Acronym |
Full name of
the Agency / Organization |
AASHTO |
American Association of State Highways and
Transportation Officials |
AWB |
Airway Bill |
BL |
Bill of Lading |
C&F |
Cost & Freight |
CAA |
Civil Aviation Authority |
CARE |
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief
Everywhere |
CFS |
Container Freight Stations |
CITES |
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
DLCA |
Digital Logistics Capacity Assessment |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organisation |
FSU |
Former Soviet Union |
GOST |
General Interstate Standards |
GPRS |
General Pocket Radio Service |
GRT |
Gross Register Tonnage |
GW |
Gigawatt |
IATA |
International Air Transport
Association |
ICAO |
International Civil Aviation
Organisation |
IDPs |
Internally Displaced Persons |
ILS |
Instrument Landing System |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
INGO |
International NGO |
IOM |
International Organisation for
Migration |
ISPs |
Internet Service Providers |
KVA |
Kilo Volt Ampere |
LCA |
Logistics Capacity Assessment |
MOU |
Memorables of Understanding |
MT |
Metric Tons |
MW |
Megawatt |
n/a |
not available |
NDB |
Non directional beacon |
NFI |
Non Food Items |
NGO |
Non Governmental Organisation |
OCHA |
Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs |
RC |
Resident Coordinator |
RE |
Renewable Energy |
RoRo |
Roll on Roll off |
SSR |
Soviet Socialist Republic |
T |
Tons |
T&D |
Transmission and Distribution |
TDND |
Tunisian Dinar |
TDS |
National Standards of Turkmenistan |
TEUs |
Twenty Foot Equivalent Units |
THC |
Terminal Handling Charge |
TRACECA |
Trading way Europe Caucasus Asia |
UNAIDS |
Joint United Nations Programme on
HIV/AIDS |
UNCT |
United Nations Country Team |
UNCT |
United Nations Country Team |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
UNEP |
United Nations Environmental
Programme |
UNEP |
United Nations Environmental
Programme |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization |
UNFPA |
United Nations Population Fund |
UNHAS |
United Nations Humanitarian Air
Service |
UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees |
UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
VAT |
Value Added Tax |
(V)HF |
(Very) High Frequency |
VOR |
VHF omnidirectional radio range |
V-SAT |
Very Smart Aperture Terminal |
WASH |
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene |
WCO |
World Customs Organisation |
WFP |
World Food Programme |
WHO |
World Health Organisation |
WVI |
World Vision International |