Acronym
Definition
A&T
acquisition and technology
AA
Auswaertiges Amt (German Federal Foreign Office)
AABRAR
Afghan Amputee Bicyclists for Rehabilitation and Recreation
AAF
Albanian Armed Forces
AAM
Adopt-A-Minefield
AAR
Association for Aid and Relief (Japan)
AAR
Association to Aid Refugees
AB
anti-boat
ABC
airway, breathing and circulation
ACA
Amputee Coalition of America
ACADICA
Association for the Collaboration and Development of Cambodia
ACBL
Afghan Campaign to Ban Landmines
ACBL
Azerbaijan Campaign to Ban Landmines
ACDA
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACEM
aimed controlled effect mine
ACH
Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities
ACP
African, Caribbean and Pacific
ACS
Advanced Countermine System
ACT
Action by Churches Together
AD
anti-disturbance
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act
ADAM
area denial artillery munition
ADD
Action on Disability and Development
ADDI
anti disturbance double impulse
ADEMO
Association for the Mozambican Disabled
ADF
Allied Democratic Forces
ADF
Australian Defense Force
ADI
Austrailian Defense Industries
ADIAR
Association Design of Invalids of Azerbaijan Republic
ADP
Accelerated Demining Program (aka PAD; formerly UNADP)
ADRA
Adventist Development Relief Agency
ADSM
artillery delivery scatterable mine
ADWS
area denial weapon system
AE
aeromedical evacuation
AES
aeromedical evacuation squadron
AETF
Afghanistan Emergency Trust Fund
AF
armed forces
AFD
Agence Française pour le Développement (French Development Agency)
AFSC
American Friends Service Committee
AHA
African Humanitarian Action
AHD
anti-handling device
AIA
Afghan Interim Authority
AICMA
Comprehensive Action against Anti-personnel Mines (OAS Program)
AIFO
Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau [Italian Association Raoul Follereau's Friends]
AIS
Agropedology Institute of Sarajevo
AiTR
aided target recognition
ALS
Asian Landmine Solutions
ALS
advanced life support
ALWS
Australian Lutheran World Service
AMAA
Afghan Mine Awareness Agency
AMAC
Assistance to Mine-Affected Communities
AMAC
Albanian Mine Action Center
AMAC
Abkhaz Mines Action Center
AMACT
Area Mine Action Coordination Team
AMAE
Albanian Mine Action Executive
AMC
Anti-Mine Committee
AMDA
Association for Medical Development in Asia
AMDDC
Afghan Mine Dog Detection Center
AMREF
African Medical and Research Foundation
AMWC
Air Mobility Warfare Center
ANAD
Azerbaijan National Agency for Demining
ANAMA
Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action
ANC
African National Congress
ANFO
ammonium nitrate and fuel oil
AO
area of operation
AOL
area of interest
AOR
area of responsibility
AOT
Applied Ordnance Technology, Inc.
AP
anti-personnel mine
APB
anti-personnel blast
APII
Amended Protocol II
APL
anti-personnel landmine
APL-A
anti-personnel landmine agency
AP-LM
anti-personnel low-metallic
APM
anti-personnel mine
APOPO
AntiPersoonsmijn- en OntmijningsProductOntwikkeling
AQAP
Allied Quality Assurance Publication
ARA
Applied Research Associates
ARBiH
Bosnian Government Army
ARC
American Refugee Committee
ARC
Albanian Red Cross
ARCS
Afghan Red Crescent Society
ARDEC
Armament Research and Development Engineering Center (U.S. Army)
AREA
Agency for Rehabilitation and Energy Conservation in Afghanistan
ARF
ASEAN Regional Forum
ARGENG
Argentenian Engineering
ARI
Ansar Relief Institute
ARIS
Action for Research and Information Support in Civilian Demining
ARO
Army Research Office
ARRA
Agency for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Areas
ARSOF
Army Special Operations Forces
ARSOTF
Army Special Operations Task Force
ARTID
Association de Recherche de Techniques Innovantes en Déminage Humanitaire [Association for Research of Innovative Technique in Humanitarian Mine Clearance]
ASA
ammunition storage area
ASCATED
Asociación de Capacitación y Asistencia Técnica en Educación y Discapacidad [Association for Training and Technical Assistance on Education and Disability]
ASD
Assistant Secretary of Defense
ASDIT
Ammunition Storage and Disposal Implementation Team
ASDSO/LIC
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASM
Advance Survey Mission
ASTAMIDS
Airborne Standoff Minefield Detection System
AT
anti-tank
ATC
Afghan Technical Consultants
ATCDU
Anti-Terrorist Commando Dog Unit
ATD
advanced technology demonstration
ATK
Alliant Techsystems
ATLM
anti-tank, low metallic
ATM
anti-tank mine
ATO
Ammunition Technical Officer
ATR
automatic target recognition
AusAID
Australian Agency for International Development
AV
anti-vehicle
AWAMA
African Women's Alliance for Mobilizing Action
AXO
abandoned explosive ordnance
B/C
benefit/cost
B5SW1
5th Corps of the Bosnian army
BAAM
by all available means
BAC
battle area clearance
BASIC
Body armor system, individual, countermine
BB
Wellco® Blast Boot
BBC/AEP
British Broadcasting Corporation/Afghan Education Program
BBF
Brother's Brother Foundation
BDI
Bomb Disposal, Inc.
BHCD
Bosnia and Herzegovina Commission on Demining
BHMAC
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mine Action Center
BiH
Bosnia-Herzegovina
BIP
blow-in-place
BITS
Berlin Information Center for Transatlantic Security
BL
boundary lane
BLU
bomb live unit
BM
benchmark
BMJ
British Medical Journal
BMVg
Bundesministerium der Verteidigung [German Federal Ministry of Defense]
BMZ
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
BPA
berm processing assembly
BPST
British Peace Support Team
BRAC
base realignment and closure
BRAVA
Blast Resuscitation and Victim Assistance
BRDEC
Belvoir Research, Development and Engineering Center
BRDF
Bi-Directional Reflectance Distribution Function
BT
booby trap
BTC
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
BUAAF
Barr United Amputee Assistance Fund
CA
chemical agent
CA
community awareness
CA
civil action
CA
civil affairs
CAD
Council for Action on Disability
CADMOS
Committee of Advisors: Detection of Mines Based on Operational Standards
CALM
New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines
CALMS
Central American Land Mine Survivors Project
CAMEO
Canadian Association for Mine and Explosive Ordnance [Security]
CAPDC
Support Center for the Promotion and Development of Communities
CARE
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere
CARERE
Cambodia Area Resettlement and Regeneration [Project]
CARICOM
Caribbean Community and Common Market
CASEVAC
Casualty Evacuation
Casi
Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager
CB
U.S. Army Combat Boot
CBA
cost-benefit analysis
CBMAP
community-based mine awareness program
CBMCP
Community-Based Mine Clearance Program
CBO
cummunity-based organization
CBR
community-based rehabilitation
CBRMD
chemical, biological and radiological munition disposal
CBU
cluster bomb unit
CCCM
Campana Colombiana Contra Minas [Columbian Campaign Against Landmines]
CCD
Council of Canadians with Disabilities
CCMAT
Canadian Center for Mine Action Technology
CCRC
Casualty Care Research Center
CCW
1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons
CD
Conference on Disarmament
CDAP
Comprehensive Disabled Afghans' Program
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDHAM
Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine
CDPO
Cambodian Disabled People's Organization
CDS
Central Disposal Site
CDW
Cambodian Demining Workshop
CECOM
Communications and Electronics Command
CEDC
children in especially difficult circumstances
CEE
Central and Eastern Europe
CEEC
Central and Eastern European Countries
CEN
Centre European Normalisation (European Committee for Standardization)
CENDESMI
Demining Center of Ecuador
CENTCOM
U.S. Central Command
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
CERF
Central Emergency Revolving Fund
CF
coalition forces
CF
Canadian Forces
CFSP
Common Foreign and Security Policy
CGS
Center for the Global South (American University)
CHA
Cambodian Handicraft Association
CHA
Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance
CHAMPS
Children Against Mines Program
CHP
Conical Hand Protector
CHP
Conical Hand Protector
CHR
Commission on Human Rights
CHRF
Canadian Human Rights Foundation
CHW
community health worker
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
CIDA
Canadian International Development Agency
CIDEV
Development International Council (Mozambique)
CIMIC
Al Qurnah Civil Military Cooperation
CINC
Commander-in-Chief
CIO
chief information officer
CIR
Center for International Rehabilitation
CIREC
Centro Integral de Rehabilitacion de Colombia [Integral Center of Rehabilitation of Colombia]
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
CISEF
Center for Management Development and Training at the Faculty of Economics
CivPro
Office of Civil Protection
CJCS
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
CL
community liaison
CLAF
Canadian Landmine Action Fund
CLAM
Cleared Lane Marking System
CLO
Community Liaison Officer
CM
Cluster Munition
CM
countermine
CMA
Cranfield Mine Action
CMAA
Cambodia Mine Action/Victim Asstance Authority
CMAC
Cambodia Mine Action Center
CMAD
Community Mine Awareness for Development
CMAO
Central Mine Action Office (Angola)
CMAS
Cambodian Mine Action Standards
CMATS
Central Mine Action Training School (Angola)
CMBMRR
Community-Based Mine Risk Reduction
CMCM
Mozambique Campaign Against Landmines
CMCS
Countermine Capability Stock
CMD
conventional munitions disposal
CME
Canadian Military Engineers
CMMT
community mine-marking ream
CMO
Civil Military Operations
CMT
countermine training
CMTC
Central Mine Training Center (Mozambique)
CMU
Carnegie Mellon University
CMV
Combat Mobility Vehicle
CND
National Demining Commission
CNIDAH
National Inter-Sectoral Commission for Demining and Humanitarian Assistance
COA
course of action
COAA
course-of-action analysis
COAF
Children of Armenia Fund
COAM
Committee on Mine Awareness (Guinea-Bissau)
COE
Common Operating Environment
COERR
Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees
COJ
Centro Ortopédico Jaipur
COMSEC
communications security
CONUS
continental United States
COPE
Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise
COTS
commercial off-the-shelf
CPA
Coalition Provisional Authority
CPCD
Center for Peacekeeping and Community Development
CPI
Clear Path International
CPKF
Collective Peacekeeping Forces
CPP
Congolese Physicians for Peace
CRC
Cambodian Red Cross
CRC
Convention on the Rights of the Child
CRIM
Centro de Reabilitação Infantil Malhangalene
CROMAC
Croatian Mine Action Center
CRS
Catholic Relief Services
CSIR
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
CSP
Country Strategy Papers
CSPO
Cambodian School of Prosthetics and Orthotics
CTA
Chief Technical Adviser
CTIR
Center for Teaching International Relations (Denver University)
CTSC
Countermine Training Support Center
CVB
Volunteer Fireman's Corps
CVM
Mozambique Red Cross Society
CW
continuous wave
D.O.O.
Department of Defense Originating Office
DA
Development Assistance
DAC
Disability Action Council
DAC
Development Action Center
DAC
Defense Animal Center
DAFA
Demining Agency for Afghanistan
DANIDA
Danish International Development Agency
DANMINAR [A/S]
Danish Mine- and EOD-Technicians
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DASD
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
DC
Development Cooperation
DCA
Danish Church Aid
DCD
Director(ate) of Combat Developments
DCOF
Displaced Children and Orphans Fund
DCU
Data Coordination Unit
DDA
Department for Disarmament Affairs (UN)
DDAS
Database of Demining Accidents
DDD
drug detection dog
DDDS
DoD Data Dictionary System
DDESB
Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board
DDG
Danish Demining Group
DDIV
Database of Demining Incident Victims
DDR
demobilization, disarmament and reintegration
DEA
development-oriented emergency aid
DEMIRA
Deutsche Minenraeumer
DERA
Defense Evaluation & Research Agency
DESCIM
Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management
DESMS
Defense Explosives Safety Management Suite
Det
detonating
Det
detonated
Det cord
detonating cord
DeTeC
Demining Technology Center
DEUCE
Deployable Engineer Universal Combat Earthmover
DFA
Development Fund for Africa
DFAIT
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada)
DFAT
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)
DFD
Département de Formation au Déminage
DFID
Department for International Development (UK; formerly ODA)
DGPS
differential global positioning system
DHA
Department of Humanitarian Affairs
DHRF
Democracy and Human Rights Fund
DI
double impulse
DIA
Defense Intelligence Agency
DID
Donor Investment Database
DIETEC
Database of International Experiences in Support of the Test and Evaluation Community
DII
Defense Information Infrastructure
DIMARSI
Disaster Management and Refugees Studies Institute
DIP
digital image processing
DJS
Director, Joint Staff
DMA
Defense Mapping Agency
DMAO
district mine action office
Dml
demolition
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
DND
Department of National Defense
DNT
Dinitrotolulene
DoD
Department of Defense
DOE
Department of Energy
DOES
Department of Education and Science
D-OEW
demining-ordnance and explosive waste
DOP
Department of Operations
DOS
Department of State
DOW
Doctors of the World
DP
Displaced Person
DPA
Disabled Person's Association
DPC
delayed primary closure (medical term)
DPI
Disabled People International
DPKO
Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN)
DPO
Disabled People's Organization
DPRE
displaced persons and refugees
DRC
Danish Refugee Council
DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRDC
Defence Research and Development Canada
DRES
Defense Research Establishment Suffield
DRK
German Red Cross
DRO
Demobilization and Reintegration Office
DSAA
Defense Security Assistance Agency
DSCA
Defense Security Cooperation Agency
DSL
Defense Systems Ltd.
DSO
Defense Sciences Office
DSS
Decision Support System
DSS
Demining Support System
DSTO
Defense Science and Technology Organization
DSWA
Defense Special Weapons Agency
DTIF
Demining Technical Information Forum
DTIFJ
DTIF online journal
DTRA
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
DTU
Development Technology Unit
DTW
Development Technology Workshop
DU
Demining Unit (United Nations)
DwB
Design without Borders
DZ
Demilitarized Zone
EAF
entity armed forces
EAPC
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
EAR
European Agency for Reconstruction
EBRD
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC
European Commission
EC
European Council
EC
European Community
ECHA
Executive Committee for Humanitarian Affairs (UN)
ECHO
European Community Humanitarian Office
ECHR
European Convention on Human Rights
ECOMOG
ECOWAS Ceasefire Monitoring Group
ECOWAS
Economic Community of West African States
ECPS
Executive Committee on Peace and Security (UN)
ECU
European Currency Unit
EDA
Eritrean Demining Agency
EDD
explosive detecting dog
EDD
explosive demining device
EDD
explosive detection device
EDDT
Explosive Detecting Dog Team
EDO
Eritrean Demining Operations
EDP
Ethiopian Demining Project
EDP
Eritrean Demining Program
EDR
explosive device recognition
EE/CA
engineering evaluations/cost analysis
EEBC
Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission
EEDT
European Entity for Procurement, Deployment, Operation and Maintenance of Demining Technologies
EF&T
Environmental Fate and Transport
EFGPR
Energy-Focused GPR
EFGPR
energy-focusing ground penetrating radar
EFP
explosively formed projectile
EHF
extremely high frequency
EIT
Electrical Impedance Tomography
ELIS
Ethiopian Landmine Impact Survey
ELS
European Landmine Solutions
EM
electromagnetic
EMAC
Entity Mine Action Center
EMAO
Ethiopian Mine Action Office
EMAP
Ethiopian Mine Action Program
EMAT
Emergency Mine Action Team
EMI
electro-magnetic induction
EMOPS
Office of Emergency Programs (UNICEF)
EMSL
European Microwave Signature Laboratory
EMT
Emergency Medical Technician
EN
Explosive Neutralization
EN
European standard
ENS
Explosive Neutralization System
EO
explosive ordnance
EOC
expert opinion collection
EOD
explosive ordnance disposal
EOD IS
EOD Information System
EODASTT
Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Ammunition Storage Training Team
EODMU
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit
EODTECHDIV
Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPFL
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-Lausanne)
EPRDF
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
ERF
Emergency Response Fund
ERLIS
Earth Resource Land Information System
ERO
emergency road/route opening
ERP
Emergency Recovery Program/Project
ERPMU
Ethiopian Recovery Program Management Unit
ERT
Emergency Response Team
ERW
explosive remnants of war
ESHCWV
Emergency Surgical Hospital for Civilian War Victims
ESPRIT
European Strategic Program for Research and Development in Information Technology
ESRI
Environmental Systems Research Institute
ESS
End-State Strategy
ETF
Emergency Task Force
ETH
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
ETH-Z
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich
ETI
Engineering Technology Inc.
EU
European Union
EUAM
European Union Administration of Mostar
EUFOR
European Union Force
EUSC
European Union Satellite Centre
FAA
Angolan Armed Forces
FAE
fuel air explosive
FAF
Federal Armed Forces
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)
FAQ
frequently asked question
FAR
false alarm rate
FAR
Armed Forces of Rwanda
FAS
Foreign Agricultural Service
FASCAM
family of scatterable mines
FCO
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
FCOTV
Field Command, Office of Treaty Verification
FD
full development
FECS
Field-Expedient Countermine System
FEL
Physics and Electronics Laboratory
FEL
front-end loader
FFE
free from explosive
FFP
Food for Peace
FHA
foreign humanitarian assistance
FLIR
forward-looking infrared
FLW
Fort Leonard Wood [Missouri]
FMAC
Force Mine Action Centre
FMB
Floating Mine Blade
FMF
Foreign Military Financing
FMSP
First Meeting of States Parties
FMT
forward medical team
FMV
Defence Material Administration (Sweden)
FNLA
National Libteration Front of Angola
FOI
Defence Research Agency (Sweden)
FRELIMO
Mozambique Liberation Front
FRUD
Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy
FRY
Former Republic of Yugoslavia
FSB
Federalnaja Sluzhba Bezopasnosti (Soviet federal security service)
FSL
Frangible Surrogate Leg
FSP
fragment-simulating projectile
FSU
Former Soviet Union
FTX
Field training exercise
FUDS
formerly used/utilized defense sites
FWAM (E)
full-width attack mine (electronic)
FWR
former warring factions
FY
Fiscal Year
FYR
Former Yugoslav Republic
FYROM
Federal Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
FYROM
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
GAIA
Geometrical Analysis for Interactive Aid
GC
Gas Chromatograph
GCC
Gulf Cooperation Council
GCCF
General Chartichai Choonhavan Foundation
GCI
Ground Concepts International
GEM
genetically engineered microbe
GEMSS
Ground Emplaced Mine Scattering System
GERMED
German Medical Teams
GFAP
Dayton Peace Accord
GFE
government-furnished equipment
Gfp
green fluorescent protein gene
GGE
Group of Government Experts
GHAI
Greater Horn of Africa Initiative
GICHD (GIC)
Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining
GINIE
Global Information Network in Education
GIS
geographic/geospatial information system
GISMASE
Geographical Information System for Mine Action in Southeast Europe
GIST
Geographic Information Support Team
Global
Global Training Academy
GLOS
Global Level One Survey
GMAA
General Mine Action Assessment
GOA
government of Azerbaijan
GOE
government of Eritrea
GOI
government of Israel
GOI
government of Iraq
GoS
government of Sudan
GOTS
government off-the-shelf
GoY
Government of Yemen
GPA
General Peace Agreement
GPC
German Project Coordination
GPR
ground penetrating radar
GPS
global positioning system
GRZ
government of the Republic of Zambia
GSCS
Ground Search Clear Systems Ltd.
GSO
Government Service Organization
GSTAMIDS
Ground Standoff Mine Detection System
GTA
Global Training Academy
GTZ
German Agency for Technical Cooperation
GWHF
Golden West Humanitarian Foundation
HA
humanitarian assistance
HAC
Humanitarian Aid Commission
HADR
Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief
HALO
Hazardous Area Life-Support Organization
HARC
Hameed & Ali Research Center
HATT
Humanitarian Assistance and Transition Team
HazMat
hazardous material
HAZWOPER
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
HCI
Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq
HCND
Chad National Demining Committee
HD
humanitarian demining
HDBN
Humanitarian Demining Battalion
HDC(H)
Heavy Humanitarian Demining Company
HDC(L)
Light Humanitarian Demining Company
HDI
Humpty Dumpty Institute
HDIC
Humanitarian Demining Information Center (now MAIC)
HDO
humanitarian demining operations
HDOGIS
Humanitarian Demining Operations Geographic Information System
HDP
Office of Humanitarian Demining Programs (U.S. DOS)
HDTC
Humanitarian Demining Training Camp
HDU
Humanitarian Demining Unit
HE
high explosive
HEAT
high explosive anti-tank
HEMMS
Hand-Emplaced Minefield Marking System
HESH
High Explosive Squash Head
HESH-I
High Explosive Squash Head-Incendiary
HF
high frequency
HFA
Human Factors Applications, Inc.
HHI
Help Handicapped International
HI
Handicap International
HIB
Handicap International Belgium
HIC
Head Impact Criterion
HIC
Head Injury Criterion
HLWG
Humanitarian Liaison Working Group
HMA
humanitarian mine action
HMAU
Humanitarian Mine Action Unit
HMR
Humanitarian Medical Relief
HN
host nation
HNS
host-nation support
HPCN
high-performance computing and networking
HRT
hostage rescue team
HRW
Human Rights Watch
HSLS
Hyper-spectral line scanner
HSTAMIDS
Handheld Standoff Mine Detection System
HSUS
Humane Society of the United States
HTRW
hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste
HVO
Bosnian Croat Army
IACG-MA
Inter-Agency Coordination Group on Mine Action
IADB
InterAmerican Defense Board
IAM
International Assistance Mission
IATA
International Air Transport Association
IAV
Interim Armored Vehicle
IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
IC
International Community
ICBL
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
ICCTI
International Countermine and Canine Training Institute
ICD
International Classification of Disease
ICRC
International Committee of the Red Cross
ICTs
information and communication technologies
ICVA
International Council of Voluntary Agencies
ID
integrated demining
IDA
Institute for Agricultural Development
IDA
Institute for Defense Analyses
IDAC
International Demining Association of Canada
IDF
Israel Defense Force
IDP
internally displaced person
IDRC
International Development Research Council
IEBL
Inter-Entity Boundary Line
IED
improvised explosive device
IEDD
improvised explosive device disposal
IEE
Institution of Electrical Engineers
IEPF
International Eurasia Press Fund
IFOR
Implementation Force (BiH)
IFRC
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
IGAD
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (GHAI; formerly IGADD)
IGADD
Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development (now IGAD)
IGO
inter-governmental organization
IGO
international governmental organization
IHD
Integrated Humanitarian Demining
IHDD
integrated humanitarian demining for development
IHEMMS
Improved Hand-Emplaced Minefield Marking System
IHL
international humanitarian law
IIA
Agricultural Research Institute
IIR
imaging infrared
ILDC
Improved Landmine Detection Capability
ILDC
Improved Landmine Detector Concept
ILDS
Improved Landmine Detection System
ILO
International Labor Organization
ILS
Integrated Logistics Support
IMAS
International Mine Action Support
IMAS
Integrated Mine Action Support
IMAS
International Mine Action Standards
IMC
Israeli Mapping Center
IMCE
Institute of Munition Clearance Engineers
IMCEC
International Munition Clearance Exhibition & Conference
IMCP
Inhambane Mine Clearance Project
IMCS
International Mine Clearance Standard
IMET
International Military Education and Training
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IMI
International Mine Initiative
IMIT
International Military Information Team
IMO
International Maritime Organization
IMSMA
Information Management System for Mine Action
INAC
Angola’s National Institute for Children
INAD
National Demining Institute (Angola)
INAROEE
Angolan National Institute for the Removal of Obstacles and Explosive Ordnance
INATEC
National Institute of Technology of Nicaragua
IND
National Demining Institute
INGO
International NGO
INMAA
Iraq National Mine Action Authority
INMAC
Iraq National Mine Action Center
IO
international organization
IO&P
International Organizations and Programs
IOCC
International Orthodox Christian Charity
IOE
irregular outer edge
IOM
International Organization for Migration
IP
Implementing Partner
IPE
individual protection equipment
IPH
Institute of Public Health
IPOP
Immediate Post-Operative Prosthetics/Prosthesis
IPPNW
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
IPPTC
International Pilot Project for Technology Cooperation
IPSC
Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (JRC)
IPVO
Indigenous Private Voluntary Organization
IR
Islamic Relief
IRC
International Rescue Committee
IRCS
Iraqi Red Crescent Society
IRIN
Integrated Regional Information Network (UN)
IRRS
Institute for the Rehabilitation of the Republic of Slovenia
IRSEM
Institute for Social Reintegration of Former Combatants
ISA
Integrated Simulation and Analysis
ISAF
International Security Assistance Force
ISCE
Intersessional Standing Committee of Experts
ISFE
Igniter Safety Fuze, Electric
ISO
International Organization for Standarization
ISPO
International Society of Prosthetics & Orthotics
IST
Information Society Technologies
ISU
Implementation Support Unit
ITC
Institute for Testing and Certification of Boots
ITC
Inter-service Territorial Command
ItCBL
Italian Campaign to Ban Landmines
ITEP
International Test and Evaluation Program [for Humanitarian Demining]
ITF
International Trust Fund
ITOP
International Test Operations Procedure
ITP
Instructions to Parties
ITSH
International Transport, Storage and Handling
IUTP
International Unexploded Ordnance Training Program
IVMMD
Interim Vehicle Mounted Mine Detector
IWG
Interagency Working Group
IWP
Integrated Work Plan
J3 SOD
Joint Staff Operations Directorate
JAC
Joint Area Clearance
JAC-ACTD
Joint Area Clearance Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
JAF
Jordanian Armed Forces
JAHDS
Japan Alliance for Humanitarian Demining Support
JCBL
Japanese Campaign to Ban Landmines
JCM
Joint Countermine
JCOS
Joint Countermine Operational Simulation
JCS
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JICA
Japan International Cooperation Agency
JLC
Jaipur Limb Campaign
JMC
Joint Military Committee
JMC
Joint Military Commission
JMRO
Joint Medical Regulating Office
JMU
James Madison University
JPKF
Joint Peacekeeping Forces
JRC
Joint Research Centre
JRS
Jesuit Refugee Services
JS
Joint Staff
JSOTF
Joint Special Operations Task Force
JST
Japan Science and Technology Agency
JTF
Joint Task Force
JUXOCO
Joint UXO Coordination Office
K9DC
Canine Demining Corps (part of MLI)
KAF
Kandahar Air Field
KAP
Knowledge Attitudes Perceptions
KAP
Knowledge Attitude Practice
KCP
Kosovo Protection Corps
KFOR
Kosovo Forces
KfW
Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (Credit Agency for Reconstruction)
KIMS
Kinematic Induction Magnetic Survey
KLA
Kosovo Liberation Army
KPC
Kosovo Protection Corps
L1S
Level One Survey
LAF
Lebanese Armed Forces
LAMD
Lightweight Airborne Multispectral Minefield Detection
LAMI
Laboratoire de microinformatique
LARDEF
League for the Reintegration of Disabled People
LARS
Light Artillery Rocket System
LCD
Landmine Casualty Database
LDE
Lightweight Demining Ensemble
LDH
Lightweight Demining Helmet
LDO
Logistic Disposal Operations
LDPA
Lao Disabled Persons Association
LE
low explosive
LEAI
Light Energy Absorbing Ignitor
LEAP
Lower Extremity Assessment Program
LED
light-emitting diode
LEXFOAM
Liquid Explosive Foam
LIFI
laser-induced fluorescence imaging
LIRV
Labor-Intensive Road Verification
LIS
Landmine Impact Survey
LISA
linear SAR
LLNL
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LM
Landmine Monitor
LMIS
Landmines Information System
LMP
Landmine Protocol
LMW
landmine warfare
LNO
liaison officer
LOGS
Level One Global Survey
LPP
Landmine Placement Plan
LRT
Laser Ranger Transmitter
LSA
land surface ammunition
LSC
Landmine Struggle Center (Cairo)
LSG
Let's Save the Generation
LSN
Landmine Survivors Network
LWF
Lutheran World Federation
LWOB
Lessons Without Borders (USAID)
LWR
Lutheran World Relief
LWVF
Leahy War Victims Fund
MA
medical assistance
MAC
mine action center
MACA
Mine Action Center for Afghanistan
MACC
Mine Action Coordination Center
MACC SL
Mine Action Co-ordination Center, South Lebanon
MACE
Mine Action Cell
MACO
Mine Action Coordination Office
MACT
Mine Action Coordination Team
MACTP
Mine Awareness and Clearance Training Program
MaD
Mechanically assisted Dog demining
MAFP
Mine Action for Peace
MAG
Mines Advisory Group
MAIC
Mine Action Information Center (formerly HDIC)
MaM
mechanically assisted manual demining
MAMIS
Mine Action Management Information System
MAO
Mine Action Office (Macedonia)
MAP
mine action program
MAP
Medical Assistance Program
MAPA
Mine Action Program for Afghanistan
MAPED
Mine Anti-personnel Effect Directional
MARMINCA
Mission of Assistance for the Removal of Mines in Central America
MAROFR
Marine forces
MARS
Medical Air Rescue Service
MASG
Mine Action Support Group
MASS
Mine Action Support Section
MAST
Mine Awareness Support Team
MAT
mine action team
MAT
Mines Awareness Trust
MATF
Mine Action Task Force
MAWG
Mine Action Working Group (ICBL)
MAX
Mine Action Exchange (UNDP program)
MaXML
Mine Action Extensible Markup Language
MAXX
Mini-Mulcher
MB
Methodical Board
MB 2000
Minebreaker 2000
MBC
Mine Ban Convention
MBT
Mine Ban Treaty
MC
mine clearance
MC
Mine Committee
MCA
multi-criteria analysis
MCAP
Mine Clearing/Armor Protection Kit
MCB
mine-clearing blade
MCBL
Malawi Campaign to Ban Landmines
MCC
Mennonite Central Committee
MCC
Mine Clearing Cultivator
MCCG
Mine Clearance Coordination Group
MCI
Mines Clearance International
MCLAP
Messiah College Landmine Action Project
MCM
mine countermeasures
MCP
Mine Clearance Program
MCPA
Mine Clearance Planning Agency
MCPU
Mine Clearance Policy Unit
MCR
Mine-Clearing Roller
MCSC
Mine-Clearance Sub-Committee
MCTC
Mine Clearance Training Center
MCTU
Mine Clearance Training Unit (preceding CMAC)
MCZ
Military Control Zone
MD
metal detector
MDC
Mine Dog Center
MDD
mine detecting dog
MDDC
Mine Dectection Dog Center
MDDPP
Mine Detecting Dog Partnership Program (through MLI)
MDDS
Mine Detection and Detonation System
MDG
Millenium Development Goal
MDG
mine dog group
MDM
Médecins du Monde (Doctors of the World)
MDS
mine dog set
MDT
Manual Demining Tool
MDV
mine detection vehicle
MEDDS
Mechem Explosive and Drug Detection System
MEDEVAC
medical evacuation
MEED
Department of Medical and Ecological Electronics (Gdansk University of Technology)
MENA
Middle East/North Africa
MERCUSOL
Declaration of the Southern Commercial Market
MERLIN
Medical Emergency Relief International
MES
Med-Eng Systems
MEST
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
META
Monitoring, Evaluation and Training Agency
METP
Monitoring, Evaluation and Training Program
MF
minefield
MFP
MINE FREE Planet
MgM
Menschen gegen Minen (People Against Landmines)
MI
Medico International
MICAS
Ministry of Coordination for Social Action (Mozambique)
MICLIC
mine-clearing line charge
MICOA
Mozambican Ministry for the Coordination of Environmental Affairs
MILTRA
military training
MINADER
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Angola)
MINARS
Ministry of Social Assistance and Reintegration (Angola)
MINDEF
Ministry of Defense
MINED
Ministry of Education (Angola)
MINEDEMON
Mine Database Demonstrator
MINIPLAN
Ministry of Planning (Angola)
MINSA
Ministry of Health (Angola)
MINSAU
Ministry of Health (Mozambique)
MINWARA
Mine Warfare Association
MIS
Mine Information System
MIS
Mine Impact Score
MITC
Mine Information and Training Center
MK
Mark
MLC
mine-launcher containers
MLI
Marshall Legacy Institute
MLIS
Mozambique Landmine Impact Survey
MLO
mine-like object
MM
metal mines
MMC
mechanical mine clearance
MMCAS
Ministry for Women and the Coordination of Social Action (Mozambique)
MMCM
Magnetic Mine Countermeasures
MMD
Mini Mine Detector
MMDS
Microbial Mine Detection System
MMS
Marine Mammal System
MMT
Mine Marking Team (Cambodia)
MNB(N)
Multinational Brigade North (Bosnia)
MNS
mine neutralization system
MOA
Memorandum of Agreement
MOA
Ministry of Agriculture
MOD
Ministry of Defense
MOE
measure of effectiveness
MOE
Ministry of Education
MOF
Ministry of Finance
MoFED
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
MOH
Ministry of Health
MOHS
Miniistry of Health and Sanitation
MOHSS
Ministry of Health and Social Services
MOMEP
Multinational Observation Mission Ecuador/Peru
MONUA
Mission of UN Observers (Angola)
MONUC
United Nations Mission in Congo
MOPH
Ministy of Public Health
MOPMS
Modular Pack Mine System
MOSALVY
Ministry of Social Affairs, Labor, Vocational Training and Youth Rehabilitation
MOU
memorandum of understanding
MOZMAC
Mozambique Mine Action Center
MPLA
People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola
MPV
mine-protected vehicle
MRCS
Mozambique Red Cross Society
MRE
mine risk education
MREC
MRE Coordinator
MRM
Mechanical Reproduction Mine
MRRE
mine risk reduction education
MRS
minefield reaction stick
MRT
Mine Rescue Team
MRV
mine-resistant vehicle
MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
MSR
main supply route
MTADS
Multi-Sensor Towed Array Detection System
MTI
MineTech International
MTS
Mine Trauma Score
MTT
Monitoring and Training Team
MUP
Serbian Special Police
MURI
Multi-University Research Initiative
MVA
mine victims assistance
MVF
Mine Victims Fund
MWD
Military War Disabled
N1KD
Night of 1000 Dinners (annual AAM event)
NACC
North Atlantic Cooperation Council
NADR
Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Programs
NAM
Non-Aligned Movement
NAMSA
NATO's Maintenance and Supply Agency
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAVEODTECHDIV
Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division
NAVFOR
Navy forces
NAVSCOLEOD
Naval School, Explosive Ordnance Disposal
NCA
National Command Authority
NCBL
Nepal Campaign to Ban Landmines
NCDP
National Center for Disabled People
NCO
non-commissioned officer
NCRP
National Community Rehabilitation Program
NDA
National Democratic Alliance (Ethiopia)
NDA
National Demining Agency (Somaliland)
NDF
Namibian Defense Force
NDHQ
National Defense Headquarters
NDIM
National Demining Institute of Mozambique
NDLC
Namibian Demining Liaison Committee
NDO
national demining office
NDPH
National Directorate of Public Health
NDRC
National Demining and Rehabilitation Committee
NDT
non-destructive resting
NEO
non-combatant evacuation order
NEQ
net explosive quantity
NERRTC
National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center
NEWTEC
National Explosives Waste Technology and Evaluation Center
NFP
not-for-profit
NGIC
National Ground Intelligence Center (U.S. Army)
NGO
non-governmental organization
NIDRR
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
NIE
National Institution for Education
NIES
National Institute for Educational Sciences (Vietnam)
NIMA
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
NIP
National Institute for Pediatrics
NIP
National Indicative Program
NIS
National Institute of Statistics
NLLIC
National Limb Loss Information Center (part of ACA)
NMAA
National Mine Action Authority (Sri Lanka)
NMAC
National Mine Action Committee
NMAO
National Mine Action Office (Sudan)
NMAP
National Mine Action Program (Ukraine)
NMCC
National Mine Clearance Commission
NMMP
Navy Marine Mammal Program
NMR
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
NMRS
Near-Term Mine Reconnaissance System
NNGO
National NGO
Norad
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
NORMED
Norwegian Medical Team
NOTAM
Notice to Air-Men/Notice to Air Movement (NATO)
NPA
Norwegian Peoples Aid
NPA
New People's Army
NPO
Niagara Prosthetics and Orthotics Limited
NQR
nuclear quadropole resonance
NRC
Norwegian Refugee Council
NSA
Non-state Actor
NSA
non-state actor
NSC
National Security Council
NSCT
Naval Special Clearance Team
NSD
non self-destruct
NSD-A
non self-destruct alternative
NSPO
National School of Prosthetics and Orthotics
NTC
National Training Centre (Eritrea)
NVESD
Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate
NYWGF
New York Wine and Grape Foundation
O&M
operation and maintenance
O&P
orthotics and prosthetics
OAS
Organization of American States
OASD
Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense
OAU
Organization of African Unity
OB
Wellco® Over Boot
OCHA
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OCONUS
outside the continental United States
ODA
Official Development Assistance
ODA
Overseas Development Assistance
ODA
Overseas Development Administration
ODA
Overseas Development Agency (UK; now DFID)
ODIS
Ordnance Detection and Identification System
OE
ordnance and explosives
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECF
Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund
OECS
Organization for Eastern Caribbean States
OES
Operation Emirates Solidarity
OEW
ordnance-related explosive waste
OFDA
Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
OHDACA
Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid
OHP
Overhand Protector
OHR
Office of the High Representative
OIC
Officer in Charge
OIF
Operation Iraqi Freedom
OJCS
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
OKPCC
Office of Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator
OLF
Oromo Liberation Front
OLS
Operation Lifeline Sudan
OMA
Organization for Mine Awareness (Cambodia; now OMAR)
OMAR
Organization for Mine Awareness and Rehabilitation (Cambodia; formerly OMA)
OMAR
Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation
OMOL
One-Man One-Lane (demining procedure)
ONL
Operation Normal Life
ONLF
Ogaden National Liberation Front
ONS
Obstacle Neutralization System
ONUMOZ
UN Operations in Mozambique
OPD
outpatient department
OPT
Occupied Palestinian Territories
OPTEMPO
operating tempo
ORHA
Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance
ORNL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
OSCE
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
OSD
Office of the Secretary of Defense
OSTP
Office of Science and Technology Policy
OTA
Operations Technical Advisor
OTI
Office of Trasition Initiative (USAID)
OTMS
Ordnance Technical Management System
OUSD(A&T)
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology)
P&O
Prosthetics and Orthotics
P.II
Landmines Protocol II of the CCW
PAD
Accelerated Demining Program (aka ADP; formerly UNADP)
PADCA
Assistance Program for Demining in Central America
PAHO
Pan-American Health Organization
PAI
Institutional Support Program
PAIGC
African Party for the Independence of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde
PAO
Public Affairs Officer
PAO
Public Affairs Office
PAT
prototype assessment test
PAV
Policy Assessment Visit
PCBL
Philippine Campaign to Ban Landmines
PCEPD
President's Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities
PCR
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Pd
probability of detection
PD
preliminary development
PDC
pre-deployment course
PDM
pursuit-deterrent munition
PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
PDS
post-design service
PDSS
pre-deployment site survey
PE
plastic explosive
PEACE
Poverty Eradication and Community Empowerment (Afghanistan)
PEER
Program for Emergency and Reconstuction (UNESCO)
PEPAM
Program for the Prevention of Mine Accidents
PEPAM
Population to Prevent Mine Accidents
PERTEMPO
personnel tempo
Pf/Pfa
probability of false alarm
PfP
Partnership for Peace
PGS
Physicians for Global Survival
PHC
Primary Health Care
PHCG
Provincial Humanitarian Coordination Group
PHD
Provincial Health Delegation
PHR
Physicians for Human Rights
PIU
project implementation unit
PJRAD
Projector Area Defense
PK
Peacekeeping
PK/HA
Peacekeeping / Humanitarian Assistance
PKF
Peacekeeping Force
PLA
participatory learning and action
PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization
PM
MCD Project Manager for Mines, Countermine & Demolitions
PM&E
Participatroy Monitoring and Evaluation
PM/HDP
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Humanitarian Demining Programs (US DOS)
PM/MAIP
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Mine Action Initiatives and Partnerships (US DOS)
PM/WRA
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs' Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement
PMSC
Political Military Steering Committee
POAT
Psychological Operations Assessment Team
POC
Prosthetics Outreach Center
PODES
Promoter of the Organization of Disabled Persons in El Salvador
POF
Prosthetics Outreach Foundation
POF
Pakistan Ordnance Factories
POL
petroleum, oil and lubricants
POWER
Prosthetics and Orthotics Worldwide Education and Relief
PPE
personal protective equipment
PRA
Participatory Rural Appraisal
PRC
People's Republic of China
PRCS
Pakistan Red Crescent Society
PRES
Programme for Economic and Social Rehabilitation
PRIO
Peace Research Institute of Oslo
PRO
Protracted Relief Operation
PROMETHEE
Preference Ranking Organisation Method for Enrichment Evaluations
PRSP
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
PSO
Provincial Sub-Offices
PSYOPS
Psychological Operations
PTSD
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
PVO
private voluntary organization
Q/D
Quantity/Distance
QA
quality assurance
QAM
quality assurance monitor
QC
quality control
QFY
Quarter of a Fiscal Year
QIP
Quick Impact Project
QM
quality management
QMS
quality management system
QRDF
Quick Reaction Demining Force
QRDF
Quick Reaction Demining Force
QRF
Quick Response Fund
QRF/D
Quick Response Fund for Demobilization
QSR
quality system requirements
R&D
research and development
RA
rapid assessment
RAAM
remote anti-armor mine
RAAMS
remote anti-armor mine system
RAAN
North Atlantic Autonomous Region
RABD
Brčko District Development Agency (BiH)
RaDO
Rehabilitation and Development Organization
RaM
rotar-assisted manual demining
RAMICS
Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System
RAPM
Resource Allocation Planning Meeting
RATTLER
Rapid Tactical Terrain Limiter
RAVV
Requirements and Verification Visit
RCAF
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
RCPD
Rehabilitation Center for the Physically Disabled
RCS
radar cross section
RCSA
Regional Center for Southern Africa (USAID)
RCSS
Remote Combat Support System
RCU
Receiver/Controller Unit
RCUD
Regional Center for Underwater Demining
RDA
research, development and acquisition
RDDS
Research and Development Descriptive Summary
RDEC
Research, Development and Engineering Center
RDMS
relational database management system
RDSS
Requirements Determination Site Survey
RDT
research and development of technology
RDT&E
research, development, test and evaluation
RDTE
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
RDTE,A
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army
REC
Jordanian army's Royal Engineers Corps
REDSO
Regional Economic Development Support Office (USAID)
RENAMO
Mozambique National Resistance
RERC
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
REST
Remote Explosive Scent Tracing
RF
radio frequency
RFP
request for proposal
RHUDO
Regional Housing and Urban Development Office (USAID)
RI
Relief International
RI
Refugees International
RIDE
Rapid International Demining in Emergencies
RLISA
Retrofit Landmine Impact Survey of Afghanistan
RMAC
Regional Mine Action Center
RMD
remotely delivered mine
ROE
rule of engagement
ROSE
Rehab-Oriented Surgical Enablement
ROV
remotely operated vehicle
RP
reference point
RPA
Rwandan Patriotic Army
RPF
Rwandan Patriotic Front
RPG
rocket-propelled grenade
RRI
Refugee Relief International
RRT
Rapid Response Team
RS
Republika Srpska
RSA
Republic of South Africa
RSD
Rehabilitation Services Database
RSO
Regional Security Office
RSP
Render Safe Procedures
RSP
Swedish National Police Board
RSRI
Republic of Slovenia Rehabilitation Institute
RSS
Rehabilitation Support Services
RTA
road traffic accident
RTD
research and technical development
RUDEVEO
Rural Development and Voluntary Organization
RVT
Route Verification Team
S/GHD
Secretary, Global Humanitarian Demining (U.S. DOS)
SA
security assistance
SAC
Survey Action Center
SACH
Solid Ankle Cushion Heel
SADC
Southern African Development Community
SADF
South African Defense Force
SADSA
South African Demining Services Agency
SAEDF
Southern Africa Enterprise Development Fund
SAFE
Solid Attachment/Flexible Endoskeletal
SAIC
Science Applications International Corporation
SAIIA
South African Institute of Internationals Affairs
SAM
side-attack mine
SAR
synthetic aperture radar
SASO
Stabilization and Security Operations
SATMO
Security Assistance Training Management Organization
SB
Med-Eng Spider Boot™
SBIR
Small Business Innovation Research
SC
Save the Children
SCA
Swedish Committee for Afghanistan
SCAL
Somaliland Coalition Against Landmines
SCATMINE
scatterable mine
SCATMINWARN
scatterable minefield warning
SCBL
Sudan Campaign to Ban Landmines
SCE
Standing Committee of Experts
SCF
Save the Children Fund
SCG
Survey Contact Group
SCMM
Standing Committee on Military Matters
SCOVA
Sudan Council of Voluntary Agencies
SCS
Special Clearance Services (commercial company based in Zimbabwe)
SCVA
Standing Committee of Experts on Victim Assistance, Socio-Economic Reintegration and Mine Awareness
SD/SDA
self-destructing/self-deactivating
SDAG
Somali Demining Action Group
SDC
Selection and Demobilization Centers
SDTT
Survivable Dmeining Tractor and Tools
SDVM
Software-Driven Virtual Minefield
SE
survey executive
SEAR
Special Subsidy to Support Reinstallation (Angola)
SeCoR
Community Refferal System [for demobilized soldiers] (Angola)
SEE
southeastern Europe
SEED
Support for Eastern European Democracy
SEEMACC
Southeastern Europe Mine Action Coordination Council
SEIS
Socio-Economic Impact Study
SEK
Swedish Kroner (monetary unit)
SF
Special Forces
SFD
Special Fund for the Disabled
SFF
self-forming fragment
SFOR
Stabilization Force (BiH)
SFRY
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
SGAA
Sandy Gall's Association for Afghanistan
SGS
Specialist Gurkha Services
SHA
suspected hazard areas
SIDA
Swedish International Development [Cooperation] Agency
SLA
Sri Lankan Army
SLAM
Selectable Lighweight Attack Munition
SLIRI
Sudan Landmines Information and Response Initiative
SM
scatterable mine
SMA
suspected mined area
SMAC
Somali Mine Action Center
SMAP
Shenandoah Minefield Adoption Project
SMART
Semi-Autonomous Monitoring and Robotics Technology
SMS
Sweep Monitoring System
SMSP
Second Meeting of States Parties
SN
self-neutralizing
SNR
National Service for Reconstruction (Angola)
SOC
Special Operations Command
SOCOM
Special Operations Command
SOD
Special Operations Division
SOF
special operations forces
SOFA
Status on Forces Agreement
SOLIC
Special Operations, Low-Intensity Conflict
SOMAP
Somalia Mine Action Program
SON
Statement of Need
SON (SoN)
Statement of Operational Needs
SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
SOR
Statement of Requirements
SOR (SoR)
Statements of Operational Requirements
SORRA
Somaliland Relief and Rehabilitation Association
SOSCOM
Special Operations Support Command
SP
States Parties [to the Mine Ban Treaty]
SPA
Special Program of Assistance for Africa
SPDC
State Peace and Development Council
SPLA
Sudan People's Liberation Army
SPLM
Sudan People's Liberation Movement
SPM
Somali Patriotic Movement
SPT
Socketless Prosthetic Technology
SQL
specified quality limit
SRCS
Somaliland Red Crescent Society
SRSA
Swedish Rescue Services Agency
SRSG
Special Representative of the Secretary General
SSC
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center
SSC
Social Services for Cambodia
SSTA
Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications
StanAg
Standardization Agreement
STEMD
Systematic Test and Evaluation of Metal Detectors
STO
Statement of Tasks and Output
STS
Safety Technology System
STX
situational training exercise
SUBOT
small unit robot
SWAAD
Southwest Afghan Agency for Demining
SWAPO
Southwest African People's Organization
SWATF
Southwest African Territorial Forces
SWEDEC
Swedish EOD and Demining Center
SWG
Survey Working Group
SWG
standard wire gauge
T&E
test and evaluation
T/MDV
towing/mine detection vehicle
TA
technical adviser
TACOM
Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command
TC
Transit Centre
TCBL
Thailand Campaign to Ban Landmines
TED
trace explosive detection
TFR
time-frequency representation
TGW
Treaty Working Group
TICMA
Training and Information Center for Mine Action
TIR
Thermal infrared
TLC
Team Leaders Course
TMAC
Thailand Mine Action Center
TMSP
Third Meeting of States Parties
TNA
training needs analysis
TNMA
Technical Note for Mine Action
TNT
Trinitrotoluene
TOE
Table of Organization and Equipment
TOR (ToR)
term of reference
TQM
total quality management
TRANSCOM
Transportation Command
TSC
training support center
TSS
Technical & Safety Standard
TST
tactical support team
TSZ
Temporary Security Zone
TWGDR
Technical Working Group on Demobilization and Reintegration
TWMP
Track Width Mine Plough
UAE
United Arab Emirates
UCAH
Huanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit (Angola)
UDF
User Defined Function
UIDMA
Unique Identifier of Mine Action
UMAIC
Ukrainian Mine Action Information Center
UMCOR
United Methodist Committee on Relief
UN
United Nations
UN MACC
United Nations Mine Action Coordination Center
UNA
United Nations Association
UNADP
UN Accelerated Demining Program (Mozambique; aka UNDAP)
UNAHT
UN Advanced Humanitarian Team
UNAMIR
United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda
UNA-USA
United Nations Association of the UNSA
UNAVEM
United Nations Angola Verification Mission
UNCRO
UN Confidence Restoration Operation (Croatia)
UNDAF
UN Development Assitance Framework
UNDAP
UN Accelerated Demining Program (Mozambique; aka UNADP)
UNDG
UN Development Group
UNDHA
UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
UNDP
United Nations Development Program
UNDPKO
United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations
UNDRO
UN Disaster Releif Organization
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFPA
UN Population Fund
UNGA
United Nations General Assembly
UN-HACU
UN Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit
UNHCHR
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNI
Italian National Standards Body
UNICEF
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
UNIFIL
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
UNIKOM
UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission
UNITA
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
UNITAF
UN International Task Force
UNLDB
UN Landmine Database
UNMAC
United Nations Mine Action Center
UNMACA
United Nations Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan
UNMACTP/MCP
UN Mine Awareness and Clearance Training Program/Mine Clearance Program
UNMAO
UN Mine Action Office
UNMAS
United Nations Mine Action Service
UNMCP
UN Mine Clearance Program
UNMEE
UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
UNMEP
United Nations Mission to Ecuador and Peru
UNMIK
United Nations Mission in Kosovo
UNMO
UN Military Observers
UNOCHA
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan
UNOCHA
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
UNOG
UN Office, Geneva
UNOHAC
UN Special Coordinator of Emergency Relief Operations
UNOHCI
UN Office of the Humanitarian Coordinator Iraq
UNOMOZ
UN Operations in Mozambique
UNOPS
United Nations Office of Project Services
UNOSOM
UN Operations in Somalia
UNPREDEP
UN Preventive Deployment Force
UNPROFOR
UN Protection Force
UNTAC
United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
UPD
Unit for the Promotion of Democracy (OAS)
URNG
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union
USACAPOC
U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command
USACOM
U.S. Atlantic Command
USAID
U.S. Agency for International Development
USAISR
United States Army Institute of Surgical Research
USAMCCOM
U.S. Army, Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command
USAREUR
U.S. Army Europe
USASFC
U.S. Army Special Forces Command
USASOC
U.S. Army Special Operations Command
USCBL
U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines
USCG
United States Coast Guard
USCINCEUR
U.S. Commander-in-Chief, Europe
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USEUCOM
U.S. European Command
USG
U.S. government
USIA
U.S. Information Agency
USIRP
U.S. Indochina Reconciliation Project
USJFCOM
U.S. Joint Forces Command
USMC
United States Marine Corps
USN
U.S. Navy
USSOCOM
U.S. Special Operations Command
USSOUTHCOM
U.S. Southern Command
USUHS
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
UTCAH
Angolan Technical Unit for Coordnation of Humanitarian Assistance
UTM
Universal Transverse Mercator
UUV
unmanned undersea vehicle
UW
unconventional warfare
UWB SAR
Ultra Wideband Synthetic Aperture Radar
UXM
Unexploded Ordnance Management
UXO
Unexploded Ordnance
UXO LAO
Lao National UXO Project
UXOCOE
UXO Center of Excellence
UXOSMM
Unexploded Ordnance Site Management Model
VA
victim assistance
VAM
Vulnterability Assessment Mapping
VBS
Visor Band System
VERTIC
Verification Research, Training and Information Centre
VJ
Vojska Jugoslavic (the Yugoslav army)
VMA
Victims of Mines and Weapons Association
VMMA
Vehicle-Mounted Mine Detector
VMMD
vehicular mounted mine detection
VNAH
Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped
VNIR
visible/near infrared
VOD
velocity of detonation
VODS
Vapour Odour Detection System
VoM
Voice of the Mountains
VRD
Virtual Retinal Display
VRS
Bosnian Serb Army
VTF
Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action
VVAF
Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
WAAPM
wide-area anti-personnel mine
WADEM
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
WAM
wide-area mine
WARC
World Alliance of Reformed Churches
WCC
World Council of Churches
WCMD
wind-corrected munitions dispenser
WDMET
Wound Data and Munitions Effectiveness Team
WFP
World Food Program
WG
Working Group
WGVA
Working Group on Victim Assistance (ICBL)
WHO
World Health Organization
WI
Way Industry
WP
White Phosphorus
WRF
World Rehabilitation Fund
WRF
World Relief Fund
WSTIAC
Weapon Systems Technology Information Analysis Center
WVF
War Victims Fund
WVI
World Vision International
YEMAC
Yemen Executive Mine Action Center
YMAA
Yemen Mine Awareness Association
YMAAP
Youth Mine Action Ambassador Program
ZCTBL
Zambia Campaign to Ban Landmines
ZDI
Zimbabwe Defense Industries
ZMAC
Zimbabwe Mine Action Center
ZNA
Zimbabwe National Army
ZOS
zone of separation
