Verification Commission

UNOMIG : United Nations Observer Mission in
Georgia

UNOMSIL : United Nations Mission of Observers in
Sierra Leone

UNRISD : United Nations Research Institute for
Social Development

UNRWA : United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

UNSMIH : United Nations Support Mission in Haiti

UNTAET : United Nations Transitional
Administration in East Timor

UNTSO : United Nations Truce Supervision
Organization

UNU : United Nations University

UPU : Universal Postal Union

US : United States

USSR : Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(Soviet Union); used for information
dated before 25 December 1991

USSR/EE : Union of Soviet Socialist Republics/
Eastern Europe

VHF : very-high-frequency

VSAT : very small aperture terminal

WADB : West African Development Bank

WAEMU : West African Economic and Monetary Union

WCL : World Confederation of Labor

Wetlands : Convention on Wetlands of International
Importance Especially As Waterfowl
Habitat

WEU : Western European Union

WFC : World Food Council

WFP : World Food Program

WFTU : World Federation of Trade Unions

Whaling : International Convention for the
Regulation of Whaling

WHO : World Health Organization

WIPO : World Intellectual Property Organization

WMO : World Meteorological Organizati