| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AfDB | African Development Bank |
| AGE | Advisory Group of Experts |
| ASG | Assistant Secretary-General |
| AFP | UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes |
| 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 |
| CAFI | Central African Forest Initiative |
| 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 |
| DESA | Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
| DGACM | Department of General Assembly and Conference Management |
| DGC | Department of Global Communications |
| DMSPC | Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance |
| DOS | Department of Operational Support |
| DPPA | Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs |
| DSS | Department of Safety and Security |
| ECOSOC | Economic and Social Council |
| ESG | environmental, social and governance |
| ETF | exchange-traded fund |
| EU | European Union |
| ECA | Economic Commission for Africa |
| ECE | Economic Commission for Europe |
| ECLAC | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| EIB | European Investment Bank |
| ESCAP | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| ESCWA | Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FfD | Financing for Development Conference |
| 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 |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| 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 |
| BMZ | Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development |