ies

IGADD -- Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development

IIB -- International Investment Bank

ILO -- International Labor Organization

IMCO -- Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization; see
International Maritime Organization (IMO)

IMF -- International Monetary Fund

IMO -- International Maritime Organization

INMARSAT -- International Maritime Satellite Organization

INTELSAT -- International Telecommunications Satellite
Organization

INTERPOL -- International Criminal Police Organization

IOC -- International Olympic Committee

IOM -- International Organization for Migration

ISO -- International Organization for Standardization

ITU -- International Telecommunication Union

L

LAES -- Latin American Economic System

LAIA -- Latin American Integration Association

LAS -- League of Arab States; see Arab League (AL)

LDC -- less developed country

LLDC -- least developed country

LORCS -- League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

M

MERCOSUR -- Mercado Comun del Cono Sur; see Southern Cone Common
Market

MINURSO -- United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western
Sahara

MTCR -- Missile Technology Control Regime

N

NACC -- North Atlantic Cooperation Council

NAM -- Nonaligned Movement

NATO -- North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NC -- Nordic Council

NEA -- Nuclear Energy Agency

NIB -- Nordic Investment Bank

NIC -- newly industrializing country; see newly industrializing
economy (NIE)

NIE -- newly industrializing economy

NSG -- Nuclear Suppliers Group

O

OAPEC -- Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries

OAS -- Organization of American States

OAU -- Organization of African Unity

OECD -- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OECS -- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

OIC -- Organization of the Islamic Conference

ONUMOZ -- see UNOMOZ

ONUSAL -- United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador

OPANAL -- Organismo para la Proscripcion de las Armas Nucleares en
la America Latina y el Caribe; see Agency for the Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean

OPEC -- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OSCE -- Organiza