or the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons

OPEC : Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries

OSCE : Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe

Ozone Layer Protection : Montreal Protocol on Substances That
Deplete the Ozone Layer

PCA : Permanent Court of Arbitration

PDRY : People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
[Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]; used for
information dated before 22 May 1990 or
CY91

PFP : Partnership for Peace

Ramsar : see Wetlands

RG : Rio Group

SAARC : South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation

SACU : Southern African Customs Union

SADC : Southern African Development Community

SFRY : Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

SHF : super-high-frequency

Ship Pollution : Protocol of 1978 Relating to the
International Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973
(MARPOL)

Sparteca : South Pacific Regional Trade and
Economic Cooperation Agreement

SPC : South Pacific Commission

SPF : South Pacific Forum

sq km : square kilometer

sq mi : square mile

TAT : Trans-Atlantic Telephone

Tropical Timber 83 : International Tropical Timber Agreement,
1983

Tropical Timber 94 : International Tropical Timber Agreement,
1994

UAE : United Arab Emirates

UDEAC : Central African Customs and Economic
Union

UHF : ultra-high-frequency

UK