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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

A

ADB

Asian Development Bank

AFPPD

Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development

APA

Asia Pacific Alliance

APDA

Asian Population and Development Association

APEC

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

APLF

Asia Pacific Leadership Forum

ASEAN

Association of South East Asian Nations

C

CAPPD

Cambodian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development

CAPPD

Canadian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development

CEDAW

Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

CIS

Central Independent States

CMPPD

Caribbean Movement of Parliamentarians on Population and Development

CPE

Parliamentary League on Children, Population, and Development

CST

Country Support Team

E

EC

European Community

ECA

Economic Commission for Africa

ECOSOC

Economic and Social Council (UN General Assembly body)

ESCAP

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

ESCPH

Education, Science, Culture, Public Health Committee (China)

ESEAOR

East and South East Asia and the Oceanic Region

F

FAAPPD

Forum of African and Arab Parliamentarians on Population and Development

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organisation

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

FTA

Free Trade Agreement

G

GCPPD

Global Committee of Parliamentarians on Population and Development

GLOBE

Global Legislators' Organisation for a Balanced Environment

H

HRD

Human Resources Development

I

IAPG

Inter-American Parliamentary Group on Population and Development

IAPPD

Indian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development

IAVI

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

ICPD

International Conference on Population and Development

IEC

Information, education, communication

IEPFPD

Inter-European Parliamentarian Forum on Population and Development

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFPPD

Indonesian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development

ILO

International Labour Organisation

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IMPO

International Medical Parliamentarians Organisation

INGO

International Non-Governmental Organisation

IOM

International Organisation for Migration

IPPF

International Planned Parenthood Federation

IPU

Inter-Parliamentary Union

J

JICA

Japanese International Cooperation Agency

JICWELS

Japan International Corporation of Welfare Services

JOICFP

Japanese Organisation for International Cooperation in Family Planning

JPFP

Japanese Parliamentarians Federation on Population

JTF

Japan Trust Fund for Parliamentarians

M

MOVs

Means of Verification

N

NGO

Non-Governmental Organisation

NPC

National People's Congress (China)

O

ODA

Official Development Assistance

OVIs

Objectively Verifiable Indicators

P

PAI

Population Action International

PLCPD

Philippines Legislators' Committee on Population and Development

PNoWB

Parliamentary Network of World Bank

PPAP

Person-to-Person Advocacy with Parliamentarians

PRUDD

Population, Rural and Urban Development Division

PVO

Private Voluntary Organisation

R

RH

Reproductive Health

RH-PSD

Reproductive Health, Population and Sustainable Development

S

STD

Sexually Transmitted Disease

STI

Sexually Transmitted Infection

T

TAG

Training on HIV/AIDS and Geriatrics (for Tambon Administrators, Thailand)

U

UN

United Nations

UNAIDS

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UNFPA

United Nations Population Fund

UNICEF

UN Children's Fund

UNIFEM

UN Development Fund for Women

V

VAPPD

Vietnamese Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development

VAW

Violence Against Women

W

WB

World Bank

WHO

World Health Organisation

WPRO

WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

WTO

World Trade Organisation