study of Population

NGO			Non-governmental Organization

UNCED		United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNEP			United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO		United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNFPA		United Nations Population Fund

UNHCR		United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF		United Nations Children's Fund

UNOV		United Nations Office at Vienna

WFP			World Food Programme

WHO			World Health Organization


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