(p. xv) Abbreviations
(p. xv) Abbreviations
AFISMA | African-led International Support Mission to Mali |
AMIB | African Union Mission in Burundi |
AMIS | African Union Mission in Sudan |
AMISOM | African Union Mission in Somalia |
APSA | African Peace and Security Architecture |
AQIM | Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb |
ASF | African Standby Force |
AU | African Union |
AUPSC | African Union Peace and Security Council |
BRICS | Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa |
CAR | Central African Republic |
CEMAC | Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa |
CFSP | Common Foreign and Security Policy [EU] |
CNDP | National Congress for the Defence of the People |
CPA | Comprehensive Peace Agreement |
CSDP | Common Security and Defence Policy [EU] |
DDR | disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration |
DDRRR | disarmament, demobilization, repatriation, resettlement, and reintegration |
DFID | Department for International Development [UK] |
DFS | Department of Field Support [UN] |
DOMREP | Mission of the Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic |
DPA | Darfur Peace Agreement |
DPA | Department of Political Affairs [UN] |
DPKO | Department of Peacekeeping Operations [UN] |
DRC | Democratic Republic of Congo |
ECCAS | Economic Community of Central African States |
(p. xvi) ECOMIB | ECOWAS Mission in Guinea-Bissau |
ECOMOG | ECOWAS Monitoring Group |
ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
EU | European Union |
EUPOL | European Union Police Mission |
EUSEC | European Union Security Sector Reform Mission |
EUTM | European Union Training Mission |
FDLR | Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda |
FN | Forces Nouvelles |
FPI | Front Populaire Ivoirien |
FRCI | Forces Républicaines de Côte d’Ivoire |
FYROM | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
HRE | High Representative for Elections |
IBSA | India, Brazil, and South Africa |
ICC | International Criminal Court |
ICJ | International Court of Justice |
IDP | internally displaced person |
IEC | Independent Electoral Commission |
IGAD | Intergovernmental Authority on Development |
IGO | intergovernmental organization |
IPTF | International Police Task Force |
ISSSS | International Security and Stabilization Support Strategy |
IWG | International Working Group |
KDF | Kenyan Defence Forces |
LRA | Lord’s Resistance Army |
M23 | March 23 movement [Democratic Republic of Congo] |
MICEMA | ECOWAS Mission in Mali |
MINUGUA | United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala |
MINURCA | United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic |
MINURCAT | United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad |
MINURSO | United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara |
MINUSMA | United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali |
MINUSTAH | United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti |
MIPONUH | United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti |
(p. xvii) MISSANG | Angolan Military Mission in Guinea-Bissau |
MLC | Movement for the Liberation of the Congo |
MNLA | Mouvement National de Libération de l’Azawad [Mali] |
MONUA | United Nations Observer Mission in Angola |
MONUC | United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
MONUSCO | United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC |
MUJWA | Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa |
NARC | North African Regional Community |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NCP | National Congress Party |
NGO | non-governmental organization |
OAU | Organization of African Unity |
ONUB | United Nations Mission in Burundi |
ONUC | United Nations Operation in the Congo |
ONUCA | United Nations Observer Group in Central America |
ONUMOZ | United Nations Operation in Mozambique |
ONUSAL | United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador |
OPA | Ouagadougou Political Agreement |
OSCE | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
PoC | protection of civilians |
PRC | People’s Republic of China |
PSC | Peace and Security Council [AU] |
PSO | peace support operation |
REC | Regional Economic Community |
RPF | Rwandan Patriotic Front |
RtoP | Responsibility to Protect |
SADC | Southern African Development Community |
SADCC | Southern African Development Coordination Conference |
SRSG | Special Representative of the Secretary-General [UN] |
SSR | security sector reform |
STAREC | Stabilization and Reconstruction Plan for War-Affected Areas |
TCC | troop-contributing country |
TFG | Transitional Federal Government [Somalia] |
TNG | Transitional National Government |
(p. xviii) UIC | Union of the Islamic Courts |
UK | United Kingdom |
UN | United Nations |
UNAMIC | United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia |
UNAMID | African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur |
UNAMIR | United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda |
UNAMSIL | United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone |
UNASOG | United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group |
UNAVEM | United Nations Angola Verification Mission |
UNDOF | United Nations Disengagement Observer Force |
UNEF | United Nations Emergency Force |
UNFICYP | United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus |
UNGOMAP | United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan |
UNIFIL | United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon |
UNIIMOG | United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group |
UNIKOM | United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission |
UNIOGBIS | United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau |
UNIPOM | United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission |
UNISFA | United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei |
UNITAF | Unified Task Force [Somalia] |
UNLOPS | UN Liaison Office for Peace and Security |
UNMEE | United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea |
UNMIBH | United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
UNMIH | United Nations Mission in Haiti |
UNMIK | United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo |
UNMIL | United Nations Mission in Liberia |
UNMIS | United Nations Mission in Sudan |
UNMISET | United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor |
UNMISS | United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan |
UNMIT | United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste |
UNMOGIP | United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan |
UNMOP | United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka |
UNMOT | United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan |
UNOAU | UN Office to the African Union |
(p. xix) UNOCA | United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa |
UNOCI | United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire |
UNOGIL | United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon |
UNOM | United Nations Office in Mali |
UNOMIG | United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia |
UNOMIL | United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia |
UNOMSIL | United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone |
UNOMUR | United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda |
UNOSOM | United Nations Operation in Somalia |
UNOWA | United Nations Office for West Africa |
UNPA | United Nations Protected Areas |
UNPOS | United Nations Political Office for Somalia |
UNPREDEP | United Nations Preventive Deployment Force [Macedonia] |
UNPROFOR | United Nations Protection Force [Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina] |
UNPSG | United Nations Civilian Police Support Group in Croatia |
UNSC | United Nations Security Council |
UNSF | United Nations Security Force in West New Guinea |
UNSMIH | United Nations Support Mission in Haiti |
UNSMIS | United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria |
UNSOA | United Nations Support Office for AMISOM |
UNSOM | United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia |
UNTAC | United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia |
UNTAES | United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja, and Western Sirmium |
UNTAET | United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor |
UNTAG | United Nations Transition Assistance Group |
UNTMIH | United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti |
UNTSO | United Nations Truce Supervision Organization |
UNYOM | United Nations Yemen Observation Mission |
US | United States |
USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
