ADB | Asian Development Bank |
AfDB | African Development Bank |
AGE | Advisory Group of Experts |
ASG | Assistant Secretary-General |
CAC | collective action clauses |
CEB | Chief Executives Board for Coordination |
CEO | chief executive officer |
CERF | Central Emergency Response Fund |
COVID-19 | Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) |
CRS | Creditor Reporting System |
CTBTO | Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization |
DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
DCO | Development Coordination Office |
DDR | disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration |
DFI | development finance institutions |
DPA | Department for Political Affairs |
DPPA | Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, formerly DPA (see above) |
DPKO | Department for Peacekeeping Operations |
DPO | Department of Peace Operations, formerly DPKO (see above) |
DRC | Democratic Republic of Congo |
ECOSOC | Economic and Social Council |
ESG | environmental, social and governance |
ETF | exchange-traded fund |
EU | European Union |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
GBON | Global Basic Observation Network |
GDP | gross domestic product |
GFP | Global Focal Point |
GHRP | Global Humanitarian Response Plan |
GNI | gross national income |
GPG | global public good |
GRA | General Resources Account |
IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
IATI | International Aid Transparency Initiative |
IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
ICC | International Criminal Court |
IDA | International Development Association |
IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
IFI | international financial institutions |
ILO | International Labour Organization |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
INFF | integrated national financing frameworks |
IOM | International Organization for Migration |
ITC | International Trade Centre |
ITLOS | International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
HLCM | High-level Committee on Management |
HRC | Human Rights Council |
LDC | least developed countries |
MOPAN | Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network |
MPTFO | Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office |
MDB | multilateral development banks |
MPTF | Multi-Partner Trust Fund |
NGO | non-governmental organisation |
OAD | operational activities for development |
O&M | operations and maintenance |
OCHA | Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
ODA | official development assistance |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OECD-DAC | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee |
OHCHR | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
OPCW | Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
PAHO | Pan American Health Organization |
PBF | Peacebuilding Fund |
PDET | Territorially Focused Development Plans (Spanish acronym) |
PHC | primary healthcare |
PRGT | Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust |
PPE | personal protective equipment |
QCPR | Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review |
R&D | research and development |
RC | Resident Coordinator |
RCO | Resident Coordinator’s Office |
SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
SDGPP | SDG Partnership Platform |
SDR | special drawing rights |
SERP | Socio-Economic Response Plans |
SIDS | small island developing states |
SOFF | Systematic Observations Financing Facility |
SPM | special political mission |
SRI | socially responsible investment |
SSR | security sector reform |
TOSSD | Total Official Support for Sustainable Development |
UN | United Nations |
UNAIDS | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
UNCDF | United Nations Capital Development Fund |
UNCT | United Nations country team |
UNDAF | United Nations Development Assistance Framework |
UN DESA | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
UNDS | United Nations development system |
UNEP | United Nations Environmental Programme |
UNFCCC | United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change |
UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund |
UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
UNMIS | UN Supervision Mission in Syria |
UNOPS | United Nations Office for Project Services |
UNRISD | United Nations Research Institute for Social Development |
UNSDG | United Nations Sustainable Development Group |
UN Women | United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women |
WFP | World Food Programme |
WHO | World Health Organization |
WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
WTO | World Trade Organization |