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For brevity, the Assembly for Peace Handbook (2024) and this website use acronyms for United Nations (UN), General Assembly (GA) and Security Council (SC) wherever they occur. For a full list of all acronyms used and other style guidance visit the About page.

Abbreviation	Meaning
ASEAN	Association of Southeast Asian Nations
COIs	Commissions of inquiry
DPRK	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
ECCC	Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
ECOWAS	The Economic Community of West African States
FFMs	Fact-finding missions
GA	General Assembly
HRC	Human Rights Council
ICC	International Criminal Court
ICJ	International Court of Justice
IHL	International Humanitarian Law
IIFFMM	Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Myanmar
IIIM	International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism
ISIL	Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
MCIVIH	International Civilian Mission in Haiti / Mission Civile Internationale en Haïti
MICAH	International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti
MINUGUA	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NUG	National Unity Government
NWFZs	Nuclear-weapon-free zones
OAS	Organization of American States
OAU	Organization of African Unity
OHCHR	United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
ONUC	United Nations Operation in the Congo / Opération des Nations Unies au Congo
OPT	Occupied Palestinian Territory
PLO	Palestinian Liberation Organization
SC	Security Council
SWAPO	The South West Africa People’s Organisation
UDI	Universal Declaration of Independence (of Southern Rhodesia)
UFP	Uniting for Peace
UK	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UN	United Nations
UNAMA	United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
UNAMET	United Nations Mission in East Timor
UNEF	United Nations Emergency Force
UNMIH	United Nations Mission in Haiti
UNOGIL	United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon
UNOVER	United Nations Observer Mission to Verify the Referendum in Eritrea
UNSCIIP	United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories
UNSCOB	United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans
UNSF	United Nations Security Force
UNSMA	United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan
UNTAC	United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
UNTEA	United Nations Temporary Executive Authority
US	United States
USSR	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics