ee Inter-American Development Bank
(IADB) Biodiversity Convention on
Biological Diversity
BIS Bank for International Settlements
BOAD Banque Ouest-Africaine de
Developpement; see West African
Development Bank (WADB)
BSEC Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone
C C Commonwealth
CACM Central American Common Market
CAEU Council of Arab Economic Unity
CAN Andean Community of Nations
Caricom Caribbean Community and Common
Market
CB citizen's band mobile radio
communications
CBSS Council of the Baltic Sea States
CCC Customs Cooperation Council
CDB Caribbean Development Bank
CE Council of Europe
CEAO Communaute Economique de l'Afrique
de l'Ouest; see West African
Economic Community (CEAO)
CEEAC Communaute Economique des Etats de
l'Afrique Centrale; see Economic
Community of Central African States
(CEEAC)
CEI Central European Initiative
CEMA Council for Mutual Economic
Assistance; also known as CMEA or
Comecon
CEPGL Communaute Economique des Pays des
Grands Lacs; see Economic Community
of the Great Lakes Countries
(CEPGL)
CERN Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche
Nucleaire; see European
Organization for Nuclear Research
(CERN)
CG Contadora Group
c.i.f. cost, insurance, and freight
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
CITES see Endangered Species
Climate Change United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change
Climate Change- Kyoto Protocol to the United
Kyoto Protocol Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change