CMEA Council for Mutual Economic
Assistance (CEMA); also known as
Comecon
COCOM Coordinating Committee on Export
Controls
Comecon Council for Mutual Economic
Assistance (CEMA); also known as
CMEA
Comsat Communications Satellite
Corporation
CP Colombo Plan
CSCE Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe; see
Organization on Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
CY calendar year
D DC developed country
Desertification United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification in Those Countries
Experiencing Serious Drought and/or
Desertification, Particularly in
Africa
DSN Defense Switched Network
DWT deadweight ton
E EADB East African Development Bank
EAPC Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development
EC European Community; see European
Union (EU)
ECA Economic Commission for Africa
ECAFE Economic Commission for Asia and
the Far East; see Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (ESCAP)
ECE Economic Commission for Europe
ECLA Economic Commission for Latin
America; see Economic Commission
for Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC)
ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean
ECO Economic Cooperation Organization
ECOSOC Economic and Social Council
ECOWAS Economic Community of West African
States
ECSC European Coal and Steel Community;
see European Union (EU)
ECWA Economic Com