mission for Western
Asia; see Economic and Social
Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
EEC European Economic Community; see
European Union (EU)
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EIB European Investment Bank
EMU European Monetary Union
Endangered Convention on the International
Species Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Flora and Fauna (CITES)
Entente Council of the Entente
Environmental Convention on the Prohibition of
Modification Military or Any Other Hostile Use
of Environmental Modification
Techniques
ESA European Space Agency
ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific
ESCWA Economic and Social Commission for
Western Asia
est. estimate
EU European Union
Euratom European Atomic Energy Community;
see European Community (EC)
Eutelsat European Telecommunications
Satellite Organization
Ex-Im Export-Import Bank of the United
States
F FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
FAX facsimile
f.o.b. free on board
FLS Front Line States
FRG Federal Republic of Germany (West
Germany); used for information
dated before 3 October 1990 or CY91
FSU former Soviet Union
FY fiscal year (FY93/94, for example,
began in calendar year 1993 and
ended in calendar year 1994)
FYROM The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia
FZ Franc Zone
G G-2 Group of 2
G-3 Group of 3
G-5 Group of 5
G-6 Group of 6 (not to be confused with
the Big Six)
G-7 Group of 7
G-8 Group of 8
G-9 Grou