| 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 |
